Review of “Sabrina: The Animated Series – Zapped!”

Sure thing, let’s dive right in. So, there’s this game, right? Calls you back to the 90s like some magic spell or something. WayForward, you’re probably going “oh yeah, those guys!” if you’ve been around handheld games, you know? Stuff like River City Girls, Shantae – absolute classics. But, honestly, they’ve done tons of licensed games. Random ones, like Sabrina: The Animated Series – Zapped. Weird, right?

So, this Sabrina thing, it’s not just a fun dive back into platformers on the Game Boy Color. It’s like peeking into how Shantae’s magic came to be. You’re this teenage witch, Sabrina, messing up – typical teen stuff, turning friends into animals. Hilariously chaotic, in a way. Gotta bounce on them and zap them back to normal. And as you go? More spells! Double jumping, controlling Salem the cat – who squeezes into tiny spots – and, get this, a bubble that lets her float. Bubble floating sounds kinda fun, doesn’t it?

The levels? Tight, man. They switch up themes – one moment you’re floating in bubbles, the next you’re half the game as a cat, cracking spells. It’s not like a mind-blast or anything, but it’s got this neat showcase of platforming on a tiny screen. Big, colorful sprites, super easy to play – nothing complex. Oh, and a password system! I mean, remember those? Such a throwback.

Here’s the kicker though – the controls, limited by the Game Boy Color’s few buttons. B-button chaos, let me tell you. Spells, running – same button! Got smacked by enemies sometimes because of it. For a game spun off some animated thing from a TV show, it actually plays well. No huge fireworks or revolutionary stuff here, and not as shiny as Shantae, but you see where Shantae got its groove. A curio, perhaps? Sabrina: The Animated Series – Zapped is pretty cool, though once you finish it, the spell kinda fizzles out. Not a bad time, if you ask me.