The recent addition of Game Boy and GBA games to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack has given me an excuse to revisit it. The handheld was the right size for my small hands and fit in the pockets of my favorite frock, making it easy to pull out and play a level whenever adults around me talked about boring adult things. 3 was first released in 1988 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, it was a perfect port for the Game Boy Advance SP. 3, a classic I would come to play over and over again - with equal parts love and frustration - as I was pulled inexorably into the spell of platforming.
I received Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. My uncle gifted me and my cousin matching ones during the holidays in the early 2000s, along with our first games. I still remember unpackaging my purple, slightly iridescent Game Boy Advance SP.
