Xbox Limited Run #7: Castlevania Advance Collection Advanced Edition

They crammed three of the best GBA Castlevania games onto one disc, then built a collector's edition around it that looks like it time-traveled from 2003. Xbox Limited Run #7: Castlevania Advance Collection Advanced Edition for Xbox Series brings Circle of the Moon, Harmony of Dissonance, and Aria of Sorrow together in a package that openly worships its Game Boy Advance origins.

That oversized GBA collectors box is the kind of design choice that makes you stop and stare. It's a statement piece, and it knows it. Inside, the SteelBook gives the collection premium housing, while all the alternate cover sheets let you cycle through different artwork depending on your mood or which entry you consider the best (it's Aria of Sorrow, but we won't fight about it). The single-disc soundtrack CD captures some of the finest compositions the GBA ever produced, and the reversible 18" x 24" poster fills whatever wall space you've been saving.

Castlevania's handheld trilogy represents a golden era that bridged Symphony of the Night's revolution with the franchise's DS dominance. Having all three in a physical Xbox release, numbered in the single digits of the Xbox Limited Run series, is the kind of collector crossover event that doesn't happen often. The GBA-inspired packaging alone makes this one worth tracking down. Your Igavania shelf deserves it.