A new edition of Retro Corner Reviews is up, and we take a break from the DIC’s awful game cartoons. If you are unaware, Warner Brothers are going to release a new Mortal Kombat animated film based on the events of the first story. Its titled Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge and the film sees a release this month on April 12th. Now, I’m sure you are wondering why they would do that when the series did such a terrible job previously in other medias. Yes, the original live action film was solid and those comics in the 90s were handled well but in others made us question Ed Boon. I shouldn’t have to remind anyone how crappy MK: Annihilation was or that terrible cartoon based on MK3. However, I really believe WB will handle this better knowing the studio who’s working on the film will have great intentions. The review isn’t about a MK game but rather from one of its rivals called Killer Instinct. What does this have to do with MK, you ask? Mortal Kombat influenced Rare to develop their own coin op fighting title and was the most original one out of them all. I say that because while others tried imitating like Fighter's History, KI managed to separate itself from the competition. Of course, the worst imitation came from the horrid Kasumi Ninja for the Atari Jaguar. When KI released in 1994 not only was it a step ahead of MKII’s gameplay but also in a stylish manner. That’s what truly sets it apart from being a copycat because even the characters and their presentation wasn’t the same. The theme is about Ultra Tech, a massive corporation that controls the world as its government puts on a tournament. However, the president of Ultra Tech’s goal is to summon a powerful demon called Eyedol. He plans to use the fighters of the tournament for his personal agenda for power. Killer Instinct (Arcade) Review
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A new edition of Gaming Entertainment is up, and we take a look at the last Mario cartoon produced by DIC. The next incarnation of DIC’s version is based on Super Mario World and the studio aired it in the same year of its release. Like I have explained before, the cartoons were used to advertise the products for Nintendo. Even the US passed a law where these studios couldn’t advertise said product on the shows. It was a common practice for companies like Hasbro and Mattel to promote their toy lines. Shows like He-Man, My Little Pony, Care Bears, Voltron and Ninja Turtles were the textbook definition of marketing. It was clear millions of Americans loved Nintendo so DIC being a corporatist company wanted to capitalize on the success.
The cartoon itself is continuation from the SMB3 show and takes place after the events of the game. After Mario, Luigi and Yoshi saved Princess from Koopa, however the Reptilian King continues his work. Through their vacation they must deal with Koopa and his Koopalings who now want to try to conquer the Cave People of Dome City. Or is he trying to feed his dinosaurs to the Cave People? By 1992 NBC was cleaning up their cartoon block and Captain N’s season 3 along with Mario World were the last of these shows. DIC still went on to produce more gaming shows after and they even tried to redo the concept of Captain N with Video Power. Unfortunately, I will have to painfully deal with their poorly made adaptations like the first Sonic cartoon (not Sonic Saturday Morning) eventually. For now, will it be three times a charm for another crappy Mario show or will they nail this for once? Super Mario World Cartoon Review A new edition of Gaming Entertainment is up, and we check out the second Mario cartoon from DIC. The show is based on the events of Super Mario Bros 3 and continues the theme of the game. After three failed gaming shows, the company still wanted to continue their corporatist ways of producing more crap. By 1990, NBC decided to ramp up the production of both Captain N and the Adventures of SMB3. Why it took them a year to do so after DIC produce such garbage is beyond me. By doing a side comparison between Super Show and SMB3 and the first two season of Captain N, you will notice the difference. I can never understand why it took them one series each to give DIC a bigger budget. To make money you have to spend it to see some return back but the corporatists on the NBC board didn’t seem to understand that the first time.
The cartoon takes place after the events of SMB3 and the Mario Brothers along with Toadstool and Toad face Bowser once again. However, now he brings along his Koopalings as Mario and friends face them not only in the Mushroom Kingdom but on Earth as well. Such a concept has always bothered me for years especially when Yoshi’s Island revealed this wasn’t the case. I don’t have a problem when other companies do this in their canon like it is in Equestria Girls. However, Mario being from Earth isn’t canon in its lore by any means unlike Equestria Girls where it is within Gen 4. Now, DIC has always been known to cut corners and work with low budgets. It results in some of the worst produced cartoons of that era and still leaves a terrible taste for many gamers even today. So, can DIC finally redeem themselves after many attempts that ended badly for them? The Adventures of Super Mario Bros 3 Review |
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