Star Fox Adventures/Controls

Control Action Description
Start Communicator Pauses the game.
Control Stick Walk/Jog/Run/Aim Move Fox/Krystal/Dinosaurs around; tilt it slightly to walk and farther to run. Aim Staff Weapons. Look around in First-Person View.
A Action Button Use Staff in combat; activate a Sidekick Command; use an item; talk to a Dinosaur
B Cancel Button Putting staff away, canceling Sidekick Command, exiting inventory
C-Stick Inventory Tilt left or right to access a section, and tilt up or down to scroll through the options of that section.
X Avoid Triggers an evasive action depending on your situation. (Forward roll during exploration and various flips and rolls in combat.)
Y Assign item/action from Inventory A blank button that you can assign an item/action from the invenory to for immediate access. Press this button when an item/action in the inventory is highlighted to assign it to that button.
Z First-Person View Look at the environment from your character's perspective.
L Camera Control/Sidestep Mode Press lightly to center the camera behind your character. Hold it down until it clicks to enter sidestep mode.
R Defend Trigger a defensive force-field during exploration; Block frontal enemy attacks during combat.
D-Pad P.D.A. Display Display maps, information, and a fuel-cell compass.

Arwing edit

These should be familiar if you've played Star Fox 64 (Lylat Wars if you live in other countries than the US).

Control Action
Start Pauses the game.
Control Stick Moves the arwing. Up to dive and down to climb.
A Fires the Lasers
B Fires a bomb but only if a bomb upgrade has been located within the level.
X Hold to break.
Y Hold to add turbo to your Arwing for a brief period.
L Hold lightly to bank the Arwing and press hard to do a barrel roll.
R Hold lightly to bank the Arwing and press hard to do a barrel roll.