No Up+A speed runs of this game are a long-standing tradition, for historical reasons.
However Lackattack24 has proposed that we retain that No Up+A distinction only for the base Any% and Second Quest categories. I agree with the proposal, but I wanted to give notice, and give people a chance to give feedback first.
So please speak up if you oppose this merger.
Thanks,
Proposal: We make no up+a into a variable. Collapsing the categories but keeping the distinction. This is something that could be applied to any or every category. We'd probably not want to do it for any% but we could.
FYI for readers, this discussion has blown up on the LoZ discord, in the #routing and #tloz-discussion channels. I can't transcribe everything said there, over here.
With the release of the new Nintendo "Game & Watch" which includes an official emulation port of the NES and Famicom "The Legend of Zelda" these versions are allowed for speedrunning purposes, because as far as we can tell, they play exactly the same as the NES versions (subject to change if other d