When you take a Game Boy and want gaming under a complicated name, it feels like a joke. Super Imposter Bros., however, takes itself seriously — even though an unknown creator in 2021 puts us in a situation that should be clear from the title alone. You're not who you're pretending to be.

It's a simple platformer on a monochrome or color Game Boy, where you move through levels and collect items while enemies try to stop you. Nothing you haven't seen a thousand times before. You move your character right, left, jump on enemies, collect coins or some power-ups. That's the functional DNA of a game that will remind you of countless better games — like Super Mario Bros. on the NES, but without the brilliance of its design.

The mechanics are straightforward and linear. Jumps work, falling is controllable, enemies move predictably. It's not a bad world, but it's not great either. The problem comes with how monotonous the gameplay is — levels repeat, difficulty rises more through enemy count than through smarter design, and after an hour you feel like you've seen everything the game has to offer. The pixel art is legible, the sounds are there — simply functional, not appealing.

Super Imposter Bros. isn't a bad game, just one without its own identity. There are dozens of better platformers on the Game Boy that had more personality and sharper design. This project gets lost in the flood of similarly-looking games — it's an average copy without any effort to stand out.

Today? If you're feeling nostalgic for Game Boy and want to play for free in your browser, look instead at Super Mario Land, Kirby's Dream Land, or even Metroid II. Super Imposter Bros. is playable, but there's no reason it should be your first choice.