Nintendo Censorship in the 8 and 16 Bit Eras!

[@Marinanor]

To be fair, for some people "Oh, my car," is the same thing as "Oh, my God". lol.

[@MMillion]

YoshiEgg12 yup

[@Ryguu621]

Depends on how you use it.

[@MMillion]

i guess that makes sense

[@DrPac]

YoshiEgg12 It was most likely removed because of religious references .

[@sophie_drachen]

+Marinanor Oh, my god! is using God's name in vain.

[@MegapiemanPHD]

I always found it interesting how they replaced the Wolfenstine Dogs with Giant Rats, but cared nothing about killing Human Nazi's.

[@tammid8423]

I mean they are fucking nazis after all

[@PaleHorseShabuShabu]

*Nazis

[@AwesomeNinjaXD]

Actually the Bowsers in castles 1-7 are "false bowsers"and their identities can be revealed by shooting them with fire balls

[@TheAufziehvogel]

+The Awesome Ninja Yes! Was ready to write this but I'm glad there is already a comment about this. 1-7 Bowsers are only minions of the real one.

[@holdup4701]

You forgot a comma before the second quotation mark, and you forgot a period at the end.

[@TheAufziehvogel]

I think School must be hard for some smartass like you ;)

[@holdup4701]

I'm not trying to be mean, but I get 10 extra points on a grade for correcting you.

[@TheAufziehvogel]

+Hold UP The funny thing is, you actually corrected the dude above me for silly reasons, not me. The dude you responded to, me, whose native language is German, told you, you have a hard time in school being a slight grammar nazi. But you got a bonus point from me, because you defended the KZbinr because this broadcaster here is female. But I still have to take the 9 extra points from you. Warum? Weil ichs kann

[@tabithahoe2768]

Please come back Rinry!!!We all love you and your sweethaaart sounding voice!!

[@TheRedCreeperTRC]

Wow, can't believe I haven't heard of your channel before! You've made loads of interesting videos, so I'm definitely subscribed!

[@edgehead62888]

I have to say, your voice draw me into watching this, and I have to say you're very knowledgeable.

[@digiprez77]

Soda Popinski was originally Vodka Drunkinsky...

[@Beansman-gp3ws]

Yeah, but that was only the arcade version. The American arcade version still has the original name and the Japanese NES version still has the censored one

[@MikeMintTV]

very informative, very nostalgic, and you're voice is sooooo soothing

[@Nikku4211]

Nintendo of USA stopped the censorship rule in very late 1994 because of ESRB. During the 16-bit era. Any censorship they still do now is for the games they're publishing, or an action willingly taken by a third-party publisher to appeal more to their target audience due to Nintendo still having their brand image.

[@thumblister]

Today has been a goldmine of discovering great channels. Awesome video. Subscribed!

[@furf433]

>censorship "Where's that *damn* fourth Chaos Emerald?" - Shadow the Hedgehog

[@420Impeller]

No blood. Well Zero from Kirby's Dreamland 3 has blood. It got past censors twice!

[@xX_Thaddeus_Xx]

Kirby .K It didn't 'get past' censorship, Nintendo just didn't censor themselves very often. Kind of hypocritical that way really, but they've more or less stopped meddling with stuff like that. After all, Bayonetta 2 was a Wii U Exclusive, right? They've come a long way.

[@420Impeller]

Ok I get it.

[@plumeless4462]

How about the 64 era with Conker?

[@naoaquieopatrickpatrick8565]

@@plumeless4462 Conker was one of the last games released to the N64, nintendo just didn't care about a M rated being released at that point, they were focusing on the gamecube. but its weird that the remake got censorship and the N64 didn't, lol.

[@TheT3rr0rMask]

The censorship back then was so inconsistent lol. Sex, blood, smoking and swastikas in the Golgo 13 games, blood in a Ninja Gaiden 2 cutscene, Valis 4 Lena does say "die", and the stupidest: they censor statues and blood in Castlevania 4, but Medusa is still naked XD

[@wisemankugelmemicus1701]

Lol.

[@yusukeelric]

Medusa sprite was modified so it looks like a man -medusa

[@TheT3rr0rMask]

Somecooltoad In CV3 she has a manly chest, but CV4 she has big boobs but no nipples which is weird lol

[@TheT3rr0rMask]

***** Ikr? Things like that show they weren't paid enough to care enough lol

[@wilrulez811]

I'm sure everyone knows this, but in some versions of Maniac Mansion you could stick a hamster in a microwave & blow it up, then give it to the owner. This was removed in later versions.

[@edapatadaniels]

For the #4 point, one example will be the old man who drank some alcohol and was drunk so he didn't let you pass from Viridian City in the First Generation of Pokémon, they changed it to the old man haven't had his coffee.

[@smiith5]

yepers

[@antlit1766]

Rinry, you are great! :) This was really fun and cognitive to watch.

[@ChristianBomb]

As much as I hate censorship, the "No dessert for decades" change was absolutely hilarious and in my opinion, totally worth it.

[@Kippykip]

mine has an A (I think it means pal a?) in the bottom right of the cartage art and its called probotector

[@EarlFaulk]

That must have been irritating to make all those changes

[@ding968]

nintendo: SHE SAID DIE!!!!!!1!! lets make her say ima squish ur guts out dung beetle nintendo logic sometimes...

[@EarlFaulk]

It's kind of amazing what passed for english as far as Nintendo was concerned sometimes. Especially Metal Gear for NES. Im sure a dung beetle is going to be found in a temperate climate.

[@Bassotronics]

2:39 = WTF. That never happened to any Goombas I ever stomped on.

[@ToxPhy]

"Koopas just hide in their shells." Yeah, until you throw them off a cliff.

[@Fieronfire]

+randman there's a carefully placed mattress in each pitfall... which is somehow harmful to mario

[@IblisFire666]

Ah, but you see how Mario jumps out of the pit before he "loses one of his chances at beating the level?" That's him actually bouncing back up from the mattress. But since he can't get out of the pit anymore he walks back to the start of the level to try again. "Lives" are actually the amount of times Mario is willing to go through the levels before getting bored and going home.

[@Sypaka]

Is this another hint of Super mario Bros being staged? After the ending , all actors meet in the changing room, discussing their role, laughing their ass off and they do some karaoke or just go home.

[@Onionman77]

Oh man, Monster Party brings me back. I used to play that at my Grandma's house, of all games. Good times! Thanks for putting the music in the video!

[@corycooldangerous]

Amazing research!

[@paperdispens3r]

what was the track playing at 1:04-1:08 I swear I've heard that one before somewhere.

[@VoidHalo]

I always thought it was funny how in NES games that had dogs in them like Star Tropics or Dragon Quest II, the dogs always had buttholes. Even in North American versions.

[@АлександрШалаев-и6я]

I was so used to nintendo's family friendly games, so I fucking freaked out when I saw Bowsrs's son's skeleton burning in lava in "New SMB". That was more disturbing than any modern "adult" horror game.

[@rodneyscott8576]

Mortal Combat was much better on Sega. This is the sole reason why I owned a Sega, rather than a SNES. Although blood was not seen in the Sega version of Mortal Combat, one could apply the blood code, ABACABB, during the title scene, and then the blood appear. This remains the single "cheat" code I learned for gaming.

[@Slushi13]

[insert comment here]

[@weepingwillowp]

Mortal KOMBAT you meab

[@weepingwillowp]

+Mani Holloway *mean

[@tensaantares]

+rodney scott It seems less cheat-code, but more like an unlock-code. And there's the gadorade sweat, 'Is in you?'

[@purplegill10]

i can say for black ops wii, it was graphical limitations, the blood splatter would completely destroy the framerate (although there were still the torture scenes)

[@TheLucidLuxray]

Nintendo... More like Nintendon't.

[@BusterBeachside]

P Nis ...Or he could be referencing the old Sega ad campaign, "Sega does what ninten-don't". Seeing as the Genesis and SNES versions of Mortal Kombat were compared in this video, it makes sense. xD Nintendo all the way, BTW, I'm not tryna be a hater.

[@generalrubbish9513]

Nintendon'tyoudareswearonmychristianminecraftserver

[@AisuSeijin]

I learned quite a few censorship changes that I didn't know about in this video. Thanks for making it!

[@Enderdragonfighter]

You sound alot like Tamashii Hiroka

[@Awgez24]

is this your favorite anime girl

[@EpikGamers10]

So true!

[@TheKoopasArmy]

Gezo She's another youtuber.

[@knuxhunter7592]

she's the girl that..uh......talk about pokemon...........

[@PikaLink91]

That was also my first thought. So I actually had to take a second look at the youtube name^^'

[@gageschleser6307]

is that pilot wings at 1:03 during the disclaimer or something else? Im not really sure

[@BanjoKazooietheNintendofan]

SWEATALITY!!!

[@thehoodybadger3402]

Until the Blood Kode was discovered ^^

[@BanjoKazooietheNintendofan]

TheHoodyBadger Yup!

[@Night-Jester]

+TheHoodyBadger But the nintendo version didnt have the blood code :) lucky I had the sega version

[@thehoodybadger3402]

+NightIIJester True. These days, pulling up game data is simple enough, but that would have been sweet to piss through the ESRB like that back then.

[@BanjoKazooietheNintendofan]

TheHoodyBadger Lawl.

[@Soundole]

This was a really great show, I enjoyed your editing and delivery very much. Looks like you haven't uploaded anything in some time though...hope you come back soon!

[@TheArtofSeabass]

Mad world... I can't believe she forgot Manhunt 2 for the Wii.. which was a lot better i my opinion.. Performing the actual murders by swinging around the controller & nunchuck? I loved it.

[@nickhaines1354]

I mean, she DID say from the 8 and 16 bit eras.

[@TheArtofSeabass]

Than why mention Mad World at all? :)

[@ohmadda7038]

We have the same name?

[@truepixelgamer8779]

ALttP also had the Star of David changed (you can see it in the room in Eastern Palace where you get the Big Key in the Japanese game).

[@SnowyJakk]

Actually, the 'Bowsers' in the castles before world 8 are actually goombas, koopas, etc. in disguise. You would find this out by killing Bowser via fireballs

[@tails230]

I think the reason why the quote 'You Spoony Bard' was kept in the FF IV remake for DS was Square-Enix's choice because that line is one of the best known lines of Final Fantasy IV. Every Final Fantasy veteran would get the reference and laugh at that funny line. So while they did improve the dialouge of the remake, they keep the remember-able ones. I wish Kefka would've still said 'Son-of-a-submarine' in the Final Fantasy VI Advance. Thats funny XD

[@thejerkinator9064]

Her voice is sooo FUCKING CUTE

[@smiith5]

She sounds like +TamashiHiroka

[@shorterneilisbored7078]

+smiith5 both are gamers, both are female, yada blah dablah, and the fecjnwk in iehwcoecn

[@smiith5]

DrewVisor Both have cute voices...

[@CHRISTPUNCHER18]

More like fucking annoying as shit.

[@smiith5]

Radiant Spark Woah, salt detected!

[@DoctorPretorious616]

Rinry has the cutest voice, love that Canadian accent!

[@ButtonMasherReal]

"God" "Hell" "Die" "Damn" None of those are swear words. If you can't handle those then you can't handle anything, so get a grip people and stop banning them!

[@ButtonMasherReal]

***** Yeah, but what will they care about when they find those words in their games? Nothing, they're kids!

[@kimmolaine8069]

None quite as scared of words than Americans.

[@TheNateClouser]

I agree, they are just words. I don't consider those to be vulgar.

[@EricOverOnYT]

It made a little more sense back then before games were rated... but with the ESRB rating games now it shouldn't be an issue. If a game is rated M 17+ and a kid plays it.. and the parents find out about the stuff in it, it's their own damn fault.

[@josephjones1886]

God and Hell are not necessarily swear words. If used in a certain way makes it a curse word. For example, "What the hell?!" Is an example of swearing by using the word. No matter what you say, damn is always a swear word, look it up. Die isn't a swear word at all. But yeah, 3 out of 4 are swear words.

[@oliviertilanus]

I was suprised about the quality of the sound Congrats

[@armchairrocketscientist4934]

I respect Nintendo for their censorship. I can play a Nintendo game and feel comfortable that I'm not going to get a bloodbath of gore and a torrent of swearing.

[@ProdriveGT]

You can see why censorship was a good thing back then, just looking at what mankind has turned into nowadays.

[@16BitRebel]

great vid and i swear you have the cutest voice!

[@danno66]

Europe exists you know...

[@Somethin5041]

No way! We must ban it from all games! Kids can only know that the US exists!

[@Sanicasaurus]

+Jeiku Furame XD

[@Raooka]

europe? what's that? :O is that near the middle east? we need to introduce them to democracy

[@rosatrasvina7061]

3:23 What's that game called? I remember playing it.

[@rosatrasvina7061]

***** Oh.

[@hardwirecars]

poison was removed because it was a transvestite that was the official reason

[@Aces00]

These are some pretty great videos, you deserve much more recognition!

[@konsyjes]

damn! that guardian legend original cover is a gem

[@powertomato]

I Why didn't you include "Terranigma" in this video? I'm from Europe and played this game as a kid and it was awsome, but it was full of those "North American market no-go-s" you mentioned: religion, death (even cannibalism), real world references. Nintendo also censored european games (contra was named probotector and all humans were replaced by robots), I wonder why they even released it here.

[@Xanatos21]

That is the battle theme from "Final Fantasy VI".

[@MosesMedinaE]

great videos! I'm new to them and its been great watching them.

[@MentalInfinite]

what game does the music in the beginning come from?

[@ImSquiggs]

"Goombas just disappear in the ground. Perhaps they didn't even die, you're just planting them in the soil so that more will grow."

[@BillyBetYT]

Nice video! Obviously these rules evolve and continue to evolve to this day. I'm playing through Windwaker and in the Earth Temple you play the Earth God's Theme with the sage!

[@Scarredgraymouse]

Awh, I thought there was going to be some mention of the Blue cultists from Earthbound having to have their sprite changed.

[@CorporalPig22]

4:20 Is that Windows 2.x or 1.x?

[@VestedUTuber]

Nintendo clearly forgot about rule #2 when they designed the Dry Bones enemy - a reanimated skeleton of a Koopa/Nokonoko. And then there's Lavender Town from the first gen Pokemon games. Not to mention every cemetery in every video game is technically an implication of death.

[@Tiamat4]

7:17 Sounds like "oh, my c**t"

[@Souls_p_]

+Tiamat4 no, it doesn't what so ever.

[@TheNonshalanto]

but how do you explain the tower in Lavender Town? Pokemon can die but trainers revive them at Pokemon Centers. But what about Pokemon that you faint in the wild? Who takes them to Pokemon Centers? Do they die?

[@maverickbna]

Had you not limited your video to the bit war era, I would have asked about Conker's Bad Fur Day. I mean, I didn't realize there were *that* many parents buying their 8-year-old Halo or Mortal Kombat, and then raising hell because they *didn't* inspect the game beforehand! :P Great video, excellent commentary! :)

[@danilashatrov1095]

5:58 what game is that?

[@EdTodesking]

Great channel, I just watched all the videos, very interesting. By the way, you forgot to mention that "in Europe and Oceania, the NES version of Contra was retitled Probotector, and the player characters, as well as some of the enemy soldiers, were replaced with robotic counterparts. This was done to circumvent the BPjM's censorship laws in Germany, which prohibits the sales of violent video games to minors."

[@Levitz9]

Great vid! This is one of the better "Nintendo's Censureship" videos I've seen. I didn't even know about the "Contra-Super C" one. I'd like to expand a little on the gambling mini-games in Pokémon. I'm not sure if this is exactly the case, but I've heard that they were removed because gambling in kid's games was too taboo for the European market--hence their removal in Platinum. Maybe Game Freak thought that, instead of removing a feature of a game for one region, they ought to just axe it out altogether? Can anyone confirm?

[@CSAlmanac]

I always loved the "oh my car!" line. =P

[@immaculateboy]

this was really interesting. Thanks for the research you put in.

[@tasoganedude]

7:48 Alcoholic drinks are changed to juice. Now that must've been a pretty amazing juice. Lol. Back when I was young, it was so obvious to me that it was booze.

[@mechanesthesia]

What's the song from in the very beginning of this video?

[@TheCobrabee]

***** , it is the "Mushroom Forest" theme from the first stage of Little Nemo: The Dream Master for NES.

[@mechanesthesia]

+Thomas Gold Thanks!

[@Robloxian10as]

Im hooked on your videos. Thats rare.

[@Rakshasa1986]

5:23 what is the name of that track? I can't find it anywhere although I think it is from Earthbound.

[@HaldamirElensar]

Love the music and the Mother 2 References... xD Also love your YT and FB Channel...

[@axljohnamora4353]

I really love to hear your voice

[@beezle13]

@RinryGameGame Wow, 4 years late, but nice vid! Also, is Linly your real name? My gf's name is Linly and she's never heard of anyone else with that name. Just curious. Liked and subscribed!

[@TheLilKay]

what is the game on 6:03??

[@tigerspirit1917]

5:58 - The Nazi game would also have been changed for the European market. In Germany it would have been illegal to release it with any reference to Hitler or Nazi symbols.

[@bluedragon3085]

What's the version of maniac mansion with the skeleton?

[@Abcormal]

I wonder if there are hacks or patches to NES or SNES ROMs to make them more like the original Famicom or SUper Famicom versions?

[@Pichu441]

5:47 What about the crosses in Castlevania 3?

[@METALFAN2486]

Hey RINRYGAMEGAME did sega have censorship probems as well i mean look at Castlevania:BLOODLINES and SPLATTERHOUSE 1-3?

[@brett83501]

Since some Wii games were covered, Resident Evil 4 for the Wii is pretty gorey for Nintendo standards. But yeah most Nintendo games back in the day were pretty kid friendly.

[@cheater00]

pretty cool video! What is the rpg with "juice" in it? And the rpg just after that?

[@FriendoftheDork]

What is the music in the first seconds of this video? It's not maniac mansion I think.

[@EClaire.1073]

What was the song and game at the very beginning? The song sounds familiar

[@metleon]

There aren't slots in Japanese Pokemon games from BW on, either. And the slots were actually removed in DP in Europe and weren't even replaced, meaning there was no way to get the TM for Explosion.

[@whinpify]

There are slots in European DP

[@Herreken]

When she's talking about religion, isn't the music playing in the background from the SNES Zelda game when you're in the church? I always loved the music in that game. Haven't played it in many years.

[@IrritatingRemote]

Yeah I know its really high bit, but she did mention Call of Duty World at War which was made in like 2006-2007 (not sure but i know it was recent)

[@GhastlyMange]

Aww, cute little voice.

[@jasonmartinez5116]

Mortal Kombat on Genesis outselling the SNES version was definite need of change for Nintendo. Nowadays Nintendo can accept any third-party game as long as it falls under the rating systems. Although Nintendo still continues to make changes to their games, they don't do changes to third-party games. Ironically, Sony is now starting to censor games (especially Japanese games) every since they moved to California in 2016. You can definitely see the differences when it comes to most anime games on PS4 and Switch

[@daytimesky]

Nice video. I didn't know about a lot of these. Some of them I was familiar with, like the Nazi references in Bionic Commando being removed, but some of these were a surprise to me.

[@SlowCyde512]

i found the program but i havent figured out how to make it work. still plan on making it but with school and work. its hard to find free time

[@Shoe3003]

why did they change the whip sound effect in castlevania 4?

[@bluebomber301]

Excellent video. Information was flying so fast I had to do some pausing.

[@Anxel]

There was via Game Genie, it just turned the sweat red. Dunno if that's considered blood or not.

[@timothylopez7019]

In pokemon to if you lose it says your pokemon faint

[@Safetysauce]

It's just like how they changed the texture for zombie pigman from blood to green goo in minecraft

[@reubensturman9074]

anyone know what game is at like..1:01..? it's on the screen for a split second, I believe it says, " hello, the bar is closed"

[@MannesChiarini]

Kirby Adventure was a survival horror before Nintendo censorship

[@diarrhea5560]

Miss you

[@therealdeadpen]

I was watching tv and the Nintendo World Championships 2015 was on. I laughed after figuring out what was on the stage being blurred out. It was the Nintendo World Championship TM symbol. NINTENDO was not, and the fade in/out for the show even showed the NWC symbol but as for being seen on stage it was not. I looked up the video and it is not blurred so I wish now I recorded the stupid censorship just so I could have posted it. I'm really not sure why the network covered it if they were going to say it like a 1000 times and even show it after coming back from commercial while leaving the NINTENDO logo untouched.

[@TheGeoshark]

What did Tellah originally say in Final Fantasy?