Censorship in Video Games is Weird - Diamondbolt

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  • @elijahgames192
    @elijahgames192 Před rokem +1620

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

    • @TGWTADIAL
      @TGWTADIAL Před rokem +24

      I looked at this comment when he said it

    • @angryboi595
      @angryboi595 Před rokem +75

      And “WAAAAAAHHHHH”

    • @marvelstarwarsfan8410
      @marvelstarwarsfan8410 Před rokem +10

      Reminds me of that warioland on pc meme.

    • @BaconMaster234
      @BaconMaster234 Před rokem +10

      Hes actually speaking German but idk how to spell the phrase

    • @kaydonhigginbotham
      @kaydonhigginbotham Před rokem +6

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

  • @gamemaker1802
    @gamemaker1802 Před rokem +917

    I always love the intro to Shadow the Hedgehog where someone animated Shadow pumping an SMG. It's always funny to look at, especially since they show him loading it correctly right before it.

    • @legionbeast
      @legionbeast Před rokem +75

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

    • @jetburrito5205
      @jetburrito5205 Před rokem +11

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

    • @legionbeast
      @legionbeast Před rokem +22

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

    • @jetburrito5205
      @jetburrito5205 Před rokem +9

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

    • @rustinginpieces
      @rustinginpieces Před rokem +13

      ​@@jetburrito5205 They might be talking about Troy 223 which is a pump-action rifle. It didn't exist until 2014 though, so the cutscene couldn't be based on that.

  • @thatpigboss
    @thatpigboss Před rokem +355

    Remember that time when CZcams censored the dislike button, I don't

    • @alt1763
      @alt1763 Před rokem +19

      then the community brought it back

    • @murph_11
      @murph_11 Před rokem +3

      The video currently has 57 dislikes

    • @mariajimenafigueroa233
      @mariajimenafigueroa233 Před rokem +3

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

    • @banjo9158
      @banjo9158 Před rokem +1

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

    • @thatpigboss
      @thatpigboss Před rokem +4

      @@banjo9158 sounds like a skill issue

  • @frozarburst6350
    @frozarburst6350 Před rokem +190

    Shadow the Hedgehog. The one game where you shoot someone and they don't bleed or die. They fall on their back like you just pushed them and stole their purse

    • @Bladedfox14
      @Bladedfox14 Před rokem +15

      He's using rubber bullets lol

    • @the-NightStar
      @the-NightStar Před rokem +11

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

    • @PlayerZeroStart
      @PlayerZeroStart Před rokem +4

      @@the-NightStar Wait, legit?

    • @owyemen9367
      @owyemen9367 Před rokem +4

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

    • @zestytriss5282
      @zestytriss5282 Před rokem +1

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

  • @goldlight1322
    @goldlight1322 Před rokem +703

    The best part of Mythra in Smash is that it’s a rare instance where pretty-much everyone agrees the censorship just made the design better.

    • @_V.Va_
      @_V.Va_ Před rokem +97

      Agreed.
      Most Xenoblade clothing designs are the tackiest shit.

    • @_V.Va_
      @_V.Va_ Před rokem +60

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

    • @NrettG
      @NrettG Před rokem +54

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

    • @toagradius8856
      @toagradius8856 Před rokem +63

      The more I learn about Xenoblade the more weirded out I get.
      In fuckin Xenoblade 3 they confirm that the protag from 2 ended up fathering children with the three main female leads, so now they’re all just housewives for him.
      Just why

    • @goldlight1322
      @goldlight1322 Před rokem +62

      @AT Productions It's not about being grossed out. It's about the nuance of character design. To give a more in-depth explanation than just "it's shit," let me break it down.
      Why does Mythra have a chest window? Why does she wear a skirt so short that bending over even a little would expose her panties? Mythra's personality in-game makes it abundantly clear that she does not care for other people ogling her, even doing the tired anime cliche of beating up the male protag over a misunderstanding that makes him "seem like a pervert." Despite that, her outfit makes almost no attempt to cover any of her "sensitive" areas.
      It's cheap fanservice purely for the sake of it. To be clear: there is nothing wrong with characters being sexy or showing skin.
      There are even other characters in the game I think are fine having revealing outfits (Brighid being one because she still manages to come off as classy and refined.) Hell even Pyrrha having an open back never bothered me that much because she's not the sort of person who seems like she'd get easily upset at people eyeing her, at least not to the extent of Mythra.
      Yes, it's true that the West has a tendency to censor things far more than it should, and that is an issue unto itself, but I feel like this is an issue where every instance should be looked at on its own rather than just generalizing everything into a single mindset. Case and point: yes Mythra's outfit was censored, but in this particular case, it resulted in an overall better design for the character that doesn't come off as cheap sexualization just for the sake of it. You can have fanservice and still execute it in a way that doesn't diminish the character or the story.

  • @ryzekiv7147
    @ryzekiv7147 Před rokem +134

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

  • @cjgg4885
    @cjgg4885 Před rokem +337

    My favorite bit of self-censorship is when people who make MK Fatality and Brutality compilation videos and, specifically for MK X and 11, always use the bug character Dvora because she bleeds blue blood, so therefore it's completely fine by CZcams bot standards. You can see the terrifyingly accurate recreation of human anatomy in high-definition 4K, but it can only be in blue, the kids won't get scarred that way.

    • @Acidonia150reborn
      @Acidonia150reborn Před rokem +38

      This is reason the Show Samurai Jack got made because all the Violence was Against Robots or Insects with green blood other wise it would of never existed.

    • @glowdonk
      @glowdonk Před rokem +24

      Dvora is also the most hated character in the series, so the fans will like seeing her get turned into a pile of guts and blood

    • @owyemen9367
      @owyemen9367 Před rokem +6

      @@glowdonk whatd She do

    • @limewater4074
      @limewater4074 Před rokem +16

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

    • @owyemen9367
      @owyemen9367 Před rokem +6

      @@limewater4074 fair enough

  • @Anton-de5vu
    @Anton-de5vu Před rokem +121

    My headcannon is that after losing to little mac in the arcade game, drunkensky (popinsky’s stage alias) tried to quell his addiction with soda, and it worked for the most part

  • @Plasma6657
    @Plasma6657 Před rokem +197

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

  • @thatbluegamet
    @thatbluegamet Před rokem +96

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

  • @KingYahshua
    @KingYahshua Před rokem +384

    Don’t understand why they’d add those ridiculous filters onto the manhunt 2 death scenes. They made them more disturbing and violent in my opinion lol.

    • @notfriendlystudios1643
      @notfriendlystudios1643 Před rokem +50

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

    • @gibleyman
      @gibleyman Před rokem +27

      Honestly that's also a genuinely smart way to "censor" it, it mostly removes the violent animations in order to be accepted by whatever higher up was requesting it, but it doesn't necessarily take away from the game's experience, it oddly fits the games aesthetic too, the idea of completely messing up the camera and have random seizure inducing effects on screen to hide the horror is something that fits right into the game. Pretty neat stuff.

    • @KingYahshua
      @KingYahshua Před rokem +7

      @@gibleyman Good point. I forgot that most of these censorship measures are actually placed in by the devs via pressure from the higher-ups. I think my point was that its quite funny how them forcing the Manhunt 2 devs to censor the kills just made them more graphic in the process lmao.

    • @ThePhantom4516
      @ThePhantom4516 Před rokem +2

      @@notfriendlystudios1643 Graphical fidelity wasn't that good back then so the animations wouldn't have been that realistic, so having it blurred really does just leave your mind to imagine what it would look like. Same thing watching censored real gore, you don't see it but you KNOW what's happening behind that blur/bar

  • @ArcadeStriker
    @ArcadeStriker Před rokem +116

    I found it really funny that last one from the RPG that changed (German dictator)'s name to...the other name he used to be called and put him some sunglasses. They didn't even bother to shave his moustache like in German Wolfenstein lmao

    • @SSBBPOKEFAN
      @SSBBPOKEFAN Před rokem +27

      Persona 2: Innocent Sin. That game's plot is just...WILD. If you have the time, I'd recommend playing it. The batshit insanity NEEDS to be experienced firsthand.

    • @JamesTheFoxeArt
      @JamesTheFoxeArt Před rokem +7

      The sunglasses on hitler is just hilarious imo

    • @indranilroy4822
      @indranilroy4822 Před rokem +4

      @@SSBBPOKEFAN Ah yes, innocent sin where the final boss is a mecha-style amalagation of the protagonists' dads in what is essentially s&m gear

    • @Garry_Combine
      @Garry_Combine Před rokem +3

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

  • @isaacclarke195
    @isaacclarke195 Před rokem +218

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

    • @BinglesP
      @BinglesP Před rokem +6

      Well, it's more in-character for Mega Man Volnutt(the one in the Legends series) than for the other Mega Man incarnations, at least

  • @Skeleetrom
    @Skeleetrom Před rokem +60

    One piece of censorship that I think is interesting is in the Chinese release of Halo, the Master Chief Collection. The opening cinematic for the Halo 2 level Gravemind is cropped to not show the titular Gravemind, probably because it's a giant tentacle of rotting flesh. Also in this version all killed enemies don't spill any blood and shrink down out of existence so the don't leave behind a corpse.

    • @antlastheant
      @antlastheant Před rokem +4

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

  • @aellyze
    @aellyze Před rokem +43

    One censorship I recently found was in the opening cinematic for Sonic Unleashed. In an earlier version they actually showed Sonic's SKELETON while he's electrocuted. It's only for brief flashes but it looks quite realistic in a weird way. Like seeing Sonic's skull shape & ribcage is weird man. ' _ '

  • @CAMBrawl
    @CAMBrawl Před rokem +115

    MY FAVOURITE AUSSI CZcamsR EVER HAS UPLOADED YESSSS

  • @FossyPickles
    @FossyPickles Před rokem +81

    I’m so fucking mad they got rid of Steve’s meat, also you should do a full video on weird localization changes in general, it’d be cool

  • @bigcooltony437
    @bigcooltony437 Před rokem +71

    It’s not censorship, but it is funny, in Russia they rated Miitopia 18+ because in it you can have “same sex marriage”. probably because if you level up your friendship, it’ll mean marriage? idk

    • @the-NightStar
      @the-NightStar Před rokem

      Reminder that Russia has always sucked.

    • @PhoebeTheFairy56
      @PhoebeTheFairy56 Před 11 měsíci +3

      It could maybe be about the npc miis that are couples since in miitopia you can put any mii in any role, and therefore could make the couples gay couples if you want

    • @disarraygay
      @disarraygay Před 10 měsíci +3

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

  • @DrAwe-fi6we
    @DrAwe-fi6we Před rokem +16

    I don't know if Shadow the Hedgehog sticking to it's T-Rating would've made the game better or worse...
    But it sure would've been more entertaining.

  • @TyrantDweller
    @TyrantDweller Před rokem +624

    The largest, most recent case of videogame censorship in the last month has got to be the totally real cut 6-hour sex scene from Atomic Heart, which I refuse to believe isn't real as those two ballerina twins are the only things keeping me going right now.

    • @Meleedroit
      @Meleedroit Před rokem +98

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

    • @IcyRegret64
      @IcyRegret64 Před rokem +23

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

    • @thenotoriousnreal
      @thenotoriousnreal Před rokem +30

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

    • @ShibuNub3305
      @ShibuNub3305 Před rokem +86

      @@thenotoriousnreal Are you familiar with the concept of satire

    • @yukimistay
      @yukimistay Před rokem +26

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

  • @Mailboxx2.0
    @Mailboxx2.0 Před rokem +35

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

  • @maffiola
    @maffiola Před rokem +33

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

  • @comfyghost
    @comfyghost Před rokem +27

    actually a remnant of maria getting shot to death on screen straight up made it into the final game.
    for one of shadows many flashbacks to maria's death, rather than show it outright, they represent it by just flashing some screenshots from the pre-rendered opening, including one of the cut shot.

    • @comfyghost
      @comfyghost Před rokem +2

      …heh heh… cut shot

    • @the-NightStar
      @the-NightStar Před rokem +4

      Reminds me of how during the entire show's run, Ren and Stimpy's opening contains portions of a scene that was cut from the pilot episode. For every year Ren and Stimpy ran on television, all shots in that opening were from the pilot episode, including 2 shots no one had ever seen during it's entire run. It confused a lot of kids back in the day, myself included.
      Only years later when Ren and Stimpy made it onto DVD, was the cut scene ever revealed.

  • @rexcelsior5415
    @rexcelsior5415 Před rokem +109

    Unless the nudity patch for Watch_Dogs 2 is very recent then I’m pretty sure they left in the random nude NPCs. Last time I played, which was about a year ago, I did find the nudists occasionally. I had no idea they fully modelled the nudity for every single character though.

    • @Safersephiroth777
      @Safersephiroth777 Před rokem +4

      I played it 2 years ago too. I believe the nudists are there but only in a small area but yeah they did remove the naughy bits of all NPC's too. Not the tits of course.

    • @gibleyman
      @gibleyman Před rokem +9

      Ok but I'm still genuinely confused, why in the actual fuk did Ubisoft, fukin Ubisoft of all people decided "hey you know what, let's give every single NPC in the game a fully modelled naked body, that sounds cool".
      Like what purpose does it serve? Just..... whai?

    • @Safersephiroth777
      @Safersephiroth777 Před rokem +6

      @@gibleyman I always wondered that too. I mean it doesn't make sense. There is no such nudity in the game. There are bare tits but that is. So who really knows.

    • @coltforceplayer
      @coltforceplayer Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@gibleymanfuck* not fuk

    • @coltforceplayer
      @coltforceplayer Před 6 měsíci +4

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

  • @justsomesimplenuclearbirbs4313

    The ironic part of Mythra's censored design is folks actually *liked* it! So much so that in an update for Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Monolith actually made that an outfit she could wear in-game via an Aux Core item as part of Xenoblade Chronicles 2's one-year anniversary.
    It's called "Massive Melee Mythra" and gives a 25% crit rate boost, the best crit rate boosting item in the entire game that *doesn't* require purchasing the Expansion Pass and isn't actually exclusive to Mythra, just the outfit. Meaning if you have loadouts that thrive off of critical hits, especially crit healing, you can use Massive Melee Mythra to boost your crit rate even further.

    • @lpfan4491
      @lpfan4491 Před rokem +2

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

    • @justsomesimplenuclearbirbs4313
      @justsomesimplenuclearbirbs4313 Před rokem +2

      @@lpfan4491 Even funnier is the fact they didn't bother to make the Core Crystal on Mythra's chest complete during gameplay for Torna, but during specific cutscenes one moment she'll be wearing the outfit yet her Core Crystal is complete then suddenly it'll be missing a chunk of itself in a completely different cutscene.
      If characters could react to what costumes and outfits other characters are wearing I'd bet during Torna everyone would constantly ask Mythra where some of her Core Crystal vanished off to leaving her confused until it suddenly reappears confusing everyone even more.
      Also, thanks for the compliment. (If it actually is one, can't really tell unfortunately.) Okuu is a precious nuclear birb and you can never have enough birbs in general in your life. I kinda feel sorry for the Okuu at the bottom of the tower though, poor birb is probably getting crushed by her other selves and begging for air. But birbs will be birbs.

    • @mariajimenafigueroa233
      @mariajimenafigueroa233 Před rokem +1

      ​@@justsomesimplenuclearbirbs4313 I like the censored design better because Mythra's personality in her home game consist on the cliche of beating the male protagonist over a misunderstand that makes him look like a prevent yet she wears a dress that not only shows clevage but also has a skirt so short that if she bends even a little would expose her panties.

  • @magolor152
    @magolor152 Před rokem +15

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

  • @BuddytheUser
    @BuddytheUser Před rokem +19

    6:08 Carmageddon actually used robots in Germany like the other games you mentioned, while the green-blooded zombies were from another censored version that other regions had.
    Yes, a game that was already censored had to be censored again.

  • @beanman3113
    @beanman3113 Před rokem +11

    13:27 Funnily enough, a similar situation happened with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe when people noticed that one of Inkling Girl's trick jump animations sort of looked that way as well.

  • @mingcr9470
    @mingcr9470 Před rokem +40

    Currently, about 6% of all steam games are unavailable in germany, specifically those involving nudity or sexual content, because steam just had enough of german officials bothering them.

    • @BinglesP
      @BinglesP Před rokem +2

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

    • @3picninjaboy
      @3picninjaboy Před rokem +1

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

  • @BewbsOP
    @BewbsOP Před rokem +41

    Interestingly, the "hasn't had his coffee yet" is still fitting for him being drunk, since coffee is commonly something some people use to try to sober up after drinking. I'm pretty sure they chose that line specifically because it still subtextually insinuates the guy is drunk while keeping plausible deniability if the esrb call them out on it.

  • @opinus8395
    @opinus8395 Před rokem +19

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

  • @FrieBunchOfNumbers
    @FrieBunchOfNumbers Před rokem +124

    Persona 2’s censorship is always funny to me. How do we don’t offend our international audien- EH JUST GIVE HIM SOME SICK SHADES NO ONE WILL NOTICE.

    • @Shad0wed
      @Shad0wed Před rokem +12

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

    • @terminat7364
      @terminat7364 Před rokem +6

      Literally superman to Clark Kent disguise

    • @vexilanimous
      @vexilanimous Před rokem +2

      I mean, I don't think it counts as much as other entries in this video since it was purely to appease the ESRB and updated CERO standards by the time the game was getting ported to PSP. Pretty sure they were doing the bare minimum to skirt by so that it would still be obvious to anyone with a brain, lol

    • @AzumarillConGafasBv
      @AzumarillConGafasBv Před rokem +2

      That's more of a Japanese problem, because the Rating system on Japan states that games can't have real life persons or else the rating will go up, so they just gave him sunglasses and called him "Führer" instead of Hitler

  • @BOREDGAMERGAMING
    @BOREDGAMERGAMING Před rokem +127

    Bolt if you see this, I want you to know...
    God of War is an action-adventure game franchise created by David Jaffe at Sony's Santa Monica Studio. It began in 2005 on the PlayStation 2 (PS2) video game console and has become a flagship series for PlayStation, consisting of nine installments across multiple platforms. Based on ancient mythologies, the story follows Kratos, a Spartan warrior and later the Greek God of War, who was tricked into killing his family by his former master, the original Greek God of War Ares. This sets off a series of events that leads to wars with the different mythological pantheons. The Greek-based games see Kratos follow a path of vengeance due to the machinations of the Olympian gods, while the Norse-based games, which introduce his son Atreus as a secondary protagonist, show Kratos on a path of redemption and inadvertently coming into conflict with the Norse gods.

    • @ItsMzPhoenix
      @ItsMzPhoenix Před rokem +2

      I think at least one of the earlier games had some censored nudity; not sure if the sex minigame would've been cut as well.

    • @theonlybilge
      @theonlybilge Před rokem +4

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

    • @deatheater6222
      @deatheater6222 Před rokem

      ​@@theonlybilge yes

  • @TeamBlueToad
    @TeamBlueToad Před rokem +7

    Honestly, i think the cork guns in the american version of Mario Party 2 are loads better than the real ones in the JP version. It just makes Bowser's "death" scene a lot funnier.

  • @thetotaldramaking5427
    @thetotaldramaking5427 Před rokem +17

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

  • @CinnamonGhost_Crunch
    @CinnamonGhost_Crunch Před rokem +11

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

  • @phoenixdening6434
    @phoenixdening6434 Před rokem +9

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

  • @the_NNPW
    @the_NNPW Před rokem +10

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

  • @CutBackDropTurn
    @CutBackDropTurn Před rokem +13

    You actually missed a detail in Shadow the Hedgehog being censored. I’m the opening movie, a GUN Soldier was hit by a laser blast from the Black Arms. He simply gets knocked down and it’s short, but they cut this shot from the game completely!

    • @lugbzurg8987
      @lugbzurg8987 Před rokem +2

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

  • @LS-mx5hl
    @LS-mx5hl Před rokem +10

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

  • @TheIrishDino
    @TheIrishDino Před rokem +24

    Maybe a small addition, I'm a big fan of how you include the music tracks in the description. It's a small thing but really helpful.

  • @SHKEVE
    @SHKEVE Před rokem +3

    i’m from the US but moved to Belgium in grade school and really liked Probotector. when i moved back, no one would believe that I played a robot version of Contra.

  • @nfortyeight
    @nfortyeight Před rokem +19

    In super smash bros ultimate there’s a lot of other subtle censorship with the spirits for non-sexual reasons (Dracula’s cape doesn’t drip blood, a few characters have changed symbols on their clothes, etc.)

  • @Olive_701
    @Olive_701 Před rokem +18

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

  • @adamntcaponewholikesbigcoo1749

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

    • @lssjgaming1599
      @lssjgaming1599 Před rokem +1

      It's one of maybe 2 or 3 4kids productions I can think of that are like that since there was short lived uncut dubs from 4kids for Yu-Gi-Oh and Shaman King that left in stuff like religious imagery and guns

    • @adamntcaponewholikesbigcoo1749
      @adamntcaponewholikesbigcoo1749 Před rokem

      @@lssjgaming1599 and dead people!

    • @the-NightStar
      @the-NightStar Před rokem

      The voice actors they hired are not indicative of the company themselves. So i'm not sure I understand the point of comparison. Also the canon explanation of that it's not even a real gun, it just looks like one. And "basically" doesn't mean it is Satan or that it carried any commutations of satanism. Literally all parts of your statement fall apart at the seams.

    • @adamntcaponewholikesbigcoo1749
      @adamntcaponewholikesbigcoo1749 Před rokem

      @@the-NightStar I just like the juxtaposition

    • @theonlybilge
      @theonlybilge Před rokem +1

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

  • @Staalkop-
    @Staalkop- Před rokem +9

    Hey diamondbolt, you probably won’t see this but just wanted to say i’m a huge fan and hope you’ll make videos forever!

  • @issgo1372
    @issgo1372 Před rokem +2

    Your videos are so good! I love them, you cover so many interesting topics and stuff from my childhood, you’ve become one of my favourite CZcamsrs
    I know you probably won’t see this, but an interesting topic would be lost media that’s been recovered, the original footage for shrek is so cool to see. You don’t have to cover this topic but I just thought it was interesting ( I get it, wanna work on something your interested in) 😊
    Keep up the great work!!

  • @ataridrive7482
    @ataridrive7482 Před rokem +16

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

  • @gojithecringe
    @gojithecringe Před rokem +4

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

  • @TommyTonk
    @TommyTonk Před rokem +7

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

  • @Fykzktzktz
    @Fykzktzktz Před rokem +3

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

  • @peety0792
    @peety0792 Před rokem

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

  • @taxisalad
    @taxisalad Před rokem +8

    "Babe, wake up new DiamondBolt video!!"

  • @domdollahyt
    @domdollahyt Před rokem +2

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

  • @meta-less
    @meta-less Před rokem +5

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

  • @juster6251
    @juster6251 Před rokem +6

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

    • @theonlybilge
      @theonlybilge Před rokem +4

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

  • @yona3271
    @yona3271 Před rokem +10

    I recommend playing shadow the hedgehog in japan since it's much better in terms of how much its better remember some cutscene like "where is that damn forth chaos emerald?" is like in japan " where is that emerald?" and some stuff in japan version is basically just better

    • @the-NightStar
      @the-NightStar Před rokem

      That's not better.

    • @cjgg4885
      @cjgg4885 Před rokem

      I recommend not playing Shadow the Hedgehog at all because it's a shit game and the core issues with its story and structure don't change all of a sudden when the language is different.

    • @yona3271
      @yona3271 Před rokem +1

      @@the-NightStar remember shadow the hedgehog was way worse in the US version tbh even in other games they ruined some cutscenes with their dub

  • @johanstenfelt1206
    @johanstenfelt1206 Před rokem +5

    Huh, how very interesting, I wonder what kind of Censorship we’ll get next?
    Hopefully, they make more sense than some of these, but that’s doubtful.

  • @DaneNOTDan
    @DaneNOTDan Před rokem +2

    Censership in GENARAL sucks so much it’s actually terrifying

  • @Ikcatcher
    @Ikcatcher Před rokem +30

    The best censorship was the one in South Park Stick of Truth where they just the banned scenes with a sad koala for Australia
    (I made this comment before watching)

  • @libramoon1582
    @libramoon1582 Před rokem +3

    In Digimon Story, Sistermon and Sistermon Noir had their designs altered in the western release to make them look less like nuns, for example, the hat being changed to resemble animal ears

  • @ShOscar
    @ShOscar Před 3 měsíci +1

    A lot of people probably know about this already, but Smash Bros for 3DS had a trophy of Tharja from Fire Emblem in the game. It was present in the ESRB leak of the game, but it was removed from the retail release cuz it was a bit too hot for an E10 rating

  • @alessandro6885
    @alessandro6885 Před 10 měsíci +1

    About that scene with Shadow the Hedgehog where Maria’s lifeless body was shown falling: there also is a still image of that scene that was used in the game itself, but it was slightly blurred and had most of its original color pallet changed to black & white. It plays during a cutscene where shadow is on the ARK and is remembering what happened to Maria. There were also rumors that the Japanese version had the original scene left in tact, but as of now nobody has ever actually shown proof outside of the original trailer version filmed with a camcorder pointed at a TV screen, so it’s likely it was cut from the Japanese version as well.

  • @Zoroark_Master
    @Zoroark_Master Před rokem +3

    The one VG censorship outside of smash that I remember the most is how they removed the breast slide in the character costumisation for the non Japanese version of Xenoblade chronicles x (they also edited some of the outfit and/or changed the age of the character Lin)

  • @bunchofcds2300
    @bunchofcds2300 Před rokem +5

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

  • @Chorutowo
    @Chorutowo Před rokem +8

    I honestly think the best handling of video game censorship is with terraria, in its Chinese version. If you dont know, alot of the games bosses and enemies have elements of "blood and gore" integral to the design, such as the Eye of Chuthulu, a floating eyeball that grows teeth. To be released in China, the game had to have all of these elements removed, so instead of just covering it up they made a completely different design for everything, for example the eye was turned into a grassy snapper like creature, essentially make a different, but still good experience.

  • @LeonS.kennedyswife
    @LeonS.kennedyswife Před měsícem +1

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

  • @ohmaplaymaker
    @ohmaplaymaker Před rokem +4

    9:45 This one is perfect

  • @awesomeowenproductions494

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

  • @PNW30568
    @PNW30568 Před rokem +2

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

  • @Jude-72
    @Jude-72 Před rokem +2

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

  • @NoProblem-
    @NoProblem- Před rokem +2

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

  • @purr-fectcatstudios5195
    @purr-fectcatstudios5195 Před rokem +2

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

  • @idiotsandwich2605
    @idiotsandwich2605 Před rokem +1

    Babe wake up diamond bolt uploaded

  • @MozartOfficial
    @MozartOfficial Před rokem +19

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

  • @Ryder-a-Blaze
    @Ryder-a-Blaze Před rokem +40

    These censorships are worse than 4Kids censorships

    • @PlayerZeroStart
      @PlayerZeroStart Před rokem +3

      Is it though? 4kids has done basically all of these things while also completely removing any sign of the stories being Japanese, so I'd say 4kids was much worse.

    • @limewater4074
      @limewater4074 Před rokem

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

    • @Ryder-a-Blaze
      @Ryder-a-Blaze Před rokem

      @@limewater4074 no

    • @limewater4074
      @limewater4074 Před rokem +1

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

  • @Ox.13
    @Ox.13 Před rokem +1

    This was good consider making a third one

  • @Dark_Saibot
    @Dark_Saibot Před rokem +11

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

    • @TheArceusftw
      @TheArceusftw Před rokem +7

      Because Austrailian censorship is Hella strict.

    • @stitchlover4381
      @stitchlover4381 Před rokem

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

    • @stitchlover4381
      @stitchlover4381 Před rokem

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

    • @TheArceusftw
      @TheArceusftw Před rokem

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

    • @stitchlover4381
      @stitchlover4381 Před rokem

      @@TheArceusftw .... maybe?

  • @Skyejessica02
    @Skyejessica02 Před rokem +1

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

  • @makotoplush9776
    @makotoplush9776 Před rokem +5

    Never forget meaty Steve

  • @r.a.fgattaiguy845
    @r.a.fgattaiguy845 Před 2 měsíci +1

    the Danganronpa games censored blood by making it a very bright pink, but in this case it worked so well that it became a staple of the series

    • @isauldron4337
      @isauldron4337 Před měsícem

      You forgot it's canonically red

    • @r.a.fgattaiguy845
      @r.a.fgattaiguy845 Před měsícem

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

  • @coltforceplayer
    @coltforceplayer Před 2 měsíci +2

    “Your man’s kinda cute”
    “SKANK”

  • @QuadratusTiberium
    @QuadratusTiberium Před rokem +3

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

  • @Santoryu90
    @Santoryu90 Před rokem +5

    In the Ace Attorney series, despite the fact it’s mostly about solving murders, references to alcohol are censored like wine being turned into grape juice.

  • @BoredTeen76900
    @BoredTeen76900 Před rokem +6

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

  • @sparks7738
    @sparks7738 Před rokem +3

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

  • @blade_ofhope3605
    @blade_ofhope3605 Před rokem +1

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

  • @professorbaxtercarelessdre1075

    KIngdom Hearts had a couple notorious ones you didn't mention as well, its crazy what developers put into their games in the first place, just for those things to have to be edited if not removed

  • @sandvicheatfresh
    @sandvicheatfresh Před rokem +2

    you probably already knew this but someone did a re-edit of sonic nazo unleashed with a fully voiced cast with a few dialogue tweaks. There's also a stickfigure one which adds a ton more fight scenes.

  • @Meleedroit
    @Meleedroit Před rokem +8

    The Ocarina of Time one is so funny to an arab like me, just because I'm imagining some poor japanese developers not having a clue what they thought was stock bg chanting was actually a Quran reading. Didn't Xbox also do this but then KEEP the Quran verse in btw?

    • @TeruteruBozusama
      @TeruteruBozusama Před rokem

      Yeah, if it was actual Arabs and Muslims complaining it had been one thing... But instead it was some non-Muslim Americans who did it..!

    • @Meleedroit
      @Meleedroit Před rokem +2

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

    • @theonlybilge
      @theonlybilge Před rokem +2

      @@Meleedroit
      Tell that to that one LittleBig Planet composer

    • @lpfan4491
      @lpfan4491 Před rokem +1

      Nintendo Employee:"This stock sample sounds pretty cool, let's mix it to music."
      Nintendo Employee when they find out you aren't supposed to mix it to music: *Emergency, Emergency! Stop the Press!*

  • @WanderfromSOTC
    @WanderfromSOTC Před rokem

    Great video as always

  • @Socksydeeryenaboi
    @Socksydeeryenaboi Před rokem

    Good video Adam keep up the good work

  • @Superb23
    @Superb23 Před rokem +3

    Will you review all the original, prequel, and sequel Star Wars movies, I'd love to see your reaction to the movies and, of course, review.

  • @HarmonyBunny
    @HarmonyBunny Před měsícem +5

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

  • @AgeOf3ra
    @AgeOf3ra Před rokem +2

    Woke up just in time to watch a new Diamondbolt video 😁

  • @TFanPage101
    @TFanPage101 Před rokem +4

    "Darn heck" - Shadow the Dog

  • @maniacalclefable1354
    @maniacalclefable1354 Před rokem +4

    12:39 I will literally never be able to say Vaporeon’s my favourite EeveeLution without saying it’s not because of the copypasta. That joke was funny until I said I liked Vaporeon and then immediately got fucking FLAMED for it… *sigh*

  • @cooperkellis2659
    @cooperkellis2659 Před rokem +2

    I'm surprised terraria didn't get brought up in the gore/violence censorship considering every boss and a bunch of enemies got redesigned for the chinese release

  • @mariaisabelg4701
    @mariaisabelg4701 Před rokem +4

    Low-key tho, I kinda wish that Shadow the Hedgehog had that teen rating. Idk I just love how silly, edgy it is.

    • @KonoNana
      @KonoNana Před 9 měsíci

      Should've probably also just called him Shadow the Edgehog.
      If you plan to go over the top you don't stop halfway.

  • @SonicTheCutehog
    @SonicTheCutehog Před rokem +4

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