Kyuukai Douchuuki/Gameplay

At Bat

 * Joystick: While waiting for the pitch, use the 8-way joystick to position your batter inside the batting box.
 * Button 1: Press and hold this button to swing your bat. If you do not hold it down long enough, you may bunt the ball instead of swinging at it.
 * Button 2: Press this button to initiate stealing a base. You must first hold the joystick in the direction of the base you would like to steal. For example, if you have a runner on first, and would like to steal second, first hold the joystick to the left, then press the button.

Pitching

 * Joystick: Before the pitch is thrown, use the joystick to move the pitcher from side to side on the mound.
 * Button 1: Before you press this button, use the joystick to determine the speed of the ball. Hold it up to throw a slow ball, or down to throw a fast ball. Any other direction or no direction at all will result in a normal speed pitch. Throwing many fast balls or slow balls will wear a pitcher out faster. Once the ball is thrown, hold the joystick to the left or right to control the path of the ball on the way to the batter.
 * Button 2: Once a runner is on base, press this button to switch from the batter/mound view to the infield view where you can attempt to tag out runners who are stealing bases.

Running Bases

 * Button 1: Runners will automatically move to the next base once a ball touches the ground. Press this button to request that the runner continues running, or to request that a runner run before the ball has landed. You must first hold the joystick in the direction of the base you would like to reach. For example, if you have a runner headed to first, and would like to run all the way to second, first hold the joystick up, then press the button.
 * Button 2: As mentioned above, runners automatically move to the next base, unless it's a fly ball, in which case they wait to see if it's safe to run. You might decide that you don't want to wait and send a player ahead. But if it turns out that the ball was caught, you'll need to send him back to the base before he is tagged out. If you were headed to second base when the ball was caught, send the runner back to first by holding the joystick to the right, and then pressing the button.

In the Field

 * Joystick: Before the ball is caught by any player, use the joystick to control the general direction that the players run in. Since there is no one outfielder that you are in control of at any time, all of them move in the direction that you are holding the joystick in.
 * Button 1: Once the ball is in one of your players' hands, hold the joystick in the direction that corresponds to the base you would like to throw to, and press the button. If you don't hold the joystick in any direction, the ball will be thrown to first base.
 * Button 2: Once the ball is in one of your players' hands, you can run to any base by holding the joystick in the direction that corresponds to the base you would like to run to, and pressing the button.