Metal Gear Solid HD Edition (Konami Style Premium Package)

Same Konami Style store, same Japanese exclusive distribution, but with extras that push it past the standard Premium Package. The Metal Gear Solid HD Edition Konami Style Premium Package on Xbox 360 takes everything from the regular Premium Package and layers on items that collectors specifically hunt for.

You still get Yoji Shinkawa's artwork on the large cardboard box, the massive 450-plus page artbook covering the original trilogy, and the 8-track soundtrack CD with classics like "Snake Eater" and "The Best Is Yet To Come." But this version adds a Metal Gear Solid 2 branded mug, a Metal Gear Solid 3 branded mug, and official Metal Gear Solid HD Edition original headphones. Three additional items that transform the package from an artbook bundle into a lifestyle collection.

The mugs are the kind of daily-use collectibles that split collectors into two camps: display-only purists and those who actually drink coffee from Solid Snake's mug every morning. Both approaches are valid. The branded headphones add a wearable element that's increasingly rare in gaming collector's editions.

Being a Konami Style web store exclusive from Japan on the Xbox 360 makes this a triple-filtered rarity. Japanese exclusive, niche storefront, on Microsoft's least popular console in that market. Complete copies with all items intact are the kind of find that makes an import collector's entire year.