Compared to six buttons in other fighting games, there are three buttons in Pocket Fighter Nova, which makes you easy to control. Pocket Fighter Nova also features "Flash Combos", where the player can perform a combo by pressing the Kick or Punch button after striking their opponent with the Punch button for a total of four hits. Flash Combos will usually cause a Character to change into various costumes during the sequence.

It has many funny fighting skills such as Chun-Li delivering love letter, Ken playing football, Hsien-Ko playing bowling and so on, making you can't bear to put them down.