The switch to RTA was mainly to avoid having so many people tied due to IGT. With the accuracy of Bizhawk and the experience to accept RTA times fron emulators on ZM, the switch was made for Fusion too. This obviously make it that runs without RTA will be ranked under those that have one, regardless of IGT.

About the "Good RTA / Bad IGT > Bad RTA  Good IGT", it's mainly due to the language difference, as Japanese saves 3 minutes of RTA. We decided to only put a "Language" option when you submit your run, so that you can still compare by using filters.

It's totally your right to start your game and get a recorded time under the rules that let you submit your RTA, no matter how long it is. Also remember that these boards have no official impact, and that within the community, everyone knows their place when it comes to their ranking, which includes various top runners who don't have an RTA despite having top tier runs (I can simply think about Rossu and DragonFangs). 

I'm pretty convinced no changes will be make, as this decision was taken and voted by the community.

Hey all,

I know this is a pretty elementary question, but I'm having trouble finding the answer anywhere. I just got my Japanese cartridge of the game and I'm wondering how do you get a 00:00 new game + file in this version. It doesn't seem to auto-save after the intro. Thanks to anyone who can help me with this!

What do you guys think the best Emulator to run Fusion on would be? I just got a pc controller and want to start streaming from an emulator.

I noticed that for Any% it now says that all sub-50 runs need video proof.  I don't quite have a convenient way to record my playing on my gba right now, so if I get a sub-50 time, may I just submit a video of the IGT and % being shown? I can certainly grab my camera and do that while the credits are rolling, but recording a whole run would be beyond inconvenient.

Are segmented run times legitimate and allowed to be submitted? I personally do not do segmented times, but one of my friends running the game wanted to know.