As stated, the rules seem a bit vague. It's running natively on console but not off of a flashcart/repro. Just want to verify before I submit a run. Thanks for the clarification.

I'm admittedly not entirely sure what your question is. Are you playing on console with a HG/SS cartridge or is it something else? Assuming you're running on console with an actual cart (which is how I'm reading it) the emulator rules wouldn't apply. If not please clarify your question a bit 😅

I think the thing they're talking about is some kind of cfw on 3DS. As far as the answer, I'd wait for a mod to give a definitive answer.

Sorry for my vagueness. TwilightMenu++ is a tool which lets DSi/3DS run roms off of an sd card natively. It's identical to playing on cartridge with the exception of saving quicker.

if its any faster than cartridge, it goes on emu boards

I'll be honest that I'm not really sure if it'd be allowed or not. If it is then it falls under the "emu" tag since it sounds like it'd play similar to a flash cart (like major suggested). That said, I'm gonna follow up on this with the other mods to see how they feel it should be handled. If only so we can give a clear and final answer.

Sweet! Thank you so much.

So the long and short of it is it may be allowed in the future but further testing is needed first. Before actually allowing it, it needs to be confirmed that the timing as you stated it is actually correct. The indication may seem that that's the case, but we'd like to be sure before actually allowing it.

To further the point, the reason this is needed is that in the past there have been similar cases where it seemed accurate at first and then turned out not to be. Wii U VC injection is one that comes to mind, which turned out more inaccurate than expected at first. After all, a slightly higher or lower framerate would make a massive difference in the course of a run and it wouldn't be obvious to the naked eye.

Long story short, not allowed yet but it may be in the future if testing shows it to be similarly accurate to other ways of emulation. If you're serious about wanting to run on it it might be worth following up in the discord and see if you can find someone to help test its accuracy (I admittedly have too little knowledge on this to really be of help here)