Found this in repop, but cant verify in og atm. So if anyone wants to test. saves around 30 seconds even with slow steam deck loads, but not sure what 360 loads would be. If it does work there might be more skips to find using same method.

just spam melee till something clips, should be first try. If not then it's probably not gonna work in this version. Also character is max upgrades, not sure if new character clips either.