Lollipop Chainsaw Valentine Edition

Suda51 made a game about a cheerleader with a chainsaw, and then Japan got a Valentine's Day edition of it. Of course they did. The Lollipop Chainsaw Valentine Edition on Playstation 3 is peak Japanese special edition excess, a package dripping with personality and packed with content that matches the game's gleefully unhinged energy.

You get a perfect unlock code (a reissue of the original), a special double DVD set featuring a "Happy Valentine Disc" and a "Premium Movie Disc" loaded with in-game cinematics, promotional material, and cast footage. There's also a Lollipop Chainsaw desktop clock, a PC wallpaper collection, and a specially drawn Valentine's manga booklet tucked inside the DVD case. " It's functional, branded, and completely ridiculous in the best way.

The double DVD set is a preservation goldmine, collecting promotional and behind-the-scenes content that will never appear on any streaming service or digital storefront. Lollipop Chainsaw was always a love-it-or-leave-it proposition, and the Valentine Edition is for the people who loved it so much they wanted a clock. For collectors of Grasshopper Manufacture's catalog, Suda51 completionists, or anyone who appreciates Japanese publishers going completely overboard with themed editions, this is essential.

Weird, wonderful, and unapologetically itself.