- three modes of play: Music Game, SpotPass and Museum
- Music Game has three sub-modes: Series, Challenge and one unidentified mode
- options are shown alongside your current party, listed with HP and level
- swap out characters from your party here
- three types of gameplay icons:
Red: Touch the screen briefly
Yellow: Slide in the direction of the arrow or line of movement of the icon
Green: Touch and hold down on the screen
Field
Play to field, town and dungeon music, one rhythm line, difficulty is lower, more relaxed songs that require you to slide the touch pen up and down
Battle
four rhythm lines, music is higher tempo, difficulty is higher, get critical attacks by timing your inputs perfectly, chain combos