These segments involved a celebrity guest star joining the pair, either as themselves or as a character connected to the segment's plot, who were often a popular television star or professional athlete (including WWE (then WWF) stars of the time); such guests included Nedra Volz, Norman Fell, Donna Douglas, Eve Plumb, Vanna White, Lyle Alzado and Magic Johnson. Pidax released the complete series along The Legend of Zelda in Germany (with English audio included), in 5 boxsets, however unlike some english releases the missing live-action episodes are included, though only in German.

Giving the film four out of five stars, James Mottram of South China Morning Post described Amsterdam as "a Hal Ashby-style caper full of fireworks with contemporary political overtones". Forward also stated that the relationship between Link and Zelda was influenced by the dynamic between the characters of the American television series Moonlighting, which were portrayed by Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd. He also said that the show received some letters from children asking for it to not be cancelled but this positive feedback was not enough to keep the show in production.By using this service you thereby indemnify this Company, its employees, agents and affiliates against any loss or damage, in whatever manner, howsoever caused. In addition, DiC planned to produce an animated film based on the series, to be released in the summer of 1990.

In David Sheff's book Game Over, Bill White, the then-director of advertising and public relations for Nintendo, [17] said that the purpose of the television series was to boost awareness of the characters. Another DVD which consisted of five episodes: Mario's Movie Madness was released by Sterling in 2005, but removed the live-action segments.Sterling Entertainment released another VHS/DVD titled Ganon's Evil Tower on July 22, 2003, which included three episodes.