Contact GR80's/90's Video Game Cartoons Released on DVD
If you're like me, you heart yourself some video gaming cartoons. No matter how corny they are. The Zelda cartoon is about as bad as you can get, but I still love it. Just because its a video game cartoon. But that's old news as it's been on DVD for quite some time now. But here are a few you probably didn't know about.
Sonic The Hedgehog: The Complete Series
This series is actually one of two Sonic cartoons that was out at the same time with almost the same name.The first one, is the longest running of the two, but was crappily made. It was aired weekday mornings and is known as The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, or AoStH. That series has been on DVD for quite some time.
This series is extremely close to my heart, and is regarded by many, the best sonic cartoon ever made. It's very dramatic and dark (for a Sonic cartoon) and follows a story line throughout the series. So it would be best to watch them in order. This series aired Saturday mornings and became known as Sonic SATAM (Saturday AM).Remember when ABC and Disney became one? Well part of that led to the cancelation of this series, and so it ended at season 2 with a HUGE cliffhanger. You can search online and find out what happens after season 2 (some kind of official guy spilled the beans) but it's not the same.
For years I prayed that this would be released on DVD. For the past 7 years or so I would do a search about every six months to see if it was, but no such luck. I came to find out that there was drama between ABC, Disney, and DiC that prevented the release. Fortunately I was reading EGM and I nearly fainted when I saw an ad for the DVD. I immediately googled it and found that it wasn't a misprint. It was real. I flipped.
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
I don't really know as many details as I did with the Sonic series, but I do remember watching it and loving it. I'll eventually get it on DVD, I swear I will. It probably hasn't aged too well to boot. But whatever, I do what I do. So here's the description from Amazon.com instead:
Premiering just six months after the release of the game that inspired it, the animated series The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 integrated elements from the game into a serial-style cartoon that pitted heroic plumbers Mario and Luigi against the reptilian King Koopa and a squad of new villains. Over the course of 13 double episodes, Koopa (who is also occasionally addressed by his American handle, Bowser) and his seven unpleasant children, the Koopa Kids (or Koopalings) wreaked havoc in both the Mushroom World and the "real world," including stints in Hollywood, Venice, Hawaii, and Washington, D.C. (which includes a guest appearance by then-President George H. W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush!). Coming to the defense are the heroic plumbers Mario and Luigi, as well as Princess Toadstool and her faithful friend Toad, who thwart the Koopa menace by using many of the power-ups and aspects of the Super Mario Bros. 3 game. As with the previous Super Mario Bros. TV series, The Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Super Mario Bros. 3 is long on action and fun and short on logic, and while the animation and scripting has dated poorly, the nostalgia inspired by seeing these shows again after almost two decades should help in overlooking any flaws. Longtime fans should know that several original songs have been removed from the episodes and replaced by generic background music; also missing is the infamous guest appearance by Milli Vanilli in "Kootie Pie Rocks," though this was pulled during the show's syndicated run. The three-disc set includes all 13 double episodes on two discs, while the third disc is devoted to supplemental features like "The Writers' Bible" (a rather bland string of recaps that serve to familiarize viewers with the characters and situations), a gallery of background and concept art, and a menu of original songs from the series.
Sonic The Hedgehog: The Complete Series
This series is actually one of two Sonic cartoons that was out at the same time with almost the same name.The first one, is the longest running of the two, but was crappily made. It was aired weekday mornings and is known as The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, or AoStH. That series has been on DVD for quite some time.
This series is extremely close to my heart, and is regarded by many, the best sonic cartoon ever made. It's very dramatic and dark (for a Sonic cartoon) and follows a story line throughout the series. So it would be best to watch them in order. This series aired Saturday mornings and became known as Sonic SATAM (Saturday AM).Remember when ABC and Disney became one? Well part of that led to the cancelation of this series, and so it ended at season 2 with a HUGE cliffhanger. You can search online and find out what happens after season 2 (some kind of official guy spilled the beans) but it's not the same.
For years I prayed that this would be released on DVD. For the past 7 years or so I would do a search about every six months to see if it was, but no such luck. I came to find out that there was drama between ABC, Disney, and DiC that prevented the release. Fortunately I was reading EGM and I nearly fainted when I saw an ad for the DVD. I immediately googled it and found that it wasn't a misprint. It was real. I flipped.
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
I don't really know as many details as I did with the Sonic series, but I do remember watching it and loving it. I'll eventually get it on DVD, I swear I will. It probably hasn't aged too well to boot. But whatever, I do what I do. So here's the description from Amazon.com instead:
Premiering just six months after the release of the game that inspired it, the animated series The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 integrated elements from the game into a serial-style cartoon that pitted heroic plumbers Mario and Luigi against the reptilian King Koopa and a squad of new villains. Over the course of 13 double episodes, Koopa (who is also occasionally addressed by his American handle, Bowser) and his seven unpleasant children, the Koopa Kids (or Koopalings) wreaked havoc in both the Mushroom World and the "real world," including stints in Hollywood, Venice, Hawaii, and Washington, D.C. (which includes a guest appearance by then-President George H. W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush!). Coming to the defense are the heroic plumbers Mario and Luigi, as well as Princess Toadstool and her faithful friend Toad, who thwart the Koopa menace by using many of the power-ups and aspects of the Super Mario Bros. 3 game. As with the previous Super Mario Bros. TV series, The Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Super Mario Bros. 3 is long on action and fun and short on logic, and while the animation and scripting has dated poorly, the nostalgia inspired by seeing these shows again after almost two decades should help in overlooking any flaws. Longtime fans should know that several original songs have been removed from the episodes and replaced by generic background music; also missing is the infamous guest appearance by Milli Vanilli in "Kootie Pie Rocks," though this was pulled during the show's syndicated run. The three-disc set includes all 13 double episodes on two discs, while the third disc is devoted to supplemental features like "The Writers' Bible" (a rather bland string of recaps that serve to familiarize viewers with the characters and situations), a gallery of background and concept art, and a menu of original songs from the series.
