For those of us who grew up on the NES the "Super Mario Bros. Super Show" carries some great memories. It was no masterpiece, but it came pretty close every Friday when Mario & Luigi took a vacation and Zelda & Link took their place. Sure, the animation was bad and the writing not much better; the stories rarely had anything to do with the games; the shows were too short, almost all of them feeling rushed; worst of all, there were only thirteen episodes. However, as a show based solely on the undeveloped characters and their world from our beloved games, it works. The writing often shines in the banter between the various characters and the pace never lags. I'll spare you the in-depth critique, though; this is supposed to be a DVD review.
The video is better than what we've seen in the past and way ahead of the MPEGs I've been watching. The higher resolution almost makes the picture too clear, at times further revealing shortcomings in the animation. I'm certainly not complaining; despite some scratches, it looks great. Audio is an acceptable 2.0 DD track.
The disc contains the first three episodes: "The Ringer", "Cold Spells", "The White Knight". There are also two "bonus" episodes of "Sonic Underground". First, why are there only three episodes? There's enough room on the disc for at least one more. Second, eliminating those two "Sonic Underground" episodes would leave room for a further three episodes. UAV could've released all thirteen episodes on only two discs(or even one RSDL or dual-sided disc) if they'd so desired. Let's hope they continue on and release the other ten episodes.
Another authoring problem(or nitpick) involves the layout of the disc. The episodes are all under one title(separated by chapters), but the intro and exit sequences are only played once each(before "The Ringer" and following "The White Knight"). As I said, this probably belongs under the category of "nitpick".
This release came in under my radar and was a pleasant surprise. The price is low, but the value isn't great since there are only three episodes. I'm sure only fans will be buying it, anyway. Perhaps with the next release they'll either include more episodes or some good extras(commentary by the actors and/or writers would be awesome).

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ahmed mahrous

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2015

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My grand son loved it

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