Hi everyone!

I was just thinking that, WarioWare Gold needs new categories because Any% isn't enough. Maybe there are other categories like All something but idk who would run it, because it's like 10h or more. The only idea which I have is Any% NG+. If it'll be accepted or something and I'll have an idea for other categories, I'll write on discord.

Thanks for your time

Amuntendo

I don't really see what benefit an NG+ category would provide. In the context of a speedrun, the only differences I can think of would be the following:

1. Fewer cutscenes for unlocking stages and toy room items
2. Different odds of playing microgames that have been unlocked
3. The stages don't automatically end at their original cutoff

1 is not a meaningful difference in my opinion — it simply cuts out a little bit of time from the run in which you weren't really doing anything anyway. 2 also doesn't really do much, due to the random nature of the microgame selection you can't really have a 100% expected set of microgames that you will play. 3 means that the process will feel less natural and be a bit annoying, since you would have to manually exit out of the stage after beating the boss, or perhaps some arbitrary rule would be made to where you would have to die on the round after the boss, which seems silly also.

Regarding a different completionist category, I can agree that the current ones on the board are long and tedious, but that is the nature of WarioWare completion, and this game has so much side content that it just adds on more. The categories that exist, while tedious and unlikely to be run, at least feel natural and influenced by the game since there is a mission or some sort of reward for completing them (as opposed to some random category like "all purple missions", which the game doesn't give any recognition of). Any others might feel too random, not to mention that there is already 3 other categories with similar goals. My only gripe with the all missions category is the requirement for multiplayer, amiibo, and doing a studio session, all of which don't seem fitting for a speedrun (even less so than getting a high score in Manhole or completing Wario Kard), but that's not the topic of this discussion.

In summary, I don't think NG+ is a fitting category for this game. The current "all x" categories are okay as they are, and I don't think there is a reason to add another. If you are looking for a different experience with the game, there still is the IL categories (a different can of worms honestly, but they're there). Or you can just play the game how you would like, and don't worry about submitting to speedrun.com.

@SoapAgent good point