yeah or if you would just remove the bink file from the installation directory^^
that still would be a modification 😛
I would say hitting New Game is the only way to start a run. One don't have to worry about loop holes.
Just think about other runs like the HP series
where they always need to watch 2.5 minutes of intro on each reset
Time difference for restarting between New Game and using a save file sound negatable as the game loads fast on PC.
*Dogmatix ?!*

Yeah, I ran Wind waker. I know the pain xD
it's more of a positional thing if I interpreted that right
Also I like how it's harder for anyone to cheat if we start from new Game file.
true that, I mean most of the runners stream their runs but yeah
Of course they could splice and such... I don't know if XXL has good anti splicing stuff.
that would be a good point for offline runs
i don't how you could cheat like that xD
By editing a save file before hand.
So you still have the intro but also some goodies.
And what could you edit anyway ?