ICYMI, the entire Red Green series is available for free on a couple of platforms- Youtube linked here, it's also available on Tubi (a free streaming platform), and I believe I saw mention it's on Pluto as well but I haven't checked out that service yet. A Canadian classic!
tbh I've found the opposite approach to be a lot more successful- the base weapon doesn't matter as much as the monster parts I use. Once you start getting a couple of silver bokoblin horns to fuse with, the weapons system "experience", so to speak, improved a ton. The higher-level monsters become a bit easier to tackle, so it becomes a positive feedback loop after that for better monster parts.