Days - Can't select a difficulty when starting a new game

[Brianrr35]

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Describe the bug
Game boots up fine, it lets me press A to select story mode and on new game, but when it asks me to select a difficulty, my A button input stops working, if I go back to the previous menu it works fine, but only bugs out when selecting a Difficulty

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Select story mode
2. Select new game
3. Stops working when selecting difficulty

Expected behavior
After selecting a difficulty, for the game to start the first cutscene

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Desktop (please complete the following information):

• Game: Days
• Day and Mission (Days only; if appliable): Main menu
• OS: Steam Deck
• Melon Mix Version: e.g. 0.5.4
• ROM Region: US / EU / JP / JP Rev 1

Additional context
I found a work around, where mapping the A button to the Right bumper let's me select the difficulty, then mapping it back to the button i originally had it seems to let me pass the problem. The game works perfectly fine before and after the difficulty select.