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The trailer fades from black to a massive dust cloud, flashing with countless colors like a volatile light show. The camera zooms in, and we see multiple characters obscured by the dust, throwing energy bullets, ice shards, and knives around in an utterly MASSIVE battle royale. We see one character with a large red horn and a bright red sake dish in their hand stomp the earth, creating an eruption that knocks back what appear to be multiple fairies. We see a long-haired figure with massive wings and a glowing red chest-jewel shine as though they were unleashing the very sun itself, repelling the eruption and scorching countless other victims. Just as they finish, a ball of shadow flies into her with the force of a meteor, knocking them into a purple-haired figure with rabbit ears. The camera then focuses on a barrage of massive white snakes coiling through the air as yet another figure, riding a motorcycle, speeds towards a smaller figure with a bug-eyed hat atop their head before the rider rams into the small hat-wearer. These, among other things, were part of the chaos that was transpiring, all while what appears to be a Smash invite whirls around the wind before being plucked from the air by a mysterious hand.
Smash cut to a humble little shrine atop a hill, where a red-clad girl is exasperatingly trying to block out the noise of the miles-away battle transpiring. Suddenly, she hears footsteps, and she opens the door to her shrine, revealing a mob-capped blonde woman with a pink and purple dress waving a Smash invite in her hand. She hands it to the girl, who examines it. Before she can respond, however, a gap in space opens and the red girl is pushed into it, causing her to fall through the void. Just before the blonde woman could close it, however, a black streak flies through the gap, much to the brief, yet suppressed shock of the blonde woman before she lets out a small giggle, as though she welcomed the surprise.
Meanwhile, in the forest where the Hero trailer once took place, a similar gap opens, and from it falls the red girl, who looks around her surroundings before just avoiding a strike from a puppet of Fox, who attempted to shoot her from behind. The red girl retaliates with a barrage of needles that strike the puppet, which in turn gives way to puppets of Pit and Corrin, who glare at this new adversary. Resolve plastered upon her face, the girl takes out two ofuda talismans and steels herself for battle.
REIMU Responds To The Prayers!
We are then shown gameplay of the constantly-airborne Reimu, who uses a variety of weak, yet fast projectiles and various Touhou evasion mechanics to make for an evasive projectile playstyle. We see her use various gohei attacks and Spell Cards to attack from anywhere on-screen. The trailer then cuts back to CGI, where Pit and Corrin, now joined by a K. Rool and Samus, unleash a barrage of projectiles, which Reimu deftly evades. Just as she's about to strike, however, a massive rainbow laser engulfs the puppet fighters before they start careening to the side. The puppets get their footing back, wounded, but not out yet, and they look up at their adversary. Reimu, who recognized the laser, can't help but crack a soft smile before turning toward the direction of a young blonde girl with a black pointed hat, a broom in one hand and a strange device in the other, which emitted steam to show that it was used just now. The girl flashes a cheeky grin back at Reimu before hopping onto her broom and flying forwards at tremendous speeds.
MARISA Sparks The Fire!
We cut back to in-game footage of Reimu as she tags out with Marisa Kirisame, the Ordinary Magician, who shows a more offensive projectile style as opposed to Reimu, throwing various stars and magical bolts as opposed to ofuda and needles. We then see the Hakurei Shrine stage, where various youkai characters are congregated to watch the fight, then we see Reimu and Marisa's respective Final Smashes: Reimu unleashes a large barrage of rainbow orbs with her signature "Fantasy Seal", while Marisa charges her hakkero and fires her signature Master Spark at her foes.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate X Touhou Project
We are then finally treated to the puppet fighters, defeated and splayed along the ground. Reimu, grumpy and tired from the now-resolved battle, falls flat on her butt and lets out a long sigh. Marisa sits down next to her and wraps her arm around her, a friendly and energetic smile on her face, which Reimu begrudgingly reciprocates. The blonde woman from before, now identified as Yukari Yakumo, watches the two through a gap and smiles, knowing that things are going to get more interesting from here...
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Original Game: © Nintendo / HAL Laboratory, Inc.
Characters: © Nintendo / Hal Laboratory, Inc. / Pokémon. / Creatures Inc. / GAME FREAK inc. / SHIGESATO ITOI / APE inc. / INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS / Konami Digital Entertainment / SEGA / CAPCOM CO., LTD. / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc. / MONOLITHSOFT / CAPCOM USA., INC. / SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. / ATLUS / Microsoft / SNK CORPORATION. / Mojang AB / Team Shanghai Alice
