I had this series leaderboard created to accommodate my GBA run. I will fully admit to having never played this game before.

It's not explained in the rules why all of the characters' final cutscenes are allowed to be skipped except for the final one. Having watched runs that do and do not skip the final cutscene (The impetus for this question is that a run currently in verification skips the final cutscene.), there does not appear to be anything extra that happens when you finish all of the characters' paths.

Most of tue runs ive verified dont skip the final cutscene. Honestly when i made the rule it was more of a convenience to get a consistent time to stop the timer.

But in the end I suppose its not a huge deal. Id say judgment call. If you feel it making it faster is acceptable then just switch up the rules for the run quick nd accept it. If not thats cool too. Whatever the community finds best is fine with me.

As it appears that skipping the final cutscene doesn't really make a difference in the completion of the run, I will go ahead and make the change. Anyone that has an issue with this should Tweet at me and I will reopen this thread for further discussion to organize thoughts.