Gimme the tedium! Bring it on, I can take it! Reloaded could've been a better ROM hack if they included a thing to keep the original grading stuff/keys, so I guess it's back to where I started. At least I won't lose any progress since it was roughly the same ROM anyway. The ROM hack seems designed for the 5 people who really really like Shadow the Hedgehog instead of people looking for a less tedious experience with the game. If I were more experienced, maybe I could make a fork of Shadow Reloaded suited to my needs, but I'd rather go vanilla.
It won't put a gigantic damper on progression, I think. Ntm if I wanna speed through things I've already seen or whatever, holding down TAB in Dolphin is right there. My goal by the end of this week is maybe up to route 20? I reached 13 yesterday, so it could be manageable.