best video-game tv series

[Dontebell]

what are the best video game tv series?

[Kid Icarus]

Super Mario Bros. Super Show, hands down :D .

[Taloniss]

Zelda and Mario.

[Voltron]

Captain N

[ZariusTwo]

1. Sonic SATAM (Yup the theme song, the dark story, Sally Squirrel, Bunny Rabott, the Freedom Fighters, the GOOD Sonic cartoon, not the worthless pile of crap that IS Sonic X and Sonic Underground)

2. http://www.tvtome.com/images/shows/4/8/43-139.jpg

3. Super Mario Bros 3

[Dontebell]

my pick is
sonic x
street fighter (usa)

[Anarchistguy]

-Sonic X (in FRENCH) and all the other Sonic cartoons except Sonic Underground
-Street Fighter (Japnese series)
-Super Mario Bros. Super Show
-Earthworm Jim
-Power Stone

[azure turtle]

Ooh... I'll have to go with the Super Mario Bros. show. I loved the live action part with Capt. Lou Albano as Mario! :D The cartoons were great too, especially since they focused on Mario, Luigi, Princess, and Toad.

[cqb101]

SATAM Sonic.....**** it, any sonic toon......

[MW8979]

Can't forget Mega Man. That was a good show - with lots of cameos too.

[cqb101]

Can't forget Mega Man. That was a good show - with lots of cameos too.

Actually I did forget it! That used to be like my favorite cartoon!

[XERO]

Super Mario Bros. Super Show, because The Theme Song is CLASSIC. 8)

Captain N: The Game Master, because it honors the skills of a certain Ninja Turtle... :wink:

[Relay]

Definitely Captain N because it had so many of the classic Nintendo game characters in it. There was Mega Man, Kid Icarus, and Simon Belmont. And who can forget Mother Brain? Why settle for just one game? With Captain N, you got to visit the world of a different video game every week.

The old Sonic cartoon was also one of my favorites. The way Robotnik could turn you into a robot was kind of scary. Sonic could get a hold of a ring and get super-charged. The theme music was also great too. Even though it followed the Sonic comics more than the Sonic games, it was still a kick-ass cartoon.

[Reznorite420]

Wasn't Zelda a character in Captain N too? I remember one episode where they had to take on Horsehead briefly (Horsehead was the boss of Parapa Palace in Zelda 2 for anyone who's wondering).

[Peanut]

Any of the Super Mario Bros. cartoons. Any of the Sonic's (except Underground). Earthworm Jim was probably my favorite videogame based cartoons.

[Meira-Bates]

The old Sonic cartoon was also one of my favorites. The way Robotnik could turn you into a robot was kind of scary. Sonic could get a hold of a ring and get super-charged. The theme music was also great too. Even though it followed the Sonic comics more than the Sonic games, it was still a kick-ass cartoon.

Actualy it was the other way around...the comic was first following something more like the Sonic cartoon they show on Disney (that horrid one that's only Sonic and Tails) and had no real deffinet plot throughout the series, just like that show. When the comics saw that Sonic SatAM was so much more accepted, the started making thier stories more like that series, even making issues that were sorta like some of the episodes or that actualy connected to some eps....but anyhoo X.x

I go for Sonic SatAM, Sonic X (that other Sonic cartoon and Sonic Underground are just ICK....heck, when you think of it Sonic Underground is the Next Mutation of the Sonic theme), the mario brothers cartoons, and (once again) Sakura Wars. I'm wanting to see Wild Arms.

[Reznorite420]

that horrid one that's only Sonic and TailsI think you're mixing that one up with Sonic X ;)

EDIT: Oh yeah, which Mario theme was better?

"Do the Mario!"
or
"Club Mario"

[azure turtle]

Wasn't Zelda a character in Captain N too? I remember one episode where they had to take on Horsehead briefly (Horsehead was the boss of Parapa Palace in Zelda 2 for anyone who's wondering).
I think Princess Zelda and Link guest starred in a few episodes, but they weren't part of the main cast.

Oh, and "Do the Mario" was definitely my favorite theme song. :D

[CookSux]

Anyone remember The Power Team?

[Reznorite420]

I think Princess Zelda and Link guest starred in a few episodes, but they weren't part of the main cast.That can't be...I remember watching the show almost religiously back in the day! It was a disaster for me, though, when I found out that it pretty much all of the characters were directly from Nintendo games...I never heard of Kid Icarus, Simon, or Mother Brain until first watching that show, and my only thought then, even at 5-6 years old, was, "COOL!!!!!". Then, when I first played Metroid, I was a bit saddened to know that Mother Brain wasn't made just for Captain N. :(

[Ninjatron]

There was indeed a Zelda episode of Captain N.

I always thought that show was stupid. Took so many liberties with the source materials. Same with the Mario shows. They were cool at first, but the games have always had such a wealth of cool stuff to use in a cartoon, and instead we get formulaic stories with hardly any continuity, tons of animation mistakes, and inacurate character designs.

Honestly, like it or not, the best video game show is Pokemon. No other show has been as faithful to the game as that show. The only one that even comes close is Kirby.

Sayonara.

[TigerClaw]

Mortal Kombat: Defenders Of The Realm
It was a great video game cartoon cause it was based on Mortal Kombat 3 :)

[That Matt Guy]

I didn't think too many video games had TV shows.

[ZariusTwo]

Honestly, like it or not, the best video game show is Pokemon

Ignorant.

Pokemon is the same episode every freaking week, the animation gets worse every season, and the Captain N episodes had way more deapth than Ash catching creatures in a Pocket Ball every week.

If you meant the crappy Zelda cartoon, I agree

Respect is due to Captain N and Mario.

[Ninjatron]

Honestly, like it or not, the best video game show is Pokemon

Ignorant.

Shove it, tough guy. Don't you dare talk to me like that.

Pokemon is the same episode every freaking week, the animation gets worse every season, and the Captain N episodes had way more deapth than Ash catching creatures in a Pocket Ball every week.
That would be Pokeball, not Pocket Ball, smartypants. Now who's ignorant?

Pokemon is actually faithful to the games. Plus it has a real sense of continuity that most shows for young children just don't have. Plus, as far as anime goes, aside from a few things Pokemon is very faithful to the Japanese original. As far as depth goes, Pokemon's got it. As far as animation goes, who cares? I didn't say it was the best cartoon, I said it was the best cartoon based on a video game.

Respect is due to Captain N and Mario.
No. I think they sucked. Deal with it.

You want to talk about bad animation, the Mario show had it in spades. We're talking about shots with Luigi's mouth moving while the Princess' voice was coming out. That's pathetic. Don't let nostalgia blind you just because you don't like Pokemon.

I don't like it any more than you do. I wish I could say that I loved the Mario show, because you'll probably not find many bigger Mario fans than me. But that show spat on the great characters and story line that Nintendo came up with and made a formulaic, run of the mill American cartoon. Pokemon is, in my educated opinion, the best video game show.

Sayonara.

[ZariusTwo]

Shove it, tough guy. Don't you dare talk to me like that.

You're right, I probably could call you a lot worse, but I should'nt have insulted your opinion like that, I'm sorry.

That would be Pokeball, not Pocket Ball, smartypants. Now who's ignorant?

Pfft, matters not the name, the concept remains

Pokemon is actually faithful to the games. Plus it has a real sense of continuity that most shows for young children just don't have. Plus, as far as anime goes, aside from a few things Pokemon is very faithful to the Japanese original. As far as depth goes, Pokemon's got it.

First three movies and three seasons I would agree, but now? EXPLOITATION

As far as animation goes, who cares? I didn't say it was the best cartoon, I said it was the best cartoon based on a video game.

A great cartoon must have great writing to back it

You're preferring Game adaptations that follow the rules, Captain N was on the level of Babylon Five and at least tried NOT to retard it's audience, sorry if you obviously have a problem with that.

You want to talk about bad animation, the Mario show had it in spades. We're talking about shots with Luigi's mouth moving while the Princess' voice was coming out. That's pathetic.

Yo, the TMNT did that as well in SEVERAL areas Sherlock

Don't let Pokemon's crappy dubbing and crappy concepts blind you to the fact that, animation, poor or not, did'nt let Mario down, not in characters, not in story.

I don't like it any more than you do. I wish I could say that I loved the Mario show, because you'll probably not find many bigger Mario fans than me. But that show spat on the great characters and story line that Nintendo came up with and made a formulaic, run of the mill American cartoon. Pokemon is, in my educated opinion, the best video game show.

And I say Captain N, and Sonic SATAM were, why? because it made something signifcant of the games they were adapting, current shows that do adapt games never do their stories justice (look at crap like Sonic X)

NOW CAN U DIG THAT...SUCKAAAAAAAAAAA?

[Bowser_Koopa]

ermm........i don't like pkmn either >_<, ash always says "I WILL WE THE BEST!!!!!!!! i'll capture every single pkmn!" but he never captures anything, and the way i see it is not faithful aneough to the games, in the games there's no way a pikachu would win against a rhyon using thunder, even if he aims at the horn, and aim at the horn is not something you can do in the games, but the aiming thing is understandable, what is not is that pikachu once won against a rhydon. And they make look thundershock like a powerful electric attack when is not.

this is just my opinion. I wouldn't like to get in the middle of an argument

[Reznorite420]

crappy Zelda cartoonF**k you too!

[ZariusTwo]

Well , Excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me Princess :lol:

[XERO]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Combat Cold Cuts]

Pokemon kicked it. Super Mario did to. BUT they both had bad bad animation. pokemon has soooooooo many fanfics right now that its sick. a bad storyline couldnt trigger that many cruddy online RPGs and fanfics :|

[Dane E5R]

Actually, Sonic X is damn faithful.. And it is excellent.

[PizzaPower]

I like Somic X and Shamon king ( Is baed on comic nook.)

[Reznorite420]

That would be Pokeball, not Pocket Ball, smartypants. Now who's ignorant?You are..."Pokemon" in Japan is actually called "Pocket Monsters", hence "Pocket Ball" wasn't far off when he said it.

[Anarchistguy]

(look at crap like Sonic X)

If you're talking about Fox Box Sonic X, then I agree with you. But The REAL japanese Sonic X is NOT crap. And while I liked SatAM Sonic, it wasn't godly either.

[ZariusTwo]

I hav'nt seen the American dub, and I don't like the original japanease version, Sonic in the real world teaming with humans is ridiculous and reeks of Digimon.

Sonic SATAM is indeed godly, it was on a level which Sonic X will never compare to.

[Savanti Romero]

This thread is great! :lol:

I'll vote for Zelda, but I've never seen the show (or knew it existed). I played some of the 64 game and liked it. I'm not much of a game or TV watcher unless it invlolves the Turtles.

[Anarchistguy]

I haven't seen the American dub, and I don't like the original japanease version, Sonic in the real world teaming with humans is ridiculous and reeks of Digimon.

Sonic SATAM is indeed godly, it was on a level which Sonic X will never compare to.


Come on, Robotnik a cyborg (but unlike his other incarnations, he was PURE evil: I like that :evilgrin: ) , all these extra characters (Sally, Antoine,etc...), Tails being COMPLETELY useless. Sorry, I can't consider that godly. But I wish the Sonic in Sonic X was more athletic like in the Sonic CD cutscenes.

This thread is great! :lol:

I'll vote for Zelda, but I've never seen the show (or knew it existed). I played some of the 64 game and liked it.

Don't get your hopes up. The Zelda cartoon had NOTHING to do with the N64 games. Link is supposed to be a shy, quiet young man. In the cartoon, he was an arrogant macho. But that didn't prevent me from liking the 'toon, though.

[ZariusTwo]

Errr, on the contrary

1. Robtonik was'nt a cyborg, he was human when he took control of Mobius, and added cyborg parts to himself, he was animated the same way in Sonic Underground

2. Those "extra characters" were FAR from "usless" , Sally was Sonic's lover, Bunny Rabott had some very emotional scenes, Antony was comedy releif, and Tails would have had a bigger role if the series had returned for Season 3

3. The series had incredible writing, and some of them are the most emotional in any game-based cartoon ever, shows like the Uncle Chuck episodes, "Blast From the Past Parts 1 and 2" "The Doomsday Project"

GODLY

Sonic X is just pathetic, pandering to the Sonic Adventure fanatics, not to mention being UN-Original, adapting a game story.

[Dontebell]

why did the people who made sonicSATam cartoons won't let tails fight with sonic and the freedom fighters?

[ZariusTwo]

why did the people who made sonicSATam cartoons won't let tails fight with sonic and the freedom fighters?

Tails was a child, a minor, at the time, and could'nt fight alongside the Freedom Fighters, he was to have a bigger role in the third season (which, thanks to Power Rangers, did'nt happen)

[TigerClaw]

why did the people who made sonicSATam cartoons won't let tails fight with sonic and the freedom fighters?

Tails was a child, a minor, at the time, and could'nt fight alongside the Freedom Fighters, he was to have a bigger role in the third season (which, thanks to Power Rangers, did'nt happen)
Fortunately, Tails has a much bigger role in Sonic X since he pilots his Tornado plane.

[Anarchistguy]

and he's an inventor, pratically a rival to Dr.Eggman (Robotnik to American Fans). Oh, Zarius Two, Tails looks just as old in Sonic X as he was in SatAM Sonic.

2. Those "extra characters" were FAR from "usless" , Sally was Sonic's lover, Bunny Rabott had some very emotional scenes, Antony was comedy releif, and Tails would have had a bigger role if the series had returned for Season 3


Ahem...I only said TAILS was useless. And Sally was Sonic's FRIEND. She became his lover in ep. 26 (Doomsday Project).

[Kameko]

*Sonic X rules. It is very faithful to the Sonic Adventure series of games, and fills in a lot of details. The original, Japanese version is enough to make me giddy in anticipation of the next episode. The American dub is crap. What the heck is with Rouge's voice? She sounds like a middle-age hooker - she's only eighteen! Argh!



SatAM was terrific, too, but it wasn't actually based off a game.

Tails was a child, a minor, at the time, and could'nt fight alongside the Freedom Fighters, he was to have a bigger role in the third season (which, thanks to Power Rangers, did'nt happen)Sonic, Tails, Bunny, Dulcy and Rotor were all minors as well, you know. I do believe that Antoine was 18, but I'm not positive. At any rate, the 'minor' argument doesn't really hold true. But Tails was 10, and significantly younger and less experienced than his teenage counterparts. Consequently, the Freedom Fighters (Sally and Sonic in particular) feared both for Tails' safety and the integrity of thier missions if he were to come along, and rightly so.

Yes, I know. I spend waaaaay too much time thinking about this stuff. :P

As for the third season, I could kick the creator of Power Rangers. It would have easily been the best season.


Anarchistguy: They had kissed before, you know. Just... er, not quite as intensely. Darn, what I wouldn't give for a third season...

Zarius: 'Antoine' was a coward and a moron.

[Anarchistguy]

:embarass: Well, maybe I should know what the hell I'm talking about before I post, eh?

[Relay]

Besides the Zelda episode of Captain N, wasn't there an actual Zelda cartoon that aired on the Super Mario Bros. Super Show. I don't think there were many episodes, though.

[GK Punk]

Besides the Zelda episode of Captain N, wasn't there an actual Zelda cartoon that aired on the Super Mario Bros. Super Show. I don't think there were many episodes, though.

Yep, and it's out on DVD now.

[Relay]

Besides the Zelda episode of Captain N, wasn't there an actual Zelda cartoon that aired on the Super Mario Bros. Super Show. I don't think there were many episodes, though.
Yep, and it's out on DVD now.
Really? It seems kind of odd that they would make a DVD of a show with so few episodes. Unless you mean they were putting the whole Super Mario Bros. Super Show on DVD. In either case, it seems pretty weird to release them on DVD. I don't think either can stand the test of time with kids these days. Of course, there would probably be a few people that might buy them (namely people on this site).

[Cascadia]

I would say the Super Mario Bros

[MW8979]

Zelda and Mario were good shows for sure. They showcased a lot of enemies from Mario1/2 and Zelda 1/2. Animation wasn't too bad either - on par for the 80's I'd say. The only thing that sucked was their 10-15 min duration - not nearly enough time to get a good plot developed. All those shows should have been the standard 30 min length. Come to think of it, it just seems like a really blunt attempt to advertise games to the kids, something they really weren't trying to hide much.

[Bowser_Koopa]

what i never liked about the mario shows is that they mixed Bowser with Wart, but after that i just got used to it

[Dontebell]

hey did anyone know there a tv show of frogger ,donkey kong and donkey kong jr. in the 80's?

[Deathknight]

I guess I'll be the odd one here, I say it's the Japanese version of Rockman.exe (known as MegaMan: NT Warrior here in US.) Although the American version really sucks, the Japanese version is very in depth stories, characters, and very close relation to the games. The animation is almost perfect, the characters look exactly the same as they do in the games. Mario and Zelda were cool but I love Rockman.exe. My only problem with Mario was those horrible songs they did in the SMB3 cartoon.