I'm looking to start speed running SMS any %, and since finding legitimate roms of the game is a pain, I figured I'd just buy it. Thing is, I know that you can't run the game if it's the Player's Choice version because most of the glitches you use in the run have been patched (although I could be wrong). From what I've found online, the Player's Choice is version 00-6. What version should I buy for running the game, and where can I buy it?
I believe the player's choice version should still have all the glitches that the regular versions have, but don't quote me on that. To answer your original question, you should probably buy the Japanese version. It is about the same price (and actually in many cases less expensive) than the US or PAL versions, and it is the fastest for every category due to loads except for any% in which it is about tied with PAL. You can get it on amazon for around 30 dollars https://smile.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000065C92/ref=sr_1_1_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1514535413&sr=8-1&keywords=super+mario+sunshine+japanese or you can try to find it for a bit cheaper on ebay. There are techincally 2 japanese versions, but the one you don't want is exceedingly rare, so you probably don't have to worry about getting the wrong one (I've been running this game for over 3 years and don't know of any western runners who have found the rare version).
You want jp but if you can't find it pal is what you want. It's not as fast as jp but us is slower (on pal Italian is the fastest language for some reason)
