Just a few months ago, the All Bosses category was added to our miscellaneous leaderboards, and it's already seeing a few new discoveries that warrant a quick revisit to the rules in order to clarify some things.

On all boss races in a completed Adventure Mode file, you can do a cutscene skip on the final frame of the race to avoid the long fade out sequence that plays after you win. This saves a substantial amount of time on races like Wizpig 1, where the console needs to be reset in order to skip the credits sequence. In short, the ability to cutscene skip opens up a lot of new opportunities for time save for All Bosses. This makes the category both more flexible in its routing, and more difficult in its execution, making for a more competitive leaderboard in the long run.

It's important to address some of the concerns brought up as well. In normal full game runs, these skips are not possible, since Adventure Mode boss progression isn't saved until the frame after the race is won. So, is the boss really "beaten" if progression in Adventure Mode is not saved? In the case of All Bosses, it's required you run the category on a file that has already been completed. In this case, there is no progression being saved. For this reason, we've decided to allow cutscene skips in All Bosses. As long as you see that big gold "1st" show up, you've beaten the boss!

Remember as well, cutscene skips are not required to play the category and enjoy it. You can route All Bosses any way that works best for you. It's one of the best things about this category! That, and the Wizpig 1 practice...