Mini 4 Boy II feels like digging up a time capsule from your childhood—if you actually had a Game Boy back in the day. The chunky pixels and that signature greenish-gray screen hit you right away, and the controls are stupidly simple (d-pad and two buttons, that’s it). But don’t let the retro look fool you—the first level throws some sneaky enemy patterns at you, and I definitely lost a life before figuring out the timing.

It’s got that weirdly satisfying loop where you’re just running, jumping, and hitting stuff, but somehow you keep going “one more try” when you mess up. The music’s this repetitive bleep-bloop track that should be annoying but ends up weirdly hypnotic after a while. If you’ve got a soft spot for games that don’t hold your hand, this one’s a solid little time-waster.