- doing away with several freemium features from the mobile version
- more RPG elements such as fields to explore
- getting rid of the Magic Stones that give you a chance to acquire rare monsters and recover your stamina to continue playing
- these cost real-world money in the mobile game
- also getting rid of the team cost feature that limited what kind of monsters you could have in your party.
- 70% – 80% of the monsters in the 3DS version will be new to the series
- new fields and NPCs who will be providing hints and striking up conversation
- level up system, which follows a more traditional RPG method of gathering experience points by defeating enemies
- includes a monster evolving feature
- evolving requires the use of “Chips,” which will also have various patterns in the evolution process
- trade monsters with your friends
- trade character cards that have all of your player data
- friend registration system where your friend’s leader monster can appear as a helper in your battles