Minato and Kushina are still alive, and the Uchiha massacre never happened.
Minato discovers he cannot teleport out of the sphere. To buy time and prevent the village from being crushed, Minato, Hiruzen, Tsunade, and Kushina combine forces to set up a barrier called the Four Red Yang Formation . Naruto Shippuden Episode 447
🔄 Reviewers noted that much of the animation and choreography felt like recycled or downgraded versions of the original canon fight. Minato and Kushina are still alive, and the
📉 Fans and critics heavily scrutinized the episode for attempting to squeeze almost the entirety of the epic Pain fight into just a few minutes of screen time. 🔄 Reviewers noted that much of the animation
The fight moves at a blistering pace compared to the canon version. Hinata steps in to defend Naruto just like in the original series, leading to her being injured and Naruto beginning to lose control of the Nine-Tails' chakra. 🎨 Community Reception
Instead of leveling the village with Almighty Push, Pain uses a massive gravity-based Chibaku Tensei (Planetary Devastation) to encase the entire Hidden Leaf village and its inhabitants inside a floating rock sphere.