This new piece depicts the stars of my top three favorite cartoons based off of video games - Sonic the Hedgehog, Donkey Kong, and Earthworm Jim. "Sonic the Hedgehog", despite being produced by DiC Entertainment, was perhaps his best animated portrayal (I certainly find it better than his current anime series). Earthworm Jim's cartoon was just as funny as the games it was based on (or maybe even funnier!). And "Donkey Kong Country", despite negative criticism from fans of the games, was cool for more than just being CGI-animated; it had more sophisticated humor (think "Earthworm Jim"'s comedy, but without cows falling on someone at the end of the episode), the characters had better personalities than in the games, and King K. Rool's villainous goals actually made sense. Sadly, one thing that these three shows had in common was that neither of them lasted very long, having 26, 23, and 40 episodes respectively, and except for a one-shot individual episodes DVD for Sonic, none of these shows have had any DVD sets released. I definitely would've preferred a DVD set for either one of these shows over the "Mega Man" cartoon, which inaccurately portrayed Protoman as a bad guy.
Donkey Kong © Nintendo, Rare, and in his cartoon's case, Nelvana. Sonic is © Sega, Sonic Team, and DiC. And Earthworm Jim is © Shiny Entertainment and MCA Universal.