Sonic the Hedgehog: Super Sonic
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Now that I Have this DVD in my posession, I thought I'd let you folks still waiting for it in on the details! I suppose this'll basically be my little review of it, even though I suck at reviews. And I'm really just reviewing the way the DVD was done, not the episodes. First off, I'll show you what the menus look like (Click on the images to enlarge):
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The main menu. Inspector Gadget is on this menu, and all the submenus to offer help to those younger viewers who might be confused about how to work the menus. |
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Episode
Guide. Select the episode you want to watch
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Languages.
The only option is to turn on or off English Subtitles. Basically for
the hearing impaired, or helpful if you can't understand what someone
is saying.
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Quiz
Game! This goes through 8 multiple choice questions regarding the episodes
on the DVD (If you know your SatAM, this should be a breeze) and if
you get all the questions correct, you get to watch a bonus episode,
"Sonic and the Secret Scrolls"! |
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Episode
1:
 Super Sonic |
Episode
2:
 Sonic and Sally |
Episode
3:
 Sonic Racer |
Episode
4:
 Sonic Boom |
Bonus!
Episode 5:  Sonic and the Secret Scrolls |
Above you see
the 4 episodes as originally announced to be on the DVD (Super Sonic, Sonic
and Sally, Sonic Racer, and Sonic Boom), however what was not known until
now is that there's actually FIVE episodes on the DVD! The 5th episode,
which can only be accessed by completing the Quiz Game is Sonic
and the Secret Scrolls. I'm not sure whether that episode will be on
one of the VHS tapes, but I doubt it. So, that pretty much sums up the features
of this DVD, the only extra being the Quiz Game and a bonus episode. I doubt
the bonus episode will be on either of the VHS tapes. This is also the first
time the episode Sonic and the Secret Scrolls has been released on
home video (or rather, DVD in this case).
Now that I'm through with the content, there's one more thing I have to say about this DVD.. the video quality is pretty bad compared to other animated DVDs I own. It's blurry in a lot of places and just doesn't look that great. That could be either due to the authoring house they used to produce the DVD, or just the source material isn't any better than that, but I can't believe they wouldn't have better masters... Oh well, regardless, this is well worth the purchase for $14.99 MSRP for the great show this was :) (And cheaper in a lot of places, depending where you buy from. Best Buy seems to carry it for $12.99)
Oh, and lastly, there was no insert in the case other than a little booklet advertising other Trimark DVD releases.
I'm not sure when we'll know how sales of this were or whether to expect more episodes to be released in the future, but I really hope it does well enough to warrent more volumes! And hopefully in future volumes, DiC will be able to think of some more extras, maybe listen to some ideas for some, and perhaps fix the quality of the video..
UPDATE: I take back what I said about the quality of the video. I looked at the DVD on one of my other players & TV and it looked a lot better than when I watched it on my main setup. So it might've just been something with my equipment. Quality looks nice :)
