Just played for a couple of hours, some thoughts.
No shortcut but it loads so fast it doesn't really matter. Game at "HD" looks kind of jaggy but decent enough. Lol, the online menu/options have got to be some of worst I've seen. As expected its pretty much unplayable (IMO) online (everything has to be put in advance) but I did see some people doing shadow gallery loops lol. I mean on 3-4 connections you can adjust and I guess its ok if you're just messing around...
The game feels more smooth over the ps2 version. Not completely sure what it is but it feels better. Its been a while since I played the arcade version but Bridget's super and starship didn't seem to cause the same slowdown as on arcade. Maybe the speed is fixed and the slowdown was taken out? idk
Love the chibi sidebar