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The basic story is that Princess Zelda and Link the adventurer are the keepers of the mystical Triforce of Wisdom. In between arguments, they must protect the Triforce from Ganon, an evil wizard who holds the Triforce of Power. Whoever brings the two Triforces together will rule the land of Hyrule.

Since the cartoon is based on the first two games in the series, anyone who had only played the more recent games (i.e. Ocarina of Time onward) may be confused by some of the character's appearances and names. For example, Link in the cartoon is brunette when he's blond in the modern games. Also, his horse is Catherine in the show but Epona in the games and there are only two triforces instead of three.

The DVD has bonus episodes of the "Sonic Underground" show. I haven't watched these yet but I know that they're not the same episodes that are on the "Sonic Underground" DVD.

Good, but where are the rest of the episodes?
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).

Bear with me...
I actually bouht this DVD on a whim with some friends, and since we're all video game freaks, we found the DVD not interesting, but just plain hilarious. If you need to laugh and feel good in bad times, pop this in and the fun begins. the animation is terrible, the voices are horrible and the plots suck big time. We love it. It's just incredible how something so stupid made us all so happy. Unless you're a Zelda fan, you might not understabd or care for the DVD. You might even be better off renting it first. Have fun.