No haha. The select button often gets forgotten. I set it up this way so once a person has a saved game, you don't accidentally hit new game and need to reset. The next version will just start a new game if a save isn't detected.
Having to press start to get a UI prompt also confused me at first. I was also confused that start can’t skip the intro logos. So I just kept hitting start and going through a loop.
Hopefully there would be a prompt “are you sure?” so that new game doesn’t accidentally save an ongoing game!