There are more alternate character portraits than previous titles.

Players who wish to retry the stage will either restart from scratch or from their interim save.

The Forces Gauge from the third title has been removed, meaning instant resurrections and retries within a map are no longer possible for downed units.

The 'Operator' option from the third title has been removed a majority of these characters were made partners.

Once the thirty second countdown sequence ends, the ship will surround their character with support fire. Alternatively, players can pick up the random battleship summon item.

Pilots can choose partners who use warships.

Similar to Dynasty Warriors 7, the player's control may instantly switch between ace pilots in battle during Official Mode.

Similar to the Samurai Warriors series, characters have momentary invulnerability and can dash anywhere they please until the SP Attack gauge drains.

Once a pilot reaches level 30, they gain the ability to cancel their second SP Attack by holding down.

When a pilot has activated their Burst and their SP Attack, their designated partner can provide secondary assistance.

SP Attacks only drain one meter of the SP Gauge when they are activated in this title.

MS now have four different SP Attacks: standard: second: (held) aerial: R1/ R + and combination: simultaneously activate with another ace pilot.

As long as is being used, it can be activated in the middle or at the end of standard charge attack combinations.

A 'Charge Shot' is a stronger attack which grants additional or rarer drops if it is used to defeat enemy units.

The Burst can be activated by pressing R2 in battle. Players can mix and match Burst combinations to fit with their preferences. Newtypes can slow enemies in battle, SEED characters can negate thrust gauge consumption, and so on. MS, for instance, can by equipped with Transam (increases attack, speed, and length of MS attacks) or Magnetic Coating (boosts attack speed and likelihood of critical hits).

'Burst System', a new MS and pilot feature, alters the mannerisms of an individual MS in battle based on the construction of its parts and the specific pilot using it.The general graphic and audio layout of the game returns to a style reminiscent to the second title.

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