I never made any rules on this but I want your opinion on this.

It would technically be faster to play a level if it has been at least attempted before, as you can then skip cutscenes with the triangle button. I don't believe any runs have been completed doing this so I'm fine if we just keep doing what we were doing. and complete the run on fresh saves.

Why not create a new game + category to be able to skip the cinematics?

We could. I was also thinking about creating a 100% category for people to grab all collectibles which we have previously ignored.

Yes good idea

I already collect all the collectibles in the all pearls category lul