A new edition of Gaming Entertainment is up and this time we look at the 1989 Zelda cartoon by DIC. Video game in other medias during the late 80s and through most of the 90s has always been among the worst of animation. Not only are they the worst for cartoons but from a writing standpoint as both artists and writers screw up the source material. It usual comes down to them being unfamiliar with the product they try to draw and write about. Before any one point this out, yes, back then NES and the 16-bit games had little narrative with a few exceptions. However, that's not a good excuse to produce a crappy cartoon all because they didn't want to do their research. It's just odd how TV shows and movies transition well into gaming half the time yet the opposite happens when this is the other way around. The reason this is the opposite is due to game developers researching the license they will build the project from. That should tell you the difference between film/TV producers and game developers when it comes to a good gaming narration.
For the review, Captain N sounds like a decent idea on paper when there were hardly any crossovers this massive in the 80s. There wasn't even a game from one platform to ever have such a concept. Remember kiddies this is way before Super Smash Bros was ever a thought and would be another decade until that became the newest crossover. The synopsis is about Video Land, a place connected to other worlds being attack by Mother Brain and her minions. The N-Team of Princess Lana of Video Land, Mega Man, Kid Icarus and Simon Belmont find themselves almost corned. That's when a prophecy told by the Power Glove in the Throne Room where Captain N will come to Video Land to save it from evil. An average American teen named Kevin Keene is the Game Master as the Power Glove drags him to Video Land. Now it's up to Kevin and the rest of the N-Team to stop Mother Brain from conquering Video Land. Will this be a blast from the past or something that Nintendo should've never let DIC produce? The Legend of Zelda Cartoon Series Review
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