In the lead-up to the Assassin’s Creed Shadows launch on March 20, the fine folks at Ubisoft Brasil took it upon themselves to put together a special promotional video in the style of old-school tokusatsu shows like Kamen Rider and Super Sentai.
The video depicts Assassin’s Creed Shadows protagonists Yasuke and Naoe, played by Brazilian social media personalities Ruan “jogazulu” Silva and Thais Matsufugi, respectively, as the stars of a fake television program titled Guerreiros das Sombras (or Shadow Warriors in English). As with any good tokusatsu, the samurai-kunoichi duo transforms from mild-mannered civilians into superpowered heroes to fight hordes of faceless baddies with practical explosions punctuating every blow, all set to a rocking theme song by Brazilian power metal icon Edu Falaschi.
“You’ve come back from school, called your friends from the street, grabbed your snack and turned on the TV,” the video’s description reads, according to rough translations from Brazilian Portuguese to English. “It’s time for your favorite show… but this time, the adventure is in Feudal Japan!”
Ubisoft Brasil’s tribute is so true to old-school tokusatsu that it even ends on a cliff-hanger, teasing an even tougher battle ahead for Yasuke and Naoe in the form of a giant, perhaps robotic enemy. The team also uploaded a version of the video playing on a chunky, sticker-covered CRT television to really drive home its aesthetics. A 6-year-old Ian in some alternate universe somewhere is absolutely pumped to watch Guerreiros das Sombras every weekday afternoon.
