Umihara Kawase BaZooKa! Collector's Edition (PS4)

A Japanese cult classic about a girl, a fishing rod, and some of the most deviously inventive platforming ever devised just got the collector's treatment it deserves. The Umihara Kawase BaZooKa! Collector's Edition on PlayStation 4 is an SLG Partner Store exclusive, individually numbered and limited to just 700 copies worldwide. If you know, you know, and if you don't, welcome to one of gaming's best-kept secrets.

Umihara Kawase has been a quiet obsession for import collectors since the Super Famicom days, and BaZooKa! takes the series' legendary rubber-band physics into chaotic multiplayer territory. Up to four players launching bazookas and slinging fishing lines at quirky sea creatures across 40 stages of moving platforms and traps. It's weird, it's wonderful, and it's very, very Japanese.

This collector's edition comes housed in a hardcover box with magnetic lock, which immediately sets it apart from your average shelf-sitter. Inside you'll find a SteelBook, an original soundtrack disc, and a hardcover artbook that dives deep into the series' gorgeous hand-drawn art style. The 22 character manual cards are a standout, giving each playable fighter their own collectible piece. A double-sided large poster and four stickers round things out.

With only 700 copies in existence, this is the kind of PS4 release that vanishes quietly and then haunts collector forums for years. The Umihara Kawase faithful don't mess around, and these numbers won't last long in a community that's been hunting down rare copies of the original for decades.