Play Code Lyoko (E)(XenoPhobia) Online

Code Lyoko on the DS is one of those weird little gems that somehow nails the vibe of the show. You jump between the real world and Lyoko, where everything’s this blocky, neon digital wasteland—kinda janky by today’s standards, but it weirdly works. At first, you’re just running around school talking to classmates (feels very mid-2000s anime), but then bam—you’re hacking into the virtual world to fight glitchy monsters with laser arrows or whatever your current Lyoko avatar has equipped.

The puzzles aren’t brain-melters, but they’re just tricky enough to make you pause before smashing buttons. And yeah, the combat’s clunky in that old handheld way, but there’s something charming about how it forces you to actually think instead of button-mashing. If you ever watched the cartoon and thought “I wanna be the kid awkwardly explaining virtual terrorism to my math teacher,” this is your chance.

Also, the soundtrack slaps. That’s non-negotiable.