How does one soft reset on an emulator? It seems that the only rom file I can find has an intro before the opening screen and I don't want that to eat up time...

Not in this game, I'm afraid. Even I have to press the Reset button on my Gamecube in order to restart the game.

I may be able to help out, though. Check your Twitch messages.

I think there is a misunderstanding of what you understood of this comment and your post afterwards. The only rom I can find of this game has a >2 min. intro saying like "mode7 presents Monster...... released on ...."

I suppose my question should have been more specific in "Does anyone know where I can find a rom that cuts straight to the rom itself, and not some advertisement by the team that put together the rom?"

Problem solved, though the change you made is probably good for the long term