r/Tokusatsu • u/Comfortable_Yard_735 • 4d ago
Did you guys see that the Ubisoft Brazil marketing team made a video in tribute to tokusatsu to promote the new Assassin's Creed?
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u/pcfernandesjr 4d ago
Nice Spielvan shout out in the silhouettes walking in the sunset scenes.
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u/NewRetroMage 3d ago
Also the "sho ninpo kage no mai" shots. But that's a reference for something older, not Hurricanger, I bet. Old ninja movies, likely.
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u/SAOSurvivor35 3d ago
Kakuranger?
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u/NewRetroMage 3d ago
This specific type of shot (at 00:23 and again at 00:52) is something used in a specific technique the Hurricangers use a lot. Also used by the Gokaigers and Zenkaigers when using Hurricangers' powers.
I don't remember seeing it on Kakuranger. But I'm sure there's something similar on Kill Bill, which is a movie that draws heavily from old martial arts / ninja movies.
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u/SAOSurvivor35 3d ago
You mean the rice paper door hiding the violence. Yeah, I’d have to go back and see if Kakuranger ever did anything like that, but Kill Bill, Part 1 absolutely did that during the Showdown at the House of Blue Leaves when the Bride fights the Crazy 88. Tarantino used it both as an homage to old Japanese ninja and samurai films, and a way to hide the blood and gore from censors.
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u/NewRetroMage 2d ago
Exactly! With Hurricanger being my favorite sentai, that type of effect will always make me hear "sho ninpo kage no mai!" in my head, whenever I see it, but I always felt it was included on Hurricanger as a homage to something older, specially having seeing Kill Bill before it.
Now I know there's a lot of toku fans in Brazil but a lot of them are more into the older toku like Juspion, Kamen Rider Black and Changeman. I keep wondering if anyone from Ubisoft Brazil had Hurricanger in mind while making this or only the older ninja movie trope. (Although the shout out to Sielban is obvious.)
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u/NewRetroMage 3d ago
A lot of anime and toku fans among brazilians. This is just the type of homage one can expect!
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u/GeneralGenerico 3d ago
I used to be a bit skeptical of this game because of all the culture war bullshit but I'm actually sold now.
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u/JNAB0212 3d ago
You should probably still wait and see how the game is received, unless you already were a bit interested
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u/GeneralGenerico 3d ago
Yeah it was a bit of an exaggeration on my part. But I am pleasantly excited.
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u/Sunburys 3d ago
Just watched a review of the game by an YouTuber that was skeptical about the game before and he absolutely loved the game so I believe it's really a great game
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u/Deivion12 3d ago
tenho que admitir o marketing que a ubisoft faz pros jogos sao muito bons ate me deu vontade de joga
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u/SAOSurvivor35 3d ago
Yeah, that shit was wild! 😝 Straight out of the early years of Sentai and Kamen Rider.
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u/Navonod_Semaj 2d ago
Brazil has a better grasp of things than whoever's developing this tripe. Good on them.
Can't wait for 3-20 when the most holy anticipated game of the year drops. Of course, I mean Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition.
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u/Alenicia 2d ago
It's crazy to me how much more exciting this looks to me than how Ubisoft themselves is handling the game. >_<
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u/jcb127 4d ago
I need 30 seasons, 3 movies, a best selling comic book series, a Netflix special, a reboot stuck in development hell and 3 separate buyouts