The game is a side-scrolling fighter with four playable characters: a warrior with a sword, a chocobo, a black mage and an archer. The B button is used to attack, with the first two having attack combos and the last two using short range projectiles. Button A is used to navigate. The player can also operate by double tapping left or right.
Each character has a "desperate" attack, performed by pressing B and A together, at the cost of a small amount of health. There are also two special attacks on the character; they are performed by typing down, down+forward, forward+B (Hadoken move) and up, down, up+B. both special attacks consume a portion of the red "magic" meter.
No items or collectible weapons; however, the player will "level up" after dealing enough damage. This increases the player's strength and also restores their health and magic meters, much like a traditional Final Fantasy game.