Power Team

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This page is about the cartoon show. For the martial arts team, see The Power Team.

The Power Team was a cartoon on the show Video Power featuring characters from Acclaim video games. They included:

• Max Force from NARC
• Kuros from Wizards and Warriors
• Kwirk from Kwirk
• Tyrone from Arch Rivals
• Bigfoot from Bigfoot

The show also featured a cartoon version of the host of Video Power, Johnny Arcade, as they fought against villains from the Acclaim lineup, mainly Mr. Big from NARC, although Malkil from Wizards and Warriors occasionally appeared as well. The show seemed intended to capitalize on the audience of Captain N: The Game Master by having a real-world teenager lead a team of video game heroes, but took the opposite tact by having the game characters come to the real world. A common device on the show was the characters trying to recover the “game paks” from Mr. Big which would send them home. During battles, Johnny would use a special communication device that looked like an NES controller to direct the Power Team members from his room. A few of the characters underwent radical redesigns from their game incarnations: Max Force, for example, looked like a SWAT officer and had a utility belt instead of machine guns, and Kuros bore more of a resemblance to Fabio than a knight. The Fabio resemblance was likely based on the fact that he was the cover model of Wizards and Warriors II : Ironsword.

[edit] Trivia

• In the opening portion of the cartoon, Johnny is shown playing each of the characters’ games on his NES before they come flying from the screen, even Kwirk, which was a Game Boy title.