Censorship in Video Games is Weird - Diamondbolt

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  • @elijahgames192
    @elijahgames192 ปีที่แล้ว +1636

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

    • @TGWTADIAL
      @TGWTADIAL ปีที่แล้ว +25

      I looked at this comment when he said it

    • @angryboi595
      @angryboi595 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      And “WAAAAAAHHHHH”

    • @marvelstarwarsfan8410
      @marvelstarwarsfan8410 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Reminds me of that warioland on pc meme.

    • @BaconMaster234
      @BaconMaster234 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Hes actually speaking German but idk how to spell the phrase

    • @kaydonhigginbotham
      @kaydonhigginbotham ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @thatpigboss
    @thatpigboss ปีที่แล้ว +365

    Remember that time when TH-cam censored the dislike button, I don't

    • @alt1763
      @alt1763 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      then the community brought it back

    • @murph_11
      @murph_11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The video currently has 57 dislikes

    • @mariajimenafigueroa233
      @mariajimenafigueroa233 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @banjo9158
      @banjo9158 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @thatpigboss
      @thatpigboss ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@banjo9158 sounds like a skill issue

  • @frozarburst6350
    @frozarburst6350 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    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
      @Bladedfox14 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      He's using rubber bullets lol

    • @the-NightStar
      @the-NightStar ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

    • @PlayerZeroStart
      @PlayerZeroStart ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@the-NightStar Wait, legit?

    • @owyemen9367
      @owyemen9367 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @zestytriss5282
      @zestytriss5282 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @gamemaker1802
    @gamemaker1802 ปีที่แล้ว +921

    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
      @legionbeast ปีที่แล้ว +75

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

    • @jetburrito5205
      @jetburrito5205 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

    • @legionbeast
      @legionbeast ปีที่แล้ว +22

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

    • @jetburrito5205
      @jetburrito5205 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @rustinginpieces
      @rustinginpieces ปีที่แล้ว +13

      ​@@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.

  • @thatbluegamet
    @thatbluegamet ปีที่แล้ว +104

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

  • @ryzekiv7147
    @ryzekiv7147 ปีที่แล้ว +136

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

    • @PhoebeTheFairy56
      @PhoebeTheFairy56 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Paintball

    • @legometaworld2728
      @legometaworld2728 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      69 likes lol

    • @ryzekiv7147
      @ryzekiv7147 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@legometaworld2728 (I know isnt it great)

  • @goldlight1322
    @goldlight1322 ปีที่แล้ว +711

    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_
      @_V.Va_ ปีที่แล้ว +97

      Agreed.
      Most Xenoblade clothing designs are the tackiest shit.

    • @_V.Va_
      @_V.Va_ ปีที่แล้ว +60

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

    • @NrettG
      @NrettG ปีที่แล้ว +54

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

    • @toagradius8856
      @toagradius8856 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      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

    • @goldlight1322
      @goldlight1322 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      @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.

  • @cjgg4885
    @cjgg4885 ปีที่แล้ว +341

    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 TH-cam 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
      @Acidonia150reborn ปีที่แล้ว +38

      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
      @glowdonk ปีที่แล้ว +24

      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
      @owyemen9367 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@glowdonk whatd She do

    • @limewater4074
      @limewater4074 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @owyemen9367
      @owyemen9367 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@limewater4074 fair enough

  • @Plasma6657
    @Plasma6657 ปีที่แล้ว +201

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

  • @Anton-de5vu
    @Anton-de5vu ปีที่แล้ว +122

    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
      @lisamako9970 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Dolly: Good For Him!

  • @KingYahshua
    @KingYahshua ปีที่แล้ว +386

    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
      @notfriendlystudios1643 ปีที่แล้ว +50

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

    • @gibleyman
      @gibleyman ปีที่แล้ว +27

      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
      @KingYahshua ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@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
      @ThePhantom4516 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@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

  • @Skeleetrom
    @Skeleetrom ปีที่แล้ว +61

    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
      @antlastheant ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @isaacclarke195
    @isaacclarke195 ปีที่แล้ว +219

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

    • @BinglesP
      @BinglesP ปีที่แล้ว +6

      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

  • @CAMBrawl
    @CAMBrawl ปีที่แล้ว +116

    MY FAVOURITE AUSSI TH-camR EVER HAS UPLOADED YESSSS

  • @ArcadeStriker
    @ArcadeStriker ปีที่แล้ว +118

    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
      @SSBBPOKEFAN ปีที่แล้ว +27

      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
      @JamesTheFoxeArt ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The sunglasses on hitler is just hilarious imo

    • @indranilroy4822
      @indranilroy4822 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@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
      @Garry_Combine ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @FossyPickles
    @FossyPickles ปีที่แล้ว +83

    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

  • @opinus8395
    @opinus8395 ปีที่แล้ว +22

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

  • @DrAwe-fi6we
    @DrAwe-fi6we ปีที่แล้ว +18

    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.

  • @aellyze
    @aellyze ปีที่แล้ว +44

    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. ' _ '

  • @magolor152
    @magolor152 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

  • @HarmonyBunny
    @HarmonyBunny หลายเดือนก่อน +11

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

  • @bigcooltony437
    @bigcooltony437 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    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
      @the-NightStar ปีที่แล้ว

      Reminder that Russia has always sucked.

    • @PhoebeTheFairy56
      @PhoebeTheFairy56 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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
      @disarraygay 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

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

  • @Mailboxx2.0
    @Mailboxx2.0 ปีที่แล้ว +36

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

  • @comfyghost
    @comfyghost ปีที่แล้ว +27

    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
      @comfyghost ปีที่แล้ว +2

      …heh heh… cut shot

    • @the-NightStar
      @the-NightStar ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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.

  • @maffiola
    @maffiola ปีที่แล้ว +33

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

  • @mingcr9470
    @mingcr9470 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    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
      @BinglesP ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @3picninjaboy
      @3picninjaboy ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @BuddytheUser
    @BuddytheUser ปีที่แล้ว +19

    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.

  • @TyrantDweller
    @TyrantDweller ปีที่แล้ว +627

    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
      @Meleedroit ปีที่แล้ว +98

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

    • @IcyRegret64
      @IcyRegret64 ปีที่แล้ว +23

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

    • @thenotoriousnreal
      @thenotoriousnreal ปีที่แล้ว +30

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

    • @ShibuNub3305
      @ShibuNub3305 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      @@thenotoriousnreal Are you familiar with the concept of satire

    • @yukimistay
      @yukimistay ปีที่แล้ว +26

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

  • @rexcelsior5415
    @rexcelsior5415 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    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
      @Safersephiroth777 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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
      @gibleyman ปีที่แล้ว +9

      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
      @Safersephiroth777 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@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
      @coltforceplayer 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@gibleymanfuck* not fuk

    • @coltforceplayer
      @coltforceplayer 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

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

  • @justsomesimplenuclearbirbs4313
    @justsomesimplenuclearbirbs4313 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    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
      @lpfan4491 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @justsomesimplenuclearbirbs4313
      @justsomesimplenuclearbirbs4313 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@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
      @mariajimenafigueroa233 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@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.

  • @beanman3113
    @beanman3113 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    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.

  • @CinnamonGhost_Crunch
    @CinnamonGhost_Crunch ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

  • @FrieBunchOfNumbers
    @FrieBunchOfNumbers ปีที่แล้ว +125

    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.

    • @Shad0wed
      @Shad0wed ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

    • @terminat7364
      @terminat7364 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Literally superman to Clark Kent disguise

    • @vexilanimous
      @vexilanimous ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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
      @AzumarillConGafasBv ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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

  • @thetotaldramaking5427
    @thetotaldramaking5427 ปีที่แล้ว +17

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

  • @BewbsOP
    @BewbsOP ปีที่แล้ว +41

    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.

  • @TeamBlueToad
    @TeamBlueToad ปีที่แล้ว +8

    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
    @BOREDGAMERGAMING ปีที่แล้ว +127

    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
      @ItsMzPhoenix ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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
      @theonlybilge ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @deatheater6222
      @deatheater6222 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@theonlybilge yes

  • @phoenixdening6434
    @phoenixdening6434 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

  • @Olive_701
    @Olive_701 ปีที่แล้ว +18

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

    • @CamoRoll
      @CamoRoll ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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
      @deatheater6222 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Corrupted technology?

    • @itsnotderryl
      @itsnotderryl ปีที่แล้ว

      I still can't read the words among us

    • @AzumarillConGafasBv
      @AzumarillConGafasBv ปีที่แล้ว

      SUS

  • @the_NNPW
    @the_NNPW ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

  • @LS-mx5hl
    @LS-mx5hl ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

  • @CutBackDropTurn
    @CutBackDropTurn ปีที่แล้ว +13

    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!

    • @lugbzurg8987
      @lugbzurg8987 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @ataridrive7482
    @ataridrive7482 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

  • @untitleddocument5231
    @untitleddocument5231 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    13:44 vivian is canonically trans now!

  • @adamntcaponewholikesbigcoo1749
    @adamntcaponewholikesbigcoo1749 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

    • @lssjgaming1599
      @lssjgaming1599 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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
      @adamntcaponewholikesbigcoo1749 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lssjgaming1599 and dead people!

    • @the-NightStar
      @the-NightStar ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @adamntcaponewholikesbigcoo1749 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@the-NightStar I just like the juxtaposition

    • @theonlybilge
      @theonlybilge ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @gojithecringe
    @gojithecringe ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @Staalkop-
    @Staalkop- ปีที่แล้ว +9

    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!

  • @SHKEVE
    @SHKEVE ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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.

  • @TheIrishDino
    @TheIrishDino ปีที่แล้ว +24

    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.

  • @nfortyeight
    @nfortyeight ปีที่แล้ว +19

    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.)

  • @taxisalad
    @taxisalad ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "Babe, wake up new DiamondBolt video!!"

  • @TommyTonk
    @TommyTonk ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @Fykzktzktz
    @Fykzktzktz ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @MozartOfficial
    @MozartOfficial ปีที่แล้ว +20

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

  • @issgo1372
    @issgo1372 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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 TH-camrs
    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!!

  • @NoProblem-
    @NoProblem- ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @juster6251
    @juster6251 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @theonlybilge
      @theonlybilge ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @peety0792
    @peety0792 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @domdollahyt
    @domdollahyt ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @sparks7738
    @sparks7738 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @meta-less
    @meta-less ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @DaneNOTDan
    @DaneNOTDan ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Censership in GENARAL sucks so much it’s actually terrifying

  • @yona3271
    @yona3271 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    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
      @the-NightStar ปีที่แล้ว

      That's not better.

    • @cjgg4885
      @cjgg4885 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @yona3271 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@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

  • @PNW30568
    @PNW30568 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @ondururagittandeska2004
    @ondururagittandeska2004 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @purr-fectcatstudios5195
    @purr-fectcatstudios5195 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @ohmaplaymaker
    @ohmaplaymaker ปีที่แล้ว +4

    9:45 This one is perfect

  • @johanstenfelt1206
    @johanstenfelt1206 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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.

  • @idiotsandwich2605
    @idiotsandwich2605 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Babe wake up diamond bolt uploaded

  • @BoredTeen76900
    @BoredTeen76900 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @awesomeowenproductions494
    @awesomeowenproductions494 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @libramoon1582
    @libramoon1582 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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

  • @makotoplush9776
    @makotoplush9776 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Never forget meaty Steve

  • @bunchofcds2300
    @bunchofcds2300 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @Ikcatcher
    @Ikcatcher ปีที่แล้ว +30

    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
      @xavierhartley5082 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @Memethatnoonetalksaboutman
      @Memethatnoonetalksaboutman ปีที่แล้ว

      @@xavierhartley5082that one only in Europe

  • @Skyejessica02
    @Skyejessica02 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @coltforceplayer
    @coltforceplayer 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    “Your man’s kinda cute”
    “SKANK”

  • @ShOscar
    @ShOscar 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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

  • @alessandro6885
    @alessandro6885 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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.

  • @Zoroark_Master
    @Zoroark_Master ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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)

  • @Ryder-a-Blaze
    @Ryder-a-Blaze ปีที่แล้ว +40

    These censorships are worse than 4Kids censorships

    • @PlayerZeroStart
      @PlayerZeroStart ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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
      @limewater4074 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @Ryder-a-Blaze
      @Ryder-a-Blaze ปีที่แล้ว

      @@limewater4074 no

    • @limewater4074
      @limewater4074 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @Chorutowo
    @Chorutowo ปีที่แล้ว +8

    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.

  • @TFanPage101
    @TFanPage101 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "Darn heck" - Shadow the Dog

  • @MysticMylesZ
    @MysticMylesZ ปีที่แล้ว +2

    10:44 bruh that text 🤣

  • @maniacalclefable1354
    @maniacalclefable1354 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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*

  • @LeonS.kennedyswife
    @LeonS.kennedyswife 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @Jude-72
    @Jude-72 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @joshylord
    @joshylord ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Steve holding a steak 😂 that's actually really innocent

  • @Dark_Saibot
    @Dark_Saibot ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

    • @TheArceusftw
      @TheArceusftw ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Because Austrailian censorship is Hella strict.

    • @stitchlover4381
      @stitchlover4381 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @stitchlover4381
      @stitchlover4381 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @TheArceusftw
      @TheArceusftw ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @stitchlover4381
      @stitchlover4381 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheArceusftw .... maybe?

  • @right_there
    @right_there 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Mortal kombat without blood is like snoop dogg without weed

  • @soufianegamerpro
    @soufianegamerpro ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @namecomingsoon9517
    @namecomingsoon9517 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    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
      @FTChomp9980 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @namecomingsoon9517
      @namecomingsoon9517 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@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
      @knucklejoe26 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

    • @droycon
      @droycon ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@knucklejoe26YEP

    • @theonlybilge
      @theonlybilge ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What?

  • @SonicTheCutehog
    @SonicTheCutehog ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Video game censorship will always be funny with how they change things and what exactly gets changed.

  • @QuadratusTiberium
    @QuadratusTiberium ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @Ox.13
    @Ox.13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was good consider making a third one

  • @r.a.fgattaiguy845
    @r.a.fgattaiguy845 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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
      @isauldron4337 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You forgot it's canonically red

    • @r.a.fgattaiguy845
      @r.a.fgattaiguy845 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @blade_ofhope3605
    @blade_ofhope3605 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @animeluigiboy
    @animeluigiboy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If they say that we can marry Pokémon, then I’m marrying Wooper.

  • @Meleedroit
    @Meleedroit ปีที่แล้ว +8

    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
      @TeruteruBozusama ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @Meleedroit ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @theonlybilge
      @theonlybilge ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Meleedroit
      Tell that to that one LittleBig Planet composer

    • @lpfan4491
      @lpfan4491 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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!*

  • @vustvaleo8068
    @vustvaleo8068 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    not sure what version of the Yu-Gi-Oh! game in English that I played, I remembered the art for the cards are the original uncensored Japanese versions instead of censored art of the cards for the US markets.

    • @Acidonia150reborn
      @Acidonia150reborn ปีที่แล้ว

      Most games in that series world USE Edited US art worldwide. But if the art was Changed for the West altogether Japanese version use Japanese oroginal.

    • @SSBBPOKEFAN
      @SSBBPOKEFAN ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Some games in the "Duel Stories" series of games use the Japanese card art for all regions. Games like Forbidden Memories and Sacred Cards.

    • @lpfan4491
      @lpfan4491 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, cardart-related things were very inconsistent in videogames back then with some JP-releases using US-art and the other way around. The funniest thing is the JP Ring of Destruction being present in the english only The Eternal Duelist Soul and they mis-named it as "Bell of Destruction" for some reason.