The Mega Man Battle Network games (MMBN) are a series of action role-playing games for the Game Boy Advance that incorporates deck building in a unique and incredibly deep way, making speedruns a simultaneous test of skill in execution and deck building.
Battle Network 1 – Single Segment
The first Battle Network game is considered a sort of black sheep in the series. Single Segment means completing the game entirely deathless as the main thing banned is returning to the title screen. Being able to reset to the title screen enables consistent RNG manipulation, so this category was originally made as an attempt to ban manipulations. While the casual experience is lackluster compared to later entries, the speedrun is both incredibly challenging and dynamic between the very high damage late game and some very specific requirements for story progression.
Personal Best (1:43:52)
Route Notes
Battle Network 6 – Any% Gregar
Battle Network 6 is the last entry in the MMBN series, Any% is about beating the game as fast as possible and the Gregar version is slightly faster than the Falzar version. This run can be done on both English and Japanese releases, but the notes generally assume playing in Japanese.