The best thing about this is the rewind button! That rewind button on these newer collections has really increased the quality of life (Mega Man 2 is now fun!).

Once every 10 years, I try to play these again. I always start Circle of the Moon, get halfway through Dissonance, and get to the end of Aria, and then I feel like I'm done. They aren't particularly great or memorable, in part because they are trying to be Symphony of the Night, which was lighting in a bottle.

Each entry has their own new, fun systems, but Circle and Dissonance both end in stupidly difficult boss fights that are nigh impossible without a lot of grinding to get the right cards/souls.

Any time you're in a room against a big thing, it's fine, because big things move slow and are easy to read on a small screen (GBA or Switch in handheld), but any time you have to go up against a thing that is your size, it sucks, because they move faster than you, and you just move like a turd.

But I got my $10 out of this collection, even as it reminded me of better games, in part because it also reminded me that there still hasn't been a new heir to the SOTN throne. It's been almost 30 years, so I don't think we're ever really going to get one.

So I guess this was pretty good (Dracula X stinks on ice though).