Assassin's Creed Shadows - Official Trailer Breakdown | Samurai, Shinobi, And Feudal Japan Explained 

Wake me up when the gameplay is released.

Actually the Iga shinobi were betrayed. A rouge element escaped Iga and spilled all information to oda Nobunaga. The first attack was a complete failure due the Iga traps and their knowledge of the land. The second attack was literally a bloodbath as the nobunaga forces easily bypassed the traps and knew exactly where ninja were hiding. The remaining shinobi moved to a neighboring province but did not work for Nobunaga instead they worked for the Tokugawa clan and were spies and master assassins. They worked to whittle down a lot of bad influences within the divided Japan. The shinobi were still around until the Meiji restoration just in a reduced capacity until WW2 when they were called upon to become spies again. Now they are more tourist attraction within Iga while the only living master shinobi is in Iga somewhere.

Except he was never a Samurai, but a Retainer, for a year.

Ubisoft loves to lose money

Will it have ninja stealth action? Count me in!

It is important to note that despite popular myth and modern depictions there are no historical writings nor evidence that Yasuke was ever granted the rank or title of samurai, he was never given a fief nor referred to as one in any writings. Most of our knowledge of his life comes from these messages written by missionaries and locals. In 1579, Yasuke arrived in Japan in the service of the Italian Jesuit missionary Alessandro Valignano, Visitor of Missions in the Indies, in India. He had been appointed the Visitor (inspector) of the Jesuit missions in the Indies (which at that time meant East Africa, South, Southeast, and East Asia). Valignano's party spent the first two years of their stay in Japan, mainly in Kyushu. Entering 1581, Valignano decided to visit the capital as an envoy. He wanted to have an audience with Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful man in Japan, to ensure the Jesuits' missionary work before leaving Japan. These events are recorded in a 1581 letter of the Jesuit Luís Fróis to Lourenço Mexia, and in the 1582 Annual Report of the Jesuit Mission in Japan also by Fróis. These were published in Cartas que os padres e irmãos da Companhia de Jesus escreverão dos reynos de Japão e China II (1598), normally known simply as Cartas. On 27 March 1581, Valignano, together with Luís Fróis, who had arrived in Japan earlier, had an audience with Nobunaga, and Yasuke is said to have accompanied them as an attendant. Luís Fróis's Annual Report on Japan states that Nobunaga also longed to see a black man, and summoned him, and Fr. Organtino took him to him and that Nobunaga, seeing a black man for the first time, refused to believe that his skin colour was natural and not applied later, and made him remove his clothes from the belt upwards. Valignano describes how Nobunaga, thinking that he might have ink on his body, made him take off his clothes and wash his body, but the more he washed and scrubbed, the darker his skin became. The Shinchō Kōki manuscript of the Sonkeikaku Bunko [ja] archives describes him as follows: After this Nobunaga took a great liking to him and asked Valignano to give him over. He gave him the Japanese name Yasuke,[e] made him a retainer at his side. Nobunaga's nephew gave him a sum of money at this first meeting. The Shinchō Kōki states: A black man was taken on as a vassal by Nobunaga-sama and received a stipend. His name was decided to be Yasuke. He was also given a short sword and a house. He was sometimes made to carry Nobunaga-sama's tools. Fróis wrote in the annual report of the Jesuits: The black man understood a little Japanese, and Nobunaga never tired of talking with him. And because he was strong and could do a few tricks, Nobunaga took great pleasure in protecting him and had him roam around the city of Kyoto with an attendant. Some people in the town thought that Nobunaga might make him as tono ("lord"). After becoming a vassal of the Oda clan, Yasuke followed Nobunaga to Azuchi in Omi Province, where he was appointed a koshō (小姓, page). Yasuke next appears in historical records on 11 May 1582. The Ietada Diary of Matsudaira Ietada, a vassal of Tokugawa Ieyasu, mentions that Yasuke accompanied Nobunaga on his inspection tour of the region after he destroyed his long-time arch-enemy, the Takeda clan of Kai. The description of 11 May 1582 states: On 14 May, Yasuke departed for Echizen Province with Fróis and the other Christians. They returned to Kyoto on 30 May. Like usel they are takinh extreme liberty with an individual who was only "friends" with Oda because he found him racially curious he never fought in any type of as depicted.

The hate from him being a brother basically lol just say that

wheres the gameplay ???

Looks tops!

I remember my grandmother saying to me: " I don't care what they tell in school, all samurai were black"......

Finally!!

Hope they dont mess this up with outdated gameplay and traversal

"because there was a single black guy who got to Japan and was kept as a curiosity more than anything, for whom there was no evidence that they were trained or fought in any battles, we will make a black guy emblematic of Japanese history"

No gameplay..😅

Coop please

Philippine eagle for Assasins creed

I like the setting but I do not trust Ubisoft as I used to. Cautiously optimistic here.

adult male asians: am I a joke to you?

What? Over 2.4k dislikes?

#themessage

I don’t like how your play style is dictated by the character you choose

I love that you say homage the right way. The other way sounds weird.

Hopefully they bring back the counter moves. I'm sick of that side stepping slide doge bs.

2 Questions. 1. Will ther be Japanese audio option in the game ? 2. If i want can i play the full game as Naoe only ?. If the answer to any of this questions is no i won't get this game.

CAN WE PLAY THE GAME WITH JAPANESE DUB ?

Should have been called Assassin’s Creed Afro Samurai

Asassin Creed: Kangs Edition

Oh yeah, the most discreet guy, the one black guy in the whole of japan!

I don’t get the hate I am genuinely excited. This is the first time I’ve actually been interested in assassins creed since black flag

So no actual gameplay)you’re reviewing a cinematic?really?

AC: Tenchu

not for me in a game based in feudal Japan I would expect the main character to be Japanese, but maybe that's just me.

You need to get with world champion knife thrower Adam Celadin to push this game now. I'm going to give you an early start and share it with him.

It's that bad huh, Ubisoft devs reacting on their own reveal😂

Assassin's Creed: SHHHEEEIIIITT!

the fact noone knows about yasuke bothers me

Ubisoft....meeeeeh

21 seconds feels illegal. First

何も真実ではない。全ては許されている (Nani mo shinjitsude wa arimasen. Subete ga kyoka sa rete imasu) Nothing is true. Everything is permitted (I apologize if I translated from English to Japanese incorrectly. I used Google Translate)

Will this just be another Ubisoft open world with a different skin?

Frog in a well means you don’t know enough yet so learn everything you can. The sea is just more knowledge. The ocean is still waiting to be discovered. Many Japanese translate the saying as you only started your journey now learn as much as you can and do not stop until you get what you want and even beyond that.

I bet Ubisoft was more euphoric than Oda Nobunaga when they spotted this black samurai in Japanese history

Ghost of Tshushima ?

Honestly, it's fun that we now have a historical character as a playable character. It's honestly really cool.

I love that they somehow put a black guy as an MC. Not even racist I won't play it anyway just amazed that they chose the only instance of a black man in Japan to base the story around

We Wuz Samurai and sheeei

Nobody complained about niohs main character Funny

we wuz samurai's n shieeeeet

Look sick AF, can't wait to see the gameplay

Already had a African male playable character. Rip to the Male Asian playable character lol

Game looks Beautiful. I'm a big Samurai nerd AND a Yasuke nerd anyway, so I'm looking forward to playing him! 👍🏾

Lol love all of the complaining 🤣

I wonder well Gaijin Goomba try to tear the cultural inaccuracy of this game apart when it release? Also with Naoe the main Character that happens to be a ninja I think she would be a perfect target for Gaijin Goomba for his Which Ninja series.

Late to the party mate, trailer was released hours ago

Sweet baby strikes again

It's a a joke. Not even close to Ghost of Tsushima greatness. It's a slap to Japanese history and culture.

This looks incredible we finally getting a samurai assassin’s creed Ubisoft finally listen to the fans 🔥🔥🔥

Sweet baby inc DEI detected. Pass from me. Shame was looking forward to this

They keep saying Shinobi. Ninja were not Shinnobi. Ubisoft failed again. I'm about to give up on the AC series

Asian guys got shafted on this one, no Japanese male playable character? Really?

Assassin of thsushima 😅😅

YOU MESSED IT UP AGIAN BOOOO UBISOFT !!!

historically inaccurate

Sweet Baby Inc. ‘Detected’

nice social media consulting

the hate for ubisoft is real 407 likes over 1.6k dislikes🤣

THIS SOUNDS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, HARD NOT TO GET HYPED, UBISOFT REDEMPTION ARC?

I hope this game bring some new n better gameplay, Mirage was terrible....

"Gamers" not being racist and misogynist: impossible challenge

Yasuke while a real and interesting character in his own right, it's obvious WHY he was chosen to be a protagonist in the game, and that's to maximize DEI. Ultimately this could end up being fine, but it does seem like the only reason Yasuke was chosen was because he is pretty much the only moderately known black historical figure from japan. This isn't to mention that he probally wasn't a samurai, but that's really not a big deal as almost every Japanese game that features him portrays him the same way. Ultimately this decision doesn't rub me the wrong way as badly as some other DEI motivated decisions due to Yusuke being a real person, it's just I would have preferred any number of other figures who have more to draw off of historically, and are more interesting imo than yasuke is. I'm no expert on Japanese history, but Mitsuhide Akechi(particularly since he assassinated nobunaga) and Katsuie Shibata are both far more interesting, and have far more material to work with than yasuke. Ultimately though, i would have much preferred another fictional japanese character to go alongside the fictional Japanese female protagonist. TLDR: while not a particularly bad decision, making Yasuke a protagonist stinks of DEI meddling. This could end up fine, but ultimately there were better options imo both real and imaginary.

DEI continues to ruin everything it’s cancerous claws gets ahold of.

I hope people don't buy this game and let it flop even if the game turns out good which is impossible for Ubisoft to do.

all ı see bayek with samurai outfit and girl with black tshirt and hoodie. for me even ezio is not feel assasin. this like revolation game no local character. just put the altair outfit and local character.

Excited to buy this on 80 percent off! (LOL can’t believe there’s no Male Japan character)

No views you fell in 1 min you fell off

Yasuke should have been an NPC. The male protagonist would have been better if it was a true Samurai. This game as all the hallmarks of western sensibilities in a Japanese setting. But I kind of see what they are doing with it.

Another social commentary? So brave.

Boycott UBISOFT

PSA: Ubisoft hired a fujoshi BL fanfiction writer who wrote a whole book about grown men loving little boys as a historical consultant for this game. Look up Sachi Schmidt-Hori if you don't believe me. Her linkedin account, as in her literal professional account, has a ya- oi manga page in the banner. That's how degen she is. This is the type of "consultancy" that these companies love so dearly.

Always women! Actual lore women were not assassins. Imagine Ghost of Tsushima, playing as a woman 😂

Assassin’s creed: DEI A series that takes directly from history…. Rather play ghost of Tsushima lol more realistic anyways

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This is looking amazing