#Cartoon video game characters series#

#Cartoon video game characters series#

Of course, as a kid who didnвЂ™t know better, I actually enjoyed the series and I loved seeing these characters interact with each other. He sounds like someone who smokes 30 packs of cigarettes a day. Lastly, we have a short overweight Mega Man, reminiscent of the classic Mega Man NES box art, who has one of the most irritating voices in the history of animated shows. Then we have Kid Icarus, who ends each sentence with the word вЂicusвЂ™. Instead of being a brave selfless hero who whips the crap out off vampires and monsters, he is turned into a self-obsessed blubbering idiot. Where the show totally loses the plot is when it comes to its interpretation (and I use this term loosely) of the various video game characters that hinder and aid our hero.ДЇirst off, we have Simon Belmont from the Castlevania series. Armed with his trusty NES Zapper, controller and with help from some well-known video game characters, Kevin sets out to save the day. Kevin finds out that he is вЂThe Chosen OneвЂ™ who is supposed to stop Mother Brain and her minions from taking over Videogame Land. They get sucked into the Ultimate Warp Zone and transported to Videoland. The show introduced us to Kevin and his dog Duke. Speaking of shows that take liberties with the source material, Captain N: The Game Master was a show made to capitalise on the popularity of various Nintendo characters. Plus, the show probably had the worst intro music ever heard by human ears. All that linked it to the gaming franchise was the names of its leads and the title of the show. Overall, the show could have been called вЂMagic Dragon Twins Fight Evil Shadow DudeвЂ™. Why would anyone remove one of the franchiseвЂ™ most beloved and well-known characters? Heck, Abobo even featured in the truly horrific Double Dragon live-action movie. The fact that Double Dragon regular Abobo was removed from the show in the second episode of season one was an early indication that the show would do as much as possible to remove itself from what little lore there was. ItвЂ™s an over convoluted tale that serves only to explain why Billy and Jimmy continually beat up bad guys. This affords them the honour of donning some really silly dragon-themed headgear that no self-respecting martial artist would ever wear. After this revelation, Jimmy joins Billy and the two become the legendary Dragon Warriors. Both twins end up being trained by martial arts masters, with Jimmy quickly discovering that he has actually been training under the evil Shadow Master, leader of the Shadow Warriors. The show followed Billy and Jimmy Lee, two twins separated at birth (who have some absurdly proportioned bodies). However, the fact that the writers were able to extract a coherent story out of the video gameвЂ™s non-existent narrative is to be commended, even if it is a clichГ©-filled mess at times. What is it with studios trying to turn violent video games into kid-friendly cartoons? For goodness sake, Double Dragon (the video game) kicks off with a guy literally punching a woman in the stomach. The fact that the show never took itself too seriously became part of its charm. This was achieved by shrinking them in order to make them a more manageable size.Д®ven with its sometimes overbearing characters, sloppy animation and bad voice acting, I still found myself enjoying it. Strangely, the show even went as far as to explain how Link was able to carry such a huge amount of items in the games. It does, however, feature some recognisable monsters, items, and locations from the games. Let me be honest, the series played fast and loose with the lore from the video games. Known mostly in the show for his sarcastic catchphrase, вЂњWell, excuse me princessвЂќ, which he would utter when his attempts at kissing the princess would fail, Link rarely came across as the hero of Hyrule we all knew and loved. Most episodes saw Ganon scheming to either steal the Triforce of Wisdom or kidnap Princess Zelda. As with most shows of the era, the story was a cut-and-paste вЂstop the bad guy from taking over the worldвЂ™ adventure and followed our hero, Link, as he continually foiled the evil GanonвЂ™s plans to take over Hyrule.