Pokémon Rumble Blast/Controls

The controls for playing Pokémon Rumble Blast are fairly simple and should take very little time to learn and get the hang of.

Overworld Activity
You can move through the overworld using either the Circle Pad or the D-pad on the Nintendo 3DS. Typically, the Circle Pad is recommended because you can move in all sorts of directions more easily, while the D-pad only has four directions.

Your toy Pokémon's moves can be used with the A and B buttons. The first move listed in your Pokémon's summary will be your A move and the second move will be the B move.

In order to open the menu to switch a Pokémon, press X. If you find a Pokémon and want to know more information about it than just its moves, press Y and more information will show up, such as Attack and Defense and a description of the Pokémon's special trait if it has one.

Scrolling through a menu utilizes the Circle Pad or the D-pad as well. Here, the D-pad should be more useful.

If you are in the overworld and wish to either pause or save and quit, press START and a menu will pop up in the bottom screen asking if you'd like to Resume, Quit, or Save and Quit.