*Do you have a magazine with a GTA series article?* I would be very grateful if you could scan or photograph me your issue. These GTA articles usually have a lot of interesting stuff inside. If you think that your article is uninteresting, contact me anyways. Be aware, that I don't care if your issue is not written in English. If I use your scans or other materials in a video, I will give you a shout-out. This would be my special thanks to you. If you have something awesome or a lot of articles, I would be happy to give you an early access of my upcoming video (or even videos) absolutely for free. Do you have GTA press kit or non-English GTA version? Contact me here *(nationalpepper@gmail.com)* Thanks in advance!
Hey there, anyone watching this and is a bit disappointed with the varying audio quality of my voiceover, I do apologize. I mentioned it on Twitter but for those who do not follow me I recently had to reformat my PC which made me lose progress on some extra stuff that Vadim sent me over Skype some time ago since I had the main voiceover done. For future stuff this will not happen again but for now please excuse that blemish on this production, happy holidays!
The German version is the one with the worst censorship in terms of gore... They never released an uncut patch on steam but the Android and iOS version have all the nice gore and rampages (but you cannot hit peds who lay on the ground with melee weapons)
I love this type of content, this type of editing really helps me understand every single detail and I'm always hyped for your uploads. I appreciate that you still make videos on old Grand Theft Auto games and not some clickbait bullcrap that other GTA TH-camrs do today. Gaming TH-camrs should take your channel as an example (I'm not talking about Let's Players).
The two alternate skins in the Japanese PC release and the Mac OS release were also pre-order bonuses for the US release of the PC version of Vice City from EB Games and GameStop, in which they came in install discs to apply the skin in the game
i truly have no idea why they decided to censor blood that much. In anime and japanese movies in general they actually use too much blood to the point that it's comical, so i really dont know why they did this tbh.
Someone told me, even to this day, the Japanese government or the people behind CERO probably still thinks video games are for kids and may cause violent behaviors.. Yea, how about those gory animes and tentacle hentais then? jeezus Japan...
Errr who decides the censorship though??? I still remember a lots of gory anime censored outside Japan. Or some nude games censored outside Japan as well. Is this karma?? XD
Diaz has nothing to do with those Candy Suxxx/kitten photos and posters in the mansion. All of those appear after comleting Movie Studio asset mission Martha's Mug Shot. They are not there when Diaz owns the mansion. Interior of the building becomes messier along with progression of the game. When Diaz is the owner the place is clean but it got vandalized after Shakedown, and more garbage appears after certain missions like RC-copter after Demolition Man or multiple shopping and trashbags after G-Spotlight.
Someone made around GTAForums that they adapted the Japanese version’s changes into the Worldwide game without censoring it and added stuff that was left out in the final game. It’s called Updated SCM for Vice City.
Does the updated scm change the looks of the Vercetti gang to Vercetti Yakuza? And is Candy's stretch unobtainable? Is the photos of Candy in Diaz's mansion changed to kittens?
i don't understand japanese censorship ... they developped dead or alive extreme an other weird stuff but they don't wanna see a little erotic scene ...
I am so glad you made a video on this. Japanese version did look different, but I didn't know there were that many differences. And I am glad the Asset skip was talked about too. Great video as always!!! Keep it up!
Wow! I would like to try the Japanese version of GTA Vice City. Instead of Vercetti goons, you have "Yakuza"... And even if it's censored in some places, it doesn't disrupt the gameplay
I would like to point out that the cutscenes for "Martha’s Mug Shot" and "G-Spotlight" were also censored in the exact same way for the Australian release, though the spotlight image at the end of the latter is uncensored, unlike in Japan.
Hey, my Japanese isn’t fluent, but I’m sure I could help translate whatever it is you have! I’ve been learning for awhile, and use language exchange apps everyday to chat in Japanese. I absolutely love the language, and love using it. By the way, in Japan, ⭕️ is essentially like a check mark. It’s put on test to show you were correct, and basically is like a confirmation symbol. Whereas ❌ is negative, so I can see why the Japanese release would use a X for no and an O for yes
Plus, PS was influenced by Nintendo somewhat, since A and B buttons are swapped, that means PS controllers in Japan perform the same tasks as Nintendo controllers do. The most prominent influence for the controllers is Super Famicom(SNES for all non-Japanese people).
It seems weird to say blood was "nerfed" in one version. Usually I think of a nerf as making something less effective, or less useful to the player, but the amount of blood doesn't have anything to do with that.
To make something less effective you usually have to make a number smaller or lesser. Hence why they say the blood is nerfed. And also because having less blood just seems like a step down for a gta game that is already all about crime and criminals.
Speaking of release dates, it took San Andreas on PS2 THREE YEARS to be released in Japan. The PS3 was already on the market at that point! US: 26th October 2004 EU: 29th October 2004 JP: 25th January 2007
To all of those wondering, Japan doesn't threat foreign publishing game houses the same as their domestic counterparts and can make up any excuse to not include or expel content. Basically they can chew you up which ever way they wish of if you enter their market. Welcome to the world of international business, folks.
First or second video I've watched from you man and wow all I gotta say, really a lot of hard work and thought goes into these detailed videos and cuts right to the chase no 10 min intro of hit that like button BS lol *earned a sub deff*
Seeing this video 4 years later it's pretty interesting to see what they used for the Definitive edition and what they didn't from this. Definitely used the blood spraying and blood on screen nerf from this in the definitive edition
15:23 This is a common thing in Japanese society not just PS games. "O" in Japan/Korea is our "✔"(check mark). "X" is negation all over the world as far as I know. edit: Why do you think Sony has the circle and X buttons? Designed specifically for affirmation/negation purposes in games. The square/triangle buttons are simple shapes and go well with O and X.
@@zombie-bu1kc It depends really. In Germany they never censor any sexual content and you can see titties or naked bodies on normal tv shows. Violence on the other hand gets censored sometimes.
I find that very interesting that they censored blood so much in GTA Vice City for Japan, the country that also released Monster Hunter and had monsters gushing blood like a fountain on big hits.
You can self censor gore in GTAVC by changing the language to German. There's also a glitch where vehicles at Tommy's mansion turn gold. Unfortunately I have no clue how to actually make it happen. The Australian version has most of those candy parts removed and the ability to pick up hookers. But our PS4 version is the uncensored version which makes me happy because I hate censorship lol Haitian stuff and music were removed from all later versions of the game. Not censorship but the smoke grenade was removed from later versions because using it slowed the game down too much.
Actually those Candy picture appear after G-spotlight, I'm guessing those cat pictures do after this mission or are they all the time in Jappanese version
The button layout is most likely like that in Japan because of Nintendo having their A button where circle would be on the PS2 and the B button where the cross is.
Japanese Action animes: *Way too much fucking blood* The censors: Yup that's perfectly acceptable GTA Vice City: *Has blood at a controlled semi-realistic level* The censors: *O H N A W *
So was this attitude toward violence in Japan something only around the time of the release of Vice City or so? In my experience, Japan has historically let a lot of their media get extremely violent. Being a warrior culture for so long really made gore and blood pretty prevalent in their various entertainment mediums for a long time. I'm not saying it's wrong but that's what I have observed. So what's the deal? I looked up CERO which seems to be specifically an ESRB type of clone but for Japanese computer games. Were they just really hardcore about violence in particular? You can look in any young boy's shounen manga and see copious amounts of blood and bodies being twisted or cut in half so this is all very strange to me.
*Do you have a magazine with a GTA series article?* I would be very grateful if you could scan or photograph me your issue. These GTA articles usually have a lot of interesting stuff inside. If you think that your article is uninteresting, contact me anyways. Be aware, that I don't care if your issue is not written in English. If I use your scans or other materials in a video, I will give you a shout-out. This would be my special thanks to you. If you have something awesome or a lot of articles, I would be happy to give you an early access of my upcoming video (or even videos) absolutely for free. Do you have GTA press kit or non-English GTA version? Contact me here *(nationalpepper@gmail.com)* Thanks in advance!
Vadim M привет
Relax you can say something in russian at the russian version
You can try asking for translataction on gaiaonline.com on this section www.gaiaonline.com/forum/gaming-discussion/f.4/
Contact Alessio or Daniel. These 2 have everything that relates to Rockstar.
B Faria They even made a video showcasing their rare,very rare,super rare GTA related stuff.
So, Japan, the origin country of boob-fest games like Senran Kagura, has a version of Vice City where all nudity is completely cut. Ok then.
Alot can change in 10 years
@@ImTakingYouToFlavorTown still the fact is senran kagura still continues in kid focused demographic console like nintendo switch
@@ronank2432 yes Nintendo has more kids but the console still has adults playing it Snoy has kids games also
a lot of that is actually american tho. But Japan is so ahead of the time that it came out on PC first.
@im taking you to flavor town 10 year challenge
I'm Japanese, so I played Japanese version.
I didn't know why did I get wanted when I was just selling Ice cream 😂
I can just imagine that.
@@mayonnaise1271 I thought so, but literally there is no information for selling drags.
every information taught me that's Ice cream...
The old lady in the cherry popper's said that it sells non-dairy products so it's pretty much drugs
you get wanted in internaional too.
Because that wasn't ice cream that was drugs
Even porn is censored in Japan.
@A real bisexual petrol-head why do we have ti live there for uncensored porn u idiot
@YouthTalkzz what ever that mean?
w h a t
its true
Only censored still... it's completely illegal in almost all of Asia.
The way Tommy sits in silence in the censored film studio missions is disturbing.
@Steven c Gutierrez who is anatoly productions? I dont even see him here.
Carl Johnson too comment changed his name
pog
You can still hear the bed moment sound in the Japanese version
Hey there, anyone watching this and is a bit disappointed with the varying audio quality of my voiceover, I do apologize. I mentioned it on Twitter but for those who do not follow me I recently had to reformat my PC which made me lose progress on some extra stuff that Vadim sent me over Skype some time ago since I had the main voiceover done.
For future stuff this will not happen again but for now please excuse that blemish on this production, happy holidays!
SpooferJahks Domain It was gr8 m8 don't worry. You've done a good job.
you sounds.... sleepy. which ironically reminds me that i needed to sleep
*UPDATE*.
It turns out that "Anti" actually cheated to get that world record. So yeah, it sux. 👀
Vadim M same to you😃🎄🎅
Vadim M Have a nice Holidays as well😀
The German version is the one with the worst censorship in terms of gore... They never released an uncut patch on steam but the Android and iOS version have all the nice gore and rampages (but you cannot hit peds who lay on the ground with melee weapons)
(Gore cuts are the same as in GTA III and in the German "uncut" version on Android/iOS you cannot shoot off heads as well)
You wanted a Japanese translator, well I’m here
The Manga version of GTA Vice City was better than the game.
What? There is a manga of Vice City?
It's a joke
I agree, the game is filled with filler.
They totally just threw in some filler beach episodes to make up time between manga releases. Shameless.
dajokaman759 ikr. So much suspense and missions were in the manga. Unfortunately they were lazy and didnt add it to the game. Pathetic
fun fact: anti faked his speedruns
lol true
Who is anti
Aspire Wot 11:57 the speed runner shown here
who?
No anti use the bike handling modified not faked
glad to see speedrun glitches talked about in your videos
Fancy seeing you here.
I somehow knew he's gonna talk about that glitch at one point right when i saw "Japanese" in the title.
Also Ayy Gypsy!
ayy its gospy
wht u doing here
Wtf are you doing here fam
I love this type of content, this type of editing really helps me understand every single detail and I'm always hyped for your uploads. I appreciate that you still make videos on old Grand Theft Auto games and not some clickbait bullcrap that other GTA TH-camrs do today. Gaming TH-camrs should take your channel as an example (I'm not talking about Let's Players).
Love all the work that went into this ❤️
Have an awesome Christmas and New Year!
MrMario2011 8 subs until 50k!
YOU HERE?!
The two alternate skins in the Japanese PC release and the Mac OS release were also pre-order bonuses for the US release of the PC version of Vice City from EB Games and GameStop, in which they came in install discs to apply the skin in the game
Yeah, I saw that "GTA collection" video too.
Perfect Christmas gift. Happy holidays everyone.
yore 25 YOU TOOOO!
you too!
Pra quem é br um feliz natal a todos
Japan is really weird about censorship (or anything else, lmao). At least they have some cool reskins.
;D
i truly have no idea why they decided to censor blood that much. In anime and japanese movies in general they actually use too much blood to the point that it's comical, so i really dont know why they did this tbh.
Someone told me, even to this day, the Japanese government or the people behind CERO probably still thinks video games are for kids and may cause violent behaviors.. Yea, how about those gory animes and tentacle hentais then? jeezus Japan...
Errr who decides the censorship though??? I still remember a lots of gory anime censored outside Japan. Or some nude games censored outside Japan as well. Is this karma?? XD
Probably because rockstar is based in north america so they dont understand censorship there
published by Capcom in Japan
So, when we gonnna have Tommy Vercetti as additional character on SFV fam?
Or in MVC4 (if that will be a thing) 😁
@pet default Number 9
Found this channel today. Amazing informations, editing and best of all: Great taste in music.
Thanks!
Beautiful game.
Long live the early 2000's
11:58 ANTI is now banned by community due to smoking guns of cheating - altering vehicles config.
"This makes Diaz looks more insane then he needs to be" I just lost it there LMAO so funny! I feel like Keanu made a reference to that
Simply astounding.
Amazing work!
Good to see people still interested in GTA:VC
RIP ANTI, no longer the holder of the first place at speedruning the japanese version since he modified the code to speedup his vehicles.
Seeing Anti on this video now is really awkward, considering he got banned for cheating many of his Vice City runs. Oof.
In the Japanese version of Vice City the Yakuza is Swedish Mafia.
I like how Rockstar takes care of everything.
Except Red Dead Online
Used to.
ProfHavers is it bad? I just got it. It was £4, so I thought, why not?
@@isaacsrandomvideos667 you have the story mode right?
@@trevorphillips3402 nope
Diaz has nothing to do with those Candy Suxxx/kitten photos and posters in the mansion. All of those appear after comleting Movie Studio asset mission Martha's Mug Shot. They are not there when Diaz owns the mansion.
Interior of the building becomes messier along with progression of the game. When Diaz is the owner the place is clean but it got vandalized after Shakedown, and more garbage appears after certain missions like RC-copter after Demolition Man or multiple shopping and trashbags after G-Spotlight.
My mistake.
And why Vercetti Estate Asset is called protection ring? Maybe because all those asset mission are about protection racket.
Someone made around GTAForums that they adapted the Japanese version’s changes into the Worldwide game without censoring it and added stuff that was left out in the final game. It’s called Updated SCM for Vice City.
Got the link?
Does the updated scm change the looks of the Vercetti gang to Vercetti Yakuza?
And is Candy's stretch unobtainable? Is the photos of Candy in Diaz's mansion changed to kittens?
i don't understand japanese censorship ... they developped dead or alive extreme an other weird stuff but they don't wanna see a little erotic scene ...
me too.gta 5 censored too(
but this country really se**
I find it funny how Japan is basically ok with erotic stuff in games but not blood and gore but it's the complete opposite with the America
When it starts coming from other countries the standards start to get weird, lol.
I don't get it either look at this bullshit then think about how Japan is the country of hentai porn.
That's grey hair man... not blonde.... looks like Tashe is based on Robert De Niro in Copland, and Wild is based off Kurt Russell.
Alexander Joshua Davis that’s what I thought
Robert DeNiro in Jackie Brown
Sully uncharted.
tache skin is freddie mercury
Vadim gave me the greatest gift in christmas
Just Another Cool Video! Good Job Dude! (I Didn't Watch the whole video but i'm 100% Sure its another cool vid!)
You're my favourite GTA TH-camr. Keep up the good work!
Awesome video, i collect different versions of GTA games based on platform and boxart. This is a nice insight in the changes from region to region
I love the yakuza skins. It gives the feeling of running a real crime family and the skins look awesome.
I am so glad you made a video on this. Japanese version did look different, but I didn't know there were that many differences. And I am glad the Asset skip was talked about too. Great video as always!!! Keep it up!
7:20 at least japanese Version has blood, unlike the german version
7:03 LOL what?! Their anime is friggin nuts with many MANY gore and violence.
Different ratings boards. Plus it's kinda similar to how boomer Americans will complain about GTA and then go watch a violent movie.
@@cookieface80 Ok yea, that's a good point lol. I guess we all have our own nonsense ha.
Recently found your channel, and I love it! Thanks for all the effort you put into making them.
I love you and your videos bro,happy new year
Playing GTA VC with Japanese subs and fonts make the game even more A E S T H E T I C.
I don't get it.
@@Curlyheart
Vaporwave culture.
@@crack4184 Oooh, Vaporizing?
@@Curlyheart
I guess?
no.
Wow! I would like to try the Japanese version of GTA Vice City. Instead of Vercetti goons, you have "Yakuza"... And even if it's censored in some places, it doesn't disrupt the gameplay
I love this channel and also I had no idea that this version was very different then the one that we all know and love
I would like to point out that the cutscenes for "Martha’s Mug Shot" and "G-Spotlight" were also censored in the exact same way for the Australian release, though the spotlight image at the end of the latter is uncensored, unlike in Japan.
Very Detail Content and Magnificent Edited :)
Hey, my Japanese isn’t fluent, but I’m sure I could help translate whatever it is you have! I’ve been learning for awhile, and use language exchange apps everyday to chat in Japanese. I absolutely love the language, and love using it.
By the way, in Japan, ⭕️ is essentially like a check mark. It’s put on test to show you were correct, and basically is like a confirmation symbol. Whereas ❌ is negative, so I can see why the Japanese release would use a X for no and an O for yes
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Plus, PS was influenced by Nintendo somewhat, since A and B buttons are swapped, that means PS controllers in Japan perform the same tasks as Nintendo controllers do. The most prominent influence for the controllers is Super Famicom(SNES for all non-Japanese people).
Replacing candy with flowers and cats is too good of a change ❤️
The Japanese version isn't accurate.
No one committed suicide.
Well there was that one guy in Phnom Penh 86 who jumped off a bridge
Racist
Fictional Observer. red pill and anime LMFAO, ultra virgin lord detected
@@envynoir i saw a butt once
@@envynoir you also have an anime playlist
I love it when the video talks about japanese censorship with youtube censorship on the worldwide version.
R.I.P. Ray Liotta
It seems weird to say blood was "nerfed" in one version. Usually I think of a nerf as making something less effective, or less useful to the player, but the amount of blood doesn't have anything to do with that.
In this sense they just mean "less."
To make something less effective you usually have to make a number smaller or lesser. Hence why they say the blood is nerfed.
And also because having less blood just seems like a step down for a gta game that is already all about crime and criminals.
Mister can you tell me where my love has gone
He's a Japanese boy
I woke up one morning and my love was gone
Oh, my Japanese boy ...
*2 years later*
ooo i miss my Japanese boi
"special thanks to ANTI"
woah wait. The cheater?
ye
Martha's Mugshot but Tommy has schizophrenia
I like how this was uploaded on Christmas
Don't you just hate it when the video ends.!
Speaking of release dates, it took San Andreas on PS2 THREE YEARS to be released in Japan. The PS3 was already on the market at that point!
US: 26th October 2004
EU: 29th October 2004
JP: 25th January 2007
Japanese people: Why should we kill the pizza guy in the mission "road kill"?
Rockstar Games: Because the pizza guy is a Balla
Japanese people: screw you rockstar games!! youre wrong!! im gonna report you!!
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas 🎄
:) Have a great day tommorow!
U 2 mate
What a coincidence... Was just watching some of your old videos wondering when a new one would be out... Nice!
Another nice video, happy Christmas and New Year!
2:00 an old Opel Astra came also with those hub caps
Fantastic video. Also, Merry Christmas!
To all of those wondering, Japan doesn't threat foreign publishing game houses the same as their domestic counterparts and can make up any excuse to not include or expel content. Basically they can chew you up which ever way they wish of if you enter their market. Welcome to the world of international business, folks.
Man, Your Channel is the greatest
Think about Tommy getting damage and moaning like an anime girl "aah, don't !!" Oh it would be so good ( ͡◉ ͜ʖ ͡◉)
Wooo hahahaha so good lol. You are a true man of culture.
Wtf
The "Wild" skin reminds me of Onizuka from GTO
First or second video I've watched from you man and wow all I gotta say, really a lot of hard work and thought goes into these detailed videos and cuts right to the chase no 10 min intro of hit that like button BS lol *earned a sub deff*
Awesome vid! Looks like lots of work went into it!
8:54 9:33 doesn't Japan have those weird used panty vending machines that kids see
Yey I’m early, I have been wating for 2
months 😂
14:13 nice guy bonus...do you get that when you kill someone with a katana in that version?
i never knew about this, thx for your videos, hope it will came in less then 2 mounts :), merry Christmas
8:15 -- Talks about censorship while censoring the scene yourself?
Welcome to TH-cam.
The place of miracles.
It's been so long watching your videos !!!
I know two people that fluently speak Japanese, drop me a message and send me the materieal and I cam forward it through for you
Or you could use google translate . 2 years later
@@mikemiller539 >using google translate as an actual source of translation
I actually grabbed a JPN PS2 copy recently for £1 so I'll be happy to try it out when I can get my emulator working
I'm just imagining somebody walking into Diaz's office and seeing an inspirational poster of a cat that says something about "Mondays"
Seeing this video 4 years later it's pretty interesting to see what they used for the Definitive edition and what they didn't from this. Definitely used the blood spraying and blood on screen nerf from this in the definitive edition
12:55 I love how rockstar named the english language file "american"
15:23 This is a common thing in Japanese society not just PS games. "O" in Japan/Korea is our "✔"(check mark). "X" is negation all over the world as far as I know.
edit: Why do you think Sony has the circle and X buttons? Designed specifically for affirmation/negation purposes in games. The square/triangle buttons are simple shapes and go well with O and X.
how will they make a game affordable only if you 18+ but censor all the stuff that slighty is mature content lol
In Poland, if titties are shown in 16+ tv show, they are censored. so i think it is just normal.
@@zombie-bu1kc It depends really. In Germany they never censor any sexual content and you can see titties or naked bodies on normal tv shows. Violence on the other hand gets censored sometimes.
I find that very interesting that they censored blood so much in GTA Vice City for Japan, the country that also released Monster Hunter and had monsters gushing blood like a fountain on big hits.
You can self censor gore in GTAVC by changing the language to German.
There's also a glitch where vehicles at Tommy's mansion turn gold. Unfortunately I have no clue how to actually make it happen.
The Australian version has most of those candy parts removed and the ability to pick up hookers.
But our PS4 version is the uncensored version which makes me happy because I hate censorship lol
Haitian stuff and music were removed from all later versions of the game.
Not censorship but the smoke grenade was removed from later versions because using it slowed the game down too much.
ive been waiting for so long!
Actually those Candy picture appear after G-spotlight, I'm guessing those cat pictures do after this mission or are they all the time in Jappanese version
The button layout is most likely like that in Japan because of Nintendo having their A button where circle would be on the PS2 and the B button where the cross is.
Make a Video about GTA III and GTA SA Japanese Exclusive Features!
Japanese Action animes: *Way too much fucking blood*
The censors: Yup that's perfectly acceptable
GTA Vice City: *Has blood at a controlled semi-realistic level*
The censors: *O H N A W *
Tommy Vercetti has the coolest strut of all GTA characters 1:25
This guy telling us how pathetic censorship is. Hi TH-cam?
So was this attitude toward violence in Japan something only around the time of the release of Vice City or so? In my experience, Japan has historically let a lot of their media get extremely violent. Being a warrior culture for so long really made gore and blood pretty prevalent in their various entertainment mediums for a long time. I'm not saying it's wrong but that's what I have observed. So what's the deal? I looked up CERO which seems to be specifically an ESRB type of clone but for Japanese computer games. Were they just really hardcore about violence in particular?
You can look in any young boy's shounen manga and see copious amounts of blood and bodies being twisted or cut in half so this is all very strange to me.
Many of these things you cover I have seen earlier on GTAForums lmao I remember looking at the Japanese changes thingy
im a good vice city citizen.
No
No
Yes
Jk no
I won’t sit here and take that shit from you punks ....get lost
*Tommys Voice*
Cool video. This game is a childhood classic.
10:42 The cat photo ever became a meme
it is called protection ring cause in mission cop land you destroy shops so people pay for protection
why did they censor blood from the japanese version
when mostly is we that censor japan
You have a good point...
WHAT? I don't understand what you typed.
japanese games some time have blood like megaman and we censor that in other versions
but in this case they censored blood
I guess it's called Payback XD
Revenge
turns out selling ice cream in japanese vice city is illegal