No, the in-game timer stops after the epilogue and thats the only reason why we include the epilogue :D

Here you can find a big sheet of all the strats we found for Shantae: Half-Genie Hero:

http://tinyurl.com/shantaesheet

We would love to do that, but the in game time in shantae is super shitty. The in game timer stops when you are in a menu, or dancing etc. and the timer even resets to an older state if you game over.