oh, there are cheats! :)
try holding SELECT + R and tapping “Story Mode” in the Start Game menu
Thanks for your feedback! During testing I primarily used the arrow keys, which seemed OK with the 1, 2, 3 & 4 hotkeys. The fact that it’s uncomfortable, particularly with the WASD scheme is sadly only something that came up right as we were scrambling to playtest and release – and I have to confess, after an intensive play session the numbers do make your fingers feel like you just used them to try and remove a fridge magnet from the Large Hadron Collider. Reminds me of playing Kid Icarus on the 3DS.