 The controls consists of an eight-way joystick and three action buttons.The playable character Strider Hiryu can now perform new actions in addition to the ones he had in the first game.Hiryu can walk, jump, crouch, slide, and climb walls and ceilings like he would in the original game, as well as dash by pushing the joystick left or right twice, do a double jump by pressing jump in mid-air, and do a backward somersault jump while sliding.