You are right, they're not the same category but it is essentially the same run between the two. Finishing the game as either character. I felt like having a similar starting point between both would make sense. However I guess, if you don't have CS then new game for Kitty makes sense. But if you do have CS then that screen would make sense. Basically, starting once the game starts loading up the hub for the first level would be best imo. Idk how long it'd take between both new game and the CS for Kitty on a finished file vs just new game on an unfinished one.

I personally think it makes the most sense to start timing on character selection so it can be consistent for both. Though I know that the CS screen isn't there by default. Though if you do have it and you're running Kitty, you're going through it either way.

I'm a bit confused on what moment exactly we start and end time. I've seen people do it a bit differently from each other and I only followed one way but I'm curious. Do we start on selecting new game or on selecting Kitty or Maru from their screen? And do we end when the screen goes to the cutscene after 100 appears or before that?

Hey, sorry for the very late reply. But, so long as the game doesn't function any differently from how it does normally, it should be fine I'd say. It'd count as console yeah. Also please note that the added easy ring is not allowed.

Actually, after looking into it some more, I've decided that unofficial WADs are not a good idea and will not be acceptable for running. I apologize. If you can emulate in a more official method, that is fine.

It would count as emulated, but just to be clear. It's not VC running it right? It's some emu you have on the Wii? From what I looked into, those may run slower than console would but I don't know too for sure yet if it should be disallowed. So I'll update with you again as soon as I can.