Switch Limited Run #175: A Boy and His Blob Retro Collection

Two of the most charming platformers from the 8-bit era, together on one cartridge. Switch Limited Run #175: A Boy and His Blob Retro Collection for Nintendo Switch bundles the original NES classic A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia with its Game Boy sequel, The Rescue of Princess Blobette, onto a single region-free physical cart.

These games were pure puzzle-platforming magic built on one of the most endearing mechanics in gaming history: feeding jellybeans to a blob to transform it into ladders, trampolines, blowtorches, and whatever else you needed to survive. It was weird. It was wonderful. It was the kind of design that could only come from the mind of David Crane in an era when developers were still inventing what games could be. The NES original baffled and delighted players in equal measure, and the Game Boy follow-up proved the concept had legs even on a tiny screen.

For collectors who grew up in the cartridge era, this Retro Collection is a direct line back to afternoons spent experimenting with every jellybean flavor, hoping the next one would finally get you past that impossible screen. Having both games preserved on a single Switch cart, playable on modern hardware, is the kind of thoughtful compilation that earns its spot in any retro-focused collection. The blob deserved better than digital-only obscurity, and now it's got a permanent physical home.