Switch Limited Run #86: The Mummy Demastered Collector's Edition

A licensed movie tie-in that's actually a phenomenal Metroidvania. We don't get those often. Switch Limited Run #86: The Mummy Demastered Collector's Edition for Nintendo Switch takes WayForward's surprisingly excellent 2017 side-scroller and packages it in an authentically sized retro SNES box that's pure display gold.

The commemorative non-functioning SNES cartridge inside is the kind of prop that makes retro collectors do a double take, a modern Switch game dressed up in full 16-bit formal wear. The original soundtrack on disc rounds it out, which matters because this game's music goes significantly harder than any Mummy adaptation has a right to. WayForward poured genuine craft into a project most studios would have phoned in, and this collector's edition honors that effort.

The SNES-style packaging transforms it from a curiosity into a statement piece, the kind of box that sits on a shelf and demands an explanation. "Yes, it's a Mummy game. Yes, it's incredible.

" That's the conversation this edition starts. For WayForward completionists and Metroidvania collectors alike, this is a sleeper that keeps appreciating.