Censorship in Video Games is Weird - Diamondbolt

[@gamemaker1802]

I always love the intro to Shadow the Hedgehog where someone animated Shadow pumping an SMG. It's always funny to look at, especially since they show him loading it correctly right before it.

[@legionbeast]

What's funny is that model of gun DOES exist, it's just not very well known.

[@jetburrito5205]

@@legionbeast WHAT DO YOU MEAN ITS AN MP5. ITS VERY WELL KNOWN

[@legionbeast]

@@jetburrito5205 I mean the version with the pump action.

[@jetburrito5205]

@@legionbeast I need some proof because that is just not even possible

[@rustinginpieces]

​@@jetburrito5205 They might be talking about Troy 223 which is a pump-action rifle. It didn't exist until 2014 though, so the cutscene couldn't be based on that.

[@frozarburst6350]

Shadow the Hedgehog. The one game where you shoot someone and they don't bleed or die. They fall on their back like you just pushed them and stole their purse

[@Bladedfox14]

He's using rubber bullets lol

[@the-NightStar]

@@Bladedfox14 Actually the canon explaination is that it's not actually a real gun, it's just styled to look like one.

[@PlayerZeroStart]

@@the-NightStar Wait, legit?

[@owyemen9367]

they made almost dead for the game but couldnt shoot people?

[@zestytriss5282]

@@the-NightStar its just like a toy gun design

[@elijahgames192]

don't pretend that "oh my god" isn't one of Warios most iconic lines.

[@Leesus.christ]

I looked at this comment when he said it

[@angryboi595]

And “WAAAAAAHHHHH”

[@marvelstarwarsfan8410]

Reminds me of that warioland on pc meme.

[@BaconMaster234]

Hes actually speaking German but idk how to spell the phrase

[@kaydonhigginbotham]

So iconic it sparked a decade long war in the comments of the video showing it off

[@thatbluegamet]

15:36 I’m glad you at least show Persona 2’s way of censoring Hitler by turning him into the cooler Hitler

[@lucapaladino-punnyproducti6390]

Japan: Hitler US: The Cooler Hitler

[@Smoah]

American ratings board: Yep looks alright. He has cool sunglasses you know he’s safe.

[@thatpigboss]

Remember that time when KZbin censored the dislike button, I don't

[@alt1763]

then the community brought it back

[@murph_31]

The video currently has 57 dislikes

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

I know, right? How I would know trailer for an upcoming movie or something caused controversies without the dislikes?

[@banjo9158]

I still can't see how many dislike any video has till this day.

[@thatpigboss]

@@banjo9158 sounds like a skill issue

[@Plasma6657]

Come on, we all know that luigis cut line was really, "for FUCK sake"

[@ryzekiv7147]

Novel idea: Blood => multicolored paint Death animations => “aw, rats!” [lays down casually]

[@PhoebeTheFairy56]

Paintball

[@legometaworld2728]

69 likes lol

[@ryzekiv7147]

@@legometaworld2728 (I know isnt it great)

[@KingYahshua]

Don’t understand why they’d add those ridiculous filters onto the manhunt 2 death scenes. They made them more disturbing and violent in my opinion lol.

[@notfriendlystudios1643]

Yeah it just makes your imagination fill in the blanks and makes it worse somehow

[@gibleyman]

Honestly that's also a genuinely smart way to "censor" it, it mostly removes the violent animations in order to be accepted by whatever higher up was requesting it, but it doesn't necessarily take away from the game's experience, it oddly fits the games aesthetic too, the idea of completely messing up the camera and have random seizure inducing effects on screen to hide the horror is something that fits right into the game. Pretty neat stuff.

[@KingYahshua]

@@gibleyman Good point. I forgot that most of these censorship measures are actually placed in by the devs via pressure from the higher-ups. I think my point was that its quite funny how them forcing the Manhunt 2 devs to censor the kills just made them more graphic in the process lmao.

[@ThePhantom4516]

@@notfriendlystudios1643 Graphical fidelity wasn't that good back then so the animations wouldn't have been that realistic, so having it blurred really does just leave your mind to imagine what it would look like. Same thing watching censored real gore, you don't see it but you KNOW what's happening behind that blur/bar

[@SleepyMook]

If anything it reminds me a lot of the first one where every kill has a camera recording filter to evoke the theme of the game being a horrific snuff film.

[@Anton-de5vu]

My headcannon is that after losing to little mac in the arcade game, drunkensky (popinsky’s stage alias) tried to quell his addiction with soda, and it worked for the most part

[@lisamako9970]

Dolly: Good For Him!

[@cjgg4885]

My favorite bit of self-censorship is when people who make MK Fatality and Brutality compilation videos and, specifically for MK X and 11, always use the bug character Dvora because she bleeds blue blood, so therefore it's completely fine by KZbin bot standards. You can see the terrifyingly accurate recreation of human anatomy in high-definition 4K, but it can only be in blue, the kids won't get scarred that way.

[@Acidonia150reborn]

This is reason the Show Samurai Jack got made because all the Violence was Against Robots or Insects with green blood other wise it would of never existed.

[@glowdonk]

Dvora is also the most hated character in the series, so the fans will like seeing her get turned into a pile of guts and blood

[@owyemen9367]

@@glowdonk whatd She do

[@limewater4074]

​​@@owyemen9367She killed off multiple fan favorite characters and is also just a really uninteresting and boring character.

[@owyemen9367]

@@limewater4074 fair enough

[@GoldLight73]

The best part of Mythra in Smash is that it’s a rare instance where pretty-much everyone agrees the censorship just made the design better.

[@_V.Va_]

Agreed. Most Xenoblade clothing designs are the tackiest shit.

[@_V.Va_]

@AT Productions No,the design was just shit. 🗿

[@NrettG]

@AT Productions I mean I would prefer to play a game in public without getting a side-eye

[@toagradius8856]

The more I learn about Xenoblade the more weirded out I get. In fuckin Xenoblade 3 they confirm that the protag from 2 ended up fathering children with the three main female leads, so now they’re all just housewives for him. Just why

[@GoldLight73]

@AT Productions It's not about being grossed out. It's about the nuance of character design. To give a more in-depth explanation than just "it's shit," let me break it down. Why does Mythra have a chest window? Why does she wear a skirt so short that bending over even a little would expose her panties? Mythra's personality in-game makes it abundantly clear that she does not care for other people ogling her, even doing the tired anime cliche of beating up the male protag over a misunderstanding that makes him "seem like a pervert." Despite that, her outfit makes almost no attempt to cover any of her "sensitive" areas. It's cheap fanservice purely for the sake of it. To be clear: there is nothing wrong with characters being sexy or showing skin. There are even other characters in the game I think are fine having revealing outfits (Brighid being one because she still manages to come off as classy and refined.) Hell even Pyrrha having an open back never bothered me that much because she's not the sort of person who seems like she'd get easily upset at people eyeing her, at least not to the extent of Mythra. Yes, it's true that the West has a tendency to censor things far more than it should, and that is an issue unto itself, but I feel like this is an issue where every instance should be looked at on its own rather than just generalizing everything into a single mindset. Case and point: yes Mythra's outfit was censored, but in this particular case, it resulted in an overall better design for the character that doesn't come off as cheap sexualization just for the sake of it. You can have fanservice and still execute it in a way that doesn't diminish the character or the story.

[@isaacclarke195]

Ah yes, my favorite thing about mega man. His love for kicking random animals.

[@BinglesP]

Well, it's more in-character for Mega Man Volnutt(the one in the Legends series) than for the other Mega Man incarnations, at least

[@ArcadeStriker]

I found it really funny that last one from the RPG that changed (German dictator)'s name to...the other name he used to be called and put him some sunglasses. They didn't even bother to shave his moustache like in German Wolfenstein lmao

[@SSBBPOKEFAN]

Persona 2: Innocent Sin. That game's plot is just...WILD. If you have the time, I'd recommend playing it. The batshit insanity NEEDS to be experienced firsthand.

[@JamesTheFoxeArt]

The sunglasses on hitler is just hilarious imo

[@indranilroy4822]

@@SSBBPOKEFAN Ah yes, innocent sin where the final boss is a mecha-style amalagation of the protagonists' dads in what is essentially s&m gear

[@Garry_Combine]

They were probably trolling because they didn't want to censor it, at least that's my head canon

[@Skeleetrom]

One piece of censorship that I think is interesting is in the Chinese release of Halo, the Master Chief Collection. The opening cinematic for the Halo 2 level Gravemind is cropped to not show the titular Gravemind, probably because it's a giant tentacle of rotting flesh. Also in this version all killed enemies don't spill any blood and shrink down out of existence so the don't leave behind a corpse.

[@antlastheant]

I think the Chinese gravemind cut scene add more mystery and horror to it if that makes sense

[@CAMBrawl]

MY FAVOURITE AUSSI KZbinR EVER HAS UPLOADED YESSSS

[@theoverseer1775]

Very cool

[@superkong]

I had the same reaction

[@legomanbekfast7061]

Yes we need him to hit one mill

[@screamingchicken9453]

THE FUNNY AUSTRALIAN MAN IS BACK!!!

[@TMNTransformerz]

@@legomanbekfast7061 funniest KZbin comment

[@FossyPickles]

I’m so fucking mad they got rid of Steve’s meat, also you should do a full video on weird localization changes in general, it’d be cool

[@aellyze]

One censorship I recently found was in the opening cinematic for Sonic Unleashed. In an earlier version they actually showed Sonic's SKELETON while he's electrocuted. It's only for brief flashes but it looks quite realistic in a weird way. Like seeing Sonic's skull shape & ribcage is weird man. ' _ '

[@DrAwe-fi6we]

I don't know if Shadow the Hedgehog sticking to it's T-Rating would've made the game better or worse... But it sure would've been more entertaining.

[@comfyghost]

actually a remnant of maria getting shot to death on screen straight up made it into the final game. for one of shadows many flashbacks to maria's death, rather than show it outright, they represent it by just flashing some screenshots from the pre-rendered opening, including one of the cut shot.

[@comfyghost]

…heh heh… cut shot

[@the-NightStar]

Reminds me of how during the entire show's run, Ren and Stimpy's opening contains portions of a scene that was cut from the pilot episode. For every year Ren and Stimpy ran on television, all shots in that opening were from the pilot episode, including 2 shots no one had ever seen during it's entire run. It confused a lot of kids back in the day, myself included. Only years later when Ren and Stimpy made it onto DVD, was the cut scene ever revealed.

[@rexcelsior5415]

Unless the nudity patch for Watch_Dogs 2 is very recent then I’m pretty sure they left in the random nude NPCs. Last time I played, which was about a year ago, I did find the nudists occasionally. I had no idea they fully modelled the nudity for every single character though.

[@Safersephiroth777]

I played it 2 years ago too. I believe the nudists are there but only in a small area but yeah they did remove the naughy bits of all NPC's too. Not the tits of course.

[@gibleyman]

Ok but I'm still genuinely confused, why in the actual fuk did Ubisoft, fukin Ubisoft of all people decided "hey you know what, let's give every single NPC in the game a fully modelled naked body, that sounds cool". Like what purpose does it serve? Just..... whai?

[@Safersephiroth777]

@@gibleyman I always wondered that too. I mean it doesn't make sense. There is no such nudity in the game. There are bare tits but that is. So who really knows.

[@coltforceplayer]

@@gibleymanfuck* not fuk

[@coltforceplayer]

Also u can find a lady that has body paint on but also just fully nude

[@beanman3113]

13:27 Funnily enough, a similar situation happened with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe when people noticed that one of Inkling Girl's trick jump animations sort of looked that way as well.

[@pansyconvoy]

- shows off hitler with sunglasses - doesn't elaborate - leaves

[@maffiola]

I love how in the eastern Kirby box art, he's all happy, while in the western box art, he's pissed as fuk.

[@magolor152]

I think the filters in the manhunt games during the executions make them look more terrifying and violent tbh

[@justsomesimplenuclearbirbs4313]

The ironic part of Mythra's censored design is folks actually *liked* it! So much so that in an update for Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Monolith actually made that an outfit she could wear in-game via an Aux Core item as part of Xenoblade Chronicles 2's one-year anniversary. It's called "Massive Melee Mythra" and gives a 25% crit rate boost, the best crit rate boosting item in the entire game that *doesn't* require purchasing the Expansion Pass and isn't actually exclusive to Mythra, just the outfit. Meaning if you have loadouts that thrive off of critical hits, especially crit healing, you can use Massive Melee Mythra to boost your crit rate even further.

[@lpfan4491]

It even got included in the prequel because lol. (off-topic, but your Profile picture and channel name are amazing. Okuu-tower, lmao)

[@justsomesimplenuclearbirbs4313]

@@lpfan4491 Even funnier is the fact they didn't bother to make the Core Crystal on Mythra's chest complete during gameplay for Torna, but during specific cutscenes one moment she'll be wearing the outfit yet her Core Crystal is complete then suddenly it'll be missing a chunk of itself in a completely different cutscene. If characters could react to what costumes and outfits other characters are wearing I'd bet during Torna everyone would constantly ask Mythra where some of her Core Crystal vanished off to leaving her confused until it suddenly reappears confusing everyone even more. Also, thanks for the compliment. (If it actually is one, can't really tell unfortunately.) Okuu is a precious nuclear birb and you can never have enough birbs in general in your life. I kinda feel sorry for the Okuu at the bottom of the tower though, poor birb is probably getting crushed by her other selves and begging for air. But birbs will be birbs.

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

​@@justsomesimplenuclearbirbs4313 I like the censored design better because Mythra's personality in her home game consist on the cliche of beating the male protagonist over a misunderstand that makes him look like a prevent yet she wears a dress that not only shows clevage but also has a skirt so short that if she bends even a little would expose her panties.

[@TyrantDweller]

The largest, most recent case of videogame censorship in the last month has got to be the totally real cut 6-hour sex scene from Atomic Heart, which I refuse to believe isn't real as those two ballerina twins are the only things keeping me going right now.

[@Meleedroit]

I speak 2 languages, this doesn't seem like a paragraph from either of them

[@IcyRegret64]

I was disappointed but at least i didnt have to buy it

[@thenotoriousnreal]

The six hour scene thing was hoax. Y’all actually believed that crap?

[@ShibuNub3305]

@@thenotoriousnreal Are you familiar with the concept of satire

[@yukimistay]

@@thenotoriousnreal wdym, I'm looking at it rn??

[@bigcooltony437]

It’s not censorship, but it is funny, in Russia they rated Miitopia 18+ because in it you can have “same sex marriage”. probably because if you level up your friendship, it’ll mean marriage? idk

[@the-NightStar]

Reminder that Russia has always sucked.

[@PhoebeTheFairy56]

It could maybe be about the npc miis that are couples since in miitopia you can put any mii in any role, and therefore could make the couples gay couples if you want

[@disarraygay]

i think the last tier of friendship is ‘soulmates’ which might’ve caused that misconception but it’s ridiculous as hell either way 😭

[@BuddytheUser]

6:08 Carmageddon actually used robots in Germany like the other games you mentioned, while the green-blooded zombies were from another censored version that other regions had. Yes, a game that was already censored had to be censored again.

[@DiamondBolt]

oops

[@Mailboxx2.0]

Making a video game without having to censor every female character in other regions challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)

[@FrieBunchOfNumbers]

Persona 2’s censorship is always funny to me. How do we don’t offend our international audien- EH JUST GIVE HIM SOME SICK SHADES NO ONE WILL NOTICE.

[@ShadowedKami]

They have him some shades and a coat aswell as renaming him to Fuhrer. Tooootally different lmao.

[@terminat7364]

Literally superman to Clark Kent disguise

[@vexilanimous]

I mean, I don't think it counts as much as other entries in this video since it was purely to appease the ESRB and updated CERO standards by the time the game was getting ported to PSP. Pretty sure they were doing the bare minimum to skirt by so that it would still be obvious to anyone with a brain, lol

[@AzumarillConGafasBv]

That's more of a Japanese problem, because the Rating system on Japan states that games can't have real life persons or else the rating will go up, so they just gave him sunglasses and called him "Führer" instead of Hitler

[@TeamBlueToad]

Honestly, i think the cork guns in the american version of Mario Party 2 are loads better than the real ones in the JP version. It just makes Bowser's "death" scene a lot funnier.

[@BOREDGAMERGAMING]

Bolt if you see this, I want you to know... God of War is an action-adventure game franchise created by David Jaffe at Sony's Santa Monica Studio. It began in 2005 on the PlayStation 2 (PS2) video game console and has become a flagship series for PlayStation, consisting of nine installments across multiple platforms. Based on ancient mythologies, the story follows Kratos, a Spartan warrior and later the Greek God of War, who was tricked into killing his family by his former master, the original Greek God of War Ares. This sets off a series of events that leads to wars with the different mythological pantheons. The Greek-based games see Kratos follow a path of vengeance due to the machinations of the Olympian gods, while the Norse-based games, which introduce his son Atreus as a secondary protagonist, show Kratos on a path of redemption and inadvertently coming into conflict with the Norse gods.

[@ItsMzPhoenix]

I think at least one of the earlier games had some censored nudity; not sure if the sex minigame would've been cut as well.

[@theonlybilge]

Isn't Jaffe the guy who was wrong about Metroid Dread?

[@deatheater6222]

​@@theonlybilge yes

[@thetotaldramaking5427]

A sequel needed, they changed so much throughout Pokemon it’s unreal.

[@BewbsOP]

Interestingly, the "hasn't had his coffee yet" is still fitting for him being drunk, since coffee is commonly something some people use to try to sober up after drinking. I'm pretty sure they chose that line specifically because it still subtextually insinuates the guy is drunk while keeping plausible deniability if the esrb call them out on it.

[@mingcr9470]

Currently, about 6% of all steam games are unavailable in germany, specifically those involving nudity or sexual content, because steam just had enough of german officials bothering them.

[@BinglesP]

Imagine how much bigger that percentage is if you remove all of the shovelware...

[@3picninjaboy]

Damn they are missing out on classics like hentai sniper middle east or mein waifu is the führer

[@CutBackDropTurn]

You actually missed a detail in Shadow the Hedgehog being censored. I’m the opening movie, a GUN Soldier was hit by a laser blast from the Black Arms. He simply gets knocked down and it’s short, but they cut this shot from the game completely!

[@Lugbzurg]

Not to mention The Black Arms also had more realistic blood when attacked in earlier builds of the game.

[@Staalkop-]

Hey diamondbolt, you probably won’t see this but just wanted to say i’m a huge fan and hope you’ll make videos forever!

[@phoenixdening6434]

the ocarina of time chanting can still be heard in a single room of the fire temple

[@LS-mx5hl]

W video as always. You are such an awesome creator and the quality of your videos make the experience even better

[@the_NNPW]

Ayye! Happy to see DiamondBolt back at it! Keep it up, bud!

[@CinnamonGhost_Crunch]

15:24 I love how it sounds like he’s resisting the urge to burst out laughing

[@makotoplush9776]

So about those stories where Pokemon used to marry humans...

[@l-x-10]

yep

[@TheIrishDino]

Maybe a small addition, I'm a big fan of how you include the music tracks in the description. It's a small thing but really helpful.

[@gojithecringe]

SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG in the thumbnail?!?!? Big stonks

[@Fykzktzktz]

Diamondbolt 100% needs more attention on KZbin, his videos are so entertaining and deserve more publicity

[@SHKEVE]

i’m from the US but moved to Belgium in grade school and really liked Probotector. when i moved back, no one would believe that I played a robot version of Contra.

[@ataridrive7482]

Nothing gives me an adrenaline rush quite like seeing dimondbolt upload a new video!

[@ShOscar]

A lot of people probably know about this already, but Smash Bros for 3DS had a trophy of Tharja from Fire Emblem in the game. It was present in the ESRB leak of the game, but it was removed from the retail release cuz it was a bit too hot for an E10 rating

[@HarmonyBunny]

Who's here after the remake of TTYD restoring Vivian's trans identity?

[@adamntcaponewholikesbigcoo1749]

It’s funny how Shadow the Hedgehog has the 4kids people in it, with very visible guns and basically evil alien Satan

[@lssjgaming1599]

It's one of maybe 2 or 3 4kids productions I can think of that are like that since there was short lived uncut dubs from 4kids for Yu-Gi-Oh and Shaman King that left in stuff like religious imagery and guns

[@adamntcaponewholikesbigcoo1749]

@@lssjgaming1599 and dead people!

[@the-NightStar]

The voice actors they hired are not indicative of the company themselves. So i'm not sure I understand the point of comparison. Also the canon explanation of that it's not even a real gun, it just looks like one. And "basically" doesn't mean it is Satan or that it carried any commutations of satanism. Literally all parts of your statement fall apart at the seams.

[@adamntcaponewholikesbigcoo1749]

@@the-NightStar I just like the juxtaposition

[@theonlybilge]

I'm pretty sure the cast is the only way that 4Kids was involved.

[@issgo1372]

Your videos are so good! I love them, you cover so many interesting topics and stuff from my childhood, you’ve become one of my favourite KZbinrs I know you probably won’t see this, but an interesting topic would be lost media that’s been recovered, the original footage for shrek is so cool to see. You don’t have to cover this topic but I just thought it was interesting ( I get it, wanna work on something your interested in) 😊 Keep up the great work!!

[@alessandro6885]

About that scene with Shadow the Hedgehog where Maria’s lifeless body was shown falling: there also is a still image of that scene that was used in the game itself, but it was slightly blurred and had most of its original color pallet changed to black & white. It plays during a cutscene where shadow is on the ARK and is remembering what happened to Maria. There were also rumors that the Japanese version had the original scene left in tact, but as of now nobody has ever actually shown proof outside of the original trailer version filmed with a camcorder pointed at a TV screen, so it’s likely it was cut from the Japanese version as well.

[@Olive_701]

With the amount of corrupted technology among us even 5 year Olds have started to swear

[@CamoRoll]

GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD

[@deatheater6222]

Corrupted technology?

[@itsnotderryl]

I still can't read the words among us

[@AzumarillConGafasBv]

SUS

[@juster6251]

I don't think Mario raising his LEFT arm is that much of a problem... (2:06)

[@theonlybilge]

TTYD has symmetrical characters, when Mario faces the other way he uses his right hand.

[@nfortyeight]

In super smash bros ultimate there’s a lot of other subtle censorship with the spirits for non-sexual reasons (Dracula’s cape doesn’t drip blood, a few characters have changed symbols on their clothes, etc.)

[@libramoon1582]

In Digimon Story, Sistermon and Sistermon Noir had their designs altered in the western release to make them look less like nuns, for example, the hat being changed to resemble animal ears

[@TommyTonk]

11:21 I was playing watch dogs 2 earlier today and can confirm that they did not remove all of the nudity.

[@sparks7738]

1:18 man do I have a Scott the Woz for you

[@Zoroark_Master]

The one VG censorship outside of smash that I remember the most is how they removed the breast slide in the character costumisation for the non Japanese version of Xenoblade chronicles x (they also edited some of the outfit and/or changed the age of the character Lin)

[@domdollahyt]

Great vid! Kinda surprised to not see any of the numerous censorships in Earthbound, those could pretty much have their own video lol

[@r.a.fgattaiguy845]

the Danganronpa games censored blood by making it a very bright pink, but in this case it worked so well that it became a staple of the series

[@isauldron4337]

You forgot it's canonically red

[@r.a.fgattaiguy845]

@@isauldron4337 well duh, I´m saying they made it pink for censorship but ended up keeping it because it became a Danganronpa thing

[@MozartOfficial]

7:40 you forgot to mention the absolutely genius idea of changing his name to "Heiler"

[@HayabusaCrimsonShadow]

Hit Heiler

[@johanstenfelt1206]

Huh, how very interesting, I wonder what kind of Censorship we’ll get next? Hopefully, they make more sense than some of these, but that’s doubtful.

[@DaneNOTDan]

Censership in GENARAL sucks so much it’s actually terrifying

[@taxisalad]

"Babe, wake up new DiamondBolt video!!"

[@peety0792]

"Hopefully, if i still have a channel by then" Man, you are really good at avoiding the ban hammer!

[@NoProblem-]

5:15 I know it’s horrible but it’s so funny- A diamondbolt video review

[@maniacalclefable1354]

12:39 I will literally never be able to say Vaporeon’s my favourite EeveeLution without saying it’s not because of the copypasta. That joke was funny until I said I liked Vaporeon and then immediately got fucking FLAMED for it… *sigh*

[@theonlybilge]

Hey guys, did you know

[@swagpyro47]

In terms

[@IHaveNoRealLives]

​@@swagpyro47 of water based pokemon

[@sandvicheatfresh]

you probably already knew this but someone did a re-edit of sonic nazo unleashed with a fully voiced cast with a few dialogue tweaks. There's also a stickfigure one which adds a ton more fight scenes.

[@meta-less]

The worst form of video game censorship was when hearthstone censored the secret keeper’s dump truck. twas all down hill from there

[@yona3271]

I recommend playing shadow the hedgehog in japan since it's much better in terms of how much its better remember some cutscene like "where is that damn forth chaos emerald?" is like in japan " where is that emerald?" and some stuff in japan version is basically just better

[@the-NightStar]

That's not better.

[@cjgg4885]

I recommend not playing Shadow the Hedgehog at all because it's a shit game and the core issues with its story and structure don't change all of a sudden when the language is different.

[@yona3271]

@@the-NightStar remember shadow the hedgehog was way worse in the US version tbh even in other games they ruined some cutscenes with their dub

[@bunchofcds2300]

Best way to make it past censorship with bloody scenes, change the color of the blood! Works every time, just ask Osmosis Jones!

[@QuadratusTiberium]

It genuinely scares me that he did not *ONCE* bring up any of Dragon quests “Puff Puff” scenes when talking about censorship

[@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075]

KIngdom Hearts had a couple notorious ones you didn't mention as well, its crazy what developers put into their games in the first place, just for those things to have to be edited if not removed

[@awesomeowenproductions494]

I liked the censored bowser more than the origenal victory pose ngl

[@PNW30568]

Mario puting his arm up made me question what Mario has been doing in between games

[@Ikcatcher]

The best censorship was the one in South Park Stick of Truth where they just the banned scenes with a sad koala for Australia (I made this comment before watching)

[@xavierhartley5082]

There was also one with a facepalming statue and both described what was banned

[@Gamethatnoonetalksaboutman]

@@xavierhartley5082that one only in Europe

[@BoredTeen76900]

Early here and happy to see this video about protecting the children.

[@purr-fectcatstudios5195]

Manhunt 2 violence: **BANNED** God of War violence: **Safe**

[@blade_ofhope3605]

TOKYO MIRAGE SESSIONS!! I really didn't expect to see it here

[@coltforceplayer]

“Your man’s kinda cute” “SKANK”

[@ohmaplaymaker]

9:45 This one is perfect

[@ondururagittandeska2004]

8:52 *insert Mandatory Joseph Joestar "meme" here*

[@LeonS.kennedyswife]

The fact that Leon flirting was removed in re4 vr is QUITE telling about how much play the devs were getting.

[@idiotsandwich2605]

Babe wake up diamond bolt uploaded

[@right_there]

Mortal kombat without blood is like snoop dogg without weed

[@Dark_Saibot]

The thing is South Park is already rated R in Australia so they don’t really have to censor it

[@TheArceusftw]

Because Austrailian censorship is Hella strict.

[@stitchlover4381]

@@TheArceusftw *COUGH* PEPPA PIG *COUGH* *COUGH*

[@stitchlover4381]

@@TheArceusftw *COUGH* PEPPA PIG *COUGH* *COUGH*

[@TheArceusftw]

@@stitchlover4381 Lemmie Guess; the Mr. Skinnylegs episode?

[@stitchlover4381]

@@TheArceusftw .... maybe?

[@Chorutowo]

I honestly think the best handling of video game censorship is with terraria, in its Chinese version. If you dont know, alot of the games bosses and enemies have elements of "blood and gore" integral to the design, such as the Eye of Chuthulu, a floating eyeball that grows teeth. To be released in China, the game had to have all of these elements removed, so instead of just covering it up they made a completely different design for everything, for example the eye was turned into a grassy snapper like creature, essentially make a different, but still good experience.

[@cooperkellis2659]

I'm surprised terraria didn't get brought up in the gore/violence censorship considering every boss and a bunch of enemies got redesigned for the chinese release

[@Jude-72]

I'm excited for this year's transformers video since you caused me to buy a few new ones!

[@untitleddocument5231]

13:44 vivian is canonically trans now!

[@soufianegamerpro]

i'm sure censorship will evolve that gta 6 will get censored

[@the-NightStar]

nah

[@Skyejessicaediting]

I can proudly say my father got manhunt when it came to shelf before its first banning and its fully uncensored

[@pohretra8485]

Was expecting the whole Senran Kagura Burst Re:Newal censorship. With Intimacy Mode being taken out of the international PS4 release (but staying on PC), despite the previous 2 entries on the same console having it in all versions.

[@joshylord]

Steve holding a steak 😂 that's actually really innocent

[@namecomingsoon9517]

I thought the Birdo thing was a translation error where in the original game to mario there was a name mix up and Birdo gender got mixed in translation cause of it but instead of fixing the text they just added extra text of saying “He thinks he’s a girl” instead of just fixing it back to that she was a girl

[@FTChomp9980]

There was also a mistranslation for Pokemon X and Y with the Beauty in Lumiose City the one you battle.

[@namecomingsoon9517]

@@FTChomp9980 is that the lady who says “I used to be a black belt until i had kids. Now look at me” (something like that) then people decided she was trans cause there have been no female black belts in pokemon? (Dumb reason to decide if a person is trans)

[@knucklejoe26]

@@namecomingsoon9517 No, that character IS straight up trans. In the japanese version she goes "isn't the power of medical science amazing?"

[@droycon]

@@knucklejoe26YEP

[@theonlybilge]

What?

[@Seddyhere]

The ironic thing about the Fire Emblem thing is that the censorship is almost worse because it could imply she isn't wearing anything underneath... good job

[@lpfan4491]

Making things more suggestive in localization is always the coolest move.

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

Oh no 😳

[@Meleedroit]

The Ocarina of Time one is so funny to an arab like me, just because I'm imagining some poor japanese developers not having a clue what they thought was stock bg chanting was actually a Quran reading. Didn't Xbox also do this but then KEEP the Quran verse in btw?

[@TeruteruBozusama]

Yeah, if it was actual Arabs and Muslims complaining it had been one thing... But instead it was some non-Muslim Americans who did it..!

[@Meleedroit]

@@TeruteruBozusama ... Having Quran readings interrupted by anything like music or games is highly offensive, I should know since my whole family is Muslim

[@theonlybilge]

@@Meleedroit Tell that to that one LittleBig Planet composer

[@lpfan4491]

Nintendo Employee:"This stock sample sounds pretty cool, let's mix it to music." Nintendo Employee when they find out you aren't supposed to mix it to music: *Emergency, Emergency! Stop the Press!*

[@JMotion]

12:20 hoooo boy did this one age well...

[@Ryder-a-Blaze]

These censorships are worse than 4Kids censorships

[@PlayerZeroStart]

Is it though? 4kids has done basically all of these things while also completely removing any sign of the stories being Japanese, so I'd say 4kids was much worse.

[@limewater4074]

Soooo you're saying you WANT to see fully modeled genitals clipping through npcs?

[@Ryder-a-Blaze]

@@limewater4074 no

[@limewater4074]

@@Ryder-a-Blaze Yeah, me neither.