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[edit] Basic controls

• : Move shadow Left and Right, Back and Forward.
• : Move the Camera and watch your surroundings.
• : Jump.
• : Spin dash.
• : Attack.
• : Chaos Blast and Chaos Control activation button.
• : Confirm a choice, open the Pause Menu.

[edit] Special moves

• Sliding Attack: Hold in any direction to make shadow run, while running, you can press at the same time to perform the Sliding Attack and slide through enemies that are on the ground.
• Mid-Air Attacks: While Jumping with , you can press while in Mid-air to perform an attack, if you have a gun you will perform Mid-air shooting attack, if you don't have one, you will perform a Mid-air Kick attack.
• Homing attack: It's the most useful move in the game, and its easy to perform, when near a target, jump with once, then press again to perform a homing attack on your foe. If there are multiple foes you can do this attack repeatedly to defeat them all at once!
• Lift up heavy objects: To lift up a heavy object, for example a bus blocking the way on Westopolis, just face it and press twice to throw it.