The game is notable for its stylistic departure from many fighting games, and is set in a fantasy world depicted as a storybook, and borrows many superficial elements from role-playing games including damage represented as numbers and a text-heavy story mode, which involves a number of heroes answering the call to battle to stop an evil force from once again attempting to destroy the world.
The game's distinctive feature is its departure from typical fighting games, presenting a fantasy world as a storybook setting. It also incorporates elements of role-playing games like displaying damage numerically and having a narrative mode where heroes fight to save the world from an evil force.