I find it funny how Kirby can allow blood, smoking, alcohol, and even a suggestive joke one time, but Mario can't.

Nintendo: “We don’t want Mario wearing a sombrero!” Also Mario: *The most stereotypical Italian with a strong accent and mustache and a love for spaghetti*

No wonder they removed drunk wario Who wants their protagonist to be a ducking lightweight

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Censorship

You forgot in Mario Galaxy, when Kamek is about to send Mario flying away from peaches castle, in one version he says “Go to heck mario!”

Random Toad: talks about how people have rights and deserve freedom China: shit he's onto us

Luigi also says "Oh, My God!" in the Japanese version of Mario Party. Also, "spastic" is a derogatory term for a disabled person in the UK, that's why it's considered offensive.

So they remove the image of Wine, but they keep the NOOSE in Rougeport? Only in Nintendo, ladies and gentlemen.

Honestly i like to think that the boos in Thousand Year getting bunny ears switch to cat ears might also have been Nintendo worried about a copyright suit from Playboy. There is no proof of this but it'd be hilarious

5:00 oh come on, you know americans where indeed complaining about Mario wearing a sombrero as racism (even when mexicans had no complain)

As a native american, I think the shyguys would of been cool in mario, I don't see anything wrong with that, there were more than one type of natives, some were violent and some weren't, just like every other type of person, like we wouldn't take a norse person out of the game for portraying vikings in a bad light just because a lot of the norse people weren't like that. Everyone should be allowed to be the good guy and the bad guy no matter what race.

What Mario games are like at first glance: Goofy adventures What Mario games are: Racism, sex jokes, murder, politics

Enlightening. It seems like Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door has more censorships than other Mario games. A testament to its deep story, perhaps?

I got addicted to Luigi's Casino for a month straight. I'm 4 years clean now

I'm gonna assume China's censorship with Mario's pirate outfit was due to the skull symbol, I recall there's been a consistent amount of times China demanded media be censored whenever it came to living skeletons, zombies... generally supernatural things associated with the occult I believe. China nearly banned Disney's movie Coco, but it got a rare free pass as the censors loved the the movie's message of the importance of family, despite the movie predominantly being populated by living skeletons. But this is just my guess, there might be something against pirates or not wanting a depiction of a pirate be portrayed in a positive light. As for the gesture once done by Inkling and Bowser, while nowadays interpreted as an "up yours" gesture, it wasn't always so. There's that historically famous WW2 propaganda poster of Rosie the Riveter saying "we an do it!", it's my assumption Japan post-WW2 took a look at our old posters and likely interpreted the gesture and message to mean "we shall be victorious". We still see Japanese characters doing that gesture, often overly-confident characters like Dan Hibiki from Street Fighter doing it all the time in an arrogant way to insist they're guaranteed to win, usually prematurely, and often for comedic sake having it blow up in their faces. Though Japan likely missed the memo the gesture's meaning changed in the west since those olden days. Heck, it could also be interpreted with Rosie the Riveter just pulling her sleeve back to show off her bicep and implying "we have the strength to overcome" as the underlying message. Again, my personal observation/conclusion, I could be wrong.

Hi Siiroth, can you do a Smash Bros Ultimate series where you give everyone a new victory screen (N64-Ultimate)

There’s also a Pokémon trainer sprite in Gen 4 that was censored for the same reason as Inkling Girl. The Japanese version of the sailor trainer sprite shows him displaying that gesture

They should have changed “Crazy Wario” to “Dizzy Wario”

Lmao I didn’t know The Thousand Year door had that many sensorships. 2004 was a different time huh.

Regarding the gun censorship, there is a gun draw in Origami King, although the guns are just toys.

I’m glad Wario’s “OH MY GOD” still lives on as a meme to this day.

The inkling “up yours gesture” was on British WWII posters which were designed to encourage women to work

10:02 The REAL reason why Mario has a mustache

In China skulls are seen as a bad luck sign, like really badly… so that’s why the costume was changed

7:14 You failed the social credit exam

I now have even more reason for vivian to be one of my favorite characters in the paper mario franchise

I think the goomba is the most underrated Super Mario Brothers enemy, because it is the first enemy and can be your first death ever too.

I knew about three of these censorships. Had no idea about the rest. This was an interesting video! Good job!

10:05 if you look close its not even a salute he is just waving his hand up

Some context on the word spastic, in the UK the word was used in a documentary aimed to shed light on cerebral palsy as it's a medical term. However, it instead became commonly used to mock the disabled and now has very negative connotations, it's like cripple.

3:54 IKR!? Who were they trying to fool?🤣

For the record, the shyguys in Mario cart had there homes run over. So I guess their attack makes sense.

8:05 that's a "derp in thought" gesture

Idk about everyone else, but I refer to Birdo as a female, it just feels right

I have an idea for a Smash Ultimate series. Adding a new item for every fighter (can be entire new item or assist trophy/pokeball)

0:43 Well considering that the version of the game that received an E for Everyone rating is the version without the murder scene, then yeah, there's a good reason why people don't talk about it much.

Pokemon Sword and Shield boxart being lame really works well, because the game itself is terrible as well

9:39 fun fact: in italian there Is still wine and not the chuckola cola

About the "up yours" censorship: in Japan it's what they call a "guts pose". It's basically just means "I win/I'm strong". As a side note, I've never even seen someone actually do the up yours motion, irl or in fiction. Is it a European thing or something?

Mario when greeting npcs with his wave: "Halloooo!" Npcs: *pulls out a gun, loads it, cocks it and aims with the intent of opening fire.*

I think the up yours is actually a good pose in Japan, that’s why it’s in the game. I can’t remember if it has to do with victory or winning or something.

You know, ever since maybe mid 2000's I've never seen anyone do the "up yours" gesture. I would've gone under the impression that the gesture has completely faded into obscurity

I have the reason why no skull on pirate mario because skulls are seen as bad luck in China

The thumbnail has me confused, but it is hilarious 😂

3:19 well my cousin (he was 5 years old) was adicted to these minigames.

I get a lot of this stuff, but I'll never understand why Japanese companies think it's necessary to censor guns for American audiences. Like since when did Americans have issues with that?

3:54 Okay… that’s just awesome 😂😂

The reason the boos wear cat ears rather than bunny ears in TTYD is that (for some reason) the Playboy bunny outfit is copyrighted, at least in the US. Nintendo didn't want any unnecessary lawsuits and thus changed the ears. Rereleases of Super Mario 64 DS and New Super Mario Bros. would also recieve higher age ratings in some regions, kinda like Kirby's Dream collection. Also the pirate outfit's appearance was most likely censored because of those laws against gore in Chinese videogames, even though the Skull is cartoony. As for why it's renamed, maybe China just hates pirates because of the whole stereotype about China producing pirated and bootleg media?

13:55 In some countries (other than the US), "spastic" is a derogatory term for people with mental handicaps. That's why the line had to be censored.

IIRC the whole Vivian situation is a bit more complicated than her just being trans. The words used in japanese are the same as for male crossdressers who still identify as male, so it's difficult to tell if she was legitimately supposed to be trans in Japanese, as even Goombella refers to her as male.

About the sombrero, my best guess is that wearing a sombrero is considered _closed_ culture, where it's rude to participate in it if you're not of that culture unless you're invited. Contrast that with the American flag outfit, which is _open_ culture that can be used by anyone without breaking social rules. It's similar to the reason some people argue that people who aren't indigenous American shouldn't try and figure out their spirit animals- the concept of a spirit animal is considered closed.

7:20 It's important to note that the Republic of China *doesn't* want to be a separate entity exactly. The Democratic Progressive Party does. The Kuomintang favours Chinese reunification, and most Taiwanese citizens prefer the status quo. Legally, both the ROC and PRC claim to be the sole legitimate government of the entirety of China and do not recognise each other as legitimate states. That's why they both control representations of the other.

15:00 the UK has actually a pretty major transphobia problem, which is the most probable cause for the altered pronouns.

You forgot luigi also said "oh my god" in mario party 1.

That thumbnail is hilarious

(3:35) Party lacking in information there. Yes, PEGI does not allow gambling in games rated too low and it would increase the rating. But PEGI doesn't have an E rating. There actually two ratings not allowing gambling: 3 and 7. That's why a few Pokémon games were rated PEGI 12, the minimum rating allowing gambling.

The Marioro ads in Mario Kart 64 are a parody of motorsport sponsors. Tobacco companies used to be very common sponsors, including Marlboro. Over time, ads for tobacco got banned in more and more countries, so they aren't really a thing anymore. Now energy drinks have taken their spot. Check out the 80s McLaren formula 1 cars.

6:23 heh.

Odyssey: It's illegal to depict a skeleton in China. Evidently just a skull counts.

Mario Party: Wario losing minigame: Japan: Oh my god! International countries: Oh, I missed!

Another thing with the Shy Guys in Mario Kart Super Circuit is that they are wearing Native American war bonnets in the picture with Luigi, which in Native American culture, MUST be earned through courageous, honorable, and selfless acts, and not simply paraded around meaninglessly nor used as a stereotype as, obviously, not all Native Americans would have worn them. Though, of course, the whole thing of Native American-inspired Shy Guys just attacking people out of nowhere still would never be seen as culturally appropriate, either.

"you may never see my videos again" It'll be all I will see I can't even choose to get rid of it

3:00 Me (as a Korean) : There were mini games in Super Mario 64 DS?????????????

I like to think that in paper mario its more like he's waving

Putting that Super Mario Strikers ad out there definitely uh...took balls *ba dum tsss*

Sometimes censorship’s are for the better, though it’s always fun to check out the darker sides to Mario we never saw

Birdo's gender is the same as Mangle in FNaF, it's "Yes"

3:14 gambling in video games taught me never to gamble considering how bad I am with money. I learned I have a “just one more” mentality at a young age thanks to them

13:56 it means someone affected by cerebral palsy

Although I am not bothered with the fact of the content mentioned have been censored, however I am interested of how Toad remarks about rights of his race. I think Birdo shouldn't have been censored that much if people wanted to be clear with representative of the Birdo race's gender. However for myself I consider her female and I have a plush.

This channel is the definition of thumbnail hell lol

A "spasm" is just a muscle thing yes, but usually the term "spastic" refers to autistic spasming, or any other physical or mental disability that is typically viewed in a negative light That's why most people usually see "spastic" or "spaz" as ableist terms (Doesn't stop a lot of people from still using them though...)

The up yours symbol was used used in splatoon 2 as part of the squid sisters dance moves during the final battle

Also, in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, for some reason in the American Version (not sure for others) when there is a player from Hong Kong in your lobby their flag won’t appear.

Memory match was in super Mario 3 to get extra power ups and lives.

Back in around Early 2017 I got a Nintendo magazine with an SMO poster, and that was the original version, before they changed mexican Mario off the cover. Unfortunately, my mom threw the poster away a few years ago, due to age.

I actually have the reason that the pirate outfit was censored it was because skulls are offensive in Japan 🇯🇵 and they removed the eyepatch so no connections were made

Speaking of thousand year door, you have no idea how much time my brother and I spent jumping into the gallows to see if we could hang mario.

The one where Mario wears a sombrero I actually got that version of it on a painting of Mario odyssey

I like to imagine everything in the thumbnail is in the same frame

"The release of Mario Party 8 went off without a hitch. Except in the UK where nothing ever goes off without hitches." --Mr. 1Upz

Gambling with luigi was the fricken best.

the toad murder scene was censored to get the E for everyone, because iirc some nintendo people talkede about it and said that they paid advertising places and store stuff in advance and that if they do'nt get the E rating then it's all going to waste, and heavily affects the game's marketing capabilities

9:40 not in all versions ! In the french version it's still alcohol, a "Grand Cru", to be precise, but the texture is indeed the censored one

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10:54 Japan: make character with blackface USA: "censored" coloring all orange

In Super Mario bros DS I loved to play the Luigi casino mini games as a child.

Well..... No matter what you do....... sometime, YOU CAN'T SATISFY EVERYONE!!!!!!

How auto-maticly looked at there mario case when they tried to see if they had the sumbrao mario but I have the underwater mario

Super Mario Odyssey has Mario wearing the sombrero on the back cover of the game...Hmmm🤔

thanks for the video

Siiroth the reason the casino was taken out for Korea is because in almost all cases gambling and casinos are highly illegal in Korea

The next Mario Games are: Mario Party Hate Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Gore Paper Mario: The Thousand Year W*ore Super Mario 64's Mini-Gamble Mode Super Mario Sack-ers Super Mario Contro-dyssey Super Mario Piracy Paper Mario The Anti-Advocacy King Mario Kart 7 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Super Mario RP Super Alcoholism Kart Wario Beer 2 Super Paper Hitler AND MANY MORE!

10/10 thumbnail

taking sombrero mario off the front of the box of mario odyssey was pointless because the same image is still on the back

In Super Mario Advance For the Gameboy Advance, Birdo is voiced by Charles Martinet.

15:05 WAIT DID THAT TURTLE NOT GET STUNNED

the "youre gonna need a pair" image could probably be a shitpost

He also wears a kimono and a samurai outfit in Mario odyssey

The sombrero outfit is my favorite outfit how sad it would’ve been cool to have it in the cover art but I understand why they wouldn’t keep it in just in case you never know