Yep, this is good already. Love it.
So, if you're not aware of the controls:
R1 + the corresponding face button on the bottom left, like in Ys Seven and Celceta activates skills.
You are going to want to keep your finger over R1 because you are going to be using those face button skills CONSTANTLY.
Once you get a new skill, bind it using the second menu option with the star.
Square is switching your team makes, circle is regular attack, jump is X (yes, Jump is back).
Triangle is lockon.
You can also press R1 as a 'perfect guard' when you time it at the same time a monster almost hits you with an attack and it'll give you a damage bonus. This works for projectiles too.
You can use L1 as a 'perfect dodge' too, when you do the same thing but with rolling. You'll get a movement bonus instead.
L1 is roll (you can also roll after jumping), and L1+R1 together are your super attack. That super attack's meter is the yellow behind your face button skills - and it fills up slowly behind there after you use it up.
Not only that, it appears that when you're in the death animation from going to 0 hp, you have a small window in which you can heal your character from 0 HP with a healing item.
The health items and all that can be quick accessed using L2 and R2.
You can press the Options button again when you bring up the other menu (the Options button) to save.
Those little blue plants you see around, if you hit them, will help fill up your Skill gauge.
Touch the right side of your touchpad to change the type of map you're using.