Crash Bandicoot - American vs Japanese Versions

Crash Bandicoot was quite interesting in terms of releases, he was one of the first extremely popular North american releases in Japan. Here is Crash Bandicoot : American vs Japanese Differences.
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[@TheCartoonGamer8000]

4:48 Somewhat true. According to Jason Rubin, Sony themselves had no issue with Tawna, but moreso Universal. Coco was a decision all on Naughty Dog’s accord with no say from anybody. They made her just cause.

[@knightpinshine9285]

At least I'm glad that the two are allowed to coexist nowadays. Tawna had weird sporadic cameos and appearances before that point.

[@monstersociety3360]

I kind of get the sense that if Crash Bandicoot 1 came out today as part of a new franchise, rather than as part of a remake, Tawna's design & existence would cause people to cry "Furry!" Seriously, there's no way Tawna wouldn't be called "Furry porn" by today's standards, and everyone would FOR SURE call the devs at Naughty Dog a bunch of Furries. I guess the 90's were just a more innocent time. At least in that regard.

[@TheCartoonGamer8000]

People weren't calling them that before? And what of the Nitro Squad? I'm sure people had those comments in mind, it's just the internet wasn't like what it is now.

[@aomregcik]

Tawna made Crash 1 have a proven-effective goal of reaching the damsel, it made the first game what it is, but they decided to write her out in the bible and that gave the series room to breath. I think ND themselves wanted it this way but I don't really know, it might not have been their intention. It's cool to see Tawna reappear recently and I wonder if and how the next Crash project might implement Tawna.

[@aomregcik]

Crash 1 is amazing and despite being extremely unique, the people behind the game must have known that the specific scenario the first game was using is an overplayed one and wanted to try doing something more powerful (narratively) next time around. That probably included ditching Tawna. (unrelated: The way some of the holograms' dialogue cuts off in Cortex Strikes Back is really funny)

[@NanaKyoto]

Imagine that early Coco design finding its way into Nitro Fueled. That game is already loaded with Crash's well known (and obscure) parts of his past, so, I'd say the sky's the limit.

[@Metamorphia_Enjoyer]

It Technically Already is, Coco's Beach Skin is Based on it.

[@vanguardplays3418]

after watching a lot of anime it's hard to imagine japan having a problem with female characters deigns

[@GmNdWtchr96]

Yeah, it was more Universal who had a problem with Tawna, not Sony Japan.

[@Laekith]

The problem with Tawna I think is that she was designed with the western idea of "sexy" in mind, since she was inspired by Jessica Rabbit. Coco is prettier and less "wild"

[@vanguardplays3418]

@@Laekith you haven't seen one piece then because in that manga and anime a lot of the female characters are drawn in an overly sexualised way

[@roger_towny_jr]

@@vanguardplays3418 One Piece is Shonen. It's main demographic is young boys. Crash apparently had a strong demographic of young adult females, which means a character like Coco is going to be far more appealing than Tawna.

[@ElChelikesAudi]

That early coco color pic blew my mind!!!!

[@clownymoosebean]

Kinda looks like the inspiration for coco's beach skin in CTR. I can see why they really toned it down.

[@Kimarnic]

not only my mind but i also blew my load

[@HeavyRaiden]

They also got their own soundtrack for bosses and some levels

[@n1knak]

I was just about to say this, I don’t understand why he left this out. It’s a drastic change from the orignal

[@KingGargantuas]

Sweet! Now please do the differnces between the US and Japanese Spyro the Dragon?! Trust me, you're gonna have a real field day with the Japanese version.

[@HeavyRaiden]

JP Spyro version is pretty bad

[@bobafett4265]

@@HeavyRaiden yeah and don't forget the dragonfly eggs, those are like opening a can of worms in it's entirety...

[@Juanpvcool]

@@HeavyRaiden they didn't bother with the 3rd game hahah, they gave up

[@clownymoosebean]

I heard they moved Sunset Vista to the third island because it was too hard for how early in the game that level is. Smart move on their part, IMO.

[@gertytk5528]

But they moved Slippery Climb to the second island, which is even harded.

[@TheSonicHybrid13]

Fun fact: Crash actually is adored by pretty much majority of my family which is so freaking cool to know that crash is loved by many

[@CrispyFrise]

Same my mom, my older brother, my older cousin, my older sister knows and love crash bandicoot that's how I knew about crash

[@codygagecampbell4521]

Can u do a video on Yaya Panda like the one you did for Hasty

[@wallrider4194]

2:35 “goofier” - Canadian guy eh.

[@dr.ranksarchives7716]

There's also a few other gameplay differences in the Japanese version of Crash 1: - Papu Papu has two extra health points - The Green Gem is now in Hog Wild instead of The Lost City - The Red Gem is now in The Lost City instead of Slippery Climb, making it possible to get Road to Nowhere's Gem on the first visit - Sunset Vista and Slippery Climb have swapped locations on the map - The High Road has had the last portion of the level removed - All bosses except for Papu Papu and Ripper Roo have different music, though the Brio and Cortex Bonus Rounds are unaffected - Tawna's Bonus Rounds also have different music - Tawna Bonus Rounds were added to Castle Machinery, Cortex Power, Slippery Climb and Temple Ruins. This also means these levels have more boxes. - Tawna Bonus Rounds were removed from Road to Nowhere and Sunset Vista - The Bonus Round in The Lost City saves your level progress up to The Lost City instead of Temple Ruins - Passwords are no longer shown during the game. However, the player can still use the Password screen by pressing Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, Left, Right, O on the title screen. - Menus use both X and O to confirm instead of just X - The camera on the Map can be rotated with the L1 and R1 buttons instead of Square and O

[@pelu3680]

In USA : Crash Bandicoot In Japan : Crash Bandicoot In Spain : Carlos el Topo que Gira

[@621Chopsuey]

I’m somewhat more of a Crash fan than I was as a kid thanks to you, dude. I hear the Japanese versions have exclusive cinematics, too. Is this correct?

[@arndrake5116]

I do own a Japanese Playstation and Japanese Crash Bandicoot, but I haven't seen any exclusive cinematics so far

[@PSXDRIVERPLAYERBSTH]

They have extra FMV's starting from the second game, though outside normal gameplay

[@621Chopsuey]

ＰＳＸＤＲＩＶＥＲＰＬＡＹＥＲＢＳＴＨ like hitting certain buttons during startup?

[@PSXDRIVERPLAYERBSTH]

Yes, and Warped has FMV's that unlock after after bosses, though those one has to find in the menu system itself (hint: the third option on the title screen).

[@emeraldqueen1994]

Great video as always,CGE! Still love your new intro... suggestion for a future video, this type of break down, but for Spyro... I’m a huge Spyro fan and scarf down every scrap of (FAMILY FRIENDLY) content about him...

[@trevormccarron158]

So if he's a popular western video game character in Japan, why has it taken so long to get him in smash?

[@JELKK11]

Smash still needs more fire emblem characters.

[@trevormccarron158]

@@JELKK11 oh that's right😂😂😂

[@TheUrsaLord]

I think seeing coco’s design is one of the things that actually made me have a reaction

[@wallrider4194]

5:14 “dorky” - Canadian guy eh.😊

[@DaveMan1K]

I'd love to see a video detailing the specific differences between the American and Japanese versions of the games themselves.

[@xdluck_xd7481]

Ah, Dave. Fancy seeing you here!

[@treythesupremeijij5]

So in Japan they made Crash bandicoot and Spyro look cute,but they make really violent anime. I just think thats odd.

[@spyrojones3444]

I guess I find the tawna/coco surprising because usually it’s the other way around. It seems like they make the characters less raunchy when they move the games from Japan to NA

[@conradojavier7547]

American Sonic = Badass, Edgy, Mohawk, Cool Japanese Crash = Kawaii American Kirby = Angry 24/7

[@BrennySpain]

So you plan to do a similar video of how Spyro the dragon was popular in Japan too? Cause I remember with the first original ps1 game, there was an alternate opening to the game or something like that?

[@thevioletskull8158]

I actually love the ideas of the Japanese version,like uka telling you were secrets are and so on. I would like that to some how be a option for non Japanese players. Also,I really like Coco's original design other then the crop top.

[@johnathonturner2279]

You mean Aku. Uka is the evil mask.

[@Wolfric_Rogers]

In Japan, all artwork of Crunch uses his Wrath of Cortex design!

[@monstersociety3360]

I kind of get the sense that if Crash Bandicoot 1 came out today as part of a new franchise, rather than as part of a remake, Tawna's design & existence would cause people to cry "Furry!" Seriously, there's no way Tawna wouldn't be called "Furry porn" by today's standards, and everyone would FOR SURE call the devs at Naughty Dog a bunch of Furries. I guess the 90's were just a more innocent time. At least in that regard.

[@jeofreestyle08]

The North American version is beyond better than the Japanese version, in every way and form PERIOD!!.

[@cimengngialah2735]

Digging this new intro!

[@EandD_Rose]

This is super interesting and makes me want to play the Japanese versions. 🤔 The only Japanese Crash game that I have played is Crash Bash or Crash Bandicoot Carnival as it known over there. 😌 Also, seeing all of the bad guys doing the Crash Dance along side Crash just makes me so happy! 😁 I love when we see Coco do it too in the N. Sane Trilogy! 🤩

[@CocoHikari583]

Also in the Japanese version of crash 1 the green gem was moved to hog ride and the red gem from slippery climb was moved to the lost city.

[@colleenglanville8293]

*"American Games Were Marketed Poorly In Japan."* Probably some of the games we made weren't that great, and were always overhyped! 🤷‍♀️

[@LucarioShirona]

As far as I know, First-Person Shooters were not very popular in Japan, not even Metroid Prime from what I recall.

[@colleenglanville8293]

LucarioShirona X Eh? That makes sense. I'm not that big of a fan of FPS's myself, they're just too overrated! 😕

[@Elia-nl7mg]

If Crash Bandicoot is popular in Japan, does this mean that Crash will be in Smash Ultimate in the 2nd Fighter Pass?

[@M567dk]

No talk about the Crash Bandicoot dance that Japan gave us ?

[@-Lola.]

The Japanese version also had a different soundtrack for bonus stages and bosses

[@codygagecampbell4521]

The Japan version was much easier that's all you need to know

[@clownymoosebean]

Yet, the 'real' Super Mario Bros. 2 game was kept in Japan for being too hard, so we got a reskin of Doki Doki Panic instead.

[@MeGAMaTT1254]

Did you hear crash team racing only has one Grand Prix left was not expecting that tbh

[@jean-pierrea5803]

Josh Mancell also composed some exclusive music for Japan. The boss music is pretty cool.

[@RazorEdge2006]

Crash was basically reverse Kirby.

[@conradojavier7547]

So as American Sonic's Mohawk.

[@UltimateGamingDude]

Been following your stuff for a long time, you come up with interesting topics to talk about. :) I'm craving dat new intro and the Japanese Crash facts and information are cute and unique. Although as a kid, I used to be creeped out by those Japanese Crash Bandicoot videos. It was probably the sped up footage, music and the costume for Crash. Nowadays I'm ok with all of it.

[@Leeshabunn]

Soooo I just bought a Japan region ps1 off eBay along with spyro and a sailor moon game. I’m so excited to play the “different” kind

[@weed75black35]

5:03 Holy smokes! They ended up making Coco hotter than Tawna.

[@starsnstrife]

I was just to play the game. To think people really looked this deeply into it.

[@michaelmoss9198]

1:12 Don't look at Crash's face

[@ryanh361]

Bro you need to widen your videos

[@7dogguy]

it wouldnt be as bad if he didn't make a video like everyday but yeah it is getting old

[@Quakecon-s9r]

What the american division of Crash team did to the render of Coco is unforgiveable

[@kingcrgp]

I'm surprised they had a problem with tawana. Have you seen most of there anime?.

[@googleuser7454]

Even in Japan, a lot of anime is niche. And if they saw it as a more kid, young woman friendly game, they'd want it toned down

[@TheWeirdSonicFan]

To be honest, it's the Crash's japanese design that for some reason creeps me out.

[@GARNET-DAGGER-FF9]

😆😆 Tawna and the original coco design were just to "sexy" for universal and the Japanese market

[@blackpainty3048]

0:08 WOAH!!!

[@Spacelozzy264]

I have to reset my times I hear the Japanese crash bandicoot theme in my head to 0.. dang it..

[@FosBlue]

Am I having a stroke or does he say "The one country that does love crash is also japan" in the beginning

[@ciaragarrity6425]

does anyone miss the graphics of old games, I mean it adds something to it. In my opinion.

[@sorengaes]

Crash Bandic-ooooot Crash, Crash Bandicoo-OOOT

[@colleenglanville8293]

*"What Do You Guys Think Of The Deferences In Crash In The Japanese Market?"* I think the changes that they did with the Crash game was fascinating in a way, because when you think about it, there's another version of a game out there that you will love despite the challenges and overs*xed characters! 😀

[@realnikkie]

I wonder how crash 4 cover in japan will look like

[@colleenglanville8293]

Crashy bandicoot 96 I know right, since they already had a Crash 4, so maybe it will just say It's About Time in Japanese without the 4 lol! 😂😂😂

[@realnikkie]

@@colleenglanville8293 hahahahaahahahaha!!! Your right about that

[@colleenglanville8293]

Crashy bandicoot 96 I'm glad that I could be right... I mean, it only makes sense lol! 😂😂😂

[@realnikkie]

@@colleenglanville8293 crash Bandicoot its about time in japan

[@mikemeeshy]

I am also Canadian.

[@BigRob558]

I think its cool .. its basicly the same game with a few differences.. nice if u like to collect this stuff and play your favorate games in a new light . I love Japan and its culture rich differences. And also my pal released games too... ohhh the artwork is so good on the jpn versions i had them framed 😊

[@bonecoldplays8518]

0:38 thanks for mentioning Persona 5

[@jupiterapollo4985]

Japan wanting modesty in their video games, eventhough they are basically the most unmodest country in terms of video game designs 😂

[@HeartlessSlayer]

Here's a thought, if Crash ever made it into Smash Bros. WHICH version of Crash would they go with?

[@weed75black35]

They one they already have a HD model of, N. Sane trilogy Crash.

[@dakotacross1519]

@@weed75black35 at least let em throw cortex out of thin air. just to see him go flying and scream would be funny!

[@blossom6309]

Etika died on 2019 that sad right beasuse that was a youtuber

[@colleenglanville8293]

*"The Original Crash Bandicoot Had Some Differences Compared To The Japanese Release."* I'm ready to learn!! 🤓

[@cartmanthefunman]

Interesting video

[@hotwheelsFanxdversion-xm1rl]

Jepang dulu punya great animal kaiser bigger pada tahun 2014

[@supersmashbro596]

god.... if only spyro were greeted more warmly. granted the blame was squarely on the shit camera because of fear of "motion sickness." and they didnt fix it in 2. so year of the dragon remains western-exclusive.

[@sailorswifty836]

meanwhile, kids in America were just fine with the original camera and didn't get sick.

[@supersmashbro596]

@@sailorswifty836 to be honest i dont think it would have been that bad to just, stick with the original camera. but nope. you know for all the rioting byleth gets for being in smash, wonder how the japanese playerbase would react if spyro was in smash?

[@X2011racer]

@@supersmashbro596 The Japanese were fine with Byleth, it's Min Min they weren't happy about not because of popularity, but of how unorthodox her fighting style is. They also have issues with Little Mac because apparently, Mac has little to no popularity in Japan.

[@X2011racer]

The camera was fixed in Spyro 2, but you have to change the camera to Active to switch to the American camera. Passive remains the same as the Japanese camera.

[@AboTurkiPro]

So was anime like now back in the days? why the fuck they removed her for? anime is literally the opposite of what they claimed about Tawna. Or was it different back in the days?

[@CrispyFrise]

Wait crash bandicoot is an American video game franchise!!!! I thought it was Japanese

[@deadpoolgames1]

so crash was supposed to be a rage game even tho its a kinda rage game right now lol :D

[@goap690]

Excessive prologue part ended in BS part. Moreover BS about difficulty. Many ppl call NA versions of any game hardest and uncensored ones. Why they call it like that? As result this video have 0 worthness of watching. Wasting time. Literally no comparison happened and only once in video when it going about difference is BS about difficulty. NA versions since cartridges been in general more censored and even more easienest. Censority happened everywhere in general. But what happened in a mind of those who said american game going to PAL and NTSC-J/Asia get easiest difficulty? How you get to that idea? Japan versions of both Japan original and American localised games are most hardest ones in general. And all Crash games are not exception here. PAL versions are unique situation: changing FPS affect everything. So games sometimes get balance changes, especially for such timings related games as platformers. Sometimes got balanced.Crash series got that rebalance too. Whatever balance it get - new timings probably cannot be properly rebalanced. And Crash series still become exceptional games in PAL. It got INCREASED difficulty, with increased Hitpoints of enemies, les masks and lives tokens. There even partially shown on video that Papu Papu boss fight in Cb1 are get increased difficulty (yes in 1.0 US ver he have only 3 HP). And ofc usual glitches/tricks fixes since PAL is basically 2.0 of US release. New balance probably, but mostly for impossible to balance new timings lead to excluding of Developers Records Time Trilas from Crash3 Warped in PAL release. Although every possible but one. There is one become impossible to achieve. All else ones obviously much harder to achieve, but possible. And now come to NTSC-J releases of Crash series. They based on PAL versions balance. Increased difficulty for no timing reasons. So. How. Just how??? Someone get to decide most hardcore players - @sians - got easiest difficulty? Even trying to find CB series as exceptions to usual situation its still have 0 sense to state that american version harder one. Ofc someone @mericans are just egocentrics. But there is many ROW players who also spread that BS american versions are most "true" ones. Whatever game originally come from. 21 century become century for such ppl who thing they prefers, they vision of world are Fact-True. Most ppl today live in own self-reality. Whatever n@tion and age or whatever else.

[@goap690]

Same BS happened for every details in video ("japan female issues") which already discussed in comments here. Not sure how sense that one in first place, at one point hey its Japan, at other - Japan are not exception of gaming industry who force idea games are for kids only (which lead to AO games like Cyberpunk77 and GTA get M17+ in USA without supervising of ratings as it do in Japan where it is not game companies themself who make that rating).

[@xRocketzFighterx]

lol crash is popular with the ladies in their 20s. mmmm i wonder why? lol

[@JELKK11]

The crash dance will turn anyone on.

[@tomoboss4687]

Veri coool intro

[@RelaxAlexX]

Crash is now dead ip in Japan and Japan don't care about Crash

[@Jaxv3r]

You know I may sound rude but Western players especially American just suck at gaming at general, there's like 1 in 20-30 people who are actually good at games.

[@dakotacross1519]

i may play on easy but im more interested in just having a good time rather a challenge(but i did dabble in dark souls and by i went and played with 1st playthrough 100% on 1,2,3 ds, bb, nioh, and sekiro and im not ding that ever AGAIN!)

[@totsoffun3979]

Baahhhhh

[@alice-coco40]

Second

[@leartserifi5311]

First in chat

[@toymagmadon07]

What ?