since this video released, it's pretty clear to me some form of ruleset could be conceived that would allow skipping some aspects of the round 2 run, for example, not doing elite 4 twice and maybe getting mewtwo earlier as well since you already have national dex and ruby and sapphire
i'm not an expert but it seems a reasonable compromise on what's allowed and what's not.. i have considered TASing this achievement by itself so i would definitely appreciate your feedback about this idea
concrete suggestion:
- Runners must obtain the National Dex, clear the Sevii Islands Rocket Warehouse side quest, and defeat the Upgraded Elite 4 + Champion. The real discussion lies here, do we really need to keep Sevii island completion as a goal?
We skip the first E4, we skip catching by getting national dex without the 60 pokes and i would vote for removing Rocket Warehouse as a goal, but still we have Rocket Warehouse and have early access to Mewtwo with the glitches to speed up its completion.
- Timing ends on the first full black frame at the end of the Second Hall of Fame sequence, before the credits.
- Runs must be completed on the English language.
- Glitches ARE allowed.
- Runs performed on the Nintendo DS hardware will have their times converted to match the GBA framerate (~59.6555 FPS (DS) -> ~59.7275 FPS (GBA)). Therefore, DS submissions must include a hard reset within 10 minutes before or after the run. This is done to ensure DS hardware was used. Submissions that do not include a hard reset are not eligible for the timing conversion.