A quick tip, when you are on the map screen, press the Triangle button, to bring up a list of shops, restaurants and locations. Useful if you are looking for something specific!
Also, nthing the suggestion that when you are in Free Roam mode, just pop into a restaurant to eat, it is cheaper and you save the healing items until you really need them (ie in the middle of a Boss fight!).
Basically - China won't rule against copyright infringement in favour of an overseas company - Apple have been trying to get them to cut down on all the iKnockoffs by doing a lot of deals with the Chinese government (including opening a significant number of actual Apple stores there) with the hope that this will make it more likely that they will seek to help them out - and while this has improved things, the issue is still rife for them - and most companies don't quite have the same reach as Apple when it comes to this stuff.
But digital titles in western markets? I don't think they'll stand for this for too long in parts of the world where they can legitimately defend their IP.
It's also worth reading Poorly Made In China, whilst it is about manufacturing, it gives a good insight into why things like this exist (and probably make you never want to buy anything from China ever again).
It is pretty inconsistent about prompting you about what is interactive and what isn't and it is difficult to see what is a usable prop and what is background texture. I am saying this as someone who also loves this game (and this feature inspired me to dig out my Dreamcast and play along at home and it looks much better on a VGA cable than on these videos)!
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