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Game & Watch Gallery Advance is basically a pocket-sized museum of Nintendo’s early handheld days, but way more fun than staring at glass cases. You get these super simple, borderline hypnotic mini-games—like trying to flip burgers without burning them in Chef or desperately catching people jumping off buildings in Fire (don’t ask why they’re jumping). The weird part? You’ll fail miserably at first, then suddenly realize you’ve been playing for 20 minutes straight.

The cool twist is that every game has two versions: the original black-and-white LCD style (which feels like playing on a calculator from 1982) and a colorful GBA remake where Mario and pals sneak into the action. Octopus with Yoshi swimming around just hits different. It’s the kind of game you keep "just for quick breaks," but then your bus stop comes way too soon.

Honestly, half the fun is laughing at how ridiculous these concepts are by today’s standards. Nintendo really started with "dodge falling objects: the game" and somehow made it weirdly satisfying.