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Pokémon Red and Blue

Controls

Learn all Pokémon Red and Blue controls, including D-Pad, Circle Pad, A, B, Start, and Select button functions for movement, menus, and canceling evolutions.

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Learn all Pokémon Red and Blue controls, including D-Pad, Circle Pad, A, B, Start, and Select button functions for movement, menus, and canceling evolutions.

Controls:

  • D-Pad/Circle Pad: Use to move your character, and to move cursors within menus or the game world.
  • A Button: Confirms choices, allows you to speak with people (NPCs - Non-Player Characters), and investigate the tile directly in front of your character.
  • B Button: Declines choices, allows you to exit menus, and can be pressed during a Pokémon's evolution sequence to cancel it.
  • Start Button: Opens the main menu.
  • Select Button: Has no currently assigned function (N/A).
Tips
  • Remember that pressing the B button during an evolution is the only way to stop it once it has begun.
  • The A button is your primary interaction button for most actions in the game.

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