Twenty years ago, on October 27, 1998, The Lion King II: Simba's Pride was released on videocassette.
Speaking from personal experience, the videocassette had one of the best collection of previews. It had promos of The Lion King musical on Broadway, the soundtrack CD Return to Pride Rock, the Animal Kingdom theme park at Walt Disney World, and trailers of the home video and upcoming theatrical releases of A Bug's Life (1998), Mulan (1998), Mighty Joe Young (1998), One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961), Doug's 1st Movie (1999), and The Rescuers (1977).
The actual movie was a trip. My four-year-old mind probably couldn't comprehend all the details, but it was very fun to see all my favorite characters again. The songs were good enough. It was decades later when I noticed how dark the VHS quality was. It was probably hide the cost-cutting animation since the DVD and Blu-Ray editions really expose how crude the animators drew the background characters. To conclude, I still think it's one of the better direct-to-video Disney sequels. It could have been better with more plot expansion and character development, but I'm happy with what I've got.