There is also a few new combat features not seen in previous games. (thatvideogameblog.com)
The final new combat feature has a silly name but is very useful. (thatvideogameblog.com)
The game seems to be inspired from the turn - based combat featured in XCom series but the addition here is that the developers have molded the abilities and combat from a standard Mario RPG. (gearnuke.com)