The stupidest one is the Axel censorship. I don't even understand the though process behind that one. Less flames? What the actual fuck was the point there?
IKR ? What's the point of this ? I understand the reason of censorship but PLEASE not in such a ridiculous way! These censorships were the most stupid censorship I have ever seen in a video game EVER! Just stop, please.....
***** He didn't pass any opinions on the games themselves or say he played them. He just shows visual proof of changes made between versions. I'm not really sure what you want him to do?
All those hours spent in that game...I never once thought to try and put the camera under her skirt! Something my teenage self would undoubtedly try in any other game...something about Kingdom Hearts makes you just a little bit more pure I guess...
To be honest I'm a girl and even my best friend and I tried doing the camera thing when we were 10 and playing this game. Either we heard about it from someone else or we just wanted to know if they actually gave her underwear, idk.
I'm planning on replaying the series from start, and I wouldn't put it past myself to try to look up Kairi's skirt. I last played it when I was probably 7 or 8, and I'm 16 now.
@@FlowerEmblem i totally tried, but mainly because i was into fighting games and those ganes love those pantie shots. To me, it was a way of measuring their attention to detail.
Um...wait...why did they censor anything from the Pirates of the Caribbean part of the game? All of that stuff was in the original American made movie! So weird...
It was censored primarily because the property was one of the "mature" disney properties so they censored it to make it fall in line with the rest of the Disney properties.
From what my step mom told me, Japanese parents make sure their kids know the difference between Fantasy and reality more than American parents do. She lived in Japan for a few years. She could be wrong, but it makes sense unless someone who knows better can tell me otherwise.
You overlooked one. In the Japanese version, the pirates can catch fire when attacked using the aforementioned spell. This was removed in the international release.
Really. None of this censorship is needed. Bah. A friend of mine said that this is all the result of the "Pussification of this Generation". I never heard of the term before, but it does fit in some situations.
I sort of agree but I only see that in the english speaking countries where people will get offended over the most trivial of shit like what you are wearing
+Dominik Makówka It's the result of Politically Correct culture where nobody wants to offend anyone to point that everything is censored. It's really annoying snd sad.
I like to think that the censorship wasn't because square Enix were pussying out but the fact that the western rating board might have been more strict
AntiHyperChick That isnt true at all, alot of people freak out over the tiniest thing, like if the panties thing popped up i a game today there would be national news over something so small. It isnt parents of us "millenials", its the older millenials (those born in the early 1990s) who do it. As they have gotten into positions where they choose what is what. I find all of these censorships retarded, oh wait i just offended someone by saying that.
no need to claim people were pedophiles for looking at kairi when the game out. most people who played kh2 when it came out were either around her age or younger
You make it sound like there was no such thing as adults while our generation was little. lol Adults played this game back then as well. While we weren't pedos, others may have been. Lol
aneonfoxtribute removing the sword in his chest, OR removing an entire scene of Will treating suicide is actually a noticeable difference... Those things added a lot more investment in the story when you see how much character strength they have.
@@DarkEXE The game was rated E, apparently. Meaning that they changed it so that kids as little of the ages of 5 can play without worry. This is me assuming there will be minimal changes at the very least.
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I wonder if it ever occurred to those censoring the "sexy" stuff, that they just might think of it that way because they are adults and that it would probably not register to a kid? Kinda like with all the adult jokes in kid's cartoons.
I think Everyone +10 wasn't exist back then before it was created in 2004. There were Disney content in Kingdom Hearts that was merely targetted towards all ages including children.
This is why I enjoy what you do. You point out things that were at one time okay, only to be not okay now. Such as the Hercules game having the green blood, and the Kingdom Hearts game not having it, at least here in the States. I saw this after your second update video, so please keep up the great work.
Love the channel. Maybe do an episode on Metal Slug in the future? There are some pretty outrageous cuts on the home versions outside Japan, like they changed the red blood but left people burning to death.
JamesCo elsPardon My comment is going to be a useless comment. the good ol days playing one of those games and I would turn into a zombie and puke out blood to kill the enemies. (at least if I remember correctly it was blood) I miss playing metal slug
Why'd they feel the need to alter the Pirates of the Caribbean scenes? Those scenes were in the movie and the movie is already rated PG-13. And sure missing genitalia is much more accepting than actual underpants.
the game is rated E for everyone, so anything above PG isn't gonna fly. and she isn't missing genitalia. they just made it to where her skirt has bottom shorts
Something I noticed in the 2.5 remix. Even though it kept the censorship of the original games, there's something that was oddly left untouched. In Port Royal, all the pirates have crossbows and such instead of pistols and rifles. Fair enough. HOWEVER, in the fight against Barbosa, there's a reaction command where Sora blocks one of his attacks by stepping on his sword. The second stage involves pressing the triangle button again to deal a strong hit, but here's the interesting bit. If you fail to execute the second part of the reaction command properly, you can see Barbosa pull out a flintlock and he'll shoot Sora right in the fuckin' face. Even better? Unless you have Second Chance or Once More, it leads to an instant kill.
Kind of sucks it was censored. I mean...I guess they were trying to appeal to the kids...I remember being around 10 playing it. Even still, I wouldn't have cared either way.
Luckygirl true, I would forget something like that. Like back when I played God of War minigame. You know, the brothel. When I played it again I was like "Did all this happen!? I DON'T REMEMBER ANY OF THIS! I ONLY REMEMBERED THE INTENSE VIOLENCE!" But I was little back then
Aias Some blames feminazi, some blames parents who don't comprehend ratings.. Either way if i see a game that interests me, i do my research to know if anything got censored. Like i make sure i know how things are suppose to look like. I prefer the original content over some bull*** reason some censorship was made.
I knew about the panties but it's not something I discovered myself. The other censorship was a lot dumber imo. ( Since it's actually something you come across during normal gameplay ) Considering they originally changed Ganon's blood from red to green in Zelda Ocarina of time. Different creators, I know but still. Knowing about it makes it even more annoying. Sora can flash of his nipples but god forbid if people learn girls have underwear under their clothes.
The kid in me wanted to see Selphie, Jane, and Kairi's pantsu again, but someone had to give the ok on removing 2/3 of them. Since you mentioned 1.5 and 2.5, you might as well have brought up the Birth by Sleep censorship in Dwarf Woodlands with the mirror on the wall. Also, Aqua's original outfit that had her back exposed was changed just in case Disney didn't like it.
NOOO! NOT THE PANTIES?! I wonder how Sonic games got away with that keeping the E rating, maybe they think people don't have interest in animal's genitalia. Oh boy they are wrong!!
It’s worth noting that the Hydra Blood is only present in the original Japanese release. In all subsequent releases including Final Mix it’s the smoke.
The Xigbar thing confused me forever before knowing about this censorship. I had no clue what scope he was looking through to target Sora nor did I understand why he was just firing one shot at a time with two guns.
you already know they will. only thing I can tell you is that I think they're making an Asian English version that you can buy which will possibly have no censorship. only drawback is that you'll need a PSN account linked to a region on the back of the box if you want DLC. if not, enjoy english subs with more of nothing taken out... hopefully.
I remember the panties being there, and the suicide scene being there for my version in English, but now that I think about it, I could have come under the presumption that Will was going to kill himself just as easily, and that's how I remember it, but I feel that I remember the panties pretty well, especially with the shock value and curiosity since I played the game over so many times.
You most likely came under the presumption that Will was going to kill himself because he actually still says as much. "On my word, do as I say, or I'll pull this trigger and be lost to Davy Jones' Locker." It seems to have been more of a visual censorship policy than a dialogue-related one.
It's also the land of businesses trying to make as much money as possible, which usually means removing controversial elements to appeal to a wider audience.
Most of those cuts (both KH2 and other games) are pointless. ERSB didn't seem to mind those panties when the original game was released. Why now? The only one that makes any sense to me is the scene where Daisy "spanks" Donald.
Likely it's because people found out about the panties and posted it all over the internet, I imagine if no one had noticed then it would've gone unchanged.
I knew about the censorship of Xigbars crosshairs and gun combination but it wasn't until I watched the video that I realized that the idea of removing the gun combination action doesn't make sense if the reason is "we don't want the players to feel too threatened." Or however you phrased it. That literally makes no sense. We're playing as an adolescent with a giant key as a weapon; fighting possessed ballrooms, a cartoon character on a boat, a massive purple hydra and black clothed men with flaming frisbees, water spewing guitars and tornado creating spears. Yet the single act of combining two honestly fake looking guns into one is where the localizers were like "Oh oh oh. Can't have that. The people playing this will be too scared to continue!" Seriously m8????? Good video, none the less.
There's one other bit of censorship you missed. In Port Royal, the blood on the medallions totally vanishes in the shots after they're dropped into the chest. In the Japanese release, however, they remain covered in blood for a few scenes, just like in the movie. Like Xigbar's rifle, though, this was changed back in the HD Remix.
At least this was rated E, but I still find the odd obsession with removing small details(mainly female underwear, which isn't a issue at all). I guess kids can't be allowed to see their 2nd amendment rights, but a crossbow is somehow better? Makes no sense to me, getting shot at is getting shot at.
Team RetroBlue >Compares fictional 3rd person camera to somehow being a pedophile. You do know what a pedophile is right? Last I checked, there has to be some real people involved... But hey common sense is hard, amIright?
It's about context. There far more sexual media out there than some video game character's underwear. Do I understand why Japan gets off on this crap? No. I look at the big picture. Girls wear skirts. If there was nothing under there it'd be a provlem, but no call Chris Hansen that guy saw Kairi's underwear. It's stupid.
D'jango Markov Virtue signaling anyone? "Look at me, I think looking at pixels is morally wrong. Aren't I such a good person?" Go virtue signal to someone who cares or is dumb enough to think a set of pixels can have an age.
what's so funny about the crossbow thing is that they apparently ept the original sounds, said crossbows somehow producing a noticable bang when fired.
bosco jokey do you think there are any American people who think mickey mouse originated from this game? Actually, do you think there are any people of any nations of any kind who think Mickey Mouse originated from this series? Yes. There are for sure.
I kind of doubt it. Japan has Tokyo Disneyland, which opened in the 80s. There is also a Disney channel in Japan on TV. Those have been around longer than Kingdom Hearts.
The crossbows still make gunshot noises. I never really thought about that until now. I also never thought to move the camera under Kairi, although in SSB Melee...
I am guessing that Selphie's and Kairi's pantsu Censorship in the HD 1.5 Remix/2.5 Remix has to do with the CERO strict rules on pantsu being used in CERO A rated games at that time?
Pretty much what I'm assuming too. Anything re-released that had a A rating is going to some form of censorship to retain that A rating, not that they have to. Dragon Quest 8 is a example of this.
To be honest the PotC level is so dark and the fact they left in the gunshot sound I didn't even realize they were firing crossbows until the level was practically over... if ever.
Birth by Sleep was an okay game, certainly not as good as KHII, but it was pretty enjoyable. Dream Drop Distance, however, has a story that makes absolutely no sense and such irritating gameplay mechanics as being forced to switch characters during the middle of a boss fight and not having any place dedicated to level grinding
I thought the animators of the game were being lazy with the William Tuner scene on Pirates of the Caribbean. Also, I thought I couldn't see the sword in Jack. I wished they stop ruining game quality I wanted and paid for. Thanks for revealing this to us.
You've missed out Donald's guts in Halloween Town. In the original Kingdom Hearts, but Japan and Western versions show Donald's mummy disguise in Halloween town with the midsection replaced by a link of intestines connecting his chest to his hips. In Kingdom Hearts II, I.5HD and II.5HD, however, the intestines have been removed from the character model and the midsection is left completely empty.
The Axel death and Hydra blood make the least sense to me. The Hydra blood was that way in the original Hercules movie and with Axel's death, he's still committing suicide and blowing up, so what exactly are you censoring by having less flames around him?
All that censorship and donald is still let to go without pants...
Mahtan Amandil lol
Maybe cause he's a fucking duck lmao
Hahaha
And pooh too
The stupidest one is the Axel censorship. I don't even understand the though process behind that one. Less flames? What the actual fuck was the point there?
Maybe he didn't kill himself as much.
IKR ? What's the point of this ? I understand the reason of censorship but PLEASE not in such a ridiculous way! These censorships were the most stupid censorship I have ever seen in a video game EVER! Just stop, please.....
Gülfem Kartalbas It's pretty scary how little we can do to stop this stupidity.
***** The whole video was accurate, though. It's not like he faked these things.
***** He didn't pass any opinions on the games themselves or say he played them.
He just shows visual proof of changes made between versions.
I'm not really sure what you want him to do?
All those hours spent in that game...I never once thought to try and put the camera under her skirt! Something my teenage self would undoubtedly try in any other game...something about Kingdom Hearts makes you just a little bit more pure I guess...
To be honest I'm a girl and even my best friend and I tried doing the camera thing when we were 10 and playing this game. Either we heard about it from someone else or we just wanted to know if they actually gave her underwear, idk.
I'm planning on replaying the series from start, and I wouldn't put it past myself to try to look up Kairi's skirt. I last played it when I was probably 7 or 8, and I'm 16 now.
@@FlowerEmblem i totally tried, but mainly because i was into fighting games and those ganes love those pantie shots. To me, it was a way of measuring their attention to detail.
I was like 15 when I first played KH2. totally tried without even hearing about it. It was a pleasant discovery for my immature teenage self 🤣
Pfff. THE FIRST THING I DID WAS TO LOOK AT HER SKIRT.
Um...wait...why did they censor anything from the Pirates of the Caribbean part of the game? All of that stuff was in the original American made movie! So weird...
It was censored primarily because the property was one of the "mature" disney properties so they censored it to make it fall in line with the rest of the Disney properties.
Derrick Dang well that is stupid because mostly of the people than actually play kigndom hearts are teens adults lol
Ya but there is also Disney involved :P
Derrick Dang still is stupid because mostly of the sensure they made are actually in the movie itself xD so kids still can see that lol
Disney puts dicks in every movie they make so I don't see how that is relevant. Lol
I always did find it odd that the pirates had crossbows.
I think that they still made gunshot noises, though.
Fuck all that censorship, it was completely unnecessary.
+Caio ST it's most likely Disney not squat
+Marvin K
Not squat indeed
so true its not like kids would know or in the end its just a game not to be taken seriously..but whatever
It's still pretty minor, especially compared to Nintendo's censorship.
As an American, our *Land of the Free* turned into *The Land of Spineless Bitches*
So pirates can't have guns, but Will can? Weird.
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It's interesting how a nation that bans guns and knives is more lenient with them in games than a nation trying so hard to justify having them....
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From what my step mom told me, Japanese parents make sure their kids know the difference between Fantasy and reality more than American parents do. She lived in Japan for a few years. She could be wrong, but it makes sense unless someone who knows better can tell me otherwise.
+Xesthan that's actually really smart. I wish parents will actually do that.
I don't think its america in general...just the company who made the games. I don't think there's a rule that it has to be censored
Xesthan I thought that was common sense.. no joke.
You overlooked one. In the Japanese version, the pirates can catch fire when attacked using the aforementioned spell. This was removed in the international release.
sora364 What? You can burn things with fire magic? Man, I was expecting ice to do that.
Smash 456 No wonder none of my candles were lit by ice. I was trying for yeaaaaaaaaaaaars.
Wow, Axel's attack is so much more badass in the Japanese version!
Really. None of this censorship is needed. Bah.
A friend of mine said that this is all the result of the "Pussification of this Generation". I never heard of the term before, but it does fit in some situations.
I sort of agree but I only see that in the english speaking countries where people will get offended over the most trivial of shit like what you are wearing
+Dominik Makówka It's the result of Politically Correct culture where nobody wants to offend anyone to point that everything is censored. It's really annoying snd sad.
I like to think that the censorship wasn't because square Enix were pussying out but the fact that the western rating board might have been more strict
AntiHyperChick
That isnt true at all, alot of people freak out over the tiniest thing, like if the panties thing popped up i a game today there would be national news over something so small. It isnt parents of us "millenials", its the older millenials (those born in the early 1990s) who do it. As they have gotten into positions where they choose what is what. I find all of these censorships retarded, oh wait i just offended someone by saying that.
Actually i would say it is the parent's of the millennials since actual millennials don't complain don't care about stuff like that.
no need to claim people were pedophiles for looking at kairi when the game out. most people who played kh2 when it came out were either around her age or younger
lets not forget, shes a FICTIONAL CHARACTER!
I found old Kairi hotter/worth partywatching
Technically theyd be an ephebephile since Kairi is 15 in kh2.
How do you know what's on peoples' mind when they see the panties of a delicate cartoon character?
You make it sound like there was no such thing as adults while our generation was little. lol Adults played this game back then as well. While we weren't pedos, others may have been. Lol
oh so ariel can wear nothing but seashells but god forbid we let school girls pantiesve a thing lol
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who is a grown woman? Ariel?
isn't she sixteen?
Sure thing douche bag
I hope not! I don't think Disney would have a teenager marrying an adult man or else there certainly would be backlash
well, most sites and synopsis that I found saiy she is 16-year-old
But is okay to have a male running the entire game with no pants and no underwear.
Donald is a duck, so that makes it completely fine! (for some reason...)
Otaking Mikohani hahah true
Not for Holland it aint.
I heard the comic is considered porn there for THAT reason.
Cartoon Animals never wear pants c'mon now
I guess because animals in real life don't wear clothes at all
all censorship does is make these games less cool than they were
Not really. It doesn't affect them much at all
aneonfoxtribute removing the sword in his chest, OR removing an entire scene of Will treating suicide is actually a noticeable difference... Those things added a lot more investment in the story when you see how much character strength they have.
@@Yoyo-r8o it sucks but that's how the ratings board works. regardless of how many adults play them, the games were made for kids
@@aneonfoxtribute Sosa only meant uncool not worse.
Hopefully Kingdom Hearts 3 won't be as censored. Their fans have grown up as much as they had.
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It will at least pirates world.
I doubt there will be any censorship.
@@DarkEXE The game was rated E, apparently. Meaning that they changed it so that kids as little of the ages of 5 can play without worry. This is me assuming there will be minimal changes at the very least.
@@Skaiserus You overlooked.
So stupid. Keep your gruppy censorship hands off my favorite video game series!
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I wonder if it ever occurred to those censoring the "sexy" stuff, that they just might think of it that way because they are adults and that it would probably not register to a kid? Kinda like with all the adult jokes in kid's cartoons.
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I think Everyone +10 wasn't exist back then before it was created in 2004. There were Disney content in Kingdom Hearts that was merely targetted towards all ages including children.
This is why I enjoy what you do. You point out things that were at one time okay, only to be not okay now. Such as the Hercules game having the green blood, and the Kingdom Hearts game not having it, at least here in the States. I saw this after your second update video, so please keep up the great work.
Love the channel. Maybe do an episode on Metal Slug in the future? There are some pretty outrageous cuts on the home versions outside Japan, like they changed the red blood but left people burning to death.
Thanks, yeah, the Neo Geo in general had lots of outrageous cuts.
any chance on Shank episode?
They've had some censorship despite it being M rated
Samurai Shodown had blood cut out in their games in certain areas and versions. So I think it would be interesting.
JamesCo elsPardon My comment is going to be a useless comment.
the good ol days playing one of those games and I would turn into a zombie and puke out blood to kill the enemies. (at least if I remember correctly it was blood)
I miss playing metal slug
Why'd they feel the need to alter the Pirates of the Caribbean scenes? Those scenes were in the movie and the movie is already rated PG-13.
And sure missing genitalia is much more accepting than actual underpants.
the game is rated E for everyone, so anything above PG isn't gonna fly. and she isn't missing genitalia. they just made it to where her skirt has bottom shorts
Something I noticed in the 2.5 remix. Even though it kept the censorship of the original games, there's something that was oddly left untouched. In Port Royal, all the pirates have crossbows and such instead of pistols and rifles. Fair enough. HOWEVER, in the fight against Barbosa, there's a reaction command where Sora blocks one of his attacks by stepping on his sword. The second stage involves pressing the triangle button again to deal a strong hit, but here's the interesting bit. If you fail to execute the second part of the reaction command properly, you can see Barbosa pull out a flintlock and he'll shoot Sora right in the fuckin' face. Even better? Unless you have Second Chance or Once More, it leads to an instant kill.
HOLY CRAP
Wow this was great!
Shesez haha. Love your channel man
Jeez... UNDA ZA SHI sounds like a jojo stand
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Kind of sucks it was censored. I mean...I guess they were trying to appeal to the kids...I remember being around 10 playing it. Even still, I wouldn't have cared either way.
Luckygirl true, I would forget something like that.
Like back when I played God of War minigame. You know, the brothel. When I played it again I was like "Did all this happen!? I DON'T REMEMBER ANY OF THIS! I ONLY REMEMBERED THE INTENSE VIOLENCE!" But I was little back then
Parents care too much of those little things
Why does Japan think we can't handle anything again?
Aias I have NO CLUE.
Aias Some blames feminazi, some blames parents who don't comprehend ratings.. Either way if i see a game that interests me, i do my research to know if anything got censored. Like i make sure i know how things are suppose to look like. I prefer the original content over some bull*** reason some censorship was made.
its not japan its the people that handle localization of the content, they have access to the assets in most cases.
wow to think even KH got censored thats pretty crazy ...
god censorship is dumb
Weird how the Pirates had to change to crossbows and yet Clayton was allowed to keep his shotgun in both versions of Kh1.
All this just to avoid a T rating.
aka less sales cuz "childfriendlyness"... !
I hate censorship,it ruins art and one should never be afraid to show art
Panties aren't art.
@@Zelkiiro yes they are
@@Zelkiirodo you even wear panties?
I knew about the panties but it's not something I discovered myself. The other censorship was a lot dumber imo. ( Since it's actually something you come across during normal gameplay ) Considering they originally changed Ganon's blood from red to green in Zelda Ocarina of time. Different creators, I know but still. Knowing about it makes it even more annoying. Sora can flash of his nipples but god forbid if people learn girls have underwear under their clothes.
Rin Girls don't wear panties. I would know, I'm a girl. Actually, we don't have anything at all.
The kid in me wanted to see Selphie, Jane, and Kairi's pantsu again, but someone had to give the ok on removing 2/3 of them.
Since you mentioned 1.5 and 2.5, you might as well have brought up the Birth by Sleep censorship in Dwarf Woodlands with the mirror on the wall. Also, Aqua's original outfit that had her back exposed was changed just in case Disney didn't like it.
Japanese Sebastion sounds a bit like Fat Albert.
3:56 "Clothe the child" Morgan Webb X-Play.
I cringe everytime I see that Atlantica stage
Sora Oohara It remains as the only area that I will never go to. Hate Atlantis so much.
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what makes me hate it more, is the fact that you can't get ultima weapon w/o clearing that world -_-*
So that is why I've never gotten it...
Sora Oohara Atlantica is dogshit
NOOO! NOT THE PANTIES?! I wonder how Sonic games got away with that keeping the E rating, maybe they think people don't have interest in animal's genitalia. Oh boy they are wrong!!
crazystairs712 LOL. XD
crazystairs712 I'd rather flex my lack of dicks
Blame Japan's strict classification board.
The censored blood still pisses me the fuck off.
kingdom hearts: such fond memories. the first proper game i played and completed
Pantsu is laifu yohohoho....
Artorias X Sif Brook is that you?
It’s worth noting that the Hydra Blood is only present in the original Japanese release. In all subsequent releases including Final Mix it’s the smoke.
I haven't played the game but I find it so funny that Donald's name in Japanese sounds like Ronaldo
The Xigbar thing confused me forever before knowing about this censorship. I had no clue what scope he was looking through to target Sora nor did I understand why he was just firing one shot at a time with two guns.
omg i didn't know some of these, here's to hope 2.8 and 3 isnt censored!!
you already know they will. only thing I can tell you is that I think they're making an Asian English version that you can buy which will possibly have no censorship. only drawback is that you'll need a PSN account linked to a region on the back of the box if you want DLC. if not, enjoy english subs with more of nothing taken out... hopefully.
3:14 “Sora, I don’t feel so good.”
I remember the panties being there, and the suicide scene being there for my version in English, but now that I think about it, I could have come under the presumption that Will was going to kill himself just as easily, and that's how I remember it, but I feel that I remember the panties pretty well, especially with the shock value and curiosity since I played the game over so many times.
The panties were in the original release, but removed for 2.5
You most likely came under the presumption that Will was going to kill himself because he actually still says as much. "On my word, do as I say, or I'll pull this trigger and be lost to Davy Jones' Locker." It seems to have been more of a visual censorship policy than a dialogue-related one.
wow the attention to detail on panties, impressive
the logic of censorship baffles me at times
FUCK censorship! America is the land of freedom of speech!
+Censored Gaming Why They Hate Censorship?
It's also the land of businesses trying to make as much money as possible, which usually means removing controversial elements to appeal to a wider audience.
It's also probably trying to avoid possible lawsuits
Most of those cuts (both KH2 and other games) are pointless.
ERSB didn't seem to mind those panties when the original game was released. Why now?
The only one that makes any sense to me is the scene where Daisy "spanks" Donald.
Likely it's because people found out about the panties and posted it all over the internet, I imagine if no one had noticed then it would've gone unchanged.
I knew about the censorship of Xigbars crosshairs and gun combination but it wasn't until I watched the video that I realized that the idea of removing the gun combination action doesn't make sense if the reason is "we don't want the players to feel too threatened." Or however you phrased it.
That literally makes no sense. We're playing as an adolescent with a giant key as a weapon; fighting possessed ballrooms, a cartoon character on a boat, a massive purple hydra and black clothed men with flaming frisbees, water spewing guitars and tornado creating spears. Yet the single act of combining two honestly fake looking guns into one is where the localizers were like "Oh oh oh. Can't have that. The people playing this will be too scared to continue!"
Seriously m8?????
Good video, none the less.
It's pegi 12 in europe... i don't see why they need to censor it
They censor it for the US and Europe gets what the US gets to save money.
***** Panties have never started wars or hurt anyone, yet they are treated like like Nazi flags.
Is the Japanese version of Kingdom Hearts 2.5 hd remix for ps4 censored or not?
How the fuck is a crossbow any better then a gun?.
The Pirates of the Caribbean ones are a bit weird the rest is like whatever I wouldn't even have noticed.
Yeah Censor all that stuff...........that was in the original movies they were based on........which came from over here.
Seriously, what?
I mean, it wouldn't be E for Everyone then, which is what they wanted.
There's one other bit of censorship you missed. In Port Royal, the blood on the medallions totally vanishes in the shots after they're dropped into the chest. In the Japanese release, however, they remain covered in blood for a few scenes, just like in the movie. Like Xigbar's rifle, though, this was changed back in the HD Remix.
At least this was rated E, but I still find the odd obsession with removing small details(mainly female underwear, which isn't a issue at all). I guess kids can't be allowed to see their 2nd amendment rights, but a crossbow is somehow better? Makes no sense to me, getting shot at is getting shot at.
You need to reread the definition to that.
Team RetroBlue
>Compares fictional 3rd person camera to somehow being a pedophile.
You do know what a pedophile is right? Last I checked, there has to be some real people involved... But hey common sense is hard, amIright?
It's about context. There far more sexual media out there than some video game character's underwear. Do I understand why Japan gets off on this crap? No. I look at the big picture. Girls wear skirts. If there was nothing under there it'd be a provlem, but no call Chris Hansen that guy saw Kairi's underwear. It's stupid.
+SuperGamerGuy64 Well lynch mobs and witch hunters don't let such a thing bog them down. Quite sad really.
D'jango Markov Virtue signaling anyone?
"Look at me, I think looking at pixels is morally wrong. Aren't I such a good person?"
Go virtue signal to someone who cares or is dumb enough to think a set of pixels can have an age.
Japan has all the cool shits.
I thought that the whole zigbar combining his guns together was a final mix thing
I remember playing Final mix and then comparing it to 2.5 when it came out. so different. I appreciate Japan for not censoring their shit though on KH
what's so funny about the crossbow thing is that they apparently ept the original sounds, said crossbows somehow producing a noticable bang when fired.
I knew about the panties....i actually found out by being a pervert 😅
I'm surprised you didn't bring up the fact that the nudity coming from Ariel from when she first became a human was fully censored.
Well this shows that Kingdom of hearts 3 will have censorship on sexual content LOL
AnimeNightcores150 It's Disney
:/
Your best video yet!
i'm gonna fucking play dead or alive
FT_LaXus Don't forget the lotion and handkerchiefs
Lol😂
Why are panties always involved?
do you think there are any Japanese people who think mickey mouse originated from this game?
bosco jokey do you think there are any American people who think mickey mouse originated from this game?
Actually, do you think there are any people of any nations of any kind who think Mickey Mouse originated from this series?
Yes. There are for sure.
HOnestly thats a very interesting question considering how MANY people think Naruto invented ninja.
I kind of doubt it. Japan has Tokyo Disneyland, which opened in the 80s. There is also a Disney channel in Japan on TV. Those have been around longer than Kingdom Hearts.
You seem to know very little about Japanese people.
3:53 I’m sure we only play Under The Sea just to hear Sora sing.
i can agree with panties cencorship,but why guns?,that cool things
I agree
Dhika Afrisandy America is sensitive to rifles in teen games due to trauma throughout the years. Pistols are okay, for some reason.
The crossbows still make gunshot noises. I never really thought about that until now. I also never thought to move the camera under Kairi, although in SSB Melee...
I don't care if i can't see up kairi's skirt its disney for petes sake
Nathanael Sims Agreed, but it's just a void.
Nathanael Sims What does Pete have to do with anything? He wasn't even in KH1, and played a minor role in 2.
Looks like Sora's Keyblade got excited at Dasiy and Donald. ;)
I think all this censorship goes to show just how far SJW's have gone over the years. ¬ _¬
From what movie is the clip you used in 0:50-0:51?
Pecos Bill
Censored Gaming Can't find that scene though. Only a similar one. Can you link the video that shows your scene? Would love to know the context. :D
Fuck censorship.
I am guessing that Selphie's and Kairi's pantsu Censorship in the HD 1.5 Remix/2.5 Remix has to do with the CERO strict rules on pantsu being used in CERO A rated games at that time?
Pretty much what I'm assuming too. Anything re-released that had a A rating is going to some form of censorship to retain that A rating, not that they have to. Dragon Quest 8 is a example of this.
That's why SSB Wii U was censored in Japan.
Booooooooooo
The west is so boring
Also in the original JP release of KH2, you could set the undead pirates on fire!
Good thing I never got into Kingdom Hearts.
Same here. It was a good concept but it turned out a mess in more ways than one in my opinion.
These ways being?
Bucketninja Why should I tell you.
Team RetroBlue Because I'm curious.
Bucketninja Good. Lets leave it at that.
To be honest the PotC level is so dark and the fact they left in the gunshot sound I didn't even realize they were firing crossbows until the level was practically over... if ever.
i love how they removed the guns but kept the blood on the coin
Also they kept claytons rifel but not the skeletons?
Why censor the sword from the original movie
I didn't even realize the scene with Donald and Daisy in Japan!
1:22 - 1:38
To be fair, who bleeds in Kingdom Hearts?
but all that happened in the actual Pirates movie, so why is it censored?
Some stupid reason.
Pirates was a PG-13-rated movie. KH is a G-rated game.
When it comes to Will's threat, the gun was at his neck IN THE FILM
Still doesn't change the fact that KH2 is the best video game ever
That sure is an opinion of opinions.
Personally I think Birth by Sleep and Dream Drop Distance blows KHII out of the water so to speak.
Birth by Sleep was an okay game, certainly not as good as KHII, but it was pretty enjoyable. Dream Drop Distance, however, has a story that makes absolutely no sense and such irritating gameplay mechanics as being forced to switch characters during the middle of a boss fight and not having any place dedicated to level grinding
wasn't there a censor in the Demyx fight? After you beat him, I thought he originally said 'Damn it!' and they changed it to 'No way!'.
These changes really made Western and HD editions really inferior editions. If this releases on PC then I will uncensor everything.
Will that be mod for that?
@@saberbladefang250 Well... Somebody did.
I Can't Believe it Why Axel Death Scene Get Censored?
Whats the vid clip of Oil and Water in the first few seconds from???
I thought the animators of the game were being lazy with the William Tuner scene on Pirates of the Caribbean. Also, I thought I couldn't see the sword in Jack. I wished they stop ruining game quality I wanted and paid for.
Thanks for revealing this to us.
First, you act as though it was kept secret. Second, not a huge deal. Chill. It doesn't harm it much at all.
You've missed out Donald's guts in Halloween Town. In the original Kingdom Hearts, but Japan and Western versions show Donald's mummy disguise in Halloween town with the midsection replaced by a link of intestines connecting his chest to his hips. In Kingdom Hearts II, I.5HD and II.5HD, however, the intestines have been removed from the character model and the midsection is left completely empty.
thats a lie just booted up my japanese ps2 version, dolan is hollow in both the pre updated japanese and Final Mix Version.
@@tehSunBroDonald*
The Axel death and Hydra blood make the least sense to me. The Hydra blood was that way in the original Hercules movie and with Axel's death, he's still committing suicide and blowing up, so what exactly are you censoring by having less flames around him?
I have never understood why underwear is censored since you dont see anything at all.
i dont get it... they had to pussify crash bandicoot to go to japan.. but they pussified kingdom hearts to come here?
tor emind Cultural differences. Kinda like how Kirby smiles in Japan, but looks pissed in America.
Can someone tell me the name of the theme at 0:00?
That's the theme used in the first seconds of "pictochat - R5"
Axel's suicidal flame was very artistic. Can't believe they censored that. It's stupid!
Xigbar censorship killed me. Why. He looks so cool with the rifle!