The game has a cast of over 200 characters selected from several Namco and Capcom franchises, separated in different home worlds: Ten years later, Reiji and Xiaomu are investigating new fluctuations happening in Shibuya, Tokyo and soon discover that characters and locations from different worlds and times are converging together, and 'Ouma' agent Saya, related to the death of Reiji's father, is involved. Before the game's story, Shinra stopped a plan from the 'Ouma' organization to create 'fluctuations' to open up portals between worlds, albeit at the cost of Reiji's father life.

The game centers around two original characters Arisu Reiji and Xiaomu, agents of a secret organization known as 'Shinra', who deals with supernatural occurrences. There are 50 chapters total (5 prologues, followed by 45 chapters) The game normally takes around 70-100 hours to complete. Successfully blocking attacks will also increase the amount of AP the player's unit has. Defense also puts the player in the action-RPG mode, this time blocking to reduce the enemy's damage. They will also be able to select a Multiple Assault attack if their units on the board meet the conditions. Upon filling up the character's Special Gauge they can use the Triangle button to perform a special attack.

Bonuses other than items are converted into extra Experience Points at the end of an attack sequence. If the player perform a certain number of Aerial Chains (hitting the enemy in mid-air), they will gain bonuses, such as items, super meter, extra damage, more branches to use in this turn.

Each direction on the directional pad combined with the circle button will perform an attack. The player's character has a number of 'Branches' they can use. On the player's turn, he or she can move his character into position and choose to attack an enemy.Īt this point the game switches into the action-RPG portion. Movement is done on a square grid with turns being determined by figuring out which character has the highest AP. The game is a hybrid of an action-RPG and a strategy-RPG.

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