Pocket Battle is one of those weird little Game Boy gems that never left Japan—a turn-based strategy game where you command tiny toy soldiers across grid-based battlefields. At first glance, it looks simple, but there's a surprising amount of depth in how units move and attack. Infantry, tanks, and artillery all behave differently, and terrain actually matters (unlike some strategy games where everything feels flat).

The sprites are charmingly chunky, and the whole thing has this odd toybox aesthetic—like you're a kid staging battles on your bedroom floor. It's not the deepest strategy game out there, but there's something satisfying about outmaneuvering the AI with clever unit placement. Just don't expect a tutorial; you'll be figuring things out through trial and error.

If you're into obscure retro strategy games, this one's a neat curiosity.