Roller Skates

The Roller Skates (Japanese: ローラースケート Roller Skates) are a key item in Pokémon X and Y that allow the player to move around faster than they would by running, but slower than they would on a bicycle, by navigating with the Nintendo 3DS's circle pad.

In the games

The Roller Skates are obtained from a Roller Skater outside the Santalune Gym after the player has defeated her in a battle. Unlike walking, running, and riding a bicycle, the Roller Skates requires the use of the Control Pad; pressing the directional buttons will cause the player to switch to the Running Shoes.

In some areas such as the skate park on Route 5, there are rails which the player may traverse by using the Roller Skates.

When going through tall grass, the player is reduced to walking speed and the PokéRadar may not be used.

Flavor text

Games	Description
	Attaches roller skates to the bottom of your shoes, allowing you to glide quickly around and perform tricks.

Tricks

The player can perform certain tricks while using the Roller Skates. Any trick requiring a ledge cannot be performed until the player has learned it from an NPC. However, the player may perform grounded 360s as soon as they have the Roller Skates. These tricks are aesthetic and have no significant gameplay effect.

The player can learn five Roller Skate tricks:

Backflip — Taught by a Roller Skater on North Boulevard, outside Hotel Richissime, below a tree.
- Go over a ledge while dashing or while doing a parallel swizzle to perform a backflip.
Parallel swizzle — Taught by a Roller Skater inside an office building on the western end of South Boulevard.
- When slowly moving forward, the player will begin to move their feet side to side.
Drift-and-dash — Taught by a Roller Skater at the monument in Vert Plaza.
- When the player begins skating or turns in the opposite direction, they gain a boost in speed.
360 — Taught by a Roller Skater inside Café Rouleu on Estival Avenue.
- Jump over a ledge while rotating the circle pad to perform a midair pirouette.
Cosmic flip — Can only be learned if the player already knows all other tricks. Taught by Twirling Whirlwind in the Lost Hotel.
- With adequate speed the player will perform a special flip when heading towards a ledge, quickly changing to the opposite direction, then right back to jump over it.