Switch Limited Run #51: Stranger Things 3: The Game Classic Edition

The Upside Down deserves a proper display piece. Switch Limited Run #51: Stranger Things 3: The Game Classic Edition for the Nintendo Switch is limited to 2,500 copies worldwide on a region-free physical cartridge, and the packaging leans hard into the retro nostalgia that made the show click in the first place.

Stranger Things 3: The Game adapts the show's third season into a co-op brawler with a 16-bit aesthetic that fits the source material perfectly. You're playing through Starcourt Mall, Hawkins Lab, and the rest of the locations with the full cast, and the pixel art style makes it feel like the tie-in game we would've rented from the video store in 1985 if the show had actually existed back then.

The Classic Edition packaging commits to that bit beautifully. The original soundtrack comes on a physical CD housed inside a retro NES-style cartridge shell that opens up to hold the disc. It's a display piece nested inside a display piece. A reversible 18 x 24 inch poster and a retro-style outer box complete the package, with the Switch game itself in a standard case featuring full-color interior art and manual.

That NES cartridge shell holding the soundtrack CD is the kind of clever design choice that separates a good collector's edition from a great one. It bridges the gap between the show's 80s setting and the physical media we actually grew up with. For Stranger Things fans who collect and Switch collectors who display, this one checks both boxes with a wink.