In SMG2 transformationless, the rule is that you must either exit or die after ensuring that you've gained no benefit from the powerup, including that you can't have any starbits, comet medals, etc, you collected while using the powerup. I would suggest something similar to that.

Easiest strat in the game let's go :)

Korean record + Super Mario Wii 2 Any% second place Pog

aka you can just do it yourself before asking for permission

He is indeed insane 😳

When's restricted bank? :)

I thought the answer was "both, just run 242" :)

Real WR :)

Congratulations! It is a difficult speedrun indeed...

Poggers

There is one, see the resources. It won't be allowed on here, but if enough people run it we could always have a category extension or romhack board :)

Ok but is switching games multiple times allowed? e.g. do smg2 120->smg1 120->smg2 greens+grandmaster?

Why is "rarely ran" a factor in whether to add 242 as a tab?

Should we have banktoad variable for the three new-game SMG2 categories?

Probably not any%, but 122 (normal stars), green stars and all stars could be done for world RTA "all worlds". I would be happy to race any of these.

I've now updated the Guides to include a link.

I mean, these are all valid 362 runs too, we just took breaks between smg1 and smg2 :)

Can we have 362 stars (120+242) as well? use the current 484 runs as submissions if there arent enough runs of it.

Format for submitting a new category Category title: SMG2 Any% Transformationless

Detailed rules explaining requirements for a run to be accepted or not: Standard Any% rules, but with the additional restriction of not allowing grabbing any of the following powerups: Cloud Mushroom, Spring Mushroom, Boo Mushroom, Fire Flower, Bee Mushroom, Rock Mushroom, Rainbow Star, Dash Pepper, Bulb Berry, or Blimp Fruit. Grabbing Spin Drills, Life Shrooms and 1Ups are allowed, as are using Yoshi and Luigi. If a transformation powerup is accidentally grabbed (most common place is Honeyhop), you must die as soon as possible or exit the stage. Do not take any unfair advantages, such as by grabbing starbits while holding the powerup, such as in Shiverburn C.

Three videos of separate runners playing said category:

Other comments (optional): Death is preferred over restarting level beacuse of how annoying that one Bee Mushroom in Honeyhop is. There are exactly 70 possible stars before Bowser (perhaps Puzzle Plank S is possible but requires switching to Luigi and does not unlock any additional stars).

Since you still humanly need 70 stars to beat the game, why are other glitches banned? Is 70 star not "any%?"