Burning Paper is an action game that doesn’t let you directly attack your enemies.
Each stage features your character at the top
with six pieces of paper between you and your enemies.
You can burn off strips from the paper.
If falling paper hits an enemy it knocks down that enemy.
If you aren’t careful you can run out of paper to burn.
By the end of a stage you often won’t have much paper left.
Boss fights kinda suck, you just shoot them directly.
but beating a boss gets you a permanent power up that improves your little guy.
It gets more complicated as it goes. After a few stages it gets more complicated than what I’ve described.
Each stage introduces new enemy types and new mechanics, and it gets pretty chaotic as you progress.
Burning Paper is one of my favorite Game Boy games.