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Game Overview

Remember Aero the Acro-Bat? That snarky little bat from the 90s is back, and he's somehow even more chaotic on the Game Boy Advance. You start off flipping through carnival-themed levels full of springs, gears, and those annoying little clown enemies that just won't stay down. The controls feel tighter than the old SNES version—your dive attacks actually land where you want them now.

Edgar Ektor's still up to his usual nonsense, sending mechanical goons after you while hiding behind ridiculous screen-filling boss fights. Some of those later levels get brutal with the platforming, but nailing a perfect string of wall jumps and mid-air spins feels so good when you pull it off. It's got that classic "die twenty times, then finally beat it with one life left" energy.

If you miss when platformers were loud, fast, and didn't take themselves seriously, this is a solid way to kill an afternoon. Just watch out for the spinning saw blades—they got me way too many times.