However, Marchiafava felt that the monster battles were not as interesting.
The basic rules also allow for double monster battles.
This grants the players extra energy during monster battles.
Another innovation is an arena where the player can place bets on the outcome of monster battles.
Shining Ark uses an active & command battle system for monster battles.
The group exchanged stories of their monster battles, and developed suspicions of one another, which they kept secret for the time being.
The monster battles have a time limit of forty seconds but lack a countdown timer.
Several games in the series feature casinos for players to win items by playing various games, including poker and betting on monster battles.
The initial idea was that a mutant starfish-like monster battles Godzilla.
Somehow, this doesn't lead to the Simon vs. LA monster battle we've been building toward all along.