MapleStory’s next mobile app, Maple Blitz X (which was previously just titled Project MNP), is ready for testing! CBT applications have been opened and it will take place from August 9 to August 15.

Sadly, applying requires a Korean cellphone, but there’s a new trailer and some more information which I’ll talk about in this post.

The gameplay has been confirmed as MOBA-style real-time strategy with cards. Summon monsters and attack with your chosen hero’s skills to push down three lanes and defeat the enemy!

It looks like you’ll choose to play as a certain character (in the video, they showed Mercedes, Phantom, Kyrin, and Oz) which gives you access to special cards for your deck.

There’s also different battlefields, each of which seems to have a different gimmick. In the video, there was Golem’s Temple in Henesys (which spawns a golem randomly), Eliza’s Garden in Orbis (I assume the statue will attack at certain points), and the Toy Factory in Ludibrium (with conveyor belts speeding up or slowing down monsters).

In this picture, you can see Water Shield, Spirit Infusion (which increases the stat of an allied turret by +3, has a certain chance to increase damage by 2x when it uses a skill, and the stat boost decreases by 1 each time it uses a skill), and Rolling Moonsault. Each skill requires a certain amount of MP (?) which is the blue bar at the top, under the HP bar.

I think it definitely looks fun and I like the art style of the characters and cards (although I’m not sure about half of Kyrin’s clothes being gone…). Hopefully the OBT or official release comes soon!