Play Hugo: The Evil Mirror Online

Summary

Hugo: The Evil Mirror on the Game Boy Color feels like a love‑letter to classic arcade puzzlers. The 2‑D platforming core borrows the frantic enemy‑freezing mechanic of Bubble Bobble, letting you turn Scylla’s minions into icy blocks that can be pushed, stacked, or shattered for extra loot. Each of the three worlds packs twenty bite‑sized stages, and the timer forces you to clear every foe before the clock runs out, culminating in a boss showdown that guards a fragment of the cursed mirror. I’m always amazed at how the freeze‑gun doubles as a tool for building makeshift ladders or creating larger monsters to smash for bonus points, health upgrades, and speed boosts. Critics seemed to agree the handheld version holds its own—Gamesector gave it an 8/10, while German magazine big.N scored the GBC edition at 67% and the GBA spin‑off at 68%.

Storyline

In Hugo: The Evil Mirror, the wicked witch Scylla (known as Afskylia in the original Danish version) captures the good‑natured troll Hugo by trapping him inside a magical mirror. She shatters the mirror into three fragments and scatters them across the world, then kidnaps Hugo’s wife, Hugolina.

Only their three children—Rit, Rat and Ruth—can free their parents. Each child must locate a shard and reassemble the mirror, allowing Hugo to break the curse, defeat Mirror Scylla, and rescue Hugolina. After the battle Hugo traps Scylla in her own mirror and smashes it into countless pieces, leaving her bumbling servant Don Croco scrambling to put the fragments back together.