SNES T.M.N.T. Tournament Fighters - US Aska vs JAP Aska

[HyperSonicXtreme]

Press 7 for bouncing breasts victory Aska.

[proclaimin]

sex was different back in the time before mainstream internet. kids couldn't have handled the changes in the day. hell, those same kids are commenting on this video now and they Still can't handle it.

seeing the changes as an adult i like them, mostly because it fits the characters concept better. if you're going to have a character fighting in their underwear it might as well be sexy underwear because then their sexy as apposed to retarded.

[vivelecorn]

Wingnut lost because... well, Wingnutted.

[chaseman94]

So that's why it didn't get released in the states until Jan. 1994 instead of Fall 1993. I guess Konami didn't want to get on Nintendo's bad side after the whole Mortal Kombat controversy which had everyone in a uproar over video game content at the time. But still a great game with or without a hint of T & A.

[yemanyaaa]

the difference is her dress?

[operations1000]

Don't fight dat ass Wingnut just take it mate!

[3DMasterST]

Makes me wonder... If Sumo game was released back then, would it have been censored as well?

Still, I believe Karai would have been a better a choice for this game since she is an actual character in TMNT franchise and Aska has been made up solely for this game.

[somahiru]

Wingnut is getting beaten because alll he can think is "DAT ASS!"

[KamisamanoOtaku]

My complaint is with the Aska character in general. Finding out she was originally designed as a masturbatory aide just makes it worse. Seriously, for what reason do you need the cartoon video game woman to show a little more leg and have her chest bounce? In Japan they don't care, in America they do, hence the editing. Now if they'd just made her a better character or at least drawn her with a better design, it'd have made the censorship worthwhile.

[Monkerr]

"but you ladies out there may disagree, of course" If any woman disagreed they'd be the biggest hypocrites out there, I've seen young girls to grown women wear less in public. It's a game and she isn't real, people need to grow up -_-.

[GoGoVengo]

@Monkerr So true. I wish more people would learn the difference between fantasy and reality. Reality is more important. especially when it comes to what influences us.

[Monkerr]

@GoGoVengo Well said, well said.

[S0ryiu]

@GoGoVengo aside from the whole "everything in reality is filled with corruption and dissapointment" thing.

[DAIGORO14]

this was such a good game back in the day

[chrisliam2]

aska is an awsomne fighter was she made just for this game or has she been in the tv series ?

[ShiryuGL]

@chrisliam2 Just for this game, she is an original character.

[LordAaronus]

I have the Wingnut toy around here. i want an Aska toy now.

[Mokurentate]

I love how you could beat up people with your ass in this game! Me and my brother used to laugh hysterically at that when playing this awesome game! XD lmao

[YerJob]

teenage years? More like geriatric standing on the threshold of death.

Awesome game

[spikeriley]

JP Aska = Mai's lost sister?

[GoGojiraGo]

Eh, Americans are a strange lot anyways. We're obsessed with sex and yet terrified of it, like a budding teenager unsure of how to respond to his/her body's changes. We have the largest porn industry on the planet, yet shriek in fear at the slightest thought of someone under 18 getting the tiniest glimpse of the natural human body.

Considering we're one of the youngest nations, it makes sense. America is entering its teenage years, so it's having all those awkward feelings as well.

[jfachris]

Hey atleast they didn't take out the booty bump.

[itsokayright]

I want to make this CLEAR, and I mean CLEAR to anyone before posting further.

The Japanese version of this game is not UNCENSORED in anyway. They ADDED sexual themes to the game, that wasn't in there originally.

Rom hackers have EVIDENCE of this. So no, the American version of the game wasn't censored, this is the game's original release. When bringing the game to Japan, they added bouncing breasts, and thongs.

ShiryuGL, please do not mislead youtube viewers. Japan is simply perverted.

[JSlayer108]

@itsokayright They may be perverted, but their stuff blends more with reality which is fine with me, but I don't really abuse it and get excited over it like some other pervs or idiots. Thanks for the heads up though. But how is it that hackers were able to remodify it and get the game published the way they had tampered it to? Or am I off a little? Was it something done by the Japan company or the hackers?

[itsokayright]

@JSlayer108

The Japanese company developed it for America. When they decided to bring it to Japan, they "updated it." They replaced the girl's underwear with a thong, and made her breast bounce alot.

I just find it so odd that she is well clothed, wearing a ninja-style outfit, but wears a thong, and attacks with her butt. Her "grab" attack is basically a sexual assault. She also makes an orgasm noise when hit.

Just to note, her story ending focuses on her legs.

[JSlayer108]

@itsokayright The ending for the japanese or american version? I didn't really notice.

[itsokayright]

Its true that Japan accepts more sex with kids than in the U.S. Infact, there are many Japanese cartoons in which you have 10 year olds with large breasts being grabbed up.

Here in the U.S, put 10-12 year olds with large breasts being touched anywhere, and there might be chaos.

[ShoTheNinja]

@itsokayright

That's one thing I don't like about Japanese media. Why all the near-pedophilia? It's sick. And I've been called a small minded idiot more than once for saying so.

[Mokurentate]

@ShoTheNinja

You are small minded. :/

[ShoTheNinja]

@Mokurentate Why am I small minded? For thinking that children shouldn't be turned into sex objects? Jesus Christ, what's wrong with disapproving of pedophilia?

Is it just that I don't understand that it's not meant to actually be sexual or something? That it's supposed to be a joke? What are you trying to say?

[GalvaTRION]

Hah, booty.

[MichaelLayneWeston]

I'm glad they changed it.

[BASTARDUS1MAXIMUS]

I guess Asuka (that's how her name is written in Japanese just like Asuka Kazama from Tekken) got sensored just like Mai Shiranui in the SNES version of Fatal Fury 2

[Yazzielyt]

Tbh there doesnt seem to be much difference between the shorts and the thong, nor is the bouncing/jiggling really obvious.

I dont see how it would be offensive to people, if they found it offensive they should have just changed the @ss attack and the legs among face jump instead hehe, those would seem more offensive than the thong or jiggling/bouncing breasts.

Altho it doesnt look like they had to change much between thong and shorts and new moves would have been lot more troublesome.

[AllHailKingKurt]

I really wouldn't call it censorship, it is just marketing to a different audience, in the US, trying to sell a game to kids that included girls in thongs isn't going to fly, and TMNT is heavily marketed to kids in the US!

As far as the Jiggling breasts, well, plenty of kids games has had those, including Mario RPG and I think Banjo Kazooie! I still think they just took it out over concern for their target audience, which is kids!

[slygirl1117]

This wasn't censored. Japan ADDED the changes when it was released there.

[overtkill7]

nothing wrong with a bit of jiggling and a nice little thong.

[katten838]

Cammy should adapt that ass-attack for the next Strett fighter-game

[x3r9g6]

heh i remember back in the day when i was like "What's a girl like her doing in this TMNT game?"......and i thought those shorts were bad enough........and april looks sexy for once

[juxtapose519]

That's it? I was expecting more.

There was way more censorship in Final Fight.

[xXYaBoiJizzLeXx]

Well i mean damn they never said anything about Cammy's ass on Street Fighter and her's look pretty similar to aska's.

[Shavarnarak]

Well, to be honest fighting games are notoriously somewhat misogynistic. (And that probably actually helps sell them amongst the target audience anyway.)

9 out of 10 female fighting characters have eye candy designs (which isn't a bad thing and goes for many male fighting characters too actually anyway), but also with the vast majority of them being designed rather slutty. (which makes the target audience look kind of... sad...)

[Shavarnarak]

Anyway as for this char... I think the censored version actually looks better, I can take her more seriously actually.

The original design screams the typical 'Hi there! I'm here to appeal to frustrated flabby geeks, who in spite of their rabid testosterone lack the social skills to get laid!' that you find in a lot of fighting games.

[JSlayer108]

@Shavarnarak LOL XD Seriously. I understand what you mean entirely.

[boothesquirrel]

how is that misogynistic, sounds more like a love of women to me

also women being shown as sexually aggressive is a good thing, as the double standard towards women to not have or enjoy sex is a bad thing

[Fawful5]

Yukozuna!

[Gmone750]

People throwing hissy fits over a logical censorship are BABIES!!! Liek sriously, She doesn't even wear shorts and she wears thong even when you can clearly see her ass. It's not much different from me being naked but with a shirt and a string over my d**k. And If people can say she has a cute butt, Then... GET A GIRLFRIEND. I must admit, I don't even have one, But paying attention to a 16-bit butt is RIDICULOUS.

Another thing, Just WHAT in the heck does japan have any copyrights to TMNT?

[Ashenge]

She's so supple.

[Toma00]

Aska was my favorite fighter in this game (Don, Mike, and Karai were my other favorties.) This game was to me was harder than Street Fighter 2 at the time. Karai was hard to beat in the Sega Genesis version. But anyway, I would've liked to have had the Japenese version of Aska in the game.

[Demogorgo]

wow it shows her butt

[Rozanimation]

i love aska!!! she was my game hero on taht specific game id alwasy use her who for my character ;)

[Jaggnathar]

ha! i never knew.

[Pazzled]

I love how ridiculous she looks in the Japanese version. Her win stance is the complete opposite of the US version.

I probably would have liked the character more if she wasn't so serious as they made her out to be in the US version.

She sucks to me though, she wasn't a real Turtles character and belonged no where near this game.

This game would have been perfect if they removed Aska, War, Armaggon, Wingnut, Crome Dome and put in Baxter, Bebop, Rocksteady, Splinter and Casey Jones.

[zurc54321]

She was no wherer near the games but she was indeed ) i think at least) in the archie comics

[Metalzoner]

Yeah, she looks too serious. I mean, look at her when she's talking to April! Totally different.

[SSSAVP]

by today's standards she seems pretty tame lol. but i could see how she could've been a big deal back in the early 90's...

[MiddleEasternBorder]

Lol! Fame Asser!

[nesjuggalo]

"For Dolemite!"

[ShadowMokujin]

She can do that ass attack on me anytime!!!

[FlyingMario]

Too be honest; I woulden't mind which version she would be in. What I'm more worried about is that when she comes dragging me along to kick my a** anyday. XD. Yea when I was small, she was a real tough person to beat.

[123Samano]

Martial Champion is it's older Brother. Because of the gameplay. And also it's developer is KONAMI,

[CosmicUndeadElf]

I don't get why people always think it's "objectifying" women if they are half naked or whatever, just because someone is hot doesn't mean they are nothing but an object. I'm one of those guys who can admire a girl's looks and also respect her as a human being. Is that so wrong?

[fnog9]

Dude, she has an attack that is hitting you with her bare ass in the face. She makes orgasm noises when she gets hit. Her tits shake when she wins, she crushes you with her groin. Let's compare that with the male characters. Do they have any groin attacks? Do they shake their balls when they win? Do they wear thongs which expose their asses? When people say "objectifying women", they aren't saying women are NOTHING but an object, but in this case, the woman character IS being objectified.

[fnog9]

so to say that a woman is being objectified doesn't necessarily mean that she is NOTHING but a sex object every minute of her life. But in certain cases women are objectified as sex objects. Is that bad? I don't really think so, but some women do.

[fnog9]

oh yes, I should add to this epic discussion that while so many people are so quick to call wrong on the objectification of women, no one seems to care about the objectification of men, where in many shows like tmnt, men are almost always warriors, and thugs. Like their identity is nothing but fighting. I'm crying objectification. No I'm not, but I'm just sayin.

[Steelix123]

I think its okay for women to be objectified in some games like this, I mean, in todays western society, there really isn't much to say for women, especially adolescents anymore.

[CosmicUndeadElf]

I understand what you're saying here, guess it just depends how you look at it.

[MrNotorius5500]

LMAO @ Men shaking balls when they win.

[MNTempest]

tea bagging in halo ;) OHHH YAAA

[solracnaujchile]

OMG! I didn`t knew abot this!

Im gonna download the JAP rom right now!

[JohnnyP625]

@solracnaujchile Oh My God! I knew it! I'm gonna buy it on Ebay right now! and by the way, if RetroZone makes SNES plastic carts and SNES Repropaks, I'm gonna make the repro of TMNT Mutant Warriors.

[Joesire]

i had a crush on her back when i was five. haha

[thumbsdown01ssssss]

Japan manages to make every female character in their games strippers. I'd more less think Japanese females are way to frightened to even wear such a thing.

But Aska has regular clothes... then out of nowhere they throw in a thong that isn't even hidden. The "thong" doesn't even look like part of her ninja suit, not even like King of Fighter's Mai. It looks like someone "told her" to wear it.

To the ticked off people, keep in mind that TMNT has a "kids show" reputation.

[2ILLnificent]

Quote "I'd more less think Japanese females are way to frightened to even wear such a thing."Quote

LOL, You can go on thinking that thumbs. What is this some stereotype that all women in Japan are shy & demure?

You'd be surprised to see what kind of racy shit women actually do dare to wear in Japan.

I've seen some pretty f'ed up ish, because I actually grew up in Nippon.

[starsoldier1]

Damn, we got the lame version again!

[Arbeitsplatz]

And of course these prude assholes gave Europe the same crybaby version -.-

[BlueKnux0]

Jap Wingnut turtles just as hard as his American brother. What a fucker. Oh yeah, we got robbed.

[Bankzizfire]

its funny aska fights with her ass

[IZYUK]

なつかしい。隠れた名作。アスカは弱いけど魅力あったな・・・

[whitecabbit]

I'm a female, and I'm rather disgusted they editted her. She looks more natural in the Japanese version. I always knew something was off when she was so...un-animated in her winning pose.

[ShinDrakken]

I used to wreck with ASka and Leonardo in this game! Bye the way Rainbow Mika has the best flying ass attack out there. Oh!!! I almost forgot Tina from DOA.

[lokienvy]

"Hey what's up!"

[avp2gold]

No wonder there are more gays in the western civilization than anywhere else. They don't allow adolescent boys to look at girls.

[darkluor]

Couldn't agree more, what do they want with all this censorship??? don't they know that prohibition leads to temptation, which leads to an unpredictable behavior such as sexual disorders (both from straight and homo people) because they never get the chance to se human body as it really is, and without this morbid feeling of doing something wrong when watching nudity (sometimes not even nudity at all)

[muffinmanlan]

Yeah, I always called her "Ass"ka.

[stretchypants123]

@muffinmanlan she does have a nice ass ;) I'd tap that!

[Theskyisbleeding]

butt in da face lmfao (0:12)

[chrisartinc]

I like the Jap Aska, shes sexier than US Aska. Although I never knew she existed until I saw this video.I see shes got bouncy boobs and a cute butt which she uses to attack her opponent. Im sure wingnut and armaggon enjoyed themselves-even though they both lost.

[animeloverryan85]

I used to think Wingnut was so cute and adorable, I would have loved to have him as a pet :D

[Vyper1000]

I didnt realize any of that booty and booby stuff back in the day. until now when i just now thought about it.

[thestlgamer]

damn thats a sweet 16-bit ass!

*o*

[MaximusDread]

Just listen to that noise she makes everytime she uses her booty.

[Kendamu]

Meh. Back when this game was new I would've considered the changes to be major. However, since the amount of ass shown and the bouncing boobs thing is so minimal compared to today's games it's not even worth fussing over. It's not like someone went and edited the DOA women or something.

[DML897]

IM just glad nowadays america is more raunchy than JP games....woot! This game was the shit back in the day though.

[negativezeroxi]

Wingnut was like, "Aska, you can do that butt attack on me as many times as you like."

[zenon20]

The US version of Aska is really the original version. The Japanese changed her design and victory pose (among other things) when the game was released there.

[PsychoJosh]

No, Aska is not one of the first girls to have bouncing breasts, fighting games have been around that had them before.

Mai was around before Aska.

[SSjJesus]

Aska is an obvious rip off of her.Or at least SNK did the kunochi thing better.

[Gauntlets]

Well... The victory pose... with the exception of the bouncin' breasts coulda been left alone. That's my view. I say yeah 2 the shorts edit if it was comin' 2 America and 2 the breast edit, but no 2 editing the victory pose.

[Gauntlets]

Aside from that, I probably wouldnta cared if it wasn't edited. I kinda like playin' wit her, even tho I never figured out da moves.

[aryinc]

the background band reminds me of a power instinct game on the neo geo only the music there rocked tons more,this is just a system who cant come close to the neo with guitar samples.

[evilmajikman]

lol. Also, April sounds like a porn star in the Sega Genesis, "Come on, baby" XD.

[aryinc]

i know,you if you finish that game you get some extra porn seens from her,only finish the game XD impossible.

[sdphost]

The US version still looks fan service-ish, just not her thong, not that big of a deal except for the fact that I hate censorship.

Cammy had longer tights in an early US version of Super Street Fighter II but they didn't go through with them and had the original costume when the game came out.

[Entropy161]

...She's always reminded me of an SNK character (Specifically, Yuri Sakazaki or Athena Asamiya), but Aska's still a cool character. Eastman & Laird definitely should've introduced her into (one of the) TMNT's canon/'Universes...'

[kylera]

Yuri when it comes to the butt attack.

Athena for the uppercut move.

[jsteinha1]

she thrusts her ass at you? how is that a move

[figment1988]

i don't know. Peach does a similar move in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

[LS1LOOFUR]

pwn

[tomboyfan]

I got this version of the game when I was younger and have never played the other version. Aska, being the only female (that is until Karai made her appearance) was the only character I ever played and I didn't care about what she was wearing - I was bothered about how to master her moves. And I have (somewhat).

[liekomgl33t]

It goes to show you how people can be so immature. If the Asian children can handle a cute butt and bouncing breasts, then I'm sure the English children will handle it too. They probably wouldn't notice it. What does it tell you when the first thing Christians notice is ass and boobs? They freak out like it's a foreign object and so they edit it out because they're horrified about their children. Children are overrated and overvalued to a point that they're more important than art

[jsteinha1]

i like the way you think

[JSlayer108]

@Gmone750 The one thing I have to agree with is the Asian children being able to handle the severity of her image as well. In the US, families are a lot more sensitive about what our children see in games and other safe things when they mean no harm at all. I kinda don't like that because it makes us look like we can't handle things that people in other countries can....I know for one that I'm not weak nor was I immature and sensitive to these things as a child. It's just a great game to me.

[piolhochato]

I love her ass attack too!

[Th3BoZO]

im confused, so this aska in the video is the one from jap that was changed? if it is, i really dont see a difference

[UdtheImp]

Only two types of people would've been offended by the original Japanese animations: ultra right-wing, Conservative Christian zealots, and uber protective mothers who'se afraid their kids would get sunburn on a cloudy day.

Unfortunately, America is FULL of those, thus the reasoning for the changes.

[looker768]

I love her ass attack! Where can I get her?

[Wallcrawler]

Is it possible to play as the Japanese version of Aska in MUGEN? Is the character available? So far I know you can use all of the Turtles and Cyber Shredder but I was wondering about the other characters, especially Japan's Aska.

[Magitek111]

Yes, Japan's Aska is available for MUGEN(In fact, it's the ONLY version of Aska availible, as far as I know. Also, there's a "super turtle" that is all 4 turtles combined.)

[Wallcrawler]

I know that now I have both of them :) but thanks for telling me incase I still didn't know.

[Adaddy]

i don't beleave that is so bad to put a female wit big breast in a game an im not saying that cause im a guy....Fun Fact!!! if a girle has big brest and she jump what happen?......they will jump 2...So y edit a fact of life? i will neva under stand edditers

[SeventhSun]

Western civilization is not that liberal when it comes to video games for some strange reason.

Kinda makes you think they are pretty retarded and hopeless.

[Matanumi]

woah... anyone elsew notice the "fight!" is different in both verisons? the american one sounds... more american... weird

[Spike1885]

that is diffrent I have the us version. thanks for uploading both versions. it's very cool to see the diffrences.

[Yagamikun]

* As you go through the stages in Tournament Mode, there are small bloody X'es over the stages you've already beaten.

* In the Channel 6 stage you can break down the walls to expand the stage to include the back room! There are two newspeople cheering you on while some guy watches baseball on the monitors.

[Yagamikun]

* At the player select screen, instead of pressing Start to select your character, you use a punch or kick-button. And if you use the kick-button to select, you'll get the alternate palette! In the US version, you were only able to do this if you got the second player to select the character first.

* The Turtle Blimp is recolored to imitate the colors from the TV show.

* The Ninja Turtles' voices sound a bit different.

[Yagamikun]

The truth is(from GameFAQs)...

10. US/Jap Differences

Tournament Fighters was actually released in the US first, and when Konami

released it in Japan they added some neat new stuff in:

* The Japanese title for the game is TMNT: "Mutant Warriors".

* Aska's sprite was changed a bit... In the Japanese version, she wears a thong (oh, those wacky Japanese)! Also, she got a custom-made win pose (most of the other's poses are just a still frame from an existing move)!

[PsychoJosh]

Damn, I didn't know that. You're right, she spins and her breasts jiggle. That's awesome...

[Madmangamer364]

Great video. To be honest, though, I wasn't extremely shocked to see such changes made to the game, even back then. Keep in mind that this was during an era where a game like Mortal Kombat was a huge issue in video games, and a lot of companies were trying to stay out of trouble. This is a bit disturbing, but mainly because I think this is something that still hasn't been fully resolved. Thanks!

[LinkDude007]

wut about Mai from King of Fighter vs Aska... there kind o the same

[figment1988]

yeah, but Aska's more similar to Rachael from Martial Champion

[edison1610]

I wanna beat her down instead coz she is a female ninja

[CosmicUndeadElf]

the fuck?..

[ChibiFighter]

And something I forgot to say Shiryu thanks for chosing the Thunderdome stage *Wingnuts stage* for the JAP version I love the BGM in that stage for some reason the sound of hardcore concert rock gets me in to a fighting mood *Breaks glass over a table*.

[ChibiFighter]

LMFAO.

[Favic]

She wasnt at TMNT cartoon series, but i knew she wasnt April, i like this dude, thought i like April is who sexyset.. No one messes a girl ninjas of Aska's..

*4 STAR*

And welcome back, Shiryu-san..

-Favic

[RoyalKnightVI]

Well she was added so the developers wouldn't feel alienated from working ona western franchise, I think

[TheManAbove]

Try looking at April in the Genesis version of TMNT Tournament Fighters. She looked HOT! Even though she looked like a ripoff of Blaze from Streets of Rage.

[mhzSt]

ass attack lol

[Chepito2846]

wow,i really prefer the JP version of Aska,that sexy ass and bouncy boobs are priceless,but we foreigners get the G-rated stuff...i totally agree with u,video games are an art form.but we have to go by the stupid rules of censorship,I know it sucks.

[ChibiFighter]

Actully I loved Aska original desigine it looked better but I could understand the shorts but I did love the boobie bounce when she wins was fucking sweet.

[KyosukeShigeru]

This was very interesting. I had no idea this even occurred...nor did I know something like this even happened. It does make you think about where video games have come from and where they stand today. I also agree that video game are an art form, with that thought coming to mind, I'm brought back to thinking about Guilty Gear and how that one game is beautifully crafted in many areas. I guess back then, none of the sexual stuff seen today couldn't be handled.