Controls[edit]
: Use the direction pad to guide your players through the castle maze of Galious. Press left or right to walk in either direction. Press up and down to climb ladders.
: Press the A button to make your player jump. You can jump straight up, or to the left or right. Also used to select an option from the menu.
: Press the B button to make your player attack. Press B by itself to swing your sword, or press 
+ to fire the alternate weapon that you assign through the menu. Also used to cancel from the menu.
: Press the start button to pause the game and bring up the in-game menu.
: Press select to simply pause and unpause the game.
Players[edit]
You control Popolon and Aphrodite in their combined effort to navigate their way through the castle maze of Galious, explore each dungeon and defeat the boss inside, and ultimately defeat Galious himself. In order to do this, you will have to make use of both of their talents. Only one character may be active at any given moment. Each character has strengths and weaknesses, and it is up to you to determine which character to utilize at any given moment. You may switch characters at almost any time by bringing up the menu and selecting the other character (although in some dungeons, you won't be able to use one of the players without the proper item.)
Aside from the differences detailed in the table below, Popolon and Aphrodite are quite similar. They move at the same speed and attack with the same strength. They each have a separate vitality meter which drains whenever one of them get hit by an enemy. Each time they kill an enemy, their experience meter grows. Whenever one of their experience meters fills up completely, that character's vitality is completely refilled to the current maximum. However, if one character's vitality meter is drained, they will pass away. The other character must take over, and successfully reach the chamber of resurrection in order to restore life to the defeated player. If both characters are defeated, the game is over.
As mentioned before, Popolon and Aphrodite have different strengths and weaknesses. For one thing, only Popolon can push through the very heavy yellow rotating doors found throughout the castle. Below is a chart of more differences between Popolon and Aphrodite.
| Characteristic | Popolon | Aphrodite |
|---|---|---|
| Jump ability | You can control how high Popolon jumps by how long you hold down  . Ultimately Popolon can jump higher than Aphrodite
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Aphrodite will always jump the same height no matter how long you hold down . Her jump is about one block shorter than Popolon's.
|
| Water tolerance | Popolon's vitality will drain extremely quickly in the water. | Aphrodite's vitality drains very slowly while standing in water. |
| Simultaneous attacks | Popolon can only fire, at most, two projectile weapons simultaneously on the screen. | Aphrodite can fire three projectiles simultaneously on the screen, one more than Popolon. |
| Destruction strength | Popolon can destroy a wall block with just one swing of the Mongolian sword. | Aphrodite must swing the Mongolian sword three times in order to fully destroy a block. |
Menu[edit]
You will bring up the menu by pressing 
. From here, you may select one of six options with , or press or 
to cancel the menu. The six choices are as follows:
| Japanese | Translation | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ポポロン | Poplon | Choose Popolon (condensed to Poplon for the sake of space) as your active character. |
| アフロディテ | Venus | Choose Aphrodite (condensed to Venus for the sake of space) as your active character. |
| ブキ | weapon | Assign one of six possible weapons as your alternative weapon to fire with  +.
|
| アイテム | item | See your currently equipped weapon and armor, as well as selecting certain items to utilize. |
| マップ | map | Provided you have collected the map for a given area, allows you to see the map of the area and your current location. |
| アクシア | tool | See a list of the tools your currently possess. Tools operate automatically, and cannot be selected. |