The cash items were put in there to add some more flavor and in a way a miniquest so you wouldn't have to grind 999 Rupees for the Magic Boomerang.
The slow room is something I took out of New Quest 2; however, I have heard complaints about it before out of PZC people in particular, so I saved it for later. I could've used it more probably.
Oh well on Lv. 7's enemies. Part of the idea of keeping the enemies the same was to show them off in more particular detail: Guess you didn't like it so much.
Thanks for playing, and if you have any Let's Play videos or anything, write me on http://www.facebook.com/nightmarejames
Thanks.
-James