When first playing, the game offers the player a choice of the characters Kyo Kusanagi, Terry Bogard and Ryo Sakazaki.

Every time a stage is cleared, the player obtains different types of objects for multiple purposes such as increasing experience and raising stats, as well as rubies to summon more characters or restore their health.

[7] Global version manager Ying Chen states that the developers aimed for players to make their own types of teams per preference.

They focused on letting our players to enjoy multiple combination and powerful sense of hitting through simple moves.

SNK stated that Netmarble already had a large experience within mobile phone games worldwidely and wanted them to continue with this tradition.

[17] To promote the addition of Samurai Shodown characters, Kyo was portrayed by Yuichi Nakamura for a commercial alongside Hiroshi Fujioka as Haohmaru.

[18][19] Shin Hwa Cho from Netmarble expressed excitement in regards to the WWE collaboration as it would appeal to newcomers to the series.

[22] Kotaku praised the presentation and gameplay but noted that the usage of microtransactions might leave players with mixed thoughts in regards to the need of collecting as many fighters they want.