Dragon Quest X - battle and enemy details

- battles begin when you come into contact with monsters on the play field
- engage the monsters over a fixed battle area
- battles are command-based
- full control over your character
- freely move around over the battle area
- characters have a speed parameter which determines when you can input your next battle commands
- when the move timer reaches zero, you're able to input your next command
- the timer starts its next countdown immediately
- all moves have a target range parameter
- when you select to execute a melee attack, your character will approach the enemy
- when casting spells, you'll hit enemies in your surrounding area
- if your character has greater weight, you'll be able to make enemies freeze
- you can cast a spell to increase your weight
- Silver Devil is a snow-based creature who casts the snow-based attack Gigadeen
- Devil Armor makes use of sword-based flame attacks
- Arc Demon causes a great explosion with his Ionazun spell

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