At first it seems like the combat's been oversimplified when
you select Auto Battle and all the moves are chosen for you, but it's more an attempt to move to higher - level strategy that becomes very successful as the classes and abilities begin to open up.
Not exact matches
When you're in a fight, you can press the
Select Button to enter
Auto -
Battle.
Auto - attack sees you steadily slash away at your targeted enemy's health, but a displayed
Battle Palette will let you select any Arts, Talent Arts and, for Shulk, Monado powers that can sway the battle in your f
Battle Palette will let you
select any Arts, Talent Arts and, for Shulk, Monado powers that can sway the
battle in your f
battle in your favour.
That game took the approach of the
auto - attack
battle system, where you essentially do nothing more than point yourself at the bad guys and watch the animations while intermittently
selecting special attacks and magic.
This presented me with the problem of just constantly pressing X in order to
select Auto -
Battle every time it was available, which isn't all that fun or engaging.