Banned and Censored Video Games

Mario, Fortnite and even Sonic were banned and censored for the weirdest things! Come with me and find out why!
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[@DarkBlayze]

bro the winnie the pooh thing IS SO STUPID A Good game got banned bc a guy is mad about memes so stupid!

[@therunawaykid6523]

Yeah this video makes me glad i don’t live in china, a lot of gamers missed out on things it seems

[@nicholasdorris6329]

Dude needs to learn how to take a joke

[@AlvinWasHereRn]

I don't rlly get why xi jinping's mad at the winnie the pooh joke, I mean, being called out having the face resembling a cute dinsey character would most likely make my day than triggering my inner demon

[@bluegold1026]

It's all about power and control. The ccp will do anything and everything to hold on to both, no matter what. Their egos are just too fragile and massive. They have no shame.

[@dontu_knoware]

Its because it was a racist joke as his skin is yellow and his squinty eyes

[@bluegold1026]

Because it's all about power and control. The ccp has no shame.

[@rogueascendant6611]

Communist regime duh.

[@Pegfoxx]

That's commies for ya! They hate Memes because they don't know how to Meme themselves, so they get mad & ban em.

[@V3ntilator]

"Hatred" weren't legal to release on any console, so it stayed PC exclusive forever. Manhunt 2 gameplay became almost broken when they censored the game as it were designed for motion controls on Wii.

[@justinbellpa]

I remember when they did that to manhunt 2 and it ruined the game. They should bring that back the way it originally was. It would be huge now and only slapped with a rating

[@V3ntilator]

@@justinbellpa I cancelled the pre-order back then when it were gonna be censored. I think it were censored in Europe only.

[@justinbellpa]

@@V3ntilator no they soft censored it in the US to. They had a blood spatter hit the screen that covers all the violence during kill scenes along with other graphics that made it impossible to see what was going on.

[@V3ntilator]

@@justinbellpa Okay, but it could also be removed with a soft mod so you got it uncensored. I guess they did it like this, so modders could remove the censorship to play it like it were intended.

[@realmustangboy6437]

​@@V3ntilator nice.

[@jacobjingle-heimersmith2336]

Fun Fact: Thanks to China's policy on superstitions, in the game Bloons Tower Defense 6, one of the heroes named Sauda who usually has a Jiangshi skin (a Chinese hopping vampire) was replaced with a cat suit in the Chinese version. (I find that odd as Sauda is a monkey, wearing a cat suit?)

[@hadesinpowered]

lol

[@anonymousmonkey9491]

In all honesty I feel like if people compare you to a happy-go-lucky character like winnie you should own it, would give you brownie point to some extent. But I guess not all of us can take a joke.

[@greebj]

1st game I ever bought, Duke 3D, was censored here in Australia. You blew an enemy up with the rpg, you heard the squelch, but they just disappeared, no gibs. Also the chicks trapped in the alien cocoons were invisible. So were the strippers, but you could still give them money and tell them to "shake it baby". The EXE from the uncensored version went around school pretty quickly xD

[@Dumbtighty]

I'm in Australia too! What state are you in?Victoria new south Wales?

[@Pjin2D]

I can read Chinese, but not able to make out Xi Jinping's name on the talisman... maybe is written in the faint red ink? In case anyone is interested, the Chinese steam review says "Game is good, but there no reason for this act of sleight (refers to the easter egg). Doesn't Taiwan need a reason to stay alive? Just wait for our military takeover". The level of sensitiveness here is unbelieveable. Regardless horror games get me interested, maybe I'll try the game out.

[@BruceCarbonLakeriver]

I usually refer to China as North Taiwan since then :)

[@PikaLink91]

Yeah I don't get that either. You made a good game, why ruin it? Keep politics out of your game.

[@Mendez100]

Postal 2 and manhunt 2 the games criticized by most of the countries especially manhunt 1 and 2 due to extreme violence and brutality

[@TuxedoMaskMusic]

you could in any of those open the game iso and find a "settings.ini" text file you could edit in NOTE PAD as in not encrpted that if you changed a 0 to a 1 then clicked save in wrodpad/notepad the censorship filter was removed. Rockstar made it easy to circumvent in an act of defiant rebellion and people still got to enjoy their games uncencored in the end, so all they really did was waste a lot of time and money to achieve nothing. Smart players just disabled the shit and moved on with their lives happy. Infact on wii version and psp it even encouraged pl to hack their consoles and download pirated versions. So it wasnt like this helped anything for the company or publishers if anything it hurt them in the end.

[@Lady_Kyutoko_of_Glencoe]

People died playing Pokemon Go because they were either going to places like outside the railings on bridges and falling off, or walking off cliffs and bridges while not looking up to see where they were going. And of course, walking into traffic cuz they were glued to the tracker function.

[@ub-4630]

It seems common sense is not so common now

[@MrGoesBoom]

I'd blame people for being stupid way before I'd blame the game. Same with morons that drink and drive or drive while using their phone.

[@TheEpicLeopardSeal]

For years, gaming has always been corrupted by entities who are sensitive to literally everything about every game you've played. As an PS/Xbox/Switch/Mobile gamer, a lot of the games I played are extremely violent, and are probably banned in Germany or China. Hypocrisy is such a sad little creature...

[@PikaLink91]

Yeah but people gotta have an opinion about everything, even for a medium they aren't part of. It's like how it is always white people getting offended on the behalf of black people whenever something is deemed racist, or how people complained that Speedy Gonzales was a racist mexican charicature but the actual Mexicans loved him.

[@Vulturul333dfd-original]

Cursing hedgehog 💀

[@desperadox7565]

@@PikaLink91 “Arriba, arriba, andale, andale”

[@JadenYukifan28]

"Shadow the Hedgehog" was a good game and it didn't bother me that Shadow said "Damn", at least they kept that in and changed the Black Arms' aliens' blood to green.

[@coledakers6127]

4:38

[@altalia07]

xD lol i never played it but Shadows my fav character

[@LuciferMorningstar-zu1ud]

I find it so silly and ludicrous that a word like “damn” made huge controversy waves 😂 like…really?? It’s not like it was “motherf**ker” “c**t” or even “assh*le” 😂 man, people are so soft it’s ridiculous

[@MrMJmusicLover]

Damn isn't even a curse word. It's short for Damnation which is in the Bible.

[@JadenYukifan28]

@@MrMJmusicLover I know, but still...it was interesting.

[@corkbulb2895]

So actually the Metal Gear Solid "tickling" censorship in Japan actually had a kinda cool lore reason for doing it. Solid Snake would be trained to resist pain, but not something like tickling. As dumb as this sounds, unconventional ways of torture have been used all around the world a lot more often than you'd think throughout history. Water torture? Sleep deprivation? Annoying sounds blasting in your ears? Cold and heat? Tickling is not far off from these. Still it was done for censorship to remain legal. Plain and simple. But at least they added an plausible spin to it. Also, if I understand correctly, *all* of Fallout's drugs had real life names that were changed to prevent censorship in certain countries. Mentats were amphetamine, jet was PCP, Psycho was coke ect.

[@chezratte1357]

Mortal Kombat was not completly banned in Germany. I remember playing one game, on the Super Nintendo, where they replaced all the blood with sweat (not sure if thats better), but there was one of those codes where you can unlock the blood version. It is so minor it didn't really make a difference.

[@JDoe11]

I had this game store where they sold me all the games that were banned/censored "unter dem Ladentisch." That store turned into a GameStop, and they still did it

[@PikaLink91]

@@JDoe11 It's cool when stores do you personal favors like that. I had a rather strict GameStop who wouldn't sell me Resident Evil 4 or F.E.A.R.2 until I came of age. I was 17, the games were 18+.

[@Drockthe3rd]

There's a youtuber called "Caddicarus" that did a video on banned (retro) video games, and it's a fun watch

[@Crazycolors1248]

The UK weren’t okay with the original Carmageddon, we weren’t okay with the original Punisher, we’re STILL not okay with the original Manhunt 2, BUT POSTAL 2? SHOVE THAT THING ON THE SHELVES!

[@thetylerandbrenshow5720]

He is probably the funniest guy ever lol. ​ Love all of his videos. @Crazycolors1248

[@PikaLink91]

@@thetylerandbrenshow5720 If you like him you might like SomecallmeJohnny as well. The two have long been pals. Even did a Crash collaboration some years ago.

[@Randydraws]

Here are timestamps, 0:32 Half Game 1:58 Devoted to a meme 4:38 Not So Edgy Hedgy 6:25 Going Postal 8:20 Pocket Panic 10:49 Tickling Espienage Action 12:00 Mamma Mia 13:51 Chinese Choices 17:25 Carmagedon Catastrophe 18:40 Waste-banned 20:20 Pokemon Go To Jail 21:54 MMMadness 23:19 Kontroversies Thats all!

[@spinningchipsandchimps]

Then what was that thumbnail for

[@HopeSkull928]

@@spinningchipsandchimps go to mama mia and you'll see

[@outcast5018]

as a kid i always just saw jynxs face as if it was hidden in a shadow. you know lile raven from teen titans. and her hands where gloves

[@ThrillSeeker3524]

Poor Winnie The Pooh. Hasn't the public domain done enough to him?

[@levidavis1093]

I think people confuse video games with REAL LIFE. Lol

[@therunawaykid6523]

Yeah Pokémon go makes me think is it really worth risking your life to find that rare virtual monster?

[@sebthompson5848]

Keep up the good work beamazed!

[@Nikkismehlil]

There are lots of people who hate on Shadow the Hedgehog for him being "too edgy" and for the game not being a traditional Sonic game, and it's one of the first Sonic games to be rated a PEGI 12 in Europe and the UK. But I would've loved it more if it hadn't been censored as much as it is. Just my opinion. As in, in the TV shows and as hinted in previous video games, Shadow had a tragic backstory. And the cussing and extra violence would have helped us players see a bit further into his head, and it would be been more accurate in displaying his (spoiler alert) confusion and grief regarding his lost memories and his late wife.

[@IsaacWinchcomb]

Thank you for always uploading high quality videos that are so fun to watch! 💯💯💯

[@darkdragonskull3371]

Hi Be Amazed, I loved this video talking about censorship in countries. And I hope there is going to be a part 2 of this become I know of Australia censoring the saints row saints specially saints row 4. Ps I live in Australia.

[@WilliamDearthwd]

10:15 That's the real idea for the Human Shape Pokémon, and as a side note, Jynx is Ice/Psychic. That makes Steel, Bug, Ghost, Dark, Rock, and Fire super-effective against it.

[@wildfire7231]

2:00 AYO SQUIDY 💀

[@manueltapia1859]

Love your voice I'm glad you are back!! With the Mario Kart from SNES the characters are adults so makes sense if they drink alcohol 😅 Some are vídeo games with senseless violence like Postal or Carmaggedon at least in Mortal Kombat one fights for their lives

[@Mistime_Mistake]

Omg I watched this less than 5 minutes after it was posted

[@kellyirwin9371]

Me too

[@DON666]

Wow! Congratulations, what an achievement!

[@Flamsterette]

Thanks for the upload!

[@cuterblueloveuwulilathepig3556]

8:12 well some country's think video games are just for kids, So postal 2 doesn't deserve to be banned.

[@jpglmao4129]

Why is Call of duty not here, no russian mission was reworked

[@Mafed24]

Another instance of German Censoring were the earlier Command & Conquer Games. The Humans were exchanged with Robots or Cyborgs who bled black oil and made a metallic squishing sound when you ran them over with a tank (like crumbeling a can). C&C Generals was a special case: It was sold for a short time uncensored, but banned for "glorifying war". It was re-released after the "Robot Treatment"

[@loboblanco4426]

Didn't they block the Duke Nukem precursor wolfenstein?

[@Mafed24]

@@loboblanco4426 yes, for using anticonstitutional symbols. And in later Games all Swastikas have been removed. Duke 3d was also censored/banned. In the censored version blood and Strippers were removed. You could still tip the air...

[@themightymutt5213]

One I expected to see on the list was Battlefield 4. China banned it for “discrediting China's image abroad and distorting the truth in an effort to mislead young people”, because of the campaign storyline

[@antonanderson1965]

13:13 “Sorry, Peach, but your kidney is in another princess!”

[@jacobusj.minderhoud6390]

kinda was expecting 1 more: Command & Conquer Generals I still have the first release in my posession where 3 generals fight theyr troops. It was later censored and the generals where replaced with robots. Problem was that any update or addon pack did not work with this original one.

[@TUMMY_emergency]

Now do banned or censored tv shows and movies 😉

[@Eddieavina123]

Love your video. Be Amazed and keep up the great work you are awesome

[@KingOfGamesss]

17:38 I played the original UNCENSORED 'Carmageddon' PC game, and I played the newer console version, both great fun games

[@santsuharuma455]

"funny side..." Commercial: "I need better way to learn..." This is epic

[@angrymariocraft8228]

Dr. Mario is Mario dressed as a doctor, doing his medical duties!

[@WilliamDearthwd]

13:12 Like this moment. Tummy Trouble (1989) Surgeon (voice of Corey Burton): Okay, let's cut him open! 😷 Roger Rabbit (voice of Charles Fleischer): Just give me a bi-carb. I'll be fine! 😁 Surgeon: *activates a chainsaw* Roger Rabbit: Yaaaaaaaah! 😱 Surgeon: *raises it up, then a whistle blows* Lunch! *he and the rest of the surgeons dash out of the operating room for lunch break*

[@lmcgregoruk]

18:35 Have I played any of them, YES, ALL OF THEM, MULTIPLE TIMES. Carmageddon 1 still one of my favourite games.

[@IDK_what_to_write_here_lol]

So much Evangelion references for some reason. IT IS GREAT

[@WilliamDearthwd]

Here's another thing that was modified overseas in a Mario title. In Mario Party 2, Western land has the players as deputies and Bowser as an outlaw: Bowser the Brash. In the duel mini-games, which work as a quick-draw, and the ending scene where the board winner beats Bowser in a quick draw. It was originally guns even though no bullets were shown. Overseas it was modified to popguns.

[@TrexelCat]

15:28 The Chinese version of World of Warcraft has removed skeletons. Yup, skeletons are no longer in the game. No fighting skeletons and no skeletons signifying you've resurrected. Enemy skeletons now have flesh on them and dead players are symbolized by a tombstone.

[@QueenAnemone77]

Well if Postal is Dark. Don't forget Fallout gives you a chance of Nuking one of its towns right at the start of the game!

[@JDoe11]

And nuking Megaton isn't censored in germany. Classic

[@BenjaminNagel-ns4ec]

I think Big Boss laughing at the pain is better than screaming. Makes the whole scene better

[@ShinySalazzle]

The MOTHER series has had some interesting examples of censorship. MOTHER 1: Religious references and blood was altered for obvious reasons. MOTHER 2: Same thing. But had some dialogue changes and some interesting sprite changes. Most notably the red crosses on hospitals were removed, the doll and octopus statues were changed into pencil and eraser statues, the title was changed to EarthBound since it released in the USA before MOTHER 1, and Ness is wearing pajamas in Magicant. MOTHER 3: Never got a USA release. It has a fan translation though. There’s probably some more, but these are some that I remember.

[@sitten1115]

The red crosses wasn’t censorship thats a geneva convention violation. One that a ton of games have made.

[@user-xq1uj4cu1c]

When I was a kid (all the way to my 14), I played games like GTA 3, GTA Vice City, Duke Nukem 3D and Wolfenstein Return to Castle and Enemy Territory

[@cuterblueloveuwulilathepig3556]

I love your channel :)

[@jitensingh7198]

What is this thumbnail bro 💀Why is Mario holding a Nintendo chainsaw and what made him so angry 💀 Edit: It changed

[@PurpEngine601]

Ai generated?

[@-SirStinky]

@@PurpEngine601 Definitely, Mario with teeth is so cursed

[@miniiore]

Peach is in the hospital bed aswell

[@traingameiacs]

yeah, be amazed, can you please stop with the AI?

[@FedadOSRS]

it's brutal but it actually made me click lol

[@sitten1115]

Brahman is also the name of a breed of cow, one that is specifically an indicus breed. As opposed to a taurine cow.

[@GrenzGengar13]

I think there's a misunderstanding, the beloved character is Winnie the Puuh, the insecure little man of a dictator is Winnie the POO

[@Nikkismehlil]

About the Pokemon Go controversy you talked about, there ARE warnings (in the UK version, anyway) that lol up every time you open the app, telling you not to trespass into unauthorised areas or dangerous locations, to keep AWARE of your surroundings whenever you play, not to play the game while driving, and when using the AR mode, to keep a closer eye on your kids than on your phone. I don't know if this is in any releases besides the UK version, but that's what we have.

[@Nikkismehlil]

POP*** up dammit autocorrect

[@Webby767]

I remember buying the first manhunt game on the ps2 but after a year the game was banned in Australia for its excessive violence and manhunt 2 wasn’t even submitted for release in Australia so we didn’t even get that

[@claremyssterium4061]

I loved playing the first 2 games of Carmageddon back in the day. Was one of my favorite games of all time.

[@MUDZKP1]

There's also Paper Mario: TTYD's dead toad outline.

[@Sigmahigga]

Summertime Saga is totally banned in China 💀

[@Mass_effect_Fan]

18:48 oh no... fallout? It's the best game

[@deannal.newton9772]

You mean the first game? Yeah, it is pretty good but in all fairness the ESRB rating shows which games are suitable and the game outright tells you what the subject matter is going to be about. So why should they act surprised if a game about literal nuclear fallout mentions nuclear bombs caused by war.

[@Tainira94]

Please don't AI generate your thumbnails. It looks bad. 😣 Update: Thank you. 😌

[@bloodraege]

What is this new timing? I'm used to stay awake at night... Anyways any beamazed content i'll take it

[@Terryfromsoul]

That chainsaw is looken sus ☠️

[@Treevors30]

10:40 what is the difference between gold and silver or any Pokemon game that is released that has another title that releases with it. This confuses me so much can anyone explain is there a difference to these games I feel like every Pokemon game that comes out there's two different ones is it just packaging or is the game completely different

[@tashajones7038]

Honestly shadow cursing seems very fitting for his personality

[@StRangerDC_Official]

Ya, but it still is a kids game

[@deannal.newton9772]

@@StRangerDC_Official I thought the game is rated T for Teen?

[@StRangerDC_Official]

@@deannal.newton9772 Eh, 10+ is still kinda kids, they rated Minecraft 10+, people don’t take 10+ seriously

[@OfficialRayveeYT123]

1:35 I genuinely laughed at this😭

[@laloandbendy]

Pls make a new channel: BE AMAZED GAMING a channel not just for videos of playing game's like minecraft, or any nintendo games, but explaining them and the gamers too.

[@cladinshadows7306]

I second this notion

[@Nintenblox]

N64 Goldeneye which is the third best seller on that console, was banned in Germany for violence but it’s been unbanned because they re-review games after 25 years

[@CC-Productions]

Hey dude! I love your video! I love Be Amazed!

[@chrisguara]

There was a case in Malaysia where the ENTIRE Steam platform was banned because it promoted a single game called Fight of Gods, which, as the name implies, you have religious figures as playable fighters. That was a straight up overreaction.

[@TrederAlmighty]

if you ban violence in video games, are we supposed to commit violence outside videos games?

[@Nuzzle5]

i swear bro has two voices

[@SirBuenoVonMarker]

OH NAH BE AMAZED WHAT HAPPENED TO THE THUBNAIL!!!!!!!

[@ilDSttaro]

21:48 Is more probable to find Aron near railroads, cause it need to eat metal to grow.

[@GrandCaptainSpeedyDashGames]

But what if your trying to save the Typhlosion before a oncoming train runs it over and possibly gives PTSD to the train operator?

[@Rocketlux]

The video's thumbnail is literally crazy😂

[@jamesThebulbmin]

Its the most AI thing i have ever seen

[@Rocketlux]

@@jamesThebulbmin doesn't look ai to me looking more like sfm

[@therunawaykid6523]

It’s been changed to the Winnie the Pooh ban in china now

[@UnauthorizedContent1337]

Mortal Kombat one sorta made me wonder about it's arcade game version, not labeled in console list

[@kevinfinney4746]

Pokemon banned for manipulating kids to gamble. Imagine going around the corner and you see a 7 year old at a dice game and you ask them, "Who taught you how to shoot dice?" "Psst...shit Pikachu, meowth, wheezie(not lil Wayne), snorlax..."

[@nothyiscool]

*[CENSORED]*

[@ytmarcogaming_roblox]

Yay new videos

[@martinvymazal8361]

I was NEVER expecting you to talk about half life

[@circledude2362]

Things uncensored: Kirbys dreamland 2 red canyon 5-5 Sonic 06 sonic Elise kiss

[@WilliamDearthwd]

13:15 And maybe the concept of delivering an anesthetic by a mallet to the head!

[@JamesSackett]

Thrill Kill was my fav game that was banned and was leaked and I had the boot legged version I had to get my PS1 Chipped to play boot leg games when i lived in S Korea.

[@BlueVylettez2024]

Hey I wrote thiz ide@ in Google Form! Thnk you! I love thiz!!!

[@thorild69]

"Oh, bother." AHAHAHHA I say this all the time at work lol. Stay groovy.

[@landonmiles97]

Thumbnail is crazy 😂😂

[@user-HellcatHemi]

I grew up playing Mortal Kombat yet stopped playing game's aftr I had my son 2001 & dk most of these games on here, 👍 👌 video per usual. ❤❤❤

[@scottjarnagin348]

6:16 - as a former game tester, I can assure you there is still at least 1 copy of the original game out there somewhere, either on a burned CD or on a USB Drive.

[@JulianVito-us4sc]

Nice I can’t wait to see this video

[@Dzeroed]

I think the laughing is more creepy and disturbing than screaming would have been 😲 Carmageddon was an amazing game, I remember when it game out. There were patches available online to put the humans back into the game and they released the "Splat Pack" 5 months after the game came out

[@angrymariocraft8228]

Super Mario Kart was in 1992, not 1993!

[@JulianVito-us4sc]

Nice I can’t wait to see the video

[@karmafox508]

Gambling can be a huge issue, it often destroys lifes and that of others near them. I think its fair that gambling for kids is being censored.

[@AlekMax64]

Dude, was your thumbnail made with AI? It’s really obvious if it is.

[@gabigraham1774]

There is still a kind of 'gambling' in a later Poke'mon game. In Mystery Dungeon, you can build a 'prize palace' that lets you buy scratch tickets and 'random' tickets.

[@shadowbonnie2314]

6:30 They say that to Fortnite, the LEAST violent shooting game ever, lmao.

[@zionthelion_lang]

This video bout to go viral

[@GuiltyOne]

Really surprised manhunt didn't the list

[@animalsallover298]

I love be amazed I’ve been watching for several years since I was like 8

[@animalsallover298]

I’m 16 now

[@Kitty_kibble.OR3O-2YT-469]

Oh ok 👍 😊

[@therunawaykid6523]

Yeah they always have very interesting videos

[@zmilla1974]

I always thought Jynx looked like a hilarious version of Nikki Minaj 😂🤣

[@planktonfun1]

There's a rule in game devs called the P rule, where if you give a player a creative freedom, its guaranteed that someone will draw a p****.

[@therunawaykid6523]

Always really interesting videos on this channel