Dance Dance Revolution (Series) Censorship - Censored Gaming Ft. SharkyHatGamer
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- Did you know the Dance Dance Revolution (Dancing Stage) series was censored in many ways? Come and see these cuts uncensored!
This video takes you on a history trip and presents a behind the scenes analysis highlighting the controversial differences of all DDR game versions!
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Update:
The lyricless After The Game actually pre-dates After The Game Of Love with it originally appearing in NBA In The Zone '98. Upon reflection, there's too much speculation, around the use of After The Game in all but one Western release, rather than After The Game Of Love, to call it censorship.
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The censored anime footage is from Gurren Lagann.
+Klonoa7H yeah how can they censor GURAN FREAKING LAGANN!
its the most manly anime out there next to kill la kill and JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE
***** yeah not froget man jojo bizare adventure to man
+topdog2007 i dont see anything manly in kill la kill, except for the... purple nipples guy
jeff blacklight lol he faboulses !
i know still is the only manly thing in the anime... along with gamagori
Heh, I never knew Gurren Lagann was in DDR
really? that song is literally on almost every DDR demo loop.
Because Konami used to Purchase Gainax
They think "After the Game Of Love" is too sexual, yet songs by E-Rotic make their way into almost EVERY Dancing Stage game. Mhmm...
So, they are too lazy to censor that out?
@@solocomics1820 that's the point i guess.. since the artist is named E rotic
That was a console game and E-Rotic wasn't in any Dancing Stage for console only arcade. In The Heat of The Night was on DDR EXTREME2 for console though but it's not very explicit.
@@NicholasNRG MOONLIGHT SHADOW, I don’t know if that counts since it is by MISSING HEART, is also in DDR ULTRAMIX2. Even in ITG games made for USA, there are E-Rotic songs as well.
The anime was TTGL (Tengen Toppa Guren Lagann), with shots of Yoko being zoomed in on.
+GOGOGABE Huh? Like the video says (and shows), the blood censorship wasn't made to the arcade versions - this was only done for the US PS2 DDRX.
SO is the movie rating industry.I think it is about time we give them the boot and replace them with a better company that just labels what is in the game that may be of concern without the rating biz,that way game and movie/tv creators wouldn't have their creative freedom stepped on and sent to the shitter each time they come up with a brilliant idea.
@ControlCardPin the edit was for the US version so the edits were to please the ESRB
No gun in a country where guns are allowed... Fuck logic
+volarecantare jfc man, calm down
+volarecantare imbecile.
I grew up with almost all the japanese DDR versions and some of the songs are really, really over the edge., especially the ones in 3th mix from the group E-ROTIC. Some some songs like "Turn me on", "Oh nick please not so quick", "In the heat of the night" are ridiculously sexual. I just didn't understand it back when I was like 8 or 9, lol.
+Daniel Ruiz 3rd*
Fortunately, “In The Heat of The Night” is included in DDR EXTREME2 USA
I mean, by the time you're getting better at the game, your focus would be less on the lyrics and more on the goddamn arrows moving like a lightning strike.
@@JES96why unfortunate?
@@mbii7667 fixed
What confuses me is that there are two songs in DDR Extreme 2 that have highly sexual titles and lyrics, and didn't get removed in the American versions. The song Sexy Planet literally has constant female moaning in the background. Why did that get a pass?
because other songs had to get censored for that to pass in the first place
4:22 Instead of seeing the frog, i was watching at "JUST DO IT!" and i was like "No Shia! Nooo! Not you again!!"
This video doesn't even scratch the surface of all the censorship and changes that occurred during localization of DDR games over the years. DDR Extra Mix alone would have been butchered to all hell if it had been released in the US in those days...they'd have to essentially censor the entire game as well as remove several songs for it to be 'presentable' to the US audience. Also, the Dancemania album art in this game has a lot of booty showing right in your face, not to mention some lewd imagery of the nurse for passing nearly impossible challenges. I didn't start importing Japanese PS1 and PS2 DDR games until DDRMAX2 (US) was released...because by then, I was fed up with the huge disparity between the JP arcade machines and US ports; one of the worst cases, which I thankfully didn't have to experience, was the disappointment known as DDR EXTREME (US).
In any case, thanks for making the video and pointing out a couple of things that were censored. It would probably take months to make a video assessing every bit of censorship that occurred between all versions of the DDR games.
Boobs and Kamina's death was censored, glad there is always the anime
Yep
I remember playing the song with Gurren Lagann footage at an arcade on my birthday not too long ago. Pretty sure it was uncensored, but I was more focused on how fun making an ass of myself could be.
Did you know?
Cutie Chaser (Morning Mix) also had censored graphics. In OhaStar DDR, The baby dog cop holds a gun. The gun was removed in DDRMAX2.
I am very surprised you don't bring up how they don't show the girl's bottoms in Baby's Tears (SKY GIRLS Opening Theme). But you managed to spot several censorships that even I didn't know about!
twilight zone's bg change actually stems from extreme ac which was a officially JP-only release that came out before the song's american debut, extreme had space issues so they cut out bg videos in favor of reusing more bg videos and sprites that take up less space, the max2 us cs bg is just reused from extreme ac as a way of making coding the bg script easier
also injection of love using a instrumental mix can be considered censorship, as it's a song from IIDX and usually konami rarely makes radically different versions (imo hina mix feels alot more emptier and has a diff vibe without the vocals) when crossing over songs from other bemani games, and the original song has a problematic english verse (the infamous truck me line is a huge meme and source of debate in the bemani community too), and the (e) version also could've been made for extreme 2 as well but was held off
There are lots and lots of other things that could be included in this. Did you know in DDR Extreme (US PS2) the song Highs Off U (Scorccio XY Mix) drops an F bomb in the lyrics that WASN'T censored? Hopefully there will be a part 2.
+Burtzman20 There 100% will be. Gots lots and lots of notes ready to be looked into so if anybody knows of any more, just let us know!
I looked up the thing, and I heard it VERY clearly! I said this... "How did they allow this in an E-Rated game?!"
Did you guys ever cover what got snuck past the radar for the DDR games? Like in the Disney version the lyrics to "Ducking Hardcore mix"?
Please dont censor Guren Lagann. DDR is meant for people with longer legs i.e teens sooo. yeah
MioChan Lol. I guess that game's not for me since I have short legs.
But what about if kids were watching a person play DDR?
I've noticed a couple of these things but never knew why they were that way. Thanks for explaining! :)
Another point of censorship: the Xepher music video.
Towards the end of the video as seen in its original beatmania IIDX environment, you see a person in red facing the screen and thrusting his blade down (probably to stab and kill someone, who isn't seen onscreen). This scene has been cut from the video in all DanceDanceRevolution versions where Xepher appears as a playable song, starting from DDR/Dancing Stage SuperNOVA, no matter the region (NTSC-J, NTSC-U or PAL) or support (arcade or console). The difference is only a split second, yet is fairly noticeable. (slo mo may help you spotting it)
This will be looked into. Thank you for reporting!
+Censored Gaming Can Do Power Stone Series Censorship
old beatmania IIDX (and even some new mixes) had much more daring content than ddr as well, probably cuz it was obviously a much more difficult game and aimed specifically at an older audience
You actually forgot one thing. There's a DDR song named "ZERO", which debuted on DDR X in the arcades and on the Japanese console versions. It made it's US debut on DDR X2 (US PS2). On DDR X2 US PS2 and the Japanese PS2 release of DDR X, it got blood taken out of it's video, much like Trust (DDR mix).
Fredrich Fernando Thanks for saying. Will do something about this eventually.
Omg After the Game has always drove me crazy! I knew the song had lyrics yet so many versions lack it. I would always find myself singing them even though it found myself playing the instrumental version.
You've got it backwards with After The Game Of Love. It wasn't censored, "AFTER THE GAME" is the original version of the song, from a game called NBA Power Dunkers 3. Konami then took the song, added lyrics to it, and put it in DDR as "AFTER THE GAME OF LOVE".
The word "Revolution" definitely had negative undertones in Europe
I know this is an old video, but it’s also worth noting, in that region locked song in DDR A, “Cheat code for happiness” the ending of the BGA got censored in DDR A20, though that was after the BGA got temporarily removed.
Because the ending briefly showed the girl pointing a gun to her head...
Make It Better by Mitsu-O contains a lyric line which sounds suspiciously like "keep f**king".
Here's an odd little censorship nugget -
The japanese version of DDR 3rd Mix and the Asian version of DDR 3rd Mix had two different title background images for the song "Oh Nick Please Not So Quick". The japanese featured a guy turned to his side with a gun in his underwear and the Asian version featured the same guy in yellow pants. The censored image went on to be the background image for the same song in 4th mix.
For reference at 6:25 the anime is Gurren Lagann (a modern anime classic). At the point in the story when that intro video for the anime (shown in DDR) occurs the red haired busty girl is Yoko Litner and is aged 14-16 (actual age is of dispute) later in the series she is in her 20s due to a time skip. Probably because shes under-aged the DDR video removed the cleavage. At 6:38 the character with the blood on his face is Kamina and in the episode he actually does have blood on his face.
Dancing Stage Party Edition was the first ever DDR game I played. :P
I consider it a contender for the best PAL PS1 DDR game, especially for having 51 total songs, which is a number even the first two PAL PS2 DDR games didn't top with only about 30 each. Honestly I'd say it's only really down to if you prefer licences or Konami Originals from other games more.
About Smoke.. I may be remembering this wrong.. but I remember seeing The uncensored Cigaret
I am very surprised you don't bring up how they don't show the girl's bottoms in Baby's Tears (Sky Girls Opening Theme)'s music video. But you managed to spot several censorships even I was not aware of!
Years ago in my country there was a news report about somebody getting epileptic seizures by playing Deltamax.(DDR X2 Arcade). I guess it was because of the background video with the high bpm.
yeah, especially the fact near the end, the big video gets more flashier and chaotic.
I'm honestly surprised you didn't mention the reason Dance Dance Revolution is called Dancing Stage in Europe, because the name change is very much related to censorship.
It's because the acronym DDR gives off a very different image in Europe because East Germany (the thing that was behind the Berlin Wall) was called DDR, short for "Deutsche Demokratische Republik".
I thought it was so Konami could get away with using non-Dancemania brand licenced songs for other countries without breaking whatever contract they had with Toshiba-EMI? Same reason they used it for a few releases in Japan for DDR games based around a single artist i.e. Dreams Come True.
Wasn't the background for MAXX Unlimited different between the EU & US versions?
Those games were censored seemingly at random. You'll see lots of stuff that got removed that are just as tame as, if not more than, other things that got through just fine. Either the censors just did a really half-assed job, or they didn't actually want to censor it but were forced to by their higher ups, and thus did the least amount of work neccesary. I'd guess the former, but only because I know so little about the actual censorship process that I don't know who those higher ups would be.
I never get observe about Trust DDRMIX's movie, and never think that's different.
But I remember that the song in DDRSN2 named "Baby Tears Skygirl Theme". I feel disgust for the song's movie, Then make me play only one time.
In DDRX2 AC, I was wondering why "不深閑CANDY's" song title has changed to "YELLOW CANDY" in US Release.
When I romalize the kanji, I suddenly gets it!
And this is why I got the Japanese version of DDR on the PSone and PS2. Both me and my cousin totally agreed that the Japanese version was way better than the US
I love that dancing stage euromix 1 on ps1 still has DDR 3rd mix graphics
omg!
Some of these songs were from my childhood!
I never knew there were dirtier versions of ddr videos!
The different releases of twilight zone was probably due to copyright as most of the songs from Japan to other countries come out one game later.
Why censor any of the animation scenes in a song? We're all too busy paying attention to the arrows.
Parents. and people that can see both at the same time
too distracting
This. By the time you're playing on S14-S16, most people would just turn on dark BGA.
@@AsexTwin Dark BGA modifier is athing for a reason
That evil zukin is also in in ddr extreme don't for get
The thing on devil-zukin's shirt is, if memory serves, a pentacle, not a pentagram. I believe the pentagram specifically refers to an upside-down pentacle.
I could be wrong, though.
The PAL region did eventually start using the "Dance Dance Revolution" title in later games. The first being the Europe only Nintendo Wii release "Dance Dance Revolution Winx Club" (yes, Winx Club). Why they suddenly went back to that title is a mystery.
That's why he said "For a long time, Dance Dance Revolution was actually called Dancing Stage in the PAL regions" or something along those lines. The point is, he said for a long time. He didn't say they were still using that title.
I'm glad the Spain and Italy use some Japanese machines in their arcades. I could somewhat use them in Italy, since I improved my Japanese literacy a little.
+volarecantare Yeah, in Spain we are lucky to have little censorship. We still get some unfortunately.
For all who don't know the anime in the background of one of the songs is gureen lagaan really good anime if you want to watch it
Another censorship that wasn't mentioned. In DDR Supernova 2, they had another anime song called Baby Tears which is the opening song for Sky Girls (this is because it's a re-arrange of another Baby Tears they had in DDR). However, a notable thing is that even though DDR uses the same opening video from the anime, they changed the part where it shows the three main girls of the anime. For all three girls, the original opening shows them off from top to bottom. However, in the DDR bgvideo version, before it gets to the groin area, the video switches to a scene from the anime featuring the girl they were showcasing, most likely due to the anime OP version seeming a bit too "lewd" (and I would assume it's because their suits do kinda give a lining on their butts). This happens in all version the song appeared in the game.
You can compare the two from the videos below
Original Sky Girls opening:
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DDR Arcade version:
th-cam.com/video/q7x9HBg3bFg/w-d-xo.html
I lost it at the frog censor.
I remember a song called "little bitch" on one of the dance dance revolution arcades at the theaters
Actually didn't DDR AC releases have a song called Little Bitch?
It's funny how out of all the things that was censored in DDR, they didn't even bother touching the songs by E-Rotic; and as you may have guessed all of their songs are about sex. It's really ironic.
Odacity99 I thought that do. XD
Turn me on and Do it all night especially.
Odacity99 they also kept sexy planet XD
to be fair, In the Heat of the Night is the only E-Rotic song that made it to the NA versions (I think)
Dean Ventura Not to mention MOONLIGHT SHADOW (New Vocal Version) was another song by E-ROTIC that made it to the US when it was featured in Ultramix 2 for the original Xbox.
@@E24KLawson It's MISSING HEART not E-ROTIC
I can see why DDR might not have been a desirable name in PAL, considering DDR is the German abbreviation for the GDR ^_^
Somewhat surprised nobody mentioned that yet, the video already being around quite some time.
Aww, Twilight Zone had a more fitting BG in JP...the US version is just a rip off of the BG for "i feel..." in the same game.
Twilight Zone's BG in JPN version changed due to... maybe a satanic and devil references
RF. 573 actually it was due to limitations as the BG animation for Twilight Zone being from DDR Exterior which had to cut animations due to space reasons
@@retrozaid1600 word, where did you find that at?
Dance Dance Revolution was one of my favorite games to play on ps2 back in the day,hopefully they make some on ps4
it's gunna stay Arcade only! there is no PS4 or any new console ports
How did DDR get the rights to use Gurren Lagann clips!?
I'm 2 years late but the answer is Konami bought the license to use this song.
Actually, all the Japanese versions of DDR definitely use the word "bitch" in the song "Blow My Whistle Bitch." The song itself was edited to sing "baby" instead of "bitch" for all American versions, but I lived in Japan during the DDR boom, and I distinctly recall all arcade versions of the game singing the word "bitch" there -- and I seem to recall the home port on PS2 doing the same thing.
Wyrdwad Dude, I think you're misremembering. Here are a few Japanese versions, this is an arcade version th-cam.com/video/FPVtf-Sssmo/w-d-xo.html and then a console one th-cam.com/video/Qj5eet8sG8w/w-d-xo.html
Wyrdwad Oh yeah, those two versions plus the US DDRMax 2 are actually the only versions where the song has appeared which means you are wrong sorry to say.
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I am 100% certain I'm not misremembering. My friends and I used to make fun of the song a lot. Maybe it got censored in later releases of the game, but I know for sure that the lyrics within the song were originally "Blow my whistle, bitch." The inflection on the word was even different, since "bitch" and "baby" have different syllable counts, so the word "bitch" was more drawn-out and sounded... actually really offensive.
I'll see if I can track down the original for you.
This is the original version of the song, at least: ROxmvoiDsSg
And this was DEFINITELY in both the arcade and home version of the game in Japan, at least at first. I probably still have my Japanese version of DDRMAX 2 PS2 somewhere, so I can double-check this, but I'm absolutely 100% certain it hadn't been changed to "baby" in the original Japanese releases of the game.
Wyrdwad Well, I'm not sure what to think then. I've just shown you footage from all of the Japanese games. MAME and other sources don't list any revisions to the arcade game and you're the only person I've heard report this whilst, if you Google it, you'll see a lot of people saying the opposite.
"Is that Jar-jar Binks!!"
nice job dragging me here with Gurren Lagann
Am I the only one who remember’s Gentle Stress with Sexual Mix?
after the game is actually the original version tho
it was used in nba power dunkers 3.
+Gideon Immanuel (SokDion) Thanks, been added to the description and will be mentioned in the eventual Part 2. Upon reflection, there's too much speculation, around the use of After The Game in all but one Western release, rather than After The Game Of Love, to call it censorship.
anyone notice that in Japanese version it's almost always "perfect"
JUST DO IT -Shia Labeouf
What the hell is Gurren Laggan doing in DDR?
Thinking about it, I want there to actually be a DDR game filled with nothing but popular anime openings. Someone please make that.
the censored one is only the first mix for the us
Original Japanese Version = Uncnesored Version
Western regional Version = Censored Version
That is Guren Lagan Whoag
That is a dope shark hat
Why did they use gurren laggan footage, why
What is with all the guns lol?
America censoring guns? Which dimension did these come from?
Well they didnt censor sexy planet xD . Not that i care
For the kids.
I never heard of that game, and I may not want to, but If you want you can tell me what it is since I do not fully care for my mental health really since I seen a couple god awful games already
@@randomuser684 it's a quirky song that has moans in it and a sound vocal that says either "Dance Floor"/"Dance whore".
If your curious, it's "credited" to "Crystal Aliens", in case you wanna look it up.
Once my friend, who's white, walked down a street in Japan and then a little kid ( maybe 10 years old ) walked up to him, called him "baby" and flipped him the finger. Apparently the kid saw his chance to act "foreign" and my friend became the test subject. How does this relate to anything you ask? I've heard people calling others "bichi" in Japan but it's not really common. I guess they just love throwing in some random foreign shit once in a while, especially English. So there's lots of songs MADE in Japan that use English words through out the song for no special reason really.
TalesOfGamerz That's Japan in general. They love using random English in adverts, games, everything. heh
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"Hold it in your hand, love it in your tummy!"
TalesOfGamerz th-cam.com/video/XEQ62baVQ3c/w-d-xo.html
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Yup, in a nutshell, and nothing has changed since the first time I visited in 2005.
Interesting video
we LOVE Yoko! xD
tha Ultramix series of DDR had bouncy boobs characters and same with tha Universe characters lol which was a feature in game characters never 2 be seen in any other version of DDR outside of tha Ultramix and Universe series :P
Lol although it more about logic while the jiggles in the Trust vid is fanservice.
Daniel Yu hahahaha agreed lol
Also panties in 4th mix there was a vid where omg KON says he can see yunis panites
Daniel Yu bawhahahaha
also fakku
after the game of love is way better with the lyrics and theres many kids i know in person and seen on tv that are facinated by guns when either its from a game like gta 3 or jak 2 or their parents collect guns and for proof just look up that one episode of supernanny on youtube in which a kid mimics shadow the hedgehog and carries a cap gun while riding his little tikes car and blood is only good if its an arcade like game like ddr, time crisis, mortal kombat house of the dead or sonic if its a realistic, modern or cute game like call of duty, freedom planet, spookies house of jumpscares or uncharted then its bad also you forgot one more sensorship there was a song in ddrmax called do it right which had the twin towers in the background in the japanese version but due to 9/11 they had to replace the song with the remixed version and then remove the world trade center from the song background in the some of the later american revisions/builds of the game other than that sexual scenes are only attractive if a girl is in a poofy petticoat pigtails and/or frilly bloomer panties like minnie mouse and demonic scenes are cool if they are done correctly and if no character that is cutsey, adorable, girly/childish or kawaii is turned evil, creepy masculine or scary unless its a movie like chucky but not a game like spookies series unless its the oppisite way around and like an ugly ducking story about a creepy skeleton who wants to be cute and inocent
You gotta watch Gurren Lagann
wtf since when was gurren lagan in ddr jesus
DDRMAX 6th MIX JP & DDR Festival JP, Centre of the Heart (Stonebridge Heart Mix) Roxette & Absolute (Cuff n Stuff it Mix) Thuggie D. In the Background Video you see Akira just shot through a wall with a Gun. Jejeje you know the modern era US games can't have that 😂😂😂
Absolute (Cuff n Stuff it Mix) Thuggie D. 1st appeared on Ultramix 1 b4 Festival
llmfao censorship could be so stupid
Interesting that they censored all that while they let the song "Insertion" go through which contains very obvious sexual moaning.
6:13 Gurren laggen
I need that game. It has Tengan Toppa Guren Lagaan.
Sure if you're willing to buy a PS2, a game that's not for sale anymore, and a dance mat that you'll spend probably a year finding for the correct price.
Emulators
Not the same thing as AC.
+Stay away from my peanut butter Neither is the PS2 version
***** It's much closer though, emulating the PS2 games will give you a ton of input delay, and using Stepmania will give you wider timing windows on it's default configuration.
2:44
Seriously Japan, WTF do you care about english lyrics?
The only reason people have the time to see this stuff and b!tch about it, is because they aren't playing on "Heavy" or "Oni"
WTF gurren lagan? (misspelled it)
grrr fk censorship :(
Guren lagan noooo
+IHateAnimeButOnlyWhenItIsOppositeDayOrTheAkameGaKillAnimeCauseitwasTerribleComparedTotheManga Your username XD
*Gurren Fucking Lagann* ❤️
I thought US is a liberty country...
I'd buy the hell out of a bemani PS4 game oh mannnnnnnnn the newest bemani game I can think of on a recent console is popn music portable 2
Greco-Roman relates to Greeks and romans, don't know how you went from there to little kids
well tha newest DDR games DDR A and A20 was recently released but it's only for tha arcade
03:45 IS that a furry 06:29 Yoko littener
Wow dude, pick a lower difficulty, Light mode is too much to keep up with!!
There's a little bit of misinformation in this video. You say DDR MAX came out in US and Japan and while games titled DDR MAX did come out in US and Japan, they are radically different games. You briefly mention that they contained largely different song lists (true) but honestly the song differences are so radically different you can't even call them the same games. The Japanese home console mixes (all of them) are much more arcade accurate whereas US mixes tended to feature entire different setlists. Still interesting stuff, I don't know if I'd call all these localization changes straight censorship but there's some good information here.
do you even know the anime in the background
Rhythm games are dying. :(
+Jack Registeel On the contrary. There are many successful rhythm games for the iOS (including ones made by Konami), a new DDR installment released two months ago in March (June for the west), and beatmania IIDX gets nigh annual releases.
They had been dead for a little while in the west, but they're creeping back into relevancy for sure.
+SonicKusanagi181 I hope they make a full comeback!
Jack Registeel Same, I really enjoy them. My favorite genre along with fighters which are currently at the top of their game right now.
SonicKusanagi181 Yep, I play Melee.
Like he said, "dying."
One you missed, similar to Trust, is the censored lolibutt from Baby's Tears [Sky Girls opening theme] in DDR Supernova 2. Compare m.th-cam.com/video/q7x9HBg3bFg/w-d-xo.html to m.th-cam.com/video/hEDb2fymSJI/w-d-xo.html
DDR? What's that? All i knew is pump it up
Jk
I love Gurren Lagann