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I picked up The Emperor's New Groove for the Game Boy Color back around its 2000 release. It was published by Ubisoft, which put out a lot of licensed games for the handheld during that era. This one landed right when the GBC library was full of these kinds of colorful, movie-based adventures.

You control Kuzco, who has been turned into a llama, and your goal is to find a way to turn him back into a human. The game plays out across a series of side-scrolling levels where you jump across platforms, head-butt enemies like guards and jaguars, and search for keys to unlock doors. You explore areas screen by screen, from the jungle to the palace, and you collect golden sun symbols to open new paths. The pacing is fairly straightforward, though some jumps require precise timing. It feels like a light, cartoonish platformer that captures the movie's humor through its simple actions and character sprites.