
If you remember the series, get the DVD
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It's rather cheesy at times....the scripts aren't the greatest in the world...and somehow, I just don't see Link acting more like a young Kirk Cameron than the noble and heroic boy. At any rate, fans who are old enough to remembering watching the Zelda cartoon during the weekly Super Mario Bros. Super Show should pick up this DVD. You'll love taking yourself back in time to the glory days of NES cartoon series. So, what's good? - reliving a childhood cartoon series, the characters are based on a classic video game series, the animation is actually fairly good and they use sound effects straight from the original Legend of Zelda game itself - oh, and let's not forget the catchy tunes.
So what's not to love? - Well as I opened with, the stories aren't particularly well developed, but for a 20 minute cartoon shows based on a fantasy video game, I suppose they could be worse. Link has an attitude of a rebellious teen and that just doesn't fit the image we have of our little video game hero. I also have a problem with the fact that they always seem to kill off Ganon with about one hit...so much for being an all powerful evil wizard..?
Putting these minor inconveniences aside, reliving childhood favorites seems to be a huge market these days in terms of DVDs. This set has three discs, but is really only about 13 episodes with some pretty weak extras. Also, fans who didn't grow up with this cartoon or who jumped into the Zelda scene sometime after A Link to the Past, may want to stay away from this...they might find it annoying and stupid. As for those of us who grew up watching this cartoon and Mario Bros. and Captain N it's a definite buy for the collection.
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