In the game you defeat enemies using combos and weapons. Power tricks encompass a specific type of advanced tricks and short combos. They often make use of special moves and combos. Skills can be activated through use of combos for attacking, dodging or blocking. Star blocks act as power-ups that extend combos. All characters feature at least two Ultra Combos. Also, the battle system rewards the player with extra experience for stringing together multi-hit combos. The Saturn version uses its three extra buttons for three smaller combos. Some of her sword combos had a similar shortcoming. This leads to the characters having 1 of 3 different button combos. This can be filled by completing combos and making critical hits. MSO also features jazz and string combos. Viewtifuls can be quickly gained by using combos or long chains of attacks. The game's new Critical System features Critical Stuns, Critical Combos, and Critical Bursts. These can be combined into combos, which fill up Zero's Tension Gauge.