Since it's completely independant to the story, there probably won't be a category split, unless you can catch something crazy in the new areas that beats the game faster than current routes (since you'll be able to go there whenever you want after you first got to the Wild Area)

Same answer as with all your pointless requests. Could you please stop your trolling attempts?

@wartab The others times maybe is true that of the trolling attempts; But, casualy this time, I dont think why have to be stupid; Is not as stupid a category from the actualization, no? I mean, he only prupose that lol

Postgame: "not because is so low difference to any%" wartab: "stupid pointless request"

Extensión Pass: "not because independant to the history" > basicaly "is completly different to any%" wartab: "pointless request pls stop with your trollings"

Admit that is true :)

• logic explodes (xd)

Don't call something dumb before its even released

As I said before... several times, with everything you guys requested. Show that several people do runs of it before you request it. At this point, you got that answer probably five times. Ignoring what I say is trolling. How do you want to be taken seriously if you keep asking for categories without delivering actual runs?

Having to agree with @wartab.

It's nice to have ideas for new categories but atleast show some engagement and show a run of your suggested categories first. It's useless to add a category if people don't even try doing it to see if they even would enjoy the categorie themself.

Having an example shows people if the category looks interesting for themself to try too. There are plenty of games which have extra categories but without a single runner. It would just clutter the whole leaderboards with empty categories until someone finds the interest to even run that category.

For the expansion pass: We don't even know what exactly will be added, that can be used for an additional speedrun category yet.

@DemataPyro completly agree with you dude :) (or minimum in the majority lol), and not only because of this case in specific: With exactly the same thing, always taken much more serious the acutaly "famous" people in this game (basicaly whos been more time and do more and better runs) than the new people in this comunity that is starting with this but that actualy doesnt finish any run

And, in my opinion, thats so sad :( :c

Its more, probably you would think this is a stupid troll to be disrespectfull to moderators, because Im not a runner of this game and that I say is stupid

The mods only like what are you saying if you defend theirs, whos propose something is realy Good-knowed at the comunity or if minimum 10 people more are agree with this men; If you´re not in any of that cases, you are a troller, no matter the rest

@Laempchen I only would be go to say one thing...

The actual "Japanese Any%" category was CREATED WITH NO RUNS, and ACTUALY it have ONLY 1 RUN

By the way, aproaching this, I repeat with that argument that its unfair to only can run it in that 2 languages;

Mmmmm… @wartab So I need to do a run to be at least a bit discused, no? Okey I CONTINUE WAITING TO CAN BE RUNNED IN SPANISH TO CAN RUN IT NICE SOME DAY!!!!

Keep it in mind :)

@NSMB2ILs lol true xd

Cool

Yeah, cool

It's difficult to predict what effect the Expansion Pass will have on the leaderboard before its release. The free update that went live on Thursday has no effect on the speedrun, so there won't be any change based on that.

Historically, how post-game categories have been handled by the Pokémon speedrunning community has depended on runner interest. For example, Elite Four Round 2 is a main category in Pokémon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire, but not in Pokémon Black/White. The reason for this is that people are more interested in the additional content that is involved in OR/AS, but even then, it took two-and-a-half years for Elite Four Round 2 to be added to the leaderboards because that's how long it took for several runners to become interested enough to route and run the category seriously.

For Pokémon Sword/Shield specifically, there are a few possible category ideas that have been floated around (I think the one that people are currently most interested in is Catch 'Em All), and if interest progresses to routing and then runs, then these categories can be seriously considered for the leaderboards. If it's too early to determine what future categories that can be completed in the current version of the game have on the leaderboards, it's definitely too early to have any idea about categories based on unreleased DLC.