Devil Survivor: Battle Details

A few details of Devil Survivor’s battle system were recently unveiled by Atlus, along with two new characters.  The battle system revolves around the keitai application known as COMP, which the main characters use.  Once Tokyo becomes overrun with demons, the main characters can use COMP to form contracts with demons and call upon their powers in battle.

Contracted demons can be collected and each character can “stock” 2 demons.  During battle, the two stocked demons may be summoned by the individual who stocked them.  Battles take place in an isometric view and appear to take place on a grid-based map.  A battle can take anywhere from 10-15 minutes.  Judging by the turn bar in the middle screenshot, combat appears to be turn-based:

STOCK>	BATTLE>	SUMMON

It is confirmed that 2 new characters will be joining forces with the main party:

	Midori Komaki Midori is a huge fan of Cos-Play, as her outfit may suggest.  On a certain online Cos-Play community she is known as Dori. Midori wants to fight with a strong sense of justice and use the power of the COMP to save people.  Her name means green in Japanese.
	Keisuke Takagi Keisuke has been friends with Atsurou since middle school.  He wishes to use the power of COMP to find the parties responsible for the incident occurring in Tokyo.  He appears intelligent and composed, but what does he have against books?

There are still some details about the battle system which I have questions about.  The game appears tactical, but moving and attacking hasn’t really been explained.  Also, is summoning in this game the same as with Devil Summoner in which a demon comes to your side for battle?  Or like Persona, in which they simply attack for you?  Extremely tiny screenshots make me mad!

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