I need to correct my proposition. I suppose I intended "All Bosses" as opposed to using the bonus stages to skip them. Apologies.

New Gradius runner here, longtime series fan - I was wondering if there could be the possibility of having a section for all bosses completion for each difficulty at any point sometime so that any% submissions wouldn't be the only option (since it uses warps). I see the action doesn't seem too high for this game, but I am very interested in playing all stages through to include the bosses.

P.S. I like the old idea of a speed only category too. Sounds very challenging, viable, and definitely worth.

Edit: Replaced the words "stages" with "bosses."

As an update to the thread and my subject introduced here, I would like to more formally request the ability to submit runs performed on console. I have completed a run and wish to submit it. I am in the process of trying to make contact about this, but I also wanted to put a mention here, just in case this may be seen first.

I see what you mean now. I had to re-read the rule to remember that part I forgot about. I can see how console could not fit with that restriction since there is no equivalent filter. If console had its own category for anyone who wishes to run the game as originally intended during the game's development (such as myself), I would be more than happy to try putting a run into it.

From what I understand under the rules, the filter is not allowed to be on in any case and naturally that does not even exist on console or SD2SNES firmware options. I have plenty of waiting time, though, as I still need to produce a complete run to be analyzed and validated.

With the recent SD2SNES update to 1.8.0 and its support for SuperFX, will there be a course of action for console runs? I am extremely interested in running it on console personally and I know this is bleeding-edge territory, so I wanted to posit my question and proposition. More specifically, I was wondering if submitted runs would be placed alongside the Classic or if it should be a separate category entirely.

Edit: I had already done preliminary testing on the console when I found out about the update a week after its release and can attest that it runs beautifully, so learning the routing and having a time to submit is my next course of action.