CENSORED Content in Yu-Gi-Oh! Video Games

Today we take a look at all the wonderful video game content that we missed out on and cover what had to be changed from the Japanese versions, with appearances from every single Yugioh Gameboy Advance game in the series (including the Yu-Gi-Oh! Double Pack).
0:00 Intro
0:34 Eternal Duelist Soul & Worldwide Edition Stairway to the Destined Duel
4:49 The Sacred Cards & Reshef of Destruction (+ Double Pack)
9:29 Dungeon Dice Monsters
12:23 Destiny Board Traveler
14:15 World Championship Tournament 2004
15:27 GX Duel Academy & 7 Trials to Glory (2005)
16:54 Ultimate Masters World Championship Tournament 2006
a new era approaches....

[@gameboylad]

That dark magician girl art in board traveler is insane 💀

[@Chimeratech_O.D.]

Pretty cool to see you here, Lad.

[@3X5XL]

*BOING*

[@Tidalley]

An insane improvement over the original design, yes

[@growlanser5600]

Absolutely straight out of a Hentai 😂

[@ajflink]

Somebody got bored on the job when making the game in Japan.

[@A_Bottle-Of_Orange_Crush]

There is a special place in the Shadow Realm for whatever monster decided to censor Dark Magician Girl's glorious bewbs.

[@Eddie_Enfer]

Yeah... the game Is called board traveler, because when the game travelled to the US they turned Dark Magician Girl into a Board

[@DiverseStyle]

No card/deck in the history of the real card game has experienced a nerf as big as what DMG got in Destiny Board Traveler …

[@buddyzilla4557]

Here's a fun tidbit. A lot of people refer to a tribute as a "sacrifice." You'll notice that the term is never referred to as that in the game however for censorship type purposes. The reason the Thousand-Eyes Restrict effect was as intense as it was is likley due to the OCG naming/theme around its card series..Sacrifice. Reliquished was called Sacrifice in the OCG and all its related cards had related naming/themeing in its effects. The sacrifice was typically the opponent's monster and was representational of Pegusus sacrificing others for his own goal. It was a dark contrast to his toons jn infered what he had become at the loss of his innocence/persual of power to revive his wife. This is alla. Bit heavy and the concept of Sacrifice in this manner is a bit nuch..tribute and relinquishing infers less harm and more concent so they replace that term.

[@FlaggedStar]

Weird. I don't recall any manga translation that I've read showing anything like that.

[@aberomoa5149]

“…which brings me to the next HUGE area of censorship, which is: Dark Magician Girl’s CHEST” I see what you did here 😏

[@UwURainUwU]

That was a really interesting watch, I'm surprised HOW many different uncensored arts made it across all those games. 😅

[@PepsiMan666]

*Shady's* background lol

[@babagryva5954]

Thank you for documenting things like this all in one place, love these videos

[@Tirgo69]

Ring (or Bell) of Destruction being uncensored in Eternal Duelist Soul always stood out to me, especially since I had played 7 Trials to Glory first and was very familiar with the censored art from being blown out by it

[@Caspicum]

comfy yugioh fact videos my only weakness

[@pkkingcrimsonrequiem1332]

JP Board Traveler DMG was a massive buff for whatever reason. She wasn't THAT big in the manga or anime.

[@JadenRockz99]

USA DMG: I sleep JP DMG: REAL SHIT

[@Roge9]

today I learned there's a content creator for yugioh gba games. Time to sub.

[@ZackeroniAndCheese]

Been loving your content. I gotta go back and watch your older stuff

[@mateobonavento3939]

What's funnier about the Helios cards being uncensored in Ultimate Masters 2006 is that the second form is one of the campaign duelists. That includes the larger coin flip art, like there's no way the booba haters could have missed that but they did somehow. It's not as eye catching as DMG in Destiny Board Traveler, but still very noticeable.

[@CB-L]

Interestingly in EX2006(Ultimate masters 2006), You can change the language setting in JP version to see all the "censored" artworks. I'm pretty sure you can't get original uncensored artwork even if you change language to japanese in other versions.

[@lpfan4491]

Infact, the entire JP-version is in there.

[@DarkMagicianGirl0]

I do find it funny that red eyes are censored from the ocg to tcg. 4 kids however adds red eyes to the show to allow the "stupid kids" (who I think are a lot more intelligent than 4 kids gives them credit for) to see mind control is happening. While demonic entities are somewhat more intense than subtle mind control you could make the claim that a demon would control people with a faint red glow in the victims eyes. So either way it doesn't really work...

[@captaincz5763]

There's always something with that 5 pointed star that always gets changed lol. Japan seems to not like it as much today either cause I recall instances where it's been censored in the anime and even in the colored manga release. Thank you for making this video dude, I really respect the fact you took time out of your day to throughly investigate any and all changes in the GBA games. Are you planning to expand to the DS ones, as well?

[@Leonidash15]

12:38 Dark Magician Girl, your Breast reduction surgery was a success!

[@drearydoll6305]

19:58 Helios duos is basically pregnant which is why helio trice is the evolution of this card and why they re so small compared to the 2 other ones. Trice are the children.

[@Stray_x]

Now I can't stop thinking: "Will the real Slim Shadi please stand up?"

[@leebug3424]

Been playing DM5 and DM6 lately; the art and all the other stuff is so much better. DM5 is a completely different game compared to EDS. PROTIP: The Japanese UM2006 still has the language selection, so you can play it in English. EDIT: I checked out my JPN copy of UM2006 and the art is uncensored OCG art if playing in Japanese, but if you change it to English, it changes to the censored TCG art. :/

[@lpfan4491]

DM5 is very funny. I looked into the potential to fantranslate it and this feels like a lost cause without major effort by experienced romhackers.

[@FlaggedStar]

"DM5 is a completely different game compared to EDS" - How so?

[@Hiushisan]

Love random facts videos like this. Regarding uncensored card art, Fairy's Gift is best waifu

[@ShadyPlatinum777]

Love this channel

[@juliend5047]

Great video for OG yugioh players

[@marsspade556]

Idk why you’ve decided to make this video but thank you

[@lopezg8475]

I'm not sure how many glitches or Easter eggs there are in them but it would be really cool if you could cover the tag force series of games.

[@SylvesterAshcroft88]

I didn't realise Exodia originally had a pentagram on his chest.

[@lucasbelmont3191]

Na hora exata estava pensando no que assistir durante a pausa pro almoço

[@AizakkuAnalysis]

I'm still waiting for you to come back.

[@nicai7267]

Nice video bro.hope u Have a Nice weekend

[@Skypatroller_BenCD]

Before that video i didn't know the Helios was a censored card

[@Elliasal]

The fairy symbol had a halo? Though they just had a gold trim smoke stack head, maybe some kind of fairy train or something.

[@thetruth3068]

They need to fire the Yugioh localization team. All their change and censorship is so stupid.

[@GothReaper616]

Hm...exodia had a PENTAGRAM. 5 edged stars. And, the 6 edged star or HEXAGRAMM. Actually is a commonly used symbol for magic.

[@scottriddell3514]

I hope all those games are in early days collection and even the original game boy yugioh game

[@polocatfan]

from what it seems like we're gonna get GB, GBC, and GBA games in the collection. We'll have to see what ones they add. It's a shame some aren't being localized though.

[@Hakelous]

the six pointed star is also known as the hexagram

[@juxtapositionchicken2514]

This was really cool! 👌

[@Billy_Wyatt]

Wow. Good stuff you got in there with all the censorship in those Yu-Gi-Oh games.

[@buzztheshowhost4783]

Is silent magician available in duel academy? And if she is can someone please tell me the code I can't find it anywhere

[@namenlosNamenlos]

Thanks!

[@Jimmy-tx9wr]

Can u explore "power of chaos" PC games for data or easter eggs...there is nothing like that online at all

[@bluebearie7230]

wait... are you telling me they actually use the TCG arts even for the Japanese version of Duel Academy? damn i was planning to get the game

[@FakeHeroFang]

Pregnant Ishizu spotted, 11/10

[@Dahaka-rd6tw]

8:00 must have sucked to know that this was never released as a actual card.

[@dood3530]

All this censorship is sad enough on its own, but it's even sadder when you remember that the franchise still gets censored to this day. It's like they still somehow think they're marketing to children in the mid-2000s.

[@shendelzarescathach1674]

The average duelist is in their mid 20s they need to stop censoring cards

[@GottaFistDemAll]

Yugioh is one out a small handful of franchises that I know which got censored hell and back over something incredibly mundane, related to religious, and just because girls have boobas. A real shame for destroying the creator's design.

[@F1ghtGam3r]

Isn't the 6 star called a hexogram?

[@anonymousmale803]

Yo come back

[@sansthedevil]

Wheres the sauce 20:06

[@MagesitoYGO]

And he never came back :(

[@hisaceinthehole3426]

Skelengel without halo is fucking CURSED

[@semicharmedlife311]

Why is Scrub Busta pronouncing Shadi's name as "Shady"? SHAW-dee. He's not the Real Slim Shady.

[@shikabaneconga]

megistus is wonderful, idc what ppl say

[@supersayainasriel6745]

So they just changed the star if david to a digital hazard? Heh

[@growlanser5600]

Moral of the story: Censorship sucks.

[@SnipeMD]

Calling Shadi "Shady" is based.

[@NukaLuLu]

Finds good Yu-Gi-Tuber They’re apparently gone lmao

[@akiradkcn]

When comes to censorship, thete ia no such thing as "got it right"

[@hisaceinthehole3426]

Baaed f9rbidden memories soundtraxk utilizer

[@richardrowland9511]

I just don't understand why they had to censor cleavage. As kids we saw cleavage all the time. Such a stupid fix

[@mysterymitry]

i love how this video is about censorship in the English language release titles and it just makes me want to play those more as opposed to the original Japanese versions. Also, good vid! Found your channel by chance (was looking up YGOFM related stuff and saw your channel pop up) sort of and already watched 3 vids and enjoying it. Great content, keep it up~

[@Woke-CardBoard]

Shows u how religious big corp media are in the US.

[@raddog1478]

sha di not shaddy

[@skelyjack3899]

I love pizza and tacos. Yumm

[@buddyzilla4557]

Red Cross is a nonprofit medical organization here that specializes in first-aid care. That is likley why it is not removed. It isn't a religious symbol but a widely known symbol for the group that shows up on first-aid kits commonly. They are the authority for first-aid provisions and provide first-aid/CPR/AED training for jobs tgat require it. If you met a US lifeguard, they would have had to undergo Red-Cross certified First-aid and CPR training.

[@MrJoeyWheeler]

It's treated like a religious symbol the way they "protect" it.

[@ksouthwick001]

Indeed, it's actually protected for use of symbolizing medical care per the Geneva convention, and using it in a Yugioh card is a violation of the Geneva convention so they were forced to change it

[@silvertalon215]

Dunno what it is but pointless censorship just gets under my skin so much. It irritates the hell out of me. It's insulting in a way Edit: its the reason I quit yugioh

[@shanelogan630]

Censorship is absolutely bogus however some of the designs simply look better like monster reborns design being significantly more memorable than a simple ankh

[@buddyzilla4557]

😂 Will the real Flim Shady please stand up?

[@justicerowe2005]

yugiohs censorship is too hardcore.

[@LanguidWyvern]

Other cut content in Yugioh includes people fucking dying horribly. What do you mean that's just the shadow realm? Are you sure that lady didn't hit the pavement after falling out of a 30 story building and die?

[@totenkopf8814]

Dude quit simping over mid anime cosplay girls 😂

[@alienatedbythewhatsapp2114]

stop using cursed jaden images pls

[@Thepokedek]

I once modded the text phrases in one yugioh game for the ds we used to play with my neighbors as kids/teens. I renamed Espa SekspaRoba and made him a teen dad with 4 kids. He was a seks addict.