The Super Mario Games are my favorite games ever. Having nearly completed New Super Mario Bros. 2, I thought I would make this list of how I rank the games in the main series based on quality, impact, and my personal enjoyment.
1. Super Mario Galaxy 2
2. Super Mario Galaxy
3. Super Mario World
4. Super Mario Bros. 3
5. Super Mario Sunshine
6. Super Mario 64
7. New Super Mario Bros. Wii
8. Super Mario Bros.
9. Super Mario 3D Land
10. New Super Mario Bros.
11. New Super Mario Bros. 2
12. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
13. Super Mario Land
14. Super Mario Bros. 2
15. Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
Monday, August 27, 2012
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
VHS Update (8-8-12)
Today I went to my local flea market and some thrift stores and found some great tapes.
1. The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh Volume 3: Newfound Friends (1993 Reprint) - This video contains 3 episodes from The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh; Find Her, Keep Her (This is the only video release of this episode that has the episode's title card), Friend in Deed (exclusive to this video) and Donkey for a Day (Exclusive to this video). This copy is a 1993 reprint with an ink label (This tape my have Green FBI Warnings, but I have not checked).
2. Walt Disney Mini Classics: Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1993 VHS) - This is the second release of Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree in the Mini Classics line. This tape has an ink label and opens with Green Warnings and for the first time, the short's Buena Vista logo is restored.
3. Walt Disney Film Classics: No Deposit, No Return (2002 reprint) - I was in shock to find out that this 1998 VHS was still manufactured in 2002!
4. Dumbo (Walt Disney Classics 1985) - I was elated to find this tape for only $1! This is the first release of Dumbo in the Walt Disney Classics line and has a Black, puffy clamshell.
5. Storybook Classics: Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1997 VHS) - This is the fifth VHS release of Tigger Too, and the cover art is almost identical to the 1994 VHS.
6. The Star Wars Trilogy - This boxset is from 1992, and is one of the last times the theatrical versions of the Star Wars movies were released.
7. Walt Disney Studio Film Collection: The Three Lives of Thomasina
8. Home on the Range - I did not own this movie yet, so I was happy. Personally out of all 51 Disney Classics, this one is my least favorite.
9. Make Mine Music - This VHS was part of the Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection. This was the only time the film was released on VHS and the film is edited for content.
10. Dumbo: This is the 1988 VHS of Dumbo. This VHS release is very similar to the 1986 VHS.
1. The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh Volume 3: Newfound Friends (1993 Reprint) - This video contains 3 episodes from The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh; Find Her, Keep Her (This is the only video release of this episode that has the episode's title card), Friend in Deed (exclusive to this video) and Donkey for a Day (Exclusive to this video). This copy is a 1993 reprint with an ink label (This tape my have Green FBI Warnings, but I have not checked).
2. Walt Disney Mini Classics: Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1993 VHS) - This is the second release of Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree in the Mini Classics line. This tape has an ink label and opens with Green Warnings and for the first time, the short's Buena Vista logo is restored.
3. Walt Disney Film Classics: No Deposit, No Return (2002 reprint) - I was in shock to find out that this 1998 VHS was still manufactured in 2002!
4. Dumbo (Walt Disney Classics 1985) - I was elated to find this tape for only $1! This is the first release of Dumbo in the Walt Disney Classics line and has a Black, puffy clamshell.
5. Storybook Classics: Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1997 VHS) - This is the fifth VHS release of Tigger Too, and the cover art is almost identical to the 1994 VHS.
6. The Star Wars Trilogy - This boxset is from 1992, and is one of the last times the theatrical versions of the Star Wars movies were released.
7. Walt Disney Studio Film Collection: The Three Lives of Thomasina
8. Home on the Range - I did not own this movie yet, so I was happy. Personally out of all 51 Disney Classics, this one is my least favorite.
9. Make Mine Music - This VHS was part of the Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection. This was the only time the film was released on VHS and the film is edited for content.
10. Dumbo: This is the 1988 VHS of Dumbo. This VHS release is very similar to the 1986 VHS.
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Rant: The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
No, this is not a rant on the show itself. The television show is phenomenal. The characters are great, the adventures they get into are amusing, and the lessons that are in the show are invaluable.
The rant will be, instead, the poor way Disney has distributed it over the years.
In the early 90s, Walt Disney Home Video released 10 Volumes of the Beloved TV Show. They were as follows (The Laserdisc Releases had two volumes in one package): Volume 1: The Great Honey Pot Robbery. Volume 2: The Wishing Bear. Volume 3: Newfound Friends. Volume 4: There's No Camp Like Home. Volume 5: Wind Some, Lose Some.
Volume 6: All's Well That Ends Well. Volume 7: King of the Beasties. Volume 8: The Sky's The Limit. Volume 9: Everything's Coming Up Roses. Volume 10: Pooh to the Rescue.
Each volume contained 2-4 segments from The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. Most of the episodes were from Season 1, but there were some from Season 2, and a few from Season 3. Unfortunately most of the episodes were shown out of order (the first episode of the show never even got released!).
In 1994, Disney released new video lines with episodes from the tv show. Gone was the name of the TV Show. These videos had some episodes from the other 10 volumes, and some were new. Instead the lines were called; Winnie the Pooh: Playtime and Winnie the Pooh: Learning. Each line had 3 Videos to begin with and contained 2-4 episodes.
Throughout the years, Disney released more videos in these two lines, eventually leading to each line having 5 videos by 1999. In 1997, Disney kicked off Winnie the Pooh: Friendship, and this two by 1999 had 5 videos.
From 1994-1996, there had been Holiday VHS releases of the show that also lacked the tv show's name.
Then in 2005, Disney released the series on DVD. It was reasonable to expect Disney might release the show in volumes with each episode in order of their original airdate. Instead, Disney released 5 DVDs, none having the television show's theme song. Some of these DVDs are worth getting because they have episodes you will not find anywhere else.
So the question you all might be asking yourself is, why does this matter. It matters because there are thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) of people who would love to own the show in a proper format so they can rewatch and show it to their children. After all, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is one of Disney's most sucessful animated shows ever and as such, it deserves more than having episodes as bonus features on other Pooh DVDs, or poor DVD releases.
Do you agree, did you like this rant, constructive criticism? Sound off!
In 1994, Disney released new video lines with episodes from the tv show. Gone was the name of the TV Show. These videos had some episodes from the other 10 volumes, and some were new. Instead the lines were called; Winnie the Pooh: Playtime and Winnie the Pooh: Learning. Each line had 3 Videos to begin with and contained 2-4 episodes.
Throughout the years, Disney released more videos in these two lines, eventually leading to each line having 5 videos by 1999. In 1997, Disney kicked off Winnie the Pooh: Friendship, and this two by 1999 had 5 videos.
So the question you all might be asking yourself is, why does this matter. It matters because there are thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) of people who would love to own the show in a proper format so they can rewatch and show it to their children. After all, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is one of Disney's most sucessful animated shows ever and as such, it deserves more than having episodes as bonus features on other Pooh DVDs, or poor DVD releases.
Do you agree, did you like this rant, constructive criticism? Sound off!
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