Baldo: The Guardian Owls

Studio Ghibli meets Zelda on a Switch cartridge. Baldo: The Guardian Owls for Nintendo Switch is one of the most visually striking action-adventure games in the console's library, and this physical edition with reversible cover puts that hand-drawn art style right where it belongs, on your shelf. The game's aesthetic draws from the tradition of Japanese animation masters, rendering every character and environment with a warmth and detail that screenshots genuinely don't do justice.

For Switch collectors who value art direction as much as gameplay, Baldo stands out in a lineup. The reversible cover gives you two ways to display it, and in a library full of plastic cases, this one catches the eye. Physical releases of games with this level of visual identity tend to become the ones collectors regret passing on.

Baldo: The Guardian Owls is the kind of title that makes people stop and ask what it is. That's worth more than most collectors realize until it's gone.