How The Simpsons Arcade Is Changed In Japan

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  • @BigDanG84
    @BigDanG84 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    The standard Japanese arcade games are always 100 yen, or about 3 US quarters in 1991 currency. So making it easier and giving you longer play time per credit would help equalize the value across different territories.

  • @semaglig
    @semaglig 6 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    US version was probably made more difficult because they wanted us to dump more coins into the dang machine, Simpsons being popular over here no one batted an eye. But since the show wasn’t as popular in Japan maybe it was an incentive to get more people to play it. Maybe?

    • @teddyroo12
      @teddyroo12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah the show bombed in Japan

    • @Rahhh._
      @Rahhh._ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That how capitalism work

    • @josephfrye7342
      @josephfrye7342 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah but jeez it’s ridiculous that USA wants to make this harder at least japan made it easier to save coins

    • @josephfrye7342
      @josephfrye7342 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Unfortunately I got the ms dos version but it would be interesting to see this on Nintendo switch

  • @Stbeter
    @Stbeter 6 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    Neat video as always! Surprising that the Japanese version would be the one containing an atomic bomb, when I saw the thumbnail I thought for sure a lot of the "nuclear" symbols and imagery would have been removed.

    • @yusukeelric
      @yusukeelric 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Japan as far as i know don't have problems with referencing nuclear bombs, Bethesda removed the fatman just in case. It was not uncommon either that japanese devs also cut content without consulting the american branch if the change was necessary, leading sometimes to hilarious unnecessary changes

    • @Stbeter
      @Stbeter 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Somecooltoad Ah, thanks for the info.

    • @johnnycatt72
      @johnnycatt72 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Lukas Reimer i think it was because cero the japanese ratings board weren't around then but they were by the time fallout came out

    • @JohnDoe-wq5eu
      @JohnDoe-wq5eu 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lukas Reimer
      I thought the same thing, boy did I get schooled.

    • @aluisiofsjr
      @aluisiofsjr 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      You just got clickbaited

  • @MosoKaiser
    @MosoKaiser 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    1991: Japanese version *adds* nuclear bombs to the game.
    2008: Fat Man nuke launcher and option of blowing up Megaton in Fallout 3 removed entirely.

  • @PACKERMAN2077
    @PACKERMAN2077 6 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    *They added katanas and ninja stars from TMNT as equippable weapons, gave Homer bushy eyebrows and dubbed him "Mr. Sparkle", and swaped extra life donut textures for Senzu beans*

    • @goatbone
      @goatbone 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks! You saved me the time having to watch the video.

    • @hong10ly70
      @hong10ly70 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Do you have link to play the Japanese version please

  • @leonzchannelz
    @leonzchannelz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It just sounds like the Japanese version is the updated version with improvements and a more balanced difficulty

  • @SirCaco
    @SirCaco 6 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    I never knew about the Japanese version. It just puts a smile on my face to know that this awesome game was made even better!

  • @Poorgeniu5
    @Poorgeniu5 6 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    I find it odd that the Japanese version includes a nuclear bomb...

    • @brandonwhite1021
      @brandonwhite1021 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @Kagereneko
      I guarantee you missed the entire point of this comment.

    • @michaelfowler2759
      @michaelfowler2759 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ever watch anime. Shit is always going off in a nuclear explosion. It's like something happened in there past that made nuclear bombs part of their psyche

    • @bishop253
      @bishop253 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Kagereneko
      Have you seen the Japanese version of Fallout 3?

    • @DissociatedWomenIncorporated
      @DissociatedWomenIncorporated 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kagereneko, clearly you aren't aware of how sensitive they are on the topic of nuclear weapons.

    • @YourIdeologyIsDelusional
      @YourIdeologyIsDelusional 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +pixel girl
      For being so sensitive they sure do seem to love putting nuclear weaponry and powers into everything, as well mushroom cloud explosions being everywhere.
      Japan has some weird edge cases, but for the majority of content they really don't give much of a shit. From my perspective at least, it's always seemed like the Japanese have a very strong sense of intent when it comes to offense. Which is frankly something the west could use right about now.

  • @masterlee1988
    @masterlee1988 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I like the additions the Japanese version has over the US version.

  • @JamesMeyer2
    @JamesMeyer2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I was actually really surprised when I played the Japanese version for the first time. I thought it would be much more difficult, but I couldn't be more wrong. It usually takes me anywhere between 15-20 lives to beat the American version and I usually beat the Japanese version in fewer than ten.

  • @mattwo7
    @mattwo7 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Aaaah memories of when Konami actually cared about making video games.

  • @TheIMMORTALKAHNHD
    @TheIMMORTALKAHNHD 6 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Damn...japan version sounds way more fun!

    • @Domebuddy
      @Domebuddy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      depends on if you think something being easier is more fun.

    • @elogamer
      @elogamer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yes, yes it is.

    • @Domebuddy
      @Domebuddy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      If something is too easy it just becomes a mindless slog. I'd side on the side of too difficult than too easy personally any day.

    • @elfabusss3287
      @elfabusss3287 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It is in terms Of being "enjoyable". The original versión is hard in terms Of being "frustrating".

  • @NewBlueMario1016
    @NewBlueMario1016 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    The Japanese version to me, is considered what I can call, the finalized version. It's more complete than the western release that we had earlier before they got the game.

    • @JohnDoe-wq5eu
      @JohnDoe-wq5eu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      The funny thing as mentioned in the video is arcade machines would get updates but they clearly intentionally never updated it with the Japanese changes because the arcade owners were greedy bastards who wanted to get as much money as possible, having a fair or polished game wasn't as important as having a true quarter muncher.

    • @ChristopherSobieniak
      @ChristopherSobieniak 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I wouldn't doubt if the US relesae was rushed simply to get it out here.

    • @brandonwhite1021
      @brandonwhite1021 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I definitely wouldn't call it "more complete". The additions had very little overall effect on the game other than making it easier, so, it's not like the game was incomplete before them.

    • @Industriajor
      @Industriajor 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @brandon White ... T H E M.... you mean THE CREATORS .... hello there! a _e ? definetly the japanese is the FINAL version of the game ... it happens in a lot of games out there ... for example y SF2 Champion Edition ... the difference is inmense! although you must be a pro gamer to notice many of this differences

  • @xblade149
    @xblade149 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    We need the Japanese version

    • @hong10ly70
      @hong10ly70 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Any link to play the japanese version please

  • @InariOkami
    @InariOkami 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    0:28 SNES Simpsons Arcade Cover in the middle is fake. There is no port of Simpsons Arcade "beat 'em up" for classic consoles.

    • @JohnDoe-wq5eu
      @JohnDoe-wq5eu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I wondered, it got me good. I was fooled big time.

  • @maturegambino9476
    @maturegambino9476 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Japan is something else... almost like it was isolated from everyone else...

    • @padacuw4722
      @padacuw4722 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Well a few centurys ago Japan had its borders closed to everyone exept the dutch so you are kind of right

    • @JohnDoe-wq5eu
      @JohnDoe-wq5eu 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Padacuw
      I remember the first time I found that out it blew my mind.
      Also Samurai Champloo is educational.

    • @maturegambino9476
      @maturegambino9476 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Padacuw that’s basically what I meant. Sorry if I sound rude you’re right

    • @Shoe3003
      @Shoe3003 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      if Chop Chop can play on an island, you might see the crowd throwing tempura at him while he's jumping around stage

  • @yusukeelric
    @yusukeelric 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I think the japanese is more competent as a hard but fair game, while the original english release is closer to the typical quarter muncher.
    I think there are people who 1 cc'd the english version but it's insanely hard. while in the japanese version it's just hard

  • @BalsticMaker12
    @BalsticMaker12 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I think the extra polish made is done because of cultural reasons. Simple: in Japan, if the game is literally impossible to be cleared with just 1 credit, it’s a sh*tty game not worth one’s time, only to be buried in history.
    This is why arcade games in the west were made more difficult by default. The Americans didn’t have 1 credit clear culture. Making the arcade operators happy is the higher priority. Games that can make the player give out money in every 10 minutes are considered great. This is devastatingly true for Battle Garegga. This game had the Extend system completely disabled all the while the game was designed with intentional suicide in mind outside Japan, which makes Battle Garegga essentially an unredeemable sh*tty game in this form if it ever released in Japan like that.

    • @miar8707
      @miar8707 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Zazon Zenzy finally a similar mind

    • @gc3k
      @gc3k 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I love Battle Garegga

    • @Sifer2
      @Sifer2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What's weird to me is that as a child we operated under the assumption games were usually harder in Japan, and they were way better more obsessed game players. It was odd growing up to find the opposite was the case with games being way harder in the West to make it harder to beat games in a rental or milk them of all their quarters.

    • @jimmyju76
      @jimmyju76 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jav253 console games were harder, arcades easier, was the opposite here arcades harder console games easier

    • @topdamagewizard
      @topdamagewizard 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Very true. Japanese arcade games in general don't usually have a fail state (except for beat um ups and fighting games) but let you play for a set amount of time.

  • @worsel555
    @worsel555 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    0:28 You had me excited for a moment that I had somehow missed a SNES port of this game but sadly it was a fake :(

    • @JohnDoe-wq5eu
      @JohnDoe-wq5eu 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oops gotta go remove comment now, thanks bro.

  • @HEADBOY_PHENOMENON
    @HEADBOY_PHENOMENON 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I hate that the XBLA/PSN version is no longer available, times like this is when getting the ROM is literally our only choice.

    • @HEADBOY_PHENOMENON
      @HEADBOY_PHENOMENON 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Tyson Muir while it's a shame emuparadise was shut down, trust me this isn't the end of ROM sites. There's always going to be another popping up after another.

  • @JimmyTurner
    @JimmyTurner 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Extra health not a thing in the west cause quarters.

  • @Don_Porculio
    @Don_Porculio 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Konami loved to really ramp up the difficulty for arcade games they sent to the west. For instance, one of their games, Majū no Ōkoku, was released in North America as Dark Adventure. They changes they made to that game made it so it was impossible to beat. You can't even money your way through the game, like most other games.

  • @stringanime
    @stringanime 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice work on this. some of the team that worked on Simpsons Arcade, left Konami and formed the game company "Treasure."

  • @geardog24
    @geardog24 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Once again Japan makes everything better.

    • @joshuaholder3680
      @joshuaholder3680 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Man, that aint true at all. Wanna see an example of Japan fucking up a Western game? Spyro the Dragon for PS1

    • @Dragonkaiser20
      @Dragonkaiser20 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Some Dude
      Just about sums up this generation.

  • @SonicMoon1
    @SonicMoon1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Changed? You mean made better

  • @apchibidubtalia8286
    @apchibidubtalia8286 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    >TFW Simpsons Arcade Game is still de-listed from PSN and Xbox Live Marketplace
    ;A;

    • @nobodyinparticular9640
      @nobodyinparticular9640 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      And that's why Nintendo can go fuck themselves for their crusade against emulator and roms

    • @GUCFan
      @GUCFan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Zim Babwe Scott Pilgrim is literally why i bought a PS3 specifically for the purpose of jailbreaking it and playing de-listed games that i could never buy.
      But thank goodness i was able to pick up Simpsons when it launched

  • @ninjahedgehog5
    @ninjahedgehog5 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    why would the rental market matter for an arcade machine game? i

    • @DanielBMS
      @DanielBMS 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I suppose because they are trying to attract gamers who do not want overly difficult games

    • @yusukeelric
      @yusukeelric 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They were just saying why was that the reason for most changes. By the way they didn't mention, but old japanese games (TMNT 1 for example) were insane hard because rental was legal until the early 90's where it was made illegal

    • @adihlmanwa7898
      @adihlmanwa7898 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      What? You never rented an arcade machine from Blockbuster? ;)

    • @chancepaladin
      @chancepaladin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      still got my house of the dead 1 cabinet, *never returning that fker!*

  • @lovevideogames1
    @lovevideogames1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Dan, I know that this is unrelated to the video and I don't know if you'll respond or not, you also don't have to explain why or make a video about it but anyway:
    I noticed (a few weeks ago) that many, *many* Censored Gaming videos are now gone, the videos were either deleted or marked as private, videos such as the Mugen Souls one are gone, many videos where you talked about the censorship of certain games are gone, Dungeon Travelers, Blue Reflection, Criminal girls...the list goes on. As I said, you don't have to explain why or make a video about that, but I'm sure I'm not the only one who is at least wondering why a lot of the content is gone. If you respond and/or give an explanation, it would be appreciated.
    With all that said, thanks.

    • @JohnDoe-wq5eu
      @JohnDoe-wq5eu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hero of the Wind
      I wouldn't be surprised that TH-cam itself had large roll in that.
      Those were controversial games to say the least, and the content filters on the site these days are becoming a bit overzealous to say the least.

    • @lovevideogames1
      @lovevideogames1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      John Doe
      That's a possibility, yes, however, we shouldn't forget that this channel is Censored Gaming, we are talking about a channel that mainly covers censorship in video games, and as such, Censored Gaming often uploads videos about controversial/censored content in video games, when I said that many Censored Gaming videos are now gone, I'm telling the truth, even the video that Dan uploaded a long time ago where he mainly covered the fact that Hyperdimension Neptunia U had a censored cover in America is gone, and not only that video was tame compared to many other Censored Gaming videos, the game itself isn't very controversial with the game just having a T rating completely uncensored and, similarly, the game got a 12 rating in Europe (both USK and PEGI) and a standard M rating in Australia, so, the game isn't *that* bad. Anyway...who knows? The disappearance of many videos is definitely something, but...I don't know, I guess we'll see what happens with this channel, Censored Gaming will always be a controversial channel.

    • @JohnDoe-wq5eu
      @JohnDoe-wq5eu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hero of the Wind
      I get it, I understand and wholeheartedly agree.
      But TH-cam is a shitshow these days, what was once a bastion of freedom has been overrun with triggered SJW's and feminazi types and just annoying loud idiots.
      Spewing stupidity, and misinformation and hatred ( the "good kind") against the perceived threats and enemies.

    • @Burn_Angel
      @Burn_Angel 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      John Doe For once, I'll defend the SJW crap crew, and tell you that this kind of shit TH-cam is pulling on its users is not because of them, but rather about ad revenue, which means TH-cam is partially at fault, since they're being oppressed by the companies that put advertisements on the page, who try (and succeed) to get more power over what is released here, and only "advertiser-friendly" content creators actually earn some money.
      In the end, TH-cam is a corporative company.

  • @flightnesssnowbirb8318
    @flightnesssnowbirb8318 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I never seen the arcade game anywhere in 15 years. That definitely takes me back.

  • @sirrealgaming6913
    @sirrealgaming6913 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "a mobile game by *EA* "
    why am i not surprised~

  • @alvarochaves1999
    @alvarochaves1999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The last console The Simpsons game to be released in Japan is the Xbox version of The Simpsons: Hit & Run, in English language.

  • @Holammer
    @Holammer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Notice how Bart's t-shirt is blue in the game?... now it'll bother you for the rest of the day.

    • @yusukeelric
      @yusukeelric 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The game started development very early into the series. During the first episodes of the first season characters had different color patterns. wich leads me to think they didn't have definitive choices for any characters
      In Bart case, i think it was made for 2 reasons, Lisa is already orange. Color separation is important in beat em ups. Also bart had that shirt in some promotional material of the era for some reason.

    • @KeybladeMasterAndy
      @KeybladeMasterAndy 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Somecooltoad Bart didn't wear his bluse shirt in Season 1.

    • @hansdroedel5587
      @hansdroedel5587 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i believe his shirt was Always blue in other media except of the tv show. I remember he also had the blue shirt in the comic book (at least in the early years)

    • @aryudsoh
      @aryudsoh 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah the blue shirt was common outside of the TV show so it never used to bother me.

    • @TRJ2241987
      @TRJ2241987 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think it was mostly done to make him look different than Lisa myself.
      I think it's interesting that they got Smithers corrected, and not like season one
      media.giphy.com/media/dQf2G3I87D4C4/source.gif

  • @LunyMilky
    @LunyMilky 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Oh my, i miss this era of games so much. Golden times :)

    • @night-x6793
      @night-x6793 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Luny & Milky When arcades were golden. You really did miss the golden era but even if you did miss it there is still a good collection of stories for that era.

  • @ae86Pride
    @ae86Pride 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Pretty much the US version just takes all your money. The points are added for bonuses yet you don’t get that and the extra health to beat the game is not given. Hence why you spend so much money to beat it

  • @H250V
    @H250V 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I honestly liked the original version a lot, but considering the Japanese version had extra content like the screen nukes, I kind of feel it's the superior version, even if it was easy.

    • @Thomasmemoryscentral
      @Thomasmemoryscentral 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Getting to weapon attack in the air made rushing bosses such as Big Krusty Balloon, Snoozing Drunk and the Boss Samurai easier

  • @williamgottlieb8723
    @williamgottlieb8723 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It seems the changes were made in the game to butter up the Japanese public for the upcoming arrival of the Simpsons TV show there. If they had a difficult or frustrating time playing the game, memories of that may have caused them to tune out to the series.

  • @xRocketzFighterx
    @xRocketzFighterx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It sucks that this game got taken off the xbla store but you can still play it online if you still own the game.

  • @cfosterr
    @cfosterr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    So Im actually really curious: what is the logic behind renting games being illegal in Japan?

    • @ShinSeikiEvan
      @ShinSeikiEvan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The game companies strongarmed the government/legal system into doing so? Because they certainly tried to do this is the US too

    • @michi84o
      @michi84o 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      google "Why You Can't Rent Games in Japan". There is an old Kotaku article that says computer stores were renting pirated copies of games and video game companies managed to change copyright laws in 1984. Rental seems to be legal if the studio gives permission.

    • @JohnDoe-wq5eu
      @JohnDoe-wq5eu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I forget who did a video called Nintendo vs. Blockbuster, the end result was Nintendo lost so instead they made their games harder in the West so that people couldn't beat them in one rental. They literally invented Nintendo hard to counteract rentals.

    • @ChristopherSobieniak
      @ChristopherSobieniak 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Probably doesn't help Japan has a far larger arcade culture than the US does when it comes to certain titles.

    • @JohnDoe-wq5eu
      @JohnDoe-wq5eu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@ChristopherSobieniak
      Also it still has a fairly thriving arcade scene.
      Whereas in America it's all but dead.
      Well, we've still got Dave and Busters and things like that.
      Small little arcades that linger on. But mostly the arcade in America died somewhere around the end of the 90s.
      Everytime I'm in a movie theater or a pizza place and I see stand-up arcade machines I have to keep myself from crying, it's like seeing an old friend you haven't seen in so long.

  • @highflyer011
    @highflyer011 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, awesome video man! This game is my all time favorite arcade game, and I was actually lucky enough to pick up a dedicated US cabinet last year. I never knew there were any differences between the US/Japan versions. I will say that this game is one of the greatest quarter eaters of all time! I've beaten it with friends multiple times, and it typically takes between 40-60 lives for each person to beat the game. Depending on how good you are at the double damage attack, and how good you are at staying away from the bosses attacks. Either way, that's between $10-$15 a person to complete this game, so I can see why they toned down the difficulty for overseas! lol

    • @pinrod1
      @pinrod1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i agree with this, my brother and I beat this game in the 90's at the big arcade that is on the boardwalk of virginia beach. It took a full $20 worth of quarters/tokens between the 2 of us to beat it. It was a 4 player cabinet btw......good times!

  • @scannaunderscore1
    @scannaunderscore1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I always wondered why it was so similar to turtles arcade

  • @davidmorales5766
    @davidmorales5766 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    interesting. i like it how the simpsons did become a huge success in sales of toys, action figures, and videogames.

  • @topdamagewizard
    @topdamagewizard 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    One reason why the Japanese game would be easier is that it cost 100 yen to play. Roughly 1 US dollar. While the US version cost 1/4 of that per credit.

  • @edwardgaines6561
    @edwardgaines6561 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not only is the game fondly remembered, the game is *STILL* fondly played today.
    For example, 16-BIT BAR!

  • @songoku9348
    @songoku9348 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Gotta love the Pandora's box. I have the 4S+ and the simpsons arcade game is included. Why this wasn't released on the SNES and Mega Drive at the time I have no idea.

    • @gonzalotorres5282
      @gonzalotorres5282 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Son Goku Acclaim had exclusivity for the consoles, which sucks.

  • @hansdroedel5587
    @hansdroedel5587 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All the suprised comments about the nukes in the japanese version are kinda weird. Japan made a lot of movies, anime, manga and games where nuculear disaster is part of the plot (saw a lot of anime where it even happens again in the future) Japan is not sticking their heads in the sand what happened in the past like what the germans doing

  • @oscarlobaton979
    @oscarlobaton979 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    There was a japanese version of this game in Caracas, Venezuela. Extremely easy to 1 coin it if you had experience with the US version. Thanks for your video!

  • @stuffingtonjfluffypantsiii
    @stuffingtonjfluffypantsiii 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was the first video game I ever beat. Granted to beat it all you really needed was enough time, patience, and most importantly quarters.

  • @Hektols
    @Hektols 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The first time I saw that game it was the japanese version and I found it awesome, then they switched it to the western version and I thought that owners put it in hard mode, most people prefered the japanese version, having more weapons and hidden food items made it more interesting and being able to expand the health bar was a reward for playing good.
    It is not mentioned but in the japanese version you can lift the police car in the first level if you play with friends

  • @yusukeelric
    @yusukeelric 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Kinda related to the video.... There was a EA Simpsons game that is a pseudo remake of this one but overall the story is the same. It was pretty cool for a cellphone game

  • @MrPomegranX
    @MrPomegranX 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    The Japanese are a bunch of casuals. Lol

    • @FreakinSweet1987
      @FreakinSweet1987 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      David Hoyos The easier difficulty was likely from the Simpsons being a lesser-known property in Japan at the time. In the U.S., we'd want to continue to see the familiar set pieces from the show. Japan probably wouldn't care as much and wouldn't bother to keep pumping quarters into it.

    • @warrenbradford2597
      @warrenbradford2597 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      David Hoyos Not all Japanese are casuals,you know. There are at least some hardcore ones. We wouldn't have Dark Souls and Japanese gamers completing in fighting game tournaments like EVO if that weren't the case.

    • @MrPomegranX
      @MrPomegranX 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well I was making a joke. Of course not all Japanese gamers are casuals. Have you seen them play fighting game!!! Goechi is amazing!!!

    • @ratlinggull2223
      @ratlinggull2223 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just like Shiva of the deceased

    • @gc3k
      @gc3k 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Japan arcade games are designed to be fair enough that a player could beat the game with one credit. Some games are harder than others, but enemy patterns and other obstacles in arcade games tend to be less cheap. The gameplay tweaks in this game may have been used to offset the cheap as hell enemies

  • @blackmagician7645
    @blackmagician7645 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Japan's alterations add more to the USA original instead of subtracting. This basically memes it the advance version as it is filled with more content

  • @Burn_Angel
    @Burn_Angel 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm curious about why would Konami ADD nuclear bombs in the japanese version.
    Tbh, I never played this, but it'd make more sense if nuclear bombs were only present in the english version. I mean, that'd be like adding falling towers in the english release of a japanese game.

  • @donbasuradenuevo
    @donbasuradenuevo 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mr. Burns and Smithers were given the One Piece villain treatment: They got huge.

  • @Ekraelum
    @Ekraelum 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    So, the Japanese version in the PSN/Xbox Live version is like 'New game +" or something like that?

  • @1169218923
    @1169218923 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    That’s probably why you still see arcades in Japan. This to me sounds like the US, UK Europe etc were more money hungry for players to put more money in their machines, which I think was one of the reasons arcades have died out. Obviously home consoles was the main factor, but I am pretty sure this didn’t help either. I remember hardly seeing anyone beat a game in the arcade as a kid. The only time was watching someone in Spain beat Hammering Harry and another was back home in the U.K. watching someone beat House of the Dead. Not complaining about difficulty, but I think Japan did the right thing.

  • @voiceofreason467
    @voiceofreason467 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So aside from a few design for the character's, the Japanese version sounds like the authentic version.

  • @h4hercules526
    @h4hercules526 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I spent a lot of pesos on this arcade game when I was a kid... great game didn’t even know they released it on Ps3/Xbox 👍🏼

  • @WildBuster
    @WildBuster 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    At least Marge's deadly ass attack that would break the enemies' wasn't censored.

  • @earlduran6419
    @earlduran6419 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Japanese version is my preferred version :D

  • @Japaneseanimeguy
    @Japaneseanimeguy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Unrelated to the main topic but during the intro how many others rolled their eyes at the mention of a "mobile game from EA"?

  • @marcusdodd6903
    @marcusdodd6903 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    There's a picture of all the Simpsons games, and in the centre is The Simpsons Arcade game...for SNES? Is this real?

  • @night-x6793
    @night-x6793 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's funny that Japan has easy arcade games but hard console games back than.

  • @jdb2002
    @jdb2002 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    It was harder in the west because arcade machines have one function-to make money. So they make the game more difficult (sometimes unfairly so) to suck more quarters from players
    In Japan, they probably want the player to have a good time as well.

  • @Lexilove2016
    @Lexilove2016 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just realized all the level end minigames are Mario party minigames

  • @fade2black1982
    @fade2black1982 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I loved this game. I remember buying those shitty nes games, just based off of my experience with the arcade game.

  • @Drakewood
    @Drakewood 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I guess JDM superiority applies to more in the nineties than just cars! This game ate so many of my quarters at pizza hut!

  • @eugeneketaminekrebs3403
    @eugeneketaminekrebs3403 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Played it with 3 other people one time at an arcade where I used to live. It was a fun experience.

  • @SonicboomYouTube
    @SonicboomYouTube 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This game needs to be on the switch.

  • @Vistico93
    @Vistico93 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really wish they'd remake this game. This was made, I'm guessing, before the first season had finished so you see strange things like Sideshow Bob being a helpful character. This could be a really fun fighting game. I don't even necessarily want better graphics: what we got is fine but imagine the details that could be put into it now and sound clips

  • @miasuke
    @miasuke 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Game de-listed like X-Men Arcade and many others. I would love to see the game re-listed.

  • @lumlee1
    @lumlee1 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    There's no 4-players mode in the Japan as well :)... Until PS3 or Xbox360 ports were released

  • @TaylorTCarlson
    @TaylorTCarlson 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Japanese version should let you play as Mr. Sparkle instead of Homer.

  • @Scripture-Man
    @Scripture-Man ปีที่แล้ว

    They really should have fixed Bart so his top is red like in the show! :-)

  • @BellowDGaming
    @BellowDGaming 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Simpsons made easier in Japan similar to Double Dragon 3 Arcade having all weapons and movesets avail. Interesting is the ending why are Barts classmate and peincipal there? Bunch of nosy people, Snowball and Santa’s Little Helper I can understand because they are pets

  • @juiceala
    @juiceala 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Simpsons is dubbed to Arabic? I'm Arabian, I never heard of an Arabic dibbed version, I only saw it subbed.

    • @collaterale1
      @collaterale1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're not wrong fam. It was dubbed in Arabic, and its called Al-Shamshoon. I reccommend watching the video from the same channel:
      th-cam.com/video/OnEkFCzcKOI/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=CensoredGaming

  • @TheCaptainSplatter
    @TheCaptainSplatter 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    So you have to beat the game to get easy mode? Isn't it usually a harder mode when you beat a game?

  • @TJ_Actual1
    @TJ_Actual1 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Japanese version of X-Men was easier as well with a power up pill. Something the English version lacked.

  • @ThiagoSantos-bo8vu
    @ThiagoSantos-bo8vu 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lisa: "Ha-ha, made you look!". 😛

  • @hansdroedel5587
    @hansdroedel5587 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    anyone noticed the Snes cover art for the Arcade game?????

  • @The90sGamingGuy
    @The90sGamingGuy 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the classic Simpsons episodes and own the first 8 seasons on DVD. Simpsons arcade game is nothing short of amazing and i have been meaning to buy the PS3 port of the game. The facts in this video about the game i had no idea about. Great video!

  • @drurysmann
    @drurysmann 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Does the japanese version exist for 4 players or just for 2 players? Anyone knows?

  • @RinOtonashi
    @RinOtonashi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Donkey Kong Country did the same thing.

    • @CobraMJD
      @CobraMJD 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      But Donkey Kong Country it is a easy game, or u talking about some other thing?

  • @jewelmen10mugen87
    @jewelmen10mugen87 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sheesh! Mr.Burns is taller than Homer

  • @KenMasters.
    @KenMasters. 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Marge's vacuume is the dumbest idea ever to be put in this game.

  • @Legendragon25
    @Legendragon25 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wait so the game was easier to play in Japan? No wonder I wasted all my coins as a child at the Pizza arcade back then. America made arcades hard mode only to take your money. lol

  • @RoyC64
    @RoyC64 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I Freakin love this game

  • @mraaronhd
    @mraaronhd 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    So Japanese game developers thought that we western gamers couldn’t handle RPGs, but yet they thought that their own population couldn’t handle beat-em-ups?

  • @dee-jayluig-jay5352
    @dee-jayluig-jay5352 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    why does the country that didn't even have the show get the better version of the game adaptation of a western franchise ...
    I'm so fucking boggled by this but the Japanese version is far better than the International release!

  • @nuclearthreat545
    @nuclearthreat545 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    oh no

  • @CheezItMuncherZack
    @CheezItMuncherZack 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Me and my dad played this on the atgames legends ultimate on CoinOpsX

  • @deathwizard1996
    @deathwizard1996 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The Japanese Version is better

  • @MrJimmyTide
    @MrJimmyTide 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I find it ironic that atomic bombs were ALLOWED in the Japanese release... ;)

  • @randommay3573
    @randommay3573 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    We all know the arcade and virtual springfield is the best

  • @wdcain1
    @wdcain1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I hated it took me so long to get a ps3 since by the time I got one, _Simpsons_ and _X-Men_ were both off PSN. Drat!

    • @JohnDoe-wq5eu
      @JohnDoe-wq5eu 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Seriously that was Fox they need to get their shit together and get those back up, but at this point pretty unlikely.

    • @wdcain1
      @wdcain1 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I guess Fox still owns the rights to the Simpsons since it's a TV show and they only sold their movie division to Disney. I hope one day I'll have another opportunity to buy these two games since they really are classics.

    • @JohnDoe-wq5eu
      @JohnDoe-wq5eu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well....... The X-Men one will be tricky as it's capcom,marvel,fox and Disney and probably more involved with it.
      The Simpsons one is more just mostly Konami being dicks, but both involved timed license agreements running out. Basically exactly what happened to the Scot pilgrim game.
      There's always a possibility of them coming back but at about a 10-year point after it's been removed I kind of give up hope.

  • @soragranda
    @soragranda 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:30 thats.. yoshikage Kira? XD.

  • @GeminiSaint1
    @GeminiSaint1 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I prefer the Japanese version of this game. The additions just make it more fun for me.

  • @mr.voidout4739
    @mr.voidout4739 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Japan adds mini nukes to their version... ::Edna Krabopple voice:: *_Hah!_*

  • @niceguy60
    @niceguy60 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have the pcb to this game

  • @hong10ly70
    @hong10ly70 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Who have link to play the japanese version please

  • @SmashLiXs
    @SmashLiXs 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    japan hates bart while they love lisa