Hey all, I saw there was a thread a while ago that asked if a level leaderboard could be added for this game, but there really wasn't much discussion so I wanted to bring up the idea again.

Imo a level leaderboard could definitely work for this game and I think they'd be fun to try and optimise each level, without having the restriction of the strats used needing to be viable for a full game run. It might also encourage more people to try speedrunning this game as it would give a relatively easy goal for someone to aim for when starting out and it would also be a nice resource for learning levels. As for rules, I think something similar to how the NSMB series does it would work quite nicely here: time ILs using the in-game clock (e.g if you start a level with a time of 300 and finish it at 284, the time would be 300 - 284 = 16 seconds) and allow any powerup (except for stars or p-wings) to be used prior to entering a level.

I've done a handful of ILs already of any levels I find fun/interesting while practicing for full game runs (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLih6s-ZVAqeoS1LC_f-jRg13PXyaJr4cp) and will likely do more and I imagine others here may also have done a small amount of ILs too so it would be cool to have a place for them to live on here.

What do y'all think?

It would be nice to see this, I know Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island has IL, besides that I will add something from myself that is not part of the forum discussion about this, since some time ago on Nintendo Switch Online you can play games from Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance and this game was officially released on NSO will SwitchVC be added as a platorm? I will probably be planning to buy a subscription and start the runs on this console

As someone who has done a few IL's, I too agree that this is a good idea, and the timing method is also simple & easy. But honestly, not adding an IL leaderboard is also understandable. We could make a spreadsheet though, if that works.

I wouldn't mind making a spreadsheet for ILs. The only downside is that it might be harder to find and I'm not sure how submissions to that would work but it could be good as a temporary solution.

Maybe we could make a discord server for sma4 speedrunning? But there aren't many active runners, so the server might be pretty much inactive. I think it's the only solution though & I honestly don't mind the server being inactive as long as we can at least share strats and stuff.

Definitely agree with having a discord for this game.

Ok then! I think you should make one (since I've never made one before) and post it on a new thread saying something like "Super Mario Advance 4 Speedrunning Discord!" Or something like that...

Alright, I'll get on with that a bit later today then

Nice! No need to rush!

I could do it, I know it very well but I am not a moderator of this game well unless the mods join, besides I am buying a subscription to NSO in a few days so there will be runs and on SwitchVC