The gameplay focuses on tag team gameplay where players can quickly switch between characters during a fight and also alternate between characters during complex combos. The attacks are called Cross Rush, Cross Arts and Cross Assault. In the same vein victory conditions imply that the first player to have a character with zero health loses. Most of the special attacks are performed by filling up a three-tier Cross Gauge to activate them.
This game introduces two new systems. The gem system allows players to select three gems for the characters, boosting their statistics such as attack, defense, speed, vitality, assist, and Cross Gauge. These are activated by fulfilling certain conditions during fights. Secondly, the pandora mode allows a character with less than 25 health to sacrifice himself to have the other character acquire more strength and an infinite Cross Gauge.