I feel bad for Japan now since while the game is more "friendlier" and easier to progress (Though Spyro sound more of a child in his Japanese accent), it didn't go as well as the rest of the world that they didn't released the Reignited Trilogy in Japan, which now I feel like they don't deserve this kind of criticism...
Because I'm Japanese young player , I firstly knew this game from Crash Bandicoot whose game had bought by my parents. But now my playing remastered version is in progress,and found it very nice! Thank all developers for releasing spyro!
Because they thought these changes were for the better and more suited to their market. They were wrong eventually of course, but they didn't know that at the time!
These changes were requested from Japanese players. You can't blame Insomniac for making these changes. Now I'd agree the whole "motion sickness" thing is dumb since Sonic was developed in Japan and it was so fast for its time that some people got dizzy after playing it not only in Japan but in the whole world.
Another addition to the Japanese version of Spyro 2 is that the level intros and outros are given full voiceovers; with Spyro and his friends in Avalar commenting on the happenings within. In the outro for Metropolis, Spyro humorously pretends to be a worker robot in trouble with it's boss.
It's really a shame Spyro didn't get a fair chance in Japan because of this. I really wonder about those Japanese testers who got motion sickness from it, I find it hard to believe that it would be common enough amongst a significant number of testers for it to seem like those radical changes were necessary.
@Heart of Chaos Is there racism? The reason I ask is because some countries are racist towards outsiders. Eventhough I live in America, my ethnicity is latino
Only in Japan where you can make the most intense, gruesome animation, yet still feel that characters outside of Japan are “too intimidating.” I’d argue that Japan has scarier characters, folklore or media, than in the US.
*But is different when it comes to translating it into game design, mostly games are mean to kids or families to play, so anything that is cultural different could make them uncomfortable or something with the design, anime is like cartoon, day is for kids and night is adults, the kids don't see the same mature anime we do on-line since it would cause a lot of trouble as letting adult swim into day schedule*
@@BenersantheBread lol you're right, i just googled the art boxes of many of the kirby games, and kirby looks angry on every version that came out there in the west, i guess is to make it look like the heroe? like a brave heroe?
Its called "Cultural Differences". The same way Circle is X and X is Circle in Japan and vice versa. Western prefer BadAss characters. Japanese on the other hand prefer cute characters. There is nothing wrong with it.
@@NicolasSilvaVasault It's mainly due to different marketing strategies. American marketing tries to avoid using happy or cute-looking characters on it's box art unless it's selling to a specific market (very young children or girls) and will often make the character more "manly" so to speak to appeal to young boys/men. Brooding, cocky, or determined expessions tend to be the common changes. Meanwhile Japan's cute boxart tends to sell better then the more angry boxart that the West uses because the characters look like they're actually going to have fun which makes them appealing.
I think the Japanese voices sound pretty cool, but aside from that the Japanese version is atrocious. The Japanese version of Ripto's Rage isn't terrible, aside from Spyro's speed nerf. It's sad that they missed out on the Reignited Trilogy because Insomniac Games soured their opinion of Spyro with an inferior version of the first game.
I also feel bad that Japan didn't get Spyro Reignited Trilogy in Japan due to some issues they couldn't resolve... And no joke but I think of Spyro being a child with the Japanese voice.
@@AutZentus I still think of him as male with that voice, though at the same time kinda like Young Simba's voice. But now that you mentioned it, then...that too, I guess...
Funny enough, Disney's stuff actually is popular in Japan. Frozen was raking in the Yen for 4 months during its theatrical run, and Stitch was rather popular as well.
@Kimi FW - Does that go for the male population as well? Whatever the case, I don't understand it, because Spyro is the perfect combination of cool AND cute.
Not always. Crash Bandicoot was so popular in Japan that it even got its own manga adaptions. Also many old western rpg were so popular in Japan that they decided making their own rpg.
I’m up for an eventual Japanese release of the Reignited Trilogy that does not contain any motion blur that would cause motion sickness. Since the changes to the camera in the Japanese version of Spyro 1 backfired, the option to have the camera follow Spyro around should be there by default, but be more steady and less rapid to prevent motion sickness.
The Reignited Trilogy may well indeed be the first time the Japanese audience may have been able to get Spyro as intended, as well as Spyro 3, assuming the trilogy is even sold in Japan.
If you were born in Japan you wouldn't have even known about the original western version of the game at the time it came out, so you wouldn't even be aware of any changes.
@Some Dude Yes, but you wouldn't have known there was a better version of the game to get obsessed with, so you would've just put it down and moved on to another game with no harm done.
Gonna be honest. After all the Japanese exclusive games there have been over the years, it's kinda nice to see there is a great game they don't have access to yet.
1:25 Motion sickness due to the 3D camera? Sonic Adventure 1 released in the same year, right? Either, they skipped SA1, were incredibly biased, or thought their own complaint was incredibly dumb.
Honestly the reason Spyro failed in Japan is probably because the alternative cover image was made with a low budget. The redesign is an absolute failure from an artistic point of view.
I honestly don't get the whole "badass characters don't sell in Japan, cute is more marketable", I mean, sure some styles are less marketable in Japan, but sometimes the whole aggressive thing doesn't sell just seems dumb, shonen manga are barely cute, Dragon Ball is super popular, anything cool with the little boys is super "in your face" and badass, like Super Sentai, Kamen Rider, Dragon Ball, Naruto and the list goes on, there are some things that balance cute and cool like Pokemon, but the only cute stuff is often seen as just for girls, for example Animal Crossing seems more marketed torwards girls, especially after Isabelle was introduced, Kirby also seems more popular with female demographics (judging by how the merchandise is super girly and Waddle Dees are priviledged, I don't think a 5 year old would buy something with a giant bleeding eye on it) and boys manga magazines always try to edgify him while girls magazines are more true to his nature, honestly I highly doubt a boy over 8 years old would buy a Kirby game if it wasn't for CoroCoro making Kirby more attractive to boys, and pretty much anything on that magazine is super extreme and anti-kawaii, so, while I understand making a character more manga looking, like Crash, because they think it's more appealing for Japanese markets than a Western cartoon look, Spyro looks straight up childish crap while Crash was balanced between cute and cool, but something straight up cute with no edge doesn't usually sell well with the boys, there's a reason why Tamagotchi started becoming more targeted torwards girls around the mid to late 2000's, because the characters looked too soft for the average Japanese boy, but the Spyro on the Japanese boxart of one of the GBA games looks really good actually
This tends to happen with animal characters and characters in "kids" properties. I believe the demographic for shonen is preteens/teens. "Kids" property over in the US usually means something made for 6+ kids. "kids" property in Japan probably incorporates children under 6 as well. If I recall correctly Properties in Japan ft. talking animals are usually geared toward little kids.
At the same time, the west feels the unnecessary need to make every cute japanese property, cool or manly because western men have an extremely fragile masculinity and hate "girly" things (which are not even considered girly in japan)
@@mekabare *Cultural difference, in Asia the feminine man is equivalent of the model like in West, to mention a few imagine a j rock or k pop singer, to Japan they looks like Leonardo DiCaprio or Johnny Depp (not sure if this what girls like tho), it's simply cultural that western audience don't like feminine looking guys*
RIP Spyro for Smash Ultimate... they decided on Ultimate DLC before remasters released, and no advertising in Japan, which was not released in that region. Most of his game's weren't even released in Japan, unlike Metroid and Castlevania.
It's kind of sad that Japan probably won't get the remake translated because of the original version. I always wondered how come Crash is popular in Japan but Spyro wasn't. Now I know.
@@burgerkingJ I don't think that. Japanese put a lot value into education and english is there as well the most anticipated second language to learn. Also it's already fine to have only little english knowledge, as long as the english subtitles are turned on, the context is easy to understand from only knowing a few important key words. I haven't played Reignited yet, but I believe it still pauses inbetween the dialogues and requires to press a button to read more, right? In that regard people can also take a dictionary for help, after all the most important thing is the game experience, and reading is only a small part of it. Obviously that doesn't necessarily apply to elementary schoolers, who may have more problems regarding the language barrier than probably teenagers or older fans that want to relive childhood.
4:14 Is the Pokéball Plus equivalent to the PocketStation and Sega VMU? The Japanese market started off the digital pet craze with Tamagotchi and the alternative version, Digimon. It seems digital pets are still quite relevant in Japan.
I literally can't use Google with NordVPN because I get a crazy long captcha every time I search something since it says my IP is spamming Google. I just keep it disconnected now.
Almost a minute of the Nord VPN advert, then slapping a summary of the advert again and a 12 second blank screen at the end, all in a “6 minute 30 second video”. If it wasn’t for the fact that you had useful information about the Japanese version of Spyro, I would have disliked and set your channel as “not interested - do not show any videos from Censored Gaming again” like others have and would do. But this time I’ll let it slide. Viewers hate blatant advert slapping to pad time.
That Japanese Spyro 1 L1+R1 thing is only in the Limited Edition (SCPS-10083), the regular version (SCPS-10085) didn't have that (or so I've heard). EDITADD: Too bad at one point one was only able to find the Limited Edition ROM online, now the other one is also there if you look at all the right places. Limited Edition also came with 2 discs, the other one (SCPS-10084) was a demo or something for another game.
I know how it is unlocked, but is it in both Japanese discs of the game or not? Looking at the right place I got the other one finally, and they do support save files, despite having a different product code (SCPS-10083 Limited, SCPS-10085 Regular). If only I had a 120% save file.
On a bad day, I'd feel that these changes sound like deliberate sabotage. I know that doesn't make any sense, but it's hard to believe that the executives thought Japanese children would enjoy the final product.
I'm glad this video has subtitles lol no kidding, I understand him like only 20% Also why does it sound so surprising that the game was also fully dubbed in japanese? One should expect it to be fully dubbed in the countries that it gets released. Germany fully dubbed it too.
The camera in the japanese version is giving me motion sickness from just watching this video... I don't even know how it's supposed to prevent motion sickness when it's doing the exact opposite. :v
Debatable really. For example the west is not ok with excessive nudity while japan is ok with this even in underage characters. On the other hand the west is ok with violence while for japan being a nonce is ok but showing the natural response of a human body being harmed is crossing the fucking line
@@JGaute Debatable really. For example japan is not ok with with excessive graphic violence while the west is ok with is even in underage characters. On the other hand Japan is ok with nudity while for the west tearing a human body to pieces is ok but showing what a human body looks like in it's natural state and the natural response of a human body being pleasured is crossing the fucking line.
It's too bad Akiko Yajima has since been retired, so Spyro would've been given a new Japanese voice, right? Wrong. Spyro still has his English voice in the JPN versions of Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, making him stand out compared to all applicable Crash characters who are dubbed in Japanese. UPDATE: The Final Update to Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled added Japanese voices to the Spyro Characters. Gnasty Gnorc and Hunter are reprised by their old Japanese voice actors from their corresponding games, but Spyro got recasted with a new voice! Unfortunately, the credits only mention the English voice cast even in the Japanese version, so Spyro's new voice actor remains unknown.
If I didn't care nor wondered as a young adult on why the knifes and bull horn ends had red on them,I didn't fucking care on what the red symbolizes. I know full well that CHILDREN didn't CARE or was negatively affected by it. I really hate censorship.
Personally, considering how Japanese action games are today and that they now have the possibility of welcoming a 3D platform from the PS1 era, we can say that on this occasion the Japanese screwed up.
Activist on doesn't have the original source code, the reignited trilogy was built from the ground up. I believe the regnited trilogy is available in japan however so they should have access to it now.
*Speed maybe, camera probably would ruin it, Japan is famous for lots of problems including cameras or certain graphical things, just remembered when Polygon episode sent kids to hospital for it's bright colors sparking, I dunno the scientific reason to why Japan has so much vision problems tho*
These changes aren't "censorship". With that said, the camera in the Spyro games is not good. It's not completely awful, but it is pretty bad, and it did make me a little motion sick at times as well. The attempt to "fix" the camera or mitigate motion sickness appeared to make the game even worse however. Considering the game didn't do well in Japan, leads me to believe that the changes made the game pretty awful.
To be honest, changes like these are not that bad. I mean, i understand the motion sickness stuff, while i never had that with Spyro, there was a game or two that caused slight motion sickness for me, so i get that one. The cover is a given. Looking at Crash Bandicoot, it was the same thing. The censorship part...........thats the rather unnecessary part but if it was just tiny blood parts (and we know by know how Japan reacts to blood..............however the US/EU react way WAY worse when it comes to sex), then i guess its fine. Sure, not agreeing with that kind of censorship either but that kind is really almost not even worth mentioning. And actually kudos to Japan for not releasing the PS4 version of Spyro.
The EU actually is not as prude as the US so sexual content is not censored like it is in the US. They're sensitive about violence though. (Much to EU players dismay)
@Some Dude I never stated that these changes should be accepted at all. In fact, i dont support these changes (however, covers themselves are fine) at all, especially not censorship in any way, shape or form. However, comparing to a shit ton of games that got censored up to today.................heck and especially today thanks to motherfucking Sony and their idiotic policiy, the changes and censorship in Spyro are rather tame to the point where its almost (again: almost) not even worth mentioning.
God, I feel so bad for anyone who had to endure the Japanese version of Spyro 1.
@@dyvyby Mansex is easy!
ARLE!
I feel bad for Japan now since while the game is more "friendlier" and easier to progress (Though Spyro sound more of a child in his Japanese accent), it didn't go as well as the rest of the world that they didn't released the Reignited Trilogy in Japan, which now I feel like they don't deserve this kind of criticism...
I finished the Japanese version twice. Its one hell of a chore to play. Spyro 2 at least fixes the camera, but its not much better.
tbf that dragonfly thing sounds awesome, too bad it comes in a game like this
Because I'm Japanese young player , I firstly knew this game from Crash Bandicoot whose game had bought by my parents. But now my playing remastered version is in progress,and found it very nice! Thank all developers for releasing spyro!
I'm happy you're enjoying the Reignited Trilogy.
Insomniac: *releases inferior version of game in Japan*
Insomniac: "Why isn't it as popular as the rest of the world????
nintendo: releases inferior version of game in rest of the world
nintendo: Why isn't it as popular as in Japan????
XD
Because they thought these changes were for the better and more suited to their market. They were wrong eventually of course, but they didn't know that at the time!
Stormerbuzz FyfEnDertig those changes were requested by Sony of Japan
These changes were requested from Japanese players. You can't blame Insomniac for making these changes.
Now I'd agree the whole "motion sickness" thing is dumb since Sonic was developed in Japan and it was so fast for its time that some people got dizzy after playing it not only in Japan but in the whole world.
Not their call, I bet.
Usa: he looks cool
Japan: he needs more cuteness!
To me, he’s cute regardless because he’s purple :3
I never thought that was blood. Just thought his horns were red.
You must've been pretty young then
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Wish I had seen this earlier
Another addition to the Japanese version of Spyro 2 is that the level intros and outros are given full voiceovers; with Spyro and his friends in Avalar commenting on the happenings within.
In the outro for Metropolis, Spyro humorously pretends to be a worker robot in trouble with it's boss.
It's really a shame Spyro didn't get a fair chance in Japan because of this. I really wonder about those Japanese testers who got motion sickness from it, I find it hard to believe that it would be common enough amongst a significant number of testers for it to seem like those radical changes were necessary.
The west, you did well this time.
You do realise there are a lot of things censored in Japan from the west .-.
The West is the best
If you disagree
There's a bomb for you
Or three
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@@mistermoose5326 racism DETECTED
@@kabuto0789 i think it was a joke
As a Spyro fan, I'm glad I didn't grow up in Japan
@Heart of Chaos Why?
@Heart of Chaos I wanna go there, but I'm afraid that there would be no one that speaks English or Spanish
@Heart of Chaos Is there racism? The reason I ask is because some countries are racist towards outsiders. Eventhough I live in America, my ethnicity is latino
Hahaha same
Only in Japan where you can make the most intense, gruesome animation, yet still feel that characters outside of Japan are “too intimidating.” I’d argue that Japan has scarier characters, folklore or media, than in the US.
*But is different when it comes to translating it into game design, mostly games are mean to kids or families to play, so anything that is cultural different could make them uncomfortable or something with the design, anime is like cartoon, day is for kids and night is adults, the kids don't see the same mature anime we do on-line since it would cause a lot of trouble as letting adult swim into day schedule*
what's the crime on making a cute character to look badass? what's wrong with japan???
The opposite happens here with games from Japan like how Kirby looks angry on western covers of his (its?) games.
@@BenersantheBread lol you're right, i just googled the art boxes of many of the kirby games, and kirby looks angry on every version that came out there in the west, i guess is to make it look like the heroe? like a brave heroe?
@@BenersantheBread Kirby doesn't look angry lol looks focused
Its called "Cultural Differences". The same way Circle is X and X is Circle in Japan and vice versa.
Western prefer BadAss characters. Japanese on the other hand prefer cute characters. There is nothing wrong with it.
@@NicolasSilvaVasault It's mainly due to different marketing strategies. American marketing tries to avoid using happy or cute-looking characters on it's box art unless it's selling to a specific market (very young children or girls) and will often make the character more "manly" so to speak to appeal to young boys/men. Brooding, cocky, or determined expessions tend to be the common changes. Meanwhile Japan's cute boxart tends to sell better then the more angry boxart that the West uses because the characters look like they're actually going to have fun which makes them appealing.
I spent two hours straight writing an essay by hand about censorship in gaming these videos have been a great help 10/10
I think the Japanese voices sound pretty cool, but aside from that the Japanese version is atrocious. The Japanese version of Ripto's Rage isn't terrible, aside from Spyro's speed nerf. It's sad that they missed out on the Reignited Trilogy because Insomniac Games soured their opinion of Spyro with an inferior version of the first game.
The changes were made by the orders of sony japan
@@AutZentus Somehow, that doesn't surprise me.
I also feel bad that Japan didn't get Spyro Reignited Trilogy in Japan due to some issues they couldn't resolve...
And no joke but I think of Spyro being a child with the Japanese voice.
@@SketchHusk He sounds too much like a little girl in japanese
@@AutZentus I still think of him as male with that voice, though at the same time kinda like Young Simba's voice. But now that you mentioned it, then...that too, I guess...
Can you do "How Tomodachi Life is changed in different countries?"
This is a rare case in which I prefer the western version.
Well, it was made in the west.
Suite Life of Dio Brando most japanese releases of western games are heavily censored. Not sure if you have been under a rock or not
western dev title anyways. not unusual to prefer the original title/content
Weeb
@@Stone_Tosser Yeah I do like a lot of weeb shit. 🤣👌
The voice acting for Spyro is cute though~ I want the western game version but the japanese voices if it were possible xD
Well the Japanese DO only seem to like things THEY make, so not surprised the game didn't catch on there.
Funny enough, Disney's stuff actually is popular in Japan. Frozen was raking in the Yen for 4 months during its theatrical run, and Stitch was rather popular as well.
They like foreign things too... as long as they're cute.
@Kimi FW - Does that go for the male population as well? Whatever the case, I don't understand it, because Spyro is the perfect combination of cool AND cute.
Not always. Crash Bandicoot was so popular in Japan that it even got its own manga adaptions. Also many old western rpg were so popular in Japan that they decided making their own rpg.
American movies are really popular in Japan. Harry Potter and Disney are very popular there. I think Frozen sold the most dvds in Japan.
*Poor Spyro*
I've played a lot of 3D games in my life, but today I got 3D sickness for the first time watching US version of Spyro.
Of course I'm Japanese.
I got the Japanse Spyro in my collection for collectors sake. But I gotta say Spyro's cute noises are really a charming.
What does he sound like in the US version?
I’m up for an eventual Japanese release of the Reignited Trilogy that does not contain any motion blur that would cause motion sickness. Since the changes to the camera in the Japanese version of Spyro 1 backfired, the option to have the camera follow Spyro around should be there by default, but be more steady and less rapid to prevent motion sickness.
The Reignited Trilogy may well indeed be the first time the Japanese audience may have been able to get Spyro as intended, as well as Spyro 3, assuming the trilogy is even sold in Japan.
For once I am happy I didn't grow up in Japan, most of these changes are just bloody stupid.
Sadly, censorship is universal.
If you were born in Japan you wouldn't have even known about the original western version of the game at the time it came out, so you wouldn't even be aware of any changes.
@Some Dude Yes, but you wouldn't have known there was a better version of the game to get obsessed with, so you would've just put it down and moved on to another game with no harm done.
@Some Dude Read my comment again, but slowly this time...
Awwww, Spyro's JP voice is soooo cute!
Gonna be honest. After all the Japanese exclusive games there have been over the years, it's kinda nice to see there is a great game they don't have access to yet.
1:25 Motion sickness due to the 3D camera? Sonic Adventure 1 released in the same year, right? Either, they skipped SA1, were incredibly biased, or thought their own complaint was incredibly dumb.
Honestly the reason Spyro failed in Japan is probably because the alternative cover image was made with a low budget. The redesign is an absolute failure from an artistic point of view.
I honestly don't get the whole "badass characters don't sell in Japan, cute is more marketable", I mean, sure some styles are less marketable in Japan, but sometimes the whole aggressive thing doesn't sell just seems dumb, shonen manga are barely cute, Dragon Ball is super popular, anything cool with the little boys is super "in your face" and badass, like Super Sentai, Kamen Rider, Dragon Ball, Naruto and the list goes on, there are some things that balance cute and cool like Pokemon, but the only cute stuff is often seen as just for girls, for example Animal Crossing seems more marketed torwards girls, especially after Isabelle was introduced, Kirby also seems more popular with female demographics (judging by how the merchandise is super girly and Waddle Dees are priviledged, I don't think a 5 year old would buy something with a giant bleeding eye on it) and boys manga magazines always try to edgify him while girls magazines are more true to his nature, honestly I highly doubt a boy over 8 years old would buy a Kirby game if it wasn't for CoroCoro making Kirby more attractive to boys, and pretty much anything on that magazine is super extreme and anti-kawaii, so, while I understand making a character more manga looking, like Crash, because they think it's more appealing for Japanese markets than a Western cartoon look, Spyro looks straight up childish crap while Crash was balanced between cute and cool, but something straight up cute with no edge doesn't usually sell well with the boys, there's a reason why Tamagotchi started becoming more targeted torwards girls around the mid to late 2000's, because the characters looked too soft for the average Japanese boy, but the Spyro on the Japanese boxart of one of the GBA games looks really good actually
This tends to happen with animal characters and characters in "kids" properties. I believe the demographic for shonen is preteens/teens. "Kids" property over in the US usually means something made for 6+ kids. "kids" property in Japan probably incorporates children under 6 as well. If I recall correctly Properties in Japan ft. talking animals are usually geared toward little kids.
At the same time, the west feels the unnecessary need to make every cute japanese property, cool or manly because western men have an extremely fragile masculinity and hate "girly" things (which are not even considered girly in japan)
@@mekabare *Cultural difference, in Asia the feminine man is equivalent of the model like in West, to mention a few imagine a j rock or k pop singer, to Japan they looks like Leonardo DiCaprio or Johnny Depp (not sure if this what girls like tho), it's simply cultural that western audience don't like feminine looking guys*
Hoping Spyro can be loved in all the world
Great video!
PS: Am I the only one who liked Spyro's japanese voice?
RIP Spyro for Smash Ultimate... they decided on Ultimate DLC before remasters released, and no advertising in Japan, which was not released in that region. Most of his game's weren't even released in Japan, unlike Metroid and Castlevania.
Remakes*
But yeah. Shame.
I"m not sure if you're aware but Metroid and Castlevania were made in Japan.
It's almost as if Metroid was created by Nintendo.
It would only makes sense to release a game you made in your own country, IN YOUR OWN CONTRY!
I'm sure Spyro was released back in the 90s
It's kind of sad that Japan probably won't get the remake translated because of the original version. I always wondered how come Crash is popular in Japan but Spyro wasn't. Now I know.
mobile.twitter.com/spyrouniverse/status/1025764394570063873?lang=en
Alternatively you can still import it from abroad and play it in english...
@@whatthehellisthisname yeah I doubt most Japanese know English or know very well. Which could put off the appeal.
@@burgerkingJ I don't think that. Japanese put a lot value into education and english is there as well the most anticipated second language to learn. Also it's already fine to have only little english knowledge, as long as the english subtitles are turned on, the context is easy to understand from only knowing a few important key words. I haven't played Reignited yet, but I believe it still pauses inbetween the dialogues and requires to press a button to read more, right? In that regard people can also take a dictionary for help, after all the most important thing is the game experience, and reading is only a small part of it. Obviously that doesn't necessarily apply to elementary schoolers, who may have more problems regarding the language barrier than probably teenagers or older fans that want to relive childhood.
@@whatthehellisthisname that's a bit much just trying to understand the story. Also reignited doesn't have subtitles during cutscenes.
At 2:00 both of the gameplays are Japanese. Was this video rushed?
Japan is trying to cover the fact that it had some weird shit.
Japan: We don't like the camera.
Also Japan: We don't like the way you changed the camera .
If Japan dubbed Skylanders Academy, Spyro's voice will have the sound of Shota's voice, and Crash will sound like Australian Usopp.
There's already a Japanese dub of Skylanders Academy, just not available in the west.
Just Imagine if they kept the Japanese camera and speed in Spyro Reignited Trilogy.
I think you can make a mod out of that; They did manage to restore Reignited's camera in Crash 4...
Awwww, poor Spyro. He needs a hug. 😢💘❤❤❤
4:14 Is the Pokéball Plus equivalent to the PocketStation and Sega VMU? The Japanese market started off the digital pet craze with Tamagotchi and the alternative version, Digimon. It seems digital pets are still quite relevant in Japan.
I literally can't use Google with NordVPN because I get a crazy long captcha every time I search something since it says my IP is spamming Google. I just keep it disconnected now.
But, what about Skylanders Cynder, though?
1:07 Awww, that's where Ripto got his name. That's really clever use regional different.
I am the only one that finds Spyro's Japanese voice adorable? 😻
Almost a minute of the Nord VPN advert, then slapping a summary of the advert again and a 12 second blank screen at the end, all in a “6 minute 30 second video”.
If it wasn’t for the fact that you had useful information about the Japanese version of Spyro, I would have disliked and set your channel as “not interested - do not show any videos from Censored Gaming again” like others have and would do. But this time I’ll let it slide.
Viewers hate blatant advert slapping to pad time.
hold on but it was said that reignted is coming to japan? mind clarifying your take on this?
That Japanese Spyro 1 L1+R1 thing is only in the Limited Edition (SCPS-10083), the regular version (SCPS-10085) didn't have that (or so I've heard). EDITADD: Too bad at one point one was only able to find the Limited Edition ROM online, now the other one is also there if you look at all the right places. Limited Edition also came with 2 discs, the other one (SCPS-10084) was a demo or something for another game.
Well you have to beat the game before that feature becomes enabled.
I know how it is unlocked, but is it in both Japanese discs of the game or not? Looking at the right place I got the other one finally, and they do support save files, despite having a different product code (SCPS-10083 Limited, SCPS-10085 Regular). If only I had a 120% save file.
It looks like it says "Ripto" on the front cover.
That's actually how Ripto got his name.
On a bad day, I'd feel that these changes sound like deliberate sabotage. I know that doesn't make any sense, but it's hard to believe that the executives thought Japanese children would enjoy the final product.
I Guess Japan Cannot Stand Motion Sickness.......
Spyro 2 on ps4 was changed Bombo was change to bob so was trophy w patch
I'm glad this video has subtitles lol no kidding, I understand him like only 20%
Also why does it sound so surprising that the game was also fully dubbed in japanese? One should expect it to be fully dubbed in the countries that it gets released. Germany fully dubbed it too.
Perfect example why I consider western releases to be superior.
More sensitive to motion sickness, huh?
I guess all that flying is making them dizzy
It's actually a pretty widespread thing in Japan. It's why a lot of Japanese games have slow default cameras and momentum effects
That is very interesting. Do you happen to have a link or article talking about this? I'd love to read the details about this strange phenomenom
The camera in the japanese version is giving me motion sickness from just watching this video... I don't even know how it's supposed to prevent motion sickness when it's doing the exact opposite. :v
@@WinterElectro Japanese people are also far more susceptible to epileptic attacks for some reason. I'm guessing it's related.
Spyro sounds like a girl in the Japanese version
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage is called Spyro x Sparx in Japan. Do they really ship those two? Spylora forever!
Spylora? Wouldn't Spyro + Sparx just be... Sparx? SPyro + spARX?
PikaLink91 I'm saying that I ship Spyro with Elora.
Oh sorry, you just got me confused.
Sonic Gamer - **one 100% Spyro 2 session later** ...goddammit, now I ship them too xD
Dragon fly eggs should be in the remake too
Does Spyro jump higher in the Japan version?
I like the use of Perona 5 music in the video.
See how the numbers in the Japanese version were more spread out compared to other versions.
Its ironic hearing western dragons speak Japanese
if the Reignited Trilogy been released in Japan one day I wonder if it's ever include Spyro 3.
Now I'm thinking why Japan didn't change Sly games cover arts etc.?🤔
Let's be honest, the West is more sentitive and more fragile to feel the need censor things than Japan.
It's mainly coastal cities at this point.
@@KeybladeMasterAndy To be fair, it's primarily the West coast, and MA, NY, and DC. A good portion of the East coast isn't all that sensitive.
Thats debatedable, there are lot of things Japan find sensitive that even Japanese people think its silly to sensor. I would know.
Debatable really. For example the west is not ok with excessive nudity while japan is ok with this even in underage characters. On the other hand the west is ok with violence while for japan being a nonce is ok but showing the natural response of a human body being harmed is crossing the fucking line
@@JGaute Debatable really. For example japan is not ok with with excessive graphic violence while the west is ok with is even in underage characters. On the other hand Japan is ok with nudity while for the west tearing a human body to pieces is ok but showing what a human body looks like in it's natural state and the natural response of a human body being pleasured is crossing the fucking line.
I'm Australian and when my sister and I played the demo it gave us both bad motion sickness. So I never got into the series.
6:30 minute video. 1:40 of it and a pinned commet was for NordVPN
Wait... those red spots were blood? I... didn't know about that
No more finding the hidden Dragonfly Eggs in the Remaster version?
Why am I having Deja vu? Like I already seen this exact video from a year ago ?_?
Maybe you've watched this video (/watch?v=KZ0EGPUMpes) earlier? It covers mostly the same facts.
How come they cut Jak goatee off in the japanese version?
Probably cause you don't see Japanese characters with goatees or beards too much
Japanese don't really like beards, especially goatees are rare.
I was certain I have seen anime characters with goatees but I can't remember what is that.
Since when do you get motion sickness from a game? That's so weird
I feel like the camera in the japanese version would increase motion sickness instead of reducing it... 🤢
What the hell were they thinking?!
The spyro japanese ver look more like a horse jumping to some fence
It's too bad Akiko Yajima has since been retired, so Spyro would've been given a new Japanese voice, right? Wrong. Spyro still has his English voice in the JPN versions of Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, making him stand out compared to all applicable Crash characters who are dubbed in Japanese.
UPDATE: The Final Update to Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled added Japanese voices to the Spyro Characters. Gnasty Gnorc and Hunter are reprised by their old Japanese voice actors from their corresponding games, but Spyro got recasted with a new voice! Unfortunately, the credits only mention the English voice cast even in the Japanese version, so Spyro's new voice actor remains unknown.
Hoping to see a video on the Reignited Trilogy. There's a lot of changes on that.
Spyro 4 In japan: *Is real Spyro 3*
I'm still hoping that Japan can give him a chance.
If I didn't care nor wondered as a young adult on why the knifes and bull horn ends had red on them,I didn't fucking care on what the red symbolizes. I know full well that CHILDREN didn't CARE or was negatively affected by it. I really hate censorship.
Spyro: looks angry on american releases, looks cute on japanese covers
Kirby: looks angry on american releases, looks cute on american covers
Spyro doesn't look angry,he looks determined
You might want to re-read your comment.
I like Spyro’s old voice
Spyro reignited trilogy it’s release to japan or not
Hey Censored Gaming, how is it going
Can you talk about censored call of duty modren warfare remastered in Saudi Arabia? And why Arabian Peninsula is deleted in Arabic version?
After watching this video I did some research and found out that Asians tend to more susceptible to motion sickness. Pretty interesting.
Never knew about the blood thing.
Both look better without.
Personally, considering how Japanese action games are today and that they now have the possibility of welcoming a 3D platform from the PS1 era, we can say that on this occasion the Japanese screwed up.
I couldn't even get interested in Spyro when it first came out as a kid. As for Japan; well, Japan.
They Could easily get used to it. There are games that give you far worse motion sickness.
I feel sad for Japan...
To be honest I think Activision should localise it for the Japanese market, without the absurd camera changes this time.
Activist on doesn't have the original source code, the reignited trilogy was built from the ground up. I believe the regnited trilogy is available in japan however so they should have access to it now.
@@Krisshomez Spyro Reignited Trilogy is actually unavailable in Japan. It never got localized.
Sonic the Hedgehog playtesters: Too fast, slow the game down please.
Spyro 1 playtesters: Too fast, slow the character down prease.
Maybe the series would have done much better in JAPAN without the camera/speed changes
*Speed maybe, camera probably would ruin it, Japan is famous for lots of problems including cameras or certain graphical things, just remembered when Polygon episode sent kids to hospital for it's bright colors sparking, I dunno the scientific reason to why Japan has so much vision problems tho*
These changes aren't "censorship". With that said, the camera in the Spyro games is not good. It's not completely awful, but it is pretty bad, and it did make me a little motion sick at times as well. The attempt to "fix" the camera or mitigate motion sickness appeared to make the game even worse however. Considering the game didn't do well in Japan, leads me to believe that the changes made the game pretty awful.
He sounds adorable in japanese :3
Dear Censored Gaming narrator,
Please, *please* stop saying every sentence with the exact same inflection every single time.
Why Japanese Spyro have a japanese girl voice?
Am I the only one who thought Spyro was from Skylanders?
Yes
If you grew up with Skylanders, then that I can understand. By now, you must be a teenager.
5:36 you cant be serius? They are selling it there but not in japenese? Thatz kinda fucken rude
mobile.twitter.com/spyrouniverse/status/1025764394570063873?lang=en
To be honest, changes like these are not that bad. I mean, i understand the motion sickness stuff, while i never had that with Spyro, there was a game or two that caused slight motion sickness for me, so i get that one.
The cover is a given. Looking at Crash Bandicoot, it was the same thing.
The censorship part...........thats the rather unnecessary part but if it was just tiny blood parts (and we know by know how Japan reacts to blood..............however the US/EU react way WAY worse when it comes to sex), then i guess its fine. Sure, not agreeing with that kind of censorship either but that kind is really almost not even worth mentioning.
And actually kudos to Japan for not releasing the PS4 version of Spyro.
The EU actually is not as prude as the US so sexual content is not censored like it is in the US. They're sensitive about violence though. (Much to EU players dismay)
@Some Dude
I never stated that these changes should be accepted at all. In fact, i dont support these changes (however, covers themselves are fine) at all, especially not censorship in any way, shape or form. However, comparing to a shit ton of games that got censored up to today.................heck and especially today thanks to motherfucking Sony and their idiotic policiy, the changes and censorship in Spyro are rather tame to the point where its almost (again: almost) not even worth mentioning.