Super Mario Bros. Super Show Vol. 2

Remember those Nintendo-themed cartoons that were around years ago? The Legend of Zelda, Captain N: The Game Master, and, of course, The Super Mario Bros. Super Show. I watched them all as a child, so when Super Mario Bros. Super Show Volume 2 was shown to me at Circuit City while shopping for Christmas gifts, I had to get it.

The DVD set consists of four discs, each having its own slim case. Each of the cases has a different main character displayed on it, starting with Mario and Luigi and ending with Princess and King Koopa (a.k.a. Bowser). The inside of each case contain a few sketches of the respective character on the outside of the case.

Enough about the packaging though, I didn't get this for the way it looks on the outside anyways. The discs contain six episodes each, plus a "bonus" episode, for a total of 28 episodes. There are bonus features on the discs as well, but I found them to be pretty lame. It seemed like they had some extra space to kill and just threw a few random things in to complete it.

For anyone that never saw the show, it consisted of a cartoon sandwiched in between a couple of live-action segments with Captain Lou Albano and Danny Wells as Mario and Luigi, respectively. Please be aware that the dialog in both parts of the show is rather poorly done. Honestly, it's so bad that it's funny, and that's actually why I got this. Childhood memories, and laughably bad dialog. Oh, and the people they chose to do the voice-acting really didn't help either. You'll probably also want to skip the show's intro after the first time, too. A poor quality Mario Bros. rap just doesn't do it for me.

Despite the negatives of this set, though, I think it still warrants a purchase for gamers. I was able to pick it up for $19.99 at Circuit City, and I believe all Target stores started selling both volumes today for $19.99 as well. It's about 10 hours of content according to the box, so the low price is a steal if you like it and only a small loss if you end up hating it.

"Do the Mario! Swing your arms from side to side. Come on, it's time to go. Do the Mario!"

...Okay I'm done.