Naughty Dog: *creates Crash Bandicoot* Japan: It's too violent. Let's change it. Naughty Dog: Oh, ok.. Japan: *creates Crash Bandicute, a Japanese version of Crash Bandicoot, with a creepy dance* Japan: Perfect. Now let's make his sister blow him up after he defeats a boss in one of the following games. Naughty Dog: What the fu-
awesomedude 555 i know look what they did to Sailor Neptune and Uranus in Sailor Moon they were lovers in the Japanease version but When brought over to America they were turned into cousins. Because apperantley American's can't handle Lesbian relationships.
Tawna's disappearing was probably to do with continuity, similar to what they did in N. Sane Trilogy where she gets grabbed by Cortex every time. Also I find it incredibly ironic how Japanese marketers felt the need to add a hint system to Crash Bandicoot with Aku Aku given their reputation with making games much more difficult, in particular Mario, which is also a platformer.
@@cacomeat7385 The Megaman games ARE kids games but they're were given an easier mode labelled Normal Mode and the original japanese mode was labelled Hard Mode. I think this is just the Japanese trying to undermine the US at every turn as they are known to do. They are still a pretty xenophobic country after all.
@@Edward-Not-Elric yes but in the resident evil series, the contrary happened: the hard difficulty was the standard difficulty in the west in some games, so it is not always true
Kryptnyt well the original metal gear solid was made in Japan and when they were released in the US they added plenty of content like a first person view mode and afew other additions
not entirely correct japanese have alergic to dismemberment so most game with dismemerment on it will be censored. heck even MGS ground zero (paz innards) MGS rising (dismemerment part) Resident evil 7 (dismemberment part)and some other japanese game made in japan have their version censored while gloal version keep their juicy meaty content lol its weird.
The TNT change was a bit silly. A lot of kids may not know what TNT is either. But after your first time meeting one and it exploding, you understand what it is.
Robert Carter So every kid who played Crash has definitely seen Looney Tunes AND made the connection? For all they know, the word "Acme" could have meant explosives.
Fernando Banda It had to be associated with getting blown up. TNT actually ends up being an acronym for Trinitrotoluene.... and explosive chemical. A RED crate with letters tnt on it....res is associated with danger.
Imagine being used to Crash's cute design and then seeing the Western localization version for the first time, and being like: *WHAT THE FUCK NO NO NO* *WHAT DID THEY DO TO CRASH*
To be honest they look almost exactly the same. I wouldn't be able to tell which one is the Japanese one at a glance. The difference in style is a lot more subtle than the range of styles on sites like pixiv, ranging from ultra realistic to Western cartoonish to different anime styles. This is especially easy to see if you look for pictures of Pokemon characters. It really just shows that it's not really the style that matters, but how much effort you put into making it look good.
Sonic isn't really popular in Japan, Sega made him strictly to appease to Westerners such as Americans and Europeans. I mean his personality alone is a mixture of 90s American youth culture and Bill Clinton.
Sega themselves have said that he was made with Western and Japaneese audiences in mind. Sega of America was worried that Sonic would fail, so they made Sonic look more edgy in the marketing, changed Eggman's name, and even changed his backstory. ...Unlike Kirby, a majority of that was dropped after the success of Sonic 1 and 2.
I'd argue he still retains many of the characteristics that were placed on him by Sega and America. As I said, he doesn't have that much appeal in Japan today, its Americans, North Americans and Europeans that are nuts about him. And one of the reasons I've been told as to why he isn't popular in Japan is because he's too edgy and cocky.
+Thomas Ruth Considering that USA has very little control over how the games are handled outside of localazation, I don't think that's entirely true. The games in between 98 and 06 for instance come off as Japan TRYING to appeal to a western audience but doesn't really know how. Sure you got Shadow with guns and even a Final Fantasy esc like game in 06, but its still very obviously a Japanese game. If anything it didn't start to really become truely "americanized" until Unleashed moving forward with very basic plots and art styles. So in a way, Sonic is very much American since the JP market for him is very dead. But I think it has very little to do with the marketing in the 90's as that VERY quickly ended up being a fad that most people don't remember these days! :/
As a Japanese, I was always wondering why Crash's appearance is very different in the actual gameplay. But IIRC, it was explained in one of the extra movies included in Crash 3. And about the two-headed enemies; My guess is that they got censored because in Japan, any negative depictions of physical disabilities and birth abnormalities are strongly considered taboo.
Aku Aku gives tips to make the game easier for the Japanese audience? They didn't release Super Mario Bros 2 (lost levels in the west) outside Japan until a little whole later because the game was too hard for Western audiences.
uqbar42 Agressive can mean many things but they made him cute to make him more marketable, just like throwing in a girl in a bikini makes something more marketable
Exactly that's why I find awesome how different are the human cultures. Try to imagine the reverse case: Have Crash being Japanese but being localizated for America censoring the bikini ladies and making him more rude...
"Onii-chan! Onii-chan!" Okay it's japanese, but it doesn't sound like Coco at all xD It's like she's a 6 years old grade schooler, while she was in my opinion more of a rebel like Crash, just less crazy. (I haven't played the remaster, and barely remember the Originals, i'm just judging her by how I remember her being in Crash of the Titans, where she was also the type to laugh about others gulping.)
Kagereneko you can blame small left wing localisation business', I don't know why but pretty much anybody from the US who works in game localisation has an agenda.
I don't think Japan censored the box art, they just reinterpreted it. Like when someone does fanart where the character looks more detailed or "realistic" than they normally would. It's a different take on the character. EDIT: Not every change that is done in other countries is a "censor."
Are you saying that boobs *aren't* ok for kids to see? You know, those things that are literally designed for kids, and that they often have their faces buried in for at least the first year of their life?
And THAT high-pitched voice, is why I don't watch my anime in japanese, and will always set j-rpgs to english if given the option. I don't care if the english voice acting is bad, at least it doesn't rape my ears with the voice of a 14 year old high-school girl who's had her nuts cut off.
PikaLink91 Umm... although I agree with you about the Japanese voices, why would a 14 year-old high school GIRL have nuts in the first place? Also, wouldn't you want them to be nutless?
Yep. And games are the only things changed. Merchandising in stores are changed (even for American brands) since Japanese fashion preferences differ, marketing materials for films are altered, so on and so forth. And, of course, not only just for Japan, but every country out there in the world. It's a big world, eh?
Well sony made mosft of the companies of anime in japan and the animation groups and the openings sound and endings in Sony Music. So yeah , they have made a lot of tentable porn
it's very unsettling IMO. seeing Crash in real life footage and the humans doing the same movements. very weird. it's so jarring visually compared to the game. I like creepy weird stuff though so I enjoy the karaoke in an ironic way.
To enjoy it, you need to sing along. A 1, 2, 3 now... Crash BandicoooOOOT, Crash BandicoooOOOT, Crash BandiCOOT!, Crash BandiCOOT!, Crash BandicoooOOOT, Crash BandicoooOOOT, Crash BandiCOOT!, Crash BandiCOOT!...
Japanese Executive: We need to see both a middle-aged woman and a poster girl doing the Crash Bandicoot victory dance. His Assistant: Um sir... JE: Don't question my fetishes!
I think it was more of a case of the company believing that the western depiction of crash bandicoot would not be very popular with the Japanese market rather than the typical response of it being inappropriate for children as many western games do not take off well in Japan like Call of Duty (I am not saying that call of duty wasn't popular in japan, but it is nowhere near as popular as it is in the west)
Now I'm curious as to how Crash in Smash would work. If not his model, at least his render. There'll most likely be different renders depending on the selected language. Using the Japanese design will be very off putting to America, which is where Crash was born, but using the American design will be very off putting to Japan, which is where Smash is developed.
I would imagine it would be like Wario or BOTW Link or 90% of Ultimate these days, where there are Costumes for both versions so people can play both. Don't forget that Marth and Roy was going to be Japanese only but they changed there minds when the series was going to release in the west. Or they may do what you said or a combo of both looks, Either way, If the Japanese Crash theme isn't in all versions of the game I will be disappointed.
Considering Sakurai respects the source material of the characters, he would 100% use the original US design. Maybe the spirits would be different but not the 3D render and model
I grew up with Japanese Crash, how Aku Aku talks to the player were some of the moments that were engrained in my mind. Also the song they made for Crash as well.
You got to remember how popular crash is over in Japan they love him. I was over there way before the Virus even existed they had a show about him getting married to a girl.
@@SportsFan838 The same reason why certain anime is so popular from Japan to the West. It's called certain values that in countries that other countries don't see from it.
@@SportsFan838 hey take a look over in the West. We got tons of people obsessed with crazy things from the East and so on. So like I said you're just going to have to get used to that.
I mean, you don't like cute things? I bet that there's an animal in the world that you like because it's cute and because you think it's cute. Besides, I agree on the concept that showing a character that looks cute for the box art can affect the sales positively since the game is being targeted towards children. In my opinion, I prefer the japanese box art taking nostalgia aside. I mean, I am not a huge fan of those art styles that purposely make the characters look gross like the disgusting cartoon that is "Almost Naked Animals". The same applies for art styles that make character just look... a bit too crazy and ugly. So yeah, I like cute instead of ugly. If something looks better, I lean more towards it. Also, japan is not really obsessed with anything cute. It's the same country that make some really... weird commercials and horror movies and games.
They aren't, Japan is just like any other country, there have people with many different tastes like anywhere else, the decisions for these games are just stupid
I've just started playing the Japanese version of Crash 3 Warped, and I swear the controls for level 5 (Makin' Waves) controls soooo much easier! The vehicle itself looks a bit different, but controlling in the level is miles easier.
5:42 FUN FACT ! ! 万事休す is read as Banjikyuusu, but the kanji itself means "There is nothing more that can be done"... Do you think using this Kanji is some sort of marketing strategy too?
Ok, you do have to admit. That Crash theme song in Japanese is catchy as fuck and goes pretty well with the dance. That is something we didn't get for the American version, and I'm jealous I also love how you can hear the "huew!" sound in 5:51, 6:21, and 7:15 like in some of RareWares games like Donkey Kong 64 or Banjo Kazooie. I wouldn't be too surprised if those games had these kind of commercials put into them
James Meldrum You know, with them having to change the design of Crash, I'm surprised they kept the dance with Crash air humping. But you know, I'm cool with it.
Love how when Japan makes a censored version of a media to make it kid-friendly, no one cares to make a negative comment. However, for 4Kids in the past, it's vastly DIFFERENT.
Most of the 4kids backlash didn't really occur until they dubbed One Piece. That's because they were completely cutting out character development and changing backstory. I guess that would explain how Digimon never had any major complaints.
That was the first thing I wondered as well. According to the wiki, the Japanese title was about giants as opposed to two heads. crashbandicoot.fandom.com/wiki/Double_Header
I've heard that the double headed censor was to avoid possible issues with the fact that Japan was bombed with radiation and seen as mockery of that like mutation and everything. Pretty much like if there were to add in a flighting game an episode where a plane hit some towers for example. Or like they remove the Nazi reference on German games.
But seriously, never imagined that japanese also like to censor. They really made crash kawaii japanese. Dont they want to appreciate another culture, like we do want it?
holdingdegree9 Not new, but I mostly followed censorship videos of the US or Germany. that alone pisses me so off, so that's the first time I realized how it is in Japan
1:59 I think this was explained in the remake tho since at the end of the bonus stage cortex would re-kidnap her, probably it was a slight hiccup since Tawna was supposed to being capture by cortex in the first place and won't make sense if she is at the bonus stage. So they make her disappeared like she been kidnapped since the Japanese version came second before the US release.
0:53 Japan when importing Crash: "He looks too aggressive. No way José." Japan when exporting Kirby's Air Ride: "ADD SOME ANGRY LINES BECAUSE THIS PINK BOI IS FUCKING PISSED. LET'S GOOOOOOO!!!"
There is a very good and incredibly interesting series of blog posts from the original creators of the game about the making of and localisation of Crash 1 (localising for both the European and Japanese versions, in fact). "Making Crash Bandicoot" and "Crash goes to Japan" into google will find the relevant parts neatly in the blog labelled "All things Andy Gavin". Part 5 of the former also contains info on the Japanese version.
There are things in Japan called youth protection law and ratings. Violent films and games are rated for older audiences. And the ratings are the law there. It is not like the US, where the ratings are recommendations and you can commerically market Alien franchize toys aimed to children.
4:56 Sure some of these changes might seem crazy, but not as crazy as just leaving all of those wumpa fruit in Crash 1.... You're definitely going to be needing those...
Too aggressive? The country that makes some of the most violent cartoons was worried that Crash Bandicoot would appear too aggressive? Uh huh. They were also worried the game would be too hard for Japanese players? HA! How ironic. Remember Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels?
"Crash, one of gaming's *most iconic characters*" Being really generous there. I forgot this guy even existed and I used to own a PS1 and some of his games.
as I said before, good vid, but the new subs are jarring and tend to blend in with the moving background. try not to use thing fonts, but I prefer just sticking to UA-cam subtitles, which is even better for non-english speakers who dont wanna read two layers of subtitles
I have a strong feeling the Crash Bandicoot song won't be leaving my head for the rest of the day... Update: It's been almost an hour and it's definitely still booming in my head so loud that I may as well have it playing on repeat 😧
These changes helped make Crash Bandicoot the biggest Western game franchise in Japan during the '90s. Well, besides Donkey Kong Country, but that had Japanese origins. And there was also Wizardry, which was bigger in Japan than the US, but that never came close to Crash Bandicoot sales.
It's also worth nothing that they use a pun on the crash song, "Banjikyusu", that is a quotation from a chinese history record from the 13th hundreds. It means "stop everything (because there's nothing left to do)"
The comments here are acting like tentacle porn and hentai are aimed at kids. Cute characters are just a lot more marketable to kids there. People shouldn't get their entire perception of a country from anime.
volarecantre Why do you have to act so racist and stupid? You shouldn't just judge all Americans or all Japanese people based off of comments made by people of that nationality. That is just racist profiling and stereotyping.
volarecantare First off, I can see that you didn't really get my message very well and skipped over the part where I said you should judge someone of one NATIONALITY based of your interactions with someone else of that nationality. What other word could I have used for someone who stereotypes people of a nation? And I don't call everything racist. I am calling you racist based off of how you talk about american people. Even then, when you replied to me you sounded like someone who looks down on others, and again most proven when you said this : " What a typical American remark", as if you act better. What I am trying to say is that everyone is different and where you live or what your race is doesn't just determine how someone thinks, acts, or feels about things. That is why I called you stupid, for actually believing that because someone lives in America(or better known as the USA) means that they can't see logic, which that statement itself isn't logical.
So they change his model but add a video where he is moving his hips back and forth with a scene with a girl wearing a bikini. Not to mention that Aku Aku literally means EVIL EVIL in japanese,
"They had to change the Japanese version to be less aggressive."
>Japanese versoion has a video of Coco casually blowing up Crash
Wait what-
O-
Had to be made cuter
They were the creaters of crashe's dance which features humping the air
That crash song could seriously get annoying.
I should play it at a party
StalkerZHS it's so goddamn hilarious man
Funny you should say that...
Complete with pelvic thrusting!
Yo pass me the aux cable
u better not play trash
lol okay
+vince94 (haxxor199x) This is not Trash, this is Crash
so in Japan he's bandicute
Banicute must be UK. In Japan it's Kurashyu Bandeikuu.
Emerald The cat meanwhile tra- I mean fake crash is crying on the inside about how he's designed after a crummy Japanese crash doll
Shulk fangirl someone didn't get the joke they made
here he's bandiCOOL
No, it's Bandicam
Naughty Dog: *creates Crash Bandicoot*
Japan: It's too violent. Let's change it.
Naughty Dog: Oh, ok..
Japan: *creates Crash Bandicute, a Japanese version of Crash Bandicoot, with a creepy dance*
Japan: Perfect. Now let's make his sister blow him up after he defeats a boss in one of the following games.
Naughty Dog: What the fu-
@Alezander2002 yeah same obi is just a kid who likes fortnite dance don't worry your choice is correct
Yep alez
Considering that Aku means evil in Japan, I'm surprised they didn't switch Aku Aku and Uka Uka's names
So uka means live?
@@marycollins1945 lol
Long ago in a distant land...
Apparently uka means evil in Bulgeria. Maybe the changed the pronunciation from acoo to aykugh or something
Aku means a lot of stuff in japan... Uka can just means 受かって means receive... lmao
"japanese murders leaving nothing but victim's heads and shoes"... damn... :0
i thought it was just a cartoon thing, didn't know it happened irl, shit
Sannidor
Yeah, I wanna hear more about that honestly.
How hard is it to search "Japanese murders" or something related in google?
Why does Japan have to be extremely bizarre in everything
Yeah. Why can't their serial killers just rape, kill and eat their victims like in ordinary countries?
Cultural difference. In Japan everything has to be cute while in America everything has to be badass. See what America did to Kirby.
Psycho3418 yeah USA makes kirby look angry
dafuq hahahaha
That does not excuse the insolent act of alienating foreign material. Goes for both America and Japan.
Japan: Make everything cute and it's okay to sexualize people.
US: Make everything edgy but no child.can see over sexualized people.
awesomedude 555 i know look what they did to Sailor Neptune and Uranus in Sailor Moon they were lovers in the Japanease version but When brought over to America they were turned into cousins. Because apperantley American's can't handle Lesbian relationships.
Tawna's disappearing was probably to do with continuity, similar to what they did in N. Sane Trilogy where she gets grabbed by Cortex every time.
Also I find it incredibly ironic how Japanese marketers felt the need to add a hint system to Crash Bandicoot with Aku Aku given their reputation with making games much more difficult, in particular Mario, which is also a platformer.
I think kids games are supposed to be easier or something, idk
@@cacomeat7385 The Megaman games ARE kids games but they're were given an easier mode labelled Normal Mode and the original japanese mode was labelled Hard Mode.
I think this is just the Japanese trying to undermine the US at every turn as they are known to do. They are still a pretty xenophobic country after all.
@@Edward-Not-Elric yes but in the resident evil series, the contrary happened: the hard difficulty was the standard difficulty in the west in some games, so it is not always true
If a game is made in Japan, content is removed on porting it to the States
If a game is made in the States, content is added for Japan?
It’s just a theory... *A GAME THEORY*
Tell that to Kingdom Hearts 1 where the opposite happened.
Some things get removed too.
Kryptnyt well the original metal gear solid was made in Japan and when they were released in the US they added plenty of content like a first person view mode and afew other additions
not entirely correct japanese have alergic to dismemberment so most game with dismemerment on it will be censored. heck even MGS ground zero (paz innards) MGS rising (dismemerment part) Resident evil 7 (dismemberment part)and some other japanese game made in japan have their version censored while gloal version keep their juicy meaty content lol its weird.
The TNT change was a bit silly. A lot of kids may not know what TNT is either. But after your first time meeting one and it exploding, you understand what it is.
As a kid, I called them "tint" boxes for years. I still got the message.
GozUnlimited bull. If you've seen a Looney toons cartoon, you should know what that stands for
Robert Carter So every kid who played Crash has definitely seen Looney Tunes AND made the connection? For all they know, the word "Acme" could have meant explosives.
Fernando Banda It had to be associated with getting blown up. TNT actually ends up being an acronym for Trinitrotoluene.... and explosive chemical. A RED crate with letters tnt on it....res is associated with danger.
Robert Carter Now tell me those are completely reasonable assumptions and knowledge from a kid, come on.
Imagine being used to Crash's cute design and then seeing the Western localization version for the first time, and being like:
*WHAT THE FUCK NO NO NO*
*WHAT DID THEY DO TO CRASH*
That's what went through my head when I saw this video's thumbnail.
To be honest they look almost exactly the same. I wouldn't be able to tell which one is the Japanese one at a glance. The difference in style is a lot more subtle than the range of styles on sites like pixiv, ranging from ultra realistic to Western cartoonish to different anime styles. This is especially easy to see if you look for pictures of Pokemon characters. It really just shows that it's not really the style that matters, but how much effort you put into making it look good.
western is kinda cringe, honestly the japanese design looks way closer to how he's portrayed in the og games
@@Danny_Cruz it's not really cringey though...
@@Danny_Cruz How?
I guess you could call him "Crash BandiCUTE" in japan :P
I SWEAR TO GOD
Nice Puns
Sir, you deserve a medal.
Well, he already does... constantly, in this video.
Tim Hoving Crash bandislim
So, they basically did with Crash the reverse of what was done with Kirby in the West.
and sonic lol
Sonic isn't really popular in Japan, Sega made him strictly to appease to Westerners such as Americans and Europeans. I mean his personality alone is a mixture of 90s American youth culture and Bill Clinton.
Sega themselves have said that he was made with Western and Japaneese audiences in mind.
Sega of America was worried that Sonic would fail, so they made Sonic look more edgy in the marketing, changed Eggman's name, and even changed his backstory.
...Unlike Kirby, a majority of that was dropped after the success of Sonic 1 and 2.
I'd argue he still retains many of the characteristics that were placed on him by Sega and America. As I said, he doesn't have that much appeal in Japan today, its Americans, North Americans and Europeans that are nuts about him. And one of the reasons I've been told as to why he isn't popular in Japan is because he's too edgy and cocky.
+Thomas Ruth Considering that USA has very little control over how the games are handled outside of localazation, I don't think that's entirely true.
The games in between 98 and 06 for instance come off as Japan TRYING to appeal to a western audience but doesn't really know how. Sure you got Shadow with guns and even a Final Fantasy esc like game in 06, but its still very obviously a Japanese game. If anything it didn't start to really become truely "americanized" until Unleashed moving forward with very basic plots and art styles.
So in a way, Sonic is very much American since the JP market for him is very dead. But I think it has very little to do with the marketing in the 90's as that VERY quickly ended up being a fad that most people don't remember these days! :/
"Crash Bandicute"
KyFinesse it's crash bandicoot
It's because they made him more kawaii, get it?
DoctorPhileasFragg then crash kawaiidicoot
randomroblox fanboi Its Crash Kawaiicoot. NOT CRASH BANDICOOT! *BOOP* Gone now.
OH GOD FANFIC GONE SEXUAL AND CRAZY
As a Japanese, I was always wondering why Crash's appearance is very different in the actual gameplay. But IIRC, it was explained in one of the extra movies included in Crash 3.
And about the two-headed enemies; My guess is that they got censored because in Japan, any negative depictions of physical disabilities and birth abnormalities are strongly considered taboo.
Aku Aku gives tips to make the game easier for the Japanese audience? They didn't release Super Mario Bros 2 (lost levels in the west) outside Japan until a little whole later because the game was too hard for Western audiences.
Both Japan and the West used to dumb down their games for the other's market.
i'm punching those codes on Uncharted 4 start screen now, there's better be a catchy karaoke video with Drake, Sully, and Elena wearing bikini.
Henry Rahardja You mean all three wearing bikinis right?
Who?
@@TheManuHimself I'd pay to see that
6:42 Gotta love how Japan censored Crash's original desing because he looked too agreesive but still they add a woman wearing a bikini
uqbar42
Agressive can mean many things but they made him cute to make him more marketable, just like throwing in a girl in a bikini makes something more marketable
Exactly that's why I find awesome how different are the human cultures. Try to imagine the reverse case: Have Crash being Japanese but being localizated for America censoring the bikini ladies and making him more rude...
And these are the same guys who LOVE making horrifying shit.
It's funny that with the Western release of Kirby games, a lot of the box art had to make him look aggressive to appeal to the Western audience, lol.
Culture of raping lolis
The fact there’s Crash documentaries and karaoke songs in the Japanese version always brings a smile to my face
"Onii-chan! Onii-chan!"
Okay it's japanese, but it doesn't sound like Coco at all xD It's like she's a 6 years old grade schooler, while she was in my opinion more of a rebel like Crash, just less crazy. (I haven't played the remaster, and barely remember the Originals, i'm just judging her by how I remember her being in Crash of the Titans, where she was also the type to laugh about others gulping.)
Well, most Japanese women sound like that, even older ones.
@@GabePickles3837 Another reason why Japanese dubbing sucks
Those Japanese executives have done some serious overthinking.
frankbauerful as much overthinking as american execs when redesigning kirby of all characters to look pissed off
frankbauerful they are acting like spoiled brats with power. That is all.....
Kagereneko MegaMan 's name change made little difference. Personally, we are more receptive of Japanese games and other entertainment
Kagereneko "Earthbound" sounds more epic. And the design of Megaman was a more egregious change.
Kagereneko you can blame small left wing localisation business', I don't know why but pretty much anybody from the US who works in game localisation has an agenda.
Japan: boobs and guns are ok for kids to see
Also Japan: CRASH'S BOX ART DESIGN IS TOO VIOLENT!
I think when he said aggressive, he meant intimidating, not so much as violent
So it's not okay to have some ''scary'' looking fake animal on a game but it's okay to show tits, murder, weapons, zombies, death ect...
I don't think Japan censored the box art, they just reinterpreted it. Like when someone does fanart where the character looks more detailed or "realistic" than they normally would. It's a different take on the character.
EDIT: Not every change that is done in other countries is a "censor."
Are you saying that boobs *aren't* ok for kids to see?
You know, those things that are literally designed for kids, and that they often have their faces buried in for at least the first year of their life?
OnEiNsAnEmOtHeRfUcKa i think they mean used for sex appeal
ONIICHAN!!!!! ONIIIICHAN!!!!!!
And THAT high-pitched voice, is why I don't watch my anime in japanese, and will always set j-rpgs to english if given the option. I don't care if the english voice acting is bad, at least it doesn't rape my ears with the voice of a 14 year old high-school girl who's had her nuts cut off.
PikaLink91
Umm... although I agree with you about the Japanese voices, why would a 14 year-old high school GIRL have nuts in the first place? Also, wouldn't you want them to be nutless?
PikaLink91
to be fair yeah its kind of anoying but i also dont watch those kinds of anime too often so most of the times its only on my porn.
FirEmblm Fan - Hahahahah, fair point mate! xD
The dick makes it better..
Is it just me or the explosion at 4:15 looks like mona lisa
Holy shit
I think its just you but my god is that creative
It does!!!
Holy shit, your right
It kinda does actually... I wonder why.
Crash bandicoot! crash bandicoot! This song stock into my head
El Sueño Same
El Sueño *KURRASHU BANDIKUU*
*[ Ooh Yeah ]*
Crash Bandicoot is my favourite anime
Climbing to the end It's not a anime
Hiro Mamoru
*WOOOOOSH*
Hiro Mamoru it's a joke
Along with Toy Story, Cory in the House, Seinfeld, and Home Improvement.
Family Guy is my favourite Korean manga.
That song was lit af.
Quantum lol
Yeah it bangs
Coco: 4:25
Me: "I don't like where this is going."
2:56 If this is bad enough to be censored in Japan, what about Kirby? He only has his big feet and head (and very tiny arms).
This was a damage animation, and Crash does have a full body, so seeing him reduced to this at the time could've caused issues.
it's always awkward when games are changed in Japan from the West.
MasterXG
Cultural differences, the age old argument
MasterXG it happens the other way around alot too..
+Alexandra Prescott+ I wonder what they think of papa Nier.
MasterXG except during video game history 99% of the time Japanese games were those changed unrecognizable for usa market
Yep. And games are the only things changed. Merchandising in stores are changed (even for American brands) since Japanese fashion preferences differ, marketing materials for films are altered, so on and so forth.
And, of course, not only just for Japan, but every country out there in the world. It's a big world, eh?
Tentacle porn? Awesome! Crash Bandicoot with his tongue hanging out? We'll pass...
let them be xD
I don't think sony had any part in the tentacle porn except for some of the TV's it's played on.
Well sony made mosft of the companies of anime in japan and the animation groups and the openings sound and endings in Sony Music. So yeah , they have made a lot of tentable porn
Daniel Son I don't know what tentable porn is
Pheenixorphan X or maybe somebody gets fucked by 10 tables, that'd be wild
It's like American Kirby boxarts, but in reverse!
Am i the only one who finds the karaoke creep
UberGames 23 nope
it's very unsettling IMO. seeing Crash in real life footage and the humans doing the same movements. very weird. it's so jarring visually compared to the game.
I like creepy weird stuff though so I enjoy the karaoke in an ironic way.
Hahaha I love it, and the fact that it's filmed in Mexico makes it even funnier 😂
To enjoy it, you need to sing along. A 1, 2, 3 now... Crash BandicoooOOOT, Crash BandicoooOOOT, Crash BandiCOOT!, Crash BandiCOOT!, Crash BandicoooOOOT, Crash BandicoooOOOT, Crash BandiCOOT!, Crash BandiCOOT!...
The bikini girl is so beautiful and hot
Japanese Executive: We need to see both a middle-aged woman and a poster girl doing the Crash Bandicoot victory dance.
His Assistant: Um sir...
JE: Don't question my fetishes!
Japanese preferred the "less detailed" Look of Crash
A lower graphic of Crash.
volarecantare yep
3:25 Thanks for the crotch-chop, Japan.
Supreme Dorf I'VE GOT TWO WORDS FOR YA!
Supreme Dorf That dance is in every version...
Honestly the Japanese version doesn't look bad, both versions look cool in my opinion .
I like the brighter colors!
I think it was more of a case of the company believing that the western depiction of crash bandicoot would not be very popular with the Japanese market rather than the typical response of it being inappropriate for children as many western games do not take off well in Japan like Call of Duty (I am not saying that call of duty wasn't popular in japan, but it is nowhere near as popular as it is in the west)
lol
Nice job
But i think ill stop feeding the troll now ^^
lol
i think ill stop feeding the troll now ^^
except the onii-chan part ...
Now I'm curious as to how Crash in Smash would work. If not his model, at least his render. There'll most likely be different renders depending on the selected language. Using the Japanese design will be very off putting to America, which is where Crash was born, but using the American design will be very off putting to Japan, which is where Smash is developed.
I would imagine it would be like Wario or BOTW Link or 90% of Ultimate these days, where there are Costumes for both versions so people can play both. Don't forget that Marth and Roy was going to be Japanese only but they changed there minds when the series was going to release in the west. Or they may do what you said or a combo of both looks, Either way, If the Japanese Crash theme isn't in all versions of the game I will be disappointed.
Considering Sakurai respects the source material of the characters, he would 100% use the original US design. Maybe the spirits would be different but not the 3D render and model
6:00
MY EARS
MY EARS ARE BLEEDING
F you the song bangs
aint gonnna even lie the video at the end was dope
no....not the Japanese crash theme song.....anything but that......nooooooooo!!
* Flashbacks to the guy wearing a crash bandicoot's costume in e3 2017 *
Onii~chan
Matrap CP *WHO SAID THAT?!*
4:24
+ MrMysticHD05 wow just...wow
normie
Oni-Chan does mean big brother. No sexual meaning by itself.
I grew up with Japanese Crash, how Aku Aku talks to the player were some of the moments that were engrained in my mind. Also the song they made for Crash as well.
Hahaha what the hell? That japanese karaoke was recorded in Mexico! 😂 Why would they pick an
Olmec head to be on the background?
R3DMatador and the calendar Aztec xD Crash Bandicute love Mexico xD
Bro Naruto looks more aggressive
this was the 90s. Times have changed since then.
Different age rating? Keep in mind that ratings may be law in Japan. Child services can take away chilren for disregarding them.
@@Mi_Fa_Volare HUGE ANIME BREASTS
@@KokoroKatsura What's got this anything to do with that? Your point is?
You got to remember how popular crash is over in Japan they love him. I was over there way before the Virus even existed they had a show about him getting married to a girl.
Why is a game from the West so popular in Japan anyways?
@@SportsFan838 The same reason why certain anime is so popular from Japan to the West. It's called certain values that in countries that other countries don't see from it.
@@Solbankai66 I just don't like how Japan obsesses over certain stuff. It's weird and creepy
@@SportsFan838 hey take a look over in the West. We got tons of people obsessed with crazy things from the East and so on. So like I said you're just going to have to get used to that.
Why are japan obsessed with anything cute 😐
I mean, you don't like cute things?
I bet that there's an animal in the world that you like because it's cute and because you think it's cute. Besides, I agree on the concept that showing a character that looks cute for the box art can affect the sales positively since the game is being targeted towards children.
In my opinion, I prefer the japanese box art taking nostalgia aside.
I mean, I am not a huge fan of those art styles that purposely make the characters look gross like the disgusting cartoon that is "Almost Naked Animals". The same applies for art styles that make character just look... a bit too crazy and ugly.
So yeah, I like cute instead of ugly. If something looks better, I lean more towards it.
Also, japan is not really obsessed with anything cute. It's the same country that make some really... weird commercials and horror movies and games.
boi Japanese Crash looks clumsy, not cute.
two nukes to the face can really change a country...
See Kirby or Ristar if you somehow know him. In USA, they're both angry, but in JPN, they look surprised or happy.
They aren't, Japan is just like any other country, there have people with many different tastes like anywhere else, the decisions for these games are just stupid
I've just started playing the Japanese version of Crash 3 Warped, and I swear the controls for level 5 (Makin' Waves) controls soooo much easier! The vehicle itself looks a bit different, but controlling in the level is miles easier.
Ah yes, the new Dark Souls games look great
1:27 they really thought that was a less aggressive look? Sometimes it's amazing they don't do drugs
7:32 The heck are you doing Crash. 😂
5:42 FUN FACT ! !
万事休す is read as Banjikyuusu, but the kanji itself means "There is nothing more that can be done"...
Do you think using this Kanji is some sort of marketing strategy too?
Ok, you do have to admit. That Crash theme song in Japanese is catchy as fuck and goes pretty well with the dance. That is something we didn't get for the American version, and I'm jealous
I also love how you can hear the "huew!" sound in 5:51, 6:21, and 7:15 like in some of RareWares games like Donkey Kong 64 or Banjo Kazooie. I wouldn't be too surprised if those games had these kind of commercials put into them
BlazeHeartPanther Blaze It's kinda funny - the dance we all know and love came from the Japanese marketing.
James Meldrum You know, with them having to change the design of Crash, I'm surprised they kept the dance with Crash air humping. But you know, I'm cool with it.
Williord They're the ones who made it - of course they kept it.
After hearing it 2 or 3 times in this video I want to claw out peoples eyes.. :|
I'll make sure to prepare the straight jacket the day that comes to past
why you talk to the left ear
Jaroslav Jancik *speech:100*
Jaroslav Jancik this is the most funny exchange i have ever seen
FACTS I was wondering that
Love how when Japan makes a censored version of a media to make it kid-friendly, no one cares to make a negative comment. However, for 4Kids in the past, it's vastly DIFFERENT.
Most of the 4kids backlash didn't really occur until they dubbed One Piece. That's because they were completely cutting out character development and changing backstory. I guess that would explain how Digimon never had any major complaints.
Shockingfire7 people tend to care more about things that more directly affect them.
Because they didn't. None of the changes were aimed at making it more "kid-friendly".
This is basically a reverse of what happened to Kirby. Freakin' amazing.
the funniest thing is that crash had the same seiyuu as L from death note
that song is torture
MCKing I want to play a game (Saw movie franchise)
4:25
Coco: onii chan, onii chan!
Also Coco : *starts making ahegao faces*
So Japan changed those double headed enemies from "Double header" to only have one head? I wonder if Japan changed the level name after that.
That was the first thing I wondered as well. According to the wiki, the Japanese title was about giants as opposed to two heads. crashbandicoot.fandom.com/wiki/Double_Header
I've heard that the double headed censor was to avoid possible issues with the fact that Japan was bombed with radiation and seen as mockery of that like mutation and everything.
Pretty much like if there were to add in a flighting game an episode where a plane hit some towers for example.
Or like they remove the Nazi reference on German games.
Japan: Has Usagi as a naked angel in the 200th and final episode of sailor moon.
Also Japan: What the frick kids don't wanna a monster with two heads
Also, in one of Sailor Moon crystals intros, many instances of nudity can be seen.
But seriously, never imagined that japanese also like to censor. They really made crash kawaii japanese. Dont they want to appreciate another culture, like we do want it?
Thomas C but we also censor things
Are you new to this channel? Pretty sure there MANY instances of japan censoring things from the West (mostly violence).
holdingdegree9 Not new, but I mostly followed censorship videos of the US or Germany. that alone pisses me so off, so that's the first time I realized how it is in Japan
I am a bucket You are right, bit isn't redesigning and modifying a game not part of censorship, somehow?
This isn't about "appreciating another culture". literally every country censors things from other countries in some way, shape, or form. It's not new
1:59 I think this was explained in the remake tho since at the end of the bonus stage cortex would re-kidnap her, probably it was a slight hiccup since Tawna was supposed to being capture by cortex in the first place and won't make sense if she is at the bonus stage. So they make her disappeared like she been kidnapped since the Japanese version came second before the US release.
5:36 crash bandicoot
Slowly taking over the world._.
0:53 Japan when importing Crash: "He looks too aggressive. No way José."
Japan when exporting Kirby's Air Ride: "ADD SOME ANGRY LINES BECAUSE THIS PINK BOI IS FUCKING PISSED. LET'S GOOOOOOO!!!"
100% APPLE JUICE!
HAHAHAH!
Why do you keep calling Crash they? I don't think there was ever any question about Crash's gender lol
Crash is a dude, dude.
He's clearly a male, first he looks like a male, he sounds like one, he doesn't have anything covering his top (unlike coco).
They is gender neutral and applies to anyone.
It's not for when you don't know someone's gender
You read my comment wrong.
I never said you couldn't use it that way; I said that's not what's is sole purpose is
Arcaden ikr
There is a very good and incredibly interesting series of blog posts from the original creators of the game about the making of and localisation of Crash 1 (localising for both the European and Japanese versions, in fact).
"Making Crash Bandicoot" and "Crash goes to Japan" into google will find the relevant parts neatly in the blog labelled "All things Andy Gavin". Part 5 of the former also contains info on the Japanese version.
The boxart doesn't look "cuter" it just looks lower quality
I think the N. Sane Trilogy one gets the job done better.
Straight facts
2:22 me walking into game stop on October 2 to pick up crash bandicoot 4.
ok so Japan want less violent games but they have anime about death gg
There are things in Japan called youth protection law and ratings. Violent films and games are rated for older audiences. And the ratings are the law there. It is not like the US, where the ratings are recommendations and you can commerically market Alien franchize toys aimed to children.
yoo that Crash 2 karaoke vid was pretty fricking weir-
*sees cutie Japanese girl in a bikini*
ok im sold
Oh how i have learned to hate the phrase "Onii-Chan".
Funny how opposite this is to Sonic, as USA felt the need to make him more edgy in their marketing! -_-
Alienrun Japanese Classic Sonic has that timeless Classic Mikey (1920s- 40s) vibe.
I love how your audio goes in my left ear and nothing happens with the right.
4:56 Sure some of these changes might seem crazy, but not as crazy as just leaving all of those wumpa fruit in Crash 1.... You're definitely going to be needing those...
U.s censuring games from Japan: omg she is showing alot of her body
Japan censuring : omg he is not cute
Too aggressive? The country that makes some of the most violent cartoons was worried that Crash Bandicoot would appear too aggressive? Uh huh. They were also worried the game would be too hard for Japanese players? HA! How ironic. Remember Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels?
"Crash, one of gaming's *most iconic characters*"
Being really generous there. I forgot this guy even existed and I used to own a PS1 and some of his games.
0:47 he looks more aggressive in the Japanese version lol.
I'd like to see how they'll change the cover in Crash 4 since the cover doesn't look aggressive at all
as I said before, good vid, but the new subs are jarring and tend to blend in with the moving background. try not to use thing fonts, but I prefer just sticking to UA-cam subtitles, which is even better for non-english speakers who dont wanna read two layers of subtitles
i guess is for deaf people?
its also for people who can read. example, reading my post... try it
Kid, calm down.
It's because CG's core audience doesn't know how to watch anything that doesn't have subtitles covering up the screen
actually... i think its because youtube captions are so often horribly incorrect
I have a strong feeling the Crash Bandicoot song won't be leaving my head for the rest of the day...
Update: It's been almost an hour and it's definitely still booming in my head so loud that I may as well have it playing on repeat 😧
5:21 English letters? Ohh boi.
So the Crash Box art is exactly like how Nintendo changes the box art for Kirby games, except backwards.
These changes helped make Crash Bandicoot the biggest Western game franchise in Japan during the '90s. Well, besides Donkey Kong Country, but that had Japanese origins. And there was also Wizardry, which was bigger in Japan than the US, but that never came close to Crash Bandicoot sales.
My reaction to the thumbnail: "OH, CRASH! WHAT DID THEY DO TO YOU!?"
6:29 crash is sonic
Best western inspired souls game
My eyes!!!! My delicate fragile EYEEEZZZ!!!!!
After seeing that Crash promo song or whatever the fuck it was, my brain had been really crushed.
It's also worth nothing that they use a pun on the crash song, "Banjikyusu", that is a quotation from a chinese history record from the 13th hundreds.
It means "stop everything (because there's nothing left to do)"
The comments here are acting like tentacle porn and hentai are aimed at kids. Cute characters are just a lot more marketable to kids there. People shouldn't get their entire perception of a country from anime.
volarecantre Why do you have to act so racist and stupid? You shouldn't just judge all Americans or all Japanese people based off of comments made by people of that nationality. That is just racist profiling and stereotyping.
The American nation is a nation, not a race. What a typical American remark. You call everything racist, do you?
volarecantare First off, I can see that you didn't really get my message very well and skipped over the part where I said you should judge someone of one NATIONALITY based of your interactions with someone else of that nationality. What other word could I have used for someone who stereotypes people of a nation? And I don't call everything racist. I am calling you racist based off of how you talk about american people. Even then, when you replied to me you sounded like someone who looks down on others, and again most proven when you said this : " What a typical American remark", as if you act better. What I am trying to say is that everyone is different and where you live or what your race is doesn't just determine how someone thinks, acts, or feels about things. That is why I called you stupid, for actually believing that because someone lives in America(or better known as the USA) means that they can't see logic, which that statement itself isn't logical.
TheGameFreak I don't care. Choose a more suitable word for what you mean, (US-) American.
volarecantare god damn, now aren't you salty?
Crash looks cuter in the Japanese box art then western.
That's... the whole point.
The real reason is that then japanese cant speedrun crash games becouse those hints xD
I heard there's a trick to make the text faster, but it's True-Illegal
4:36 the homie
I’m really glad that karaoke video stayed in Japan
So they change his model but add a video where he is moving his hips back and forth with a scene with a girl wearing a bikini. Not to mention that Aku Aku literally means EVIL EVIL in japanese,
What is wrong with the presence of a girl in a bikini? Are you Americans serious?
About Aku Aku... Yes, I've noticed this detail too.
Takezo Kimura but why did they make him the good brother of uka uka? Weird
@@Mi_Fa_Volare america is completely fucked as a country/socially/culturally. know it.
How spooky.
So they're literally turning awesome into cringe.. Good job, japan..
Yea because the concept wasn’t already weird and that ‘I’m back’ commercial wasn’t weird in the slightest.