any other games they do like? what works for one 12 year old won’t for another.

Menara - cooperative dexterity game, where you building towers Legendary - Marvel Superhero deckbuilding . “Semi” coop, but if you tweak the difficulty, the focus is on coop Flashpoint:Fire Rescue - Firemen. rescue people, fight fires.
Pandemic/Forbidden Island - this is the ‘classic’ coop. it’s a little puzzly for my tastes, but it’s popular.
D&D Adventure Games - Wrath of Ashardalon, Castle Ravenloft. alittle older, but scratches a coop dungeon crawler itch.

my son (11) really enjoys Aeon’s End and Spirit Island.

Menara is what we graduated to after Rhino Hero Super Battle. It’s always impressive to see on yhr table.

Have you looked at the expansion at all?

We moved to Menara after Rhino Hero Super battle. It’s significantly harder, but it shouldn’t be to difficult to tweak it if needed

As an alternative, I’ve been 3d printing bases to differentiate plastic miniatures. Similar to the bases in something like Argent or Blood Rage.

Obviously not as pretty as painted minis, but significantly easier to play with

There are exceptions, but for most games, given a choice between SNES and GBA versions, the SNES one is better. Usually sound is severely compressed on the GBA and the visuals are washed out.