Had some fun playing this, but can't get very far due to being weak/how many hits it takes to defeat enemies. Dying is a gameover and the only way I can see to heal is to get a recovery massage, but defeating enemies doesn't make me enough money to do this reliably. This means I can't really grind to get stronger, because I will die before I get enough money to recover.
I don't know if I'm missing something (I have the pool noodle weapon, a shield, and some healing items that do a shocking low amount of recovery), but I'm pretty stuck. I don't know if this is a balancing issue?
Did encounter a bug once where I could get past the Lucario without prompting a battle, which was nice.
It's a shame, because I would like to play further because I was overall enjoying the jokes/story of the game. The premise is fun.
Am I missing something? Is there a trick to this?
Edit- Oh hey, I'm in your credits :)
Edit 2- Restarted the game and tried a different set up of equipment and it's helped a lot... not sure why the game decides the pool noodle is a better weapon than the sword when you select 'optimize'...