Yes. Yes it is. But it is far more complicated than that. The gist is pretty much "you're not great at the game, it'll pull it's punches. You body the game, it'll try its damnest to body you."
But the game offers the most balanced difficulty of any game in my opinion, as you have, a 100%, all the tools you need to beat the game, as soon as you hit new game.
And not even that, the game offers your standard meter and health upgrades. But outside of that, you're just customizing your already perfect moveset throughout the entire game while maintaining the same difficulty mechanic, regardless of how early or how late you are in the game.
I love it !!! Well I'm not really big fan of any game that resorts to cheating in order to kill me but I hate Grinding even more so I guess I'l go with the Lesser Evil.
Which reminds me... I need to finish Furi... its the no nonsense game I've always Dreamed Of.