The TV series entered production before official names were given in the development process of the video game, so the Koopalings names are all different. In 1992, it was included in Rysher Entertainment's Captain N and the Video Game Masters syndication package. All further airings of the series separated it from Captain N when Weekend Today aired in 1992. episodes with a full-length Captain N episode sandwiched in-between. 3 programming block along with the second season of Captain N: The Game Master on NBC, whose format involved having two Mario Bros. This cartoon was originally shown in the hour-long Captain N and The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. One episode titled "7 Continents for 7 Koopas" is about the Koopalings invading each of the seven continents. Many episodes are set on Earth (consistently referred to as "The Real World" by the characters) and are set in locations such as London, Paris, Venice, New York City, Cape Canaveral, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. In addition to being more faithful to the Mario gameplay, the series was given an established sense of continuity, something that the previous series lacked. 3, the enemies and power-ups were also seen in the show. Since the show was based on Super Mario Bros. however, this show was co-produced by Italian studio Reteitalia S.P.A., hence the slight differences in character design. Super Show!, the show was produced by DIC Animation City, with the overseas animation being done at the South Korean studio Sei Young Animation Co., Ltd. Most of the episodes revolve around the four characters' efforts to prevent the attacks made by King Koopa and the Koopalings to take over Princess Toadstool's Mushroom Kingdom. 3 focuses on Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Princess Toadstool, who reside in the Mushroom World. However, the Shout! Factory DVD cover depicts Mario wearing his modern colors from the video games. Although Nintendo modified the character designs from the Mario franchise and flipped the shirt and overall colors of Mario and Luigi's, DIC decided to keep the character designs from its predecessor, but beginning with "Princess Toadstool for President", Mario's hair color is changed to brown while Luigi's hair stays black. The only episode to not feature world-map footage is "Kootie Pie Rocks". 3, and often featured the use of power-ups and other elements from the game. Episodes were divided into two segments of around 11 minutes each, always opened by a title card featuring world-map footage taken from Super Mario Bros. Unlike its predecessor, the series dropped the use of live-action segments, Wart's minions and King Koopa's alter-egos, featured an entirely new cast with the exceptions of John Stocker and Harvey Atkin, who reprised their respective roles as Toad and King Koopa, established a level of continuity in stories, and featured the introduction of a set of characters called the Koopalings, based upon the same characters from the Mario games but with different names to their official counterparts.