Legend of Zelda: Complete Animated Series DVD Set 10/18

[LinkinPrime]

For any Zelda hardcore Fans out there:


http://dvdtoons.com/news/790

Shout! Factory and DIC Entertainment bring the complete animated series "The Legend Of Zelda" to DVD for the first time. The three-disc set includes all 13 episodes of the series spawned from the massively popular and influential 1980s Nintendo video game. The Legend Of Zelda: The Complete Animated Series captures the adventure, action and nostalgia of the game, and breathes life into its characters: Link, Princess Zelda and the evil wizard Ganon. Bonus features include two games, a downloadable character sketch gallery, selected original live-action segments from "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!" and more. The DVD release reinforces the continued popularity of Zelda properties and adds to the buzz of Nintendo's upcoming new Zelda game release, The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess. The Legend Of Zelda: The Complete Animated Series will be in stores October 18th for $29.98 (suggested retail price).

"The Legend Of Zelda" animated series originally aired in 1989 in conjunction with the popularity of The Legend Of Zelda Nintendo gaming releases. The 17-minute segment aired on Friday afternoons as part of the weekly-daily broadcast of "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!" Each "Zelda" episode follows the adventures of Link as he bravely defends the kingdom of Hyrule from the evil wizard Ganon and tries to steal a kiss from Zelda. In addition to the complete series, the DVD boxed set features five of "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!" original live-action wraparounds, starring Captain Lou¬ Albano (Mario from "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"), Danny Wells and occasional celebrity guests such as Moon Zappa, Norman Fell and more. Other bonus material includes a Legend Of Zelda trivia quiz, a Legend Of Zelda match game and a downloadable character sketch gallery.

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[suko_32]

That's one of the funniest/strangest DVD covers I've seen

[The Cheapest Ass Gamer]

I thought Link was left-handed.

[Duo_Maxwell]

Well at least I'll be able to get one interesting Zelda item this holiday season...

[nwaugh]

... adds to the buzz of Nintendo's upcoming new Zelda game release, The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

I'm not sure if this really "adds to the buzz" if it's being released half a year ahead of Twilight Princess.

[Ikohn4ever]

i liked how all the items were mini items and then magically became normal size.

[Kirin Lemon]

Yep, I've had this on my wishlist with Deep Discount DVD for about a month, now. That next 20%-off sale can't come soon enough.

[joe50000]

Just like all my other trips down memory lane...this one is best left in the past. This was quite possibly one of the worst animated series ever.

[crazytalkx]

I thought Link was left-handed.

Hmmm that is true. Good eye

[vgatchaman]

They need to release the Adventures of Captain N....I always wanted his controller belt which gave him all these super powers...like PAUSE!....and I use to pretend to use the NES blaster like he did as well....my childhood was very impressionable.

[Shinkuu Ryao]

That's one of the funniest/strangest DVD covers I've seen

Agreed

[Reality's Fringe]

Where's my Super Mario Super Show goddamnit!?

[m0rningbreakfast]

One of my earliest childhood memories was watching the intro where they are falling from a castle and Link fires bolts from his sword into the water to break their fall - I recall he lands on a lilly pad and Zelda eats lakewater.

Zelda: "Thanks a lot hero."

Link: "Well excuuuuuuse me Princess."

And I'll never forget Gannon's nasal laugh too.

[Friedle]

This show really sucked. There are better things that need a DVD release first.

[Quackzilla]

At least they aren't releasing that Pac-Man show on DVD...

[basketkase543]

I thought Link was left-handed.

So THAT's why the picture looks so wrong...that and the fact that it's fugly.

[Blade]

That show was RETARDED. I noticed this when I downloaded an episode where Link and Zelda were dry humping each other, and her dad was taken away by flying pigs. Then Link did 22 frontflips in the air and caught one of the pigs by its foot, and he fell from that far up in the air and landed on the ground, somehow killing all of them.

Why can't I do that in the games?

[ryosnk]

Yeah, I won an auction with episodes of link and the super mario show and I couldn't stand watching it. Now if only they release the Savage dragon cartoon :)

[Nirvanaguy777]

Yet release this garbage before a super human samurais box set, blasphemy.

[Blade]

Samurai Pizza Cats.

[brainstorm]

I'm not sure if this really "adds to the buzz" if it's being released half a year ahead of Twilight Princess.

Isn't Twilight Princess being released in November, while this is being released in October? Or was there a delay on TP that I don't know about...

[Blade]

I'm sorry, but EB Games now lists it as 4/01/06. They're adding new levels and more details...

[brainstorm]

Wow... that sucks.

[Tromack]

Jesus, shit like this gets released and there are still no Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, and Freakazoid DVD's.

[wbc1228]

I think I'm about to vomit............

[fitzcain]

wher is mighty orbots, i say........anybody remember that one?

[punqsux]

13 episodes on THREE discs?!

the article states that the episodes run 17 mins, this comes out to slightly over 3.5 hours..

you could SO easily fit that on 2 discs, and arguably, on one even.

its shit like this that pisses me off about dvd box sets, companies think they can charge more because they water down the number of discs? its total crap

sometimes im glad im a pirate.

[Duo_Maxwell]

13 episodes on THREE discs?!

the article states that the episodes run 17 mins, this comes out to slightly over 3.5 hours..

you could SO easily fit that on 2 discs, and arguably, on one even.

its shit like this that pisses me off about dvd box sets, companies think they can charge more because they water down the number of discs? its total crap

sometimes im glad im a pirate.

Did you miss the part talking about all the extras? It's likely that the series could be on two discs and one disc for extras. Besides compressing everything into less discs = crappier quality for video and sound (btu that probably won't matter too much here). Anyhow according to Amazon the MSRP list price is $30, which is just about the standard MSRP for every new release DVD, they don't appear to be charging more due to the number of discs.

[punqsux]

Did you miss the part talking about all the extras? It's likely that the series could be on two discs and one disc for extras. Besides compressing everything into less discs = crappier quality for video and sound (btu that probably won't matter too much here). Anyhow according to Amazon the MSRP list price is $30, which is just about the standard MSRP for every new release DVD, they don't appear to be charging more due to the number of discs.
the extras (listed) dont amount to that much at all, the smb:ss skits are about ~5 mins each, so add 25 mins, bringing the total up to around 4 hours, now i can see them not wanting to cram 4 hours of video on 1 dvd because as you said, it might lose quality (depending on the condition of the source, if restoration is used, and how much they actully care about the transfer) but can you honestly say ~4 hours on 2 discs is alot to ask?

i own every lotr movie, which i think we all know are 3+ hrs each, and i have no qualms about the sound or video on these transfers (2 disc sets, not the 4 disc sets)

maybe the msrp is $30, but 3 disc sets rarely seem to drop as low as 2 disc sets with similar msrp's

[Duo_Maxwell]

the extras (listed) dont amount to that much at all, the smb:ss skits are about ~5 mins each, so add 25 mins, bringing the total up to around 4 hours, now i can see them not wanting to cram 4 hours of video on 1 dvd because as you said, it might lose quality (depending on the condition of the source, if restoration is used, and how much they actully care about the transfer) but can you honestly say ~4 hours on 2 discs is alot to ask?

i own every lotr movie, which i think we all know are 3+ hrs each, and i have no qualms about the sound or video on these transfers (2 disc sets, not the 4 disc sets)

maybe the msrp is $30, but 3 disc sets rarely seem to drop as low as 2 disc sets with similar msrp's

Well there's also two games and apparently more extras which will no doubt take up a litte more space. I wouldn't say that all of it on two discs is too much, and I agree with you that sometimes a set is intentially watered down, but I don't believe that's the case here. THe MSRP is the same as even most barebones movie releases and the claim that 2 disc sets drop in price more than a 3 disc set is not totally accurate either (Samurai Jack Season 1 is 2 discs and I've never seen it cheaper than $22 anyplace despite it being out for over a year). DDD.com has it on pre-order right now for $18, whcih is cheaper than any of the cartoon network 2 disc sets they have and even if that where the case here, shouldn't be the retailers that are in the wrong? In tis situation I think the prices are pretty reasonable.

[Demolition Man]

Good god... looks like another boxset to add to my ever growing list of DVDs coming out this fall. Yeah these cartoons were cheesy as hell but damn it... that's what made them fun to watch. ;)

Thanks OP for the news. :D

[BrandonMills]

Well ex-cuuuuuuuuse me, Princess

[Reality's Fringe]

Jesus, shit like this gets released and there are still no Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, and Freakazoid DVD's.

I bought a cheap bootleg of Freakazoid a while back for 15 bucks. Shitty quality and a VHS caliber transfer, but ti was all the episodes. Some episodes have aged well, some not so well. There were a lot of jokes I would have never gotten as a child in it as well, such as references to David Lee Roth, Henry Kissinger etc.
I hate buying boots, but I don't have the means to get these any other way (at least, easily). The same deal goes for the Three Stooges (fucking Howard and Fine estates won't allow the release of a comprehensive collection) and a few other short lived shows (Police Squad, Brisco County etc).

[XboxHardcore.com]

Isn't Twilight Princess being released in November, while this is being released in October? Or was there a delay on TP that I don't know about...

Yea it was delayed till after April 1st.

[tayaf69]

:cry::cry::cry:Christmas won't be the same without this game.:cry::cry::cry:


I just want to walk into Nintendo's office and....:twoguns:....do nothing

[jennie25]

Thanks OP, that is great news! I can't wait

[Friedle]

I'm sorry, but EB Games now lists it as 4/01/06. They're adding new levels and more details...

There was no reason like that for delay. Don't assume.

[Friedle]

Freakzoid fans...

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/2948/freakazoid.html

[DrunkTigerWoods]

It is just me or did anyone else think Zelda was such a tease and attention whore? Link must have been beatin off day and night or at least bangin that fairy.

[ThePlatinumStag]

Alright! It's not great from what I saw in the SMB:SS video, but I'll give it a chance ^_^

[Vinny]

I am so buying this... seriously.

[ch3zyp00fs]

screw this. They need to release King Arthur and the Knights of Justice!!!

[Shinkuu Ryao]

It is just me or did anyone else think Zelda was such a tease and attention whore? Link must have been beatin off day and night or at least bangin that fairy.

http://www.wellexcusemeprincess.com/

[Puzznic]

http://www.wellexcusemeprincess.com/



Thats Fing hilarious, i can't believe someone actually made that.

[JaytheGamefan]

This'll be nice, although I demand a Captain N DVD set!

[Saucy Jack]

This'll be nice, although I demand a Captain N DVD set!

Captain N would be good. As would the Super Mario cartoons/Super Show and related stuff.

[vgatchaman]

I need my Captain N and Simon Belmont!

[spmahn]

Well, I appreciate the effort of someone actually having the interest in reelaseing these old cartoons on DVD, but as others have said, this show was awful. Those of you calling out for Captain N are sorrowly misguided though, as that show was just as bad, if not worse then Zelda ever was.

[coolsteel]

Depends on the price really, i'll cough up 15 for it but not a penny more since like others have said it really was just terrible. Still asshole Link is worth seeing at least once more.

[terribledeli]

You know, I wonder if there would be alot of copyright problems involved with Captain N. I mean, there was atleast like four non-Nintendo characters on the show.

I've also heard that Gameboy was holding out for more money.

[tayaf69]

http://www.wellexcusemeprincess.com/
:rofl:

[mcelfour]

i have sbc/yahoo dsl. on my main yahoo/dsl page, there is a "video" link, which pops up a new window with video selections. there, you can watch SMB Supershow and LOZ cartoons. :)

[mcelfour]

There was no reason like that for delay. Don't assume.

i believe the IGN said that something to that effect...

[Friedle]

http://www.pressthebuttons.com/2005/08/free_legal_onli.html

[Friedle]

i believe the IGN said that something to that effect...

A link would be nice. :)

[tayaf69]

A link would be nice. :)
http://cube.ign.com/articles/642/642238p1.html

I figured everyone in the world would have read this. Yes, they are adding new levels. I'd rather have it now though.

[Friedle]

http://cube.ign.com/articles/642/642238p1.html

I figured everyone in the world would have read this. Yes, they are adding new levels. I'd rather have it now though.

Excellent. Thanks for the link! :)

[tayaf69]

So, do you think the nintendo article is BS? Do you think Nintendo is really behind schedule? After seeing the company operate over the past year, I believe that they are not ready to release it and had to make an excuse about "levels".

[Saucy Jack]

Well, no one knows how many "levels" are in the game, so Nintendo could easily say, "We're adding new levels" and no one would know if they were telling the truth.

All I know is that the game should be, and better be, great with the delay. It should give them plenty of time to work on things.

[ITDEFX]

mmmm ZELDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA *Drools*

[Spacepest]

Yes, the show was awful. But I'm buying it anyways...why? Me and and my friends are going to sit around and watch it like we did when were kids for nostalgia. I will also have a nice supply of alcohol on hand if the series proves to be truly more awful than we remembered.

[Lonestar9]

At least they aren't releasing that Pac-Man show on DVD...

Blashphemy!!! To each his own, but I happened to like that show, despite it's bad flaws....:)

I had the show on CDR somewhere, but I would get it on DVD!

[SkyDog]

They need to release the Adventures of Captain N....I always wanted his controller belt which gave him all these super powers...Your wish has been granted. (Super powers not included) (http://www.nesbuckle.com/)

[munch]

Here's a review:

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=18015

[Blade]

Looking back on it now I realize that the show is little more than a horrid, glorified commercial for Nintendo.

Exactly.

[Nirvanaguy777]

Yep, I've had this on my wishlist with Deep Discount DVD for about a month, now. That next 20%-off sale can't come soon enough.

Amen, so much to buy.