Okay, so this GBA version of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is actually way more fun than I expected. You start off running around Hogwarts—classic top-down Zelda-style movement—and the first thing that hits you is how weirdly cozy the pixel art feels. The Great Hall’s got these flickering torches, the staircases actually move, and yeah, you can totally spam Lumos in dark corridors just because it looks cool.

The spell-casting’s simple but satisfying—hold R to aim, tap B to fire—and you’ll need to switch between Harry, Ron, and Hermione to solve puzzles (Hermione’s the MVP for logic stuff, obviously). The Marauder’s Map sections are a neat touch, though I kept getting lost in the damn greenhouse. And Buckbeak’s flight minigame? Way better than it had any right to be.

It’s janky in that early-2000s handheld way, but if you’ve got nostalgia for the books or just want to whack a Cornish pixie with Flipendo, it’s a solid time. Just don’t expect the Dementors to be as scary when they’re 16-bit.