Why Are Gamers Upset With Assassin's Creed Shadows? 

Two things that bother me about this game: - The price - Made by Ubisoft

I’d be excited for this game if it wasn’t made by Ubisoft.

"Gamers need to get comfortable with not owning their games." Ubisoft needs to get comfortable with gamers pirating their games.

It was Ubi who tried to use "based on historical facts" to persuade people to agree with their choice of Yasuke as the main character. Naturally, some people will use accurate historical data to examine Ubi's works, and now it seems obvious that Ubi's understanding of Japanese culture and history is shit.

Asking for pre-orders at all is annoying, but without showing a moment of gameplay is just outright insulting.

I'm more upset with the greedy practices that ubisoft is trying to pull in this game.

Yasuke was hand-crafted to get everyone to forget they're charging $130 for the full game.

As a Japanese person, let me tell you this. No matter what race the main character is, it would have been nice if they had some respect for Japan. Judging from the trailer, this game seems to be making fun of Japanese culture.

Ubisoft is like Disney. They had some good stuff in the past. But now they just make the same game over and over again.

"I want to see a game where everyone is an unapologetic stereotype" That's literally GTA games bro.

If buying it isn’t owning then pirating isn’t stealing

I don't speak English, so I used machine translation. I apologize if there are any inaccuracies. There is a big misunderstanding about the main issues with ACS; it's not about race, but rather the disregard for culture and the infringement of intellectual property rights. To begin with, most Japanese people are very welcoming to the appearance of non-Japanese samurai in fictional works, as seen with 'Nioh' and 'Tsushima.' As long as there is a disclaimer that "this story is fiction," and there are no legal issues, we do not call for the cancellation of such works. (There might be a vocal minority, but the majority of Japanese people respect creative freedom.) So why is ACS being called for cancellation? It's because UBI is promoting this work as if it were historically accurate, in addition to the legal issues it faces. Below are the details. The ACS director stated that "ACS faithfully portrays real historical figures and events from that time" and "we want people to learn about this era through ACS." (I don't know if the English version of this interview is available, but in Japan, it was released on the official XBOX site on May 16th.) Personally, based on this interview and AC's past achievements, I had high expectations for how faithfully ACS would depict the real history and culture of Japan. However, the trailers and concept art released were not only historically inaccurate but also contained many crude and insulting depictions. For example, in Japan, displaying a family crest upside down is akin to flying the Stars and Stripes upside down or disrespecting the Quran in other countries. In the 16th century, such an act could lead to war. When Japanese people criticized these insulting expressions and historical inaccuracies, UBI deflected the issue by using the fact that Yasuke was Black, claiming "those who criticize are racists." This response is extremely dishonest and cowardly for a large corporation. Next, there are issues of copyright infringement. This is against the law and is not permissible even in fiction. The following problems have been identified at this point: 1. Unauthorized use of the Sekigahara Gun Corps flag, for which they apologized. However, they ignored the Gun Corps' demand for removal and continued to try to sell the art books. 2. Unauthorized use of nationally protected Important Cultural Properties in the game. This act is not only illegal but also an insult to Japanese culture. 3. Displaying Zoro's sword from the manga "One Piece" as "Yasuke's sword" at Japan Expo, along with a Japanese-style Chinese doll. This not only upset fans of One Piece but also disappointed people with UBI's poor research, as they couldn't even distinguish between China and Japan. There are also major issues with Thomas Lockley's fabricated Wiki and papers, but due to length, I will omit those here.

People seem to forget, this is Ubisoft. They don't deserve to be defended or even hated, they just deserve apathy.

For me, I honestly miss the Assassin's Creed games where memory is stored in the balls.

The second Ubisoft told me I wouldn't own my games is the second I told Ubisoft that I wouldn't buy theirs.

some historian of Japanese history got blocked from UBI. UBI knows that their fiction game uses a wrong Japanese history, but they don’t fix it. At least they have to say it is fake

Assassins Greed: Shadow Of Former Self.

13:23 “I wanna see a game where everyone is just an unapologetic stereotype.” STREET FIGHTER HAS ENTERED THE CHAT

A perfect Assassin's Creed game set in Japan already exists. It's called Ghost of Tsushima.

I am Japanese, but until the Assassin's Creed issue arose, I was unaware of Yasuke. In Japan, it is only known that Oda Nobunaga had a black "attendant (not a slave)." This indicates that Yasuke is not considered a significant figure. Despite Japan having an abundance of historical documents, Yasuke is only mentioned in a few lines. Furthermore, Lockley is spreading false information that Japan enslaved black people. The truth is quite the opposite: Oda Nobunaga rescued a black slave brought by white missionaries and gave him a job. Considering the distance between Japan and Africa, acquiring "slaves" would have been impractical due to the immense cost. Yasuke was a slave brought by missionaries, and upon seeing him, Oda Nobunaga was intrigued by his distinctly different skin color and made him an attendant. At that time, both white and black people were rare in Japan. Even in modern Japan in 2024, it is not very common to encounter black people. The first recorded meeting between Yasuke and Nobunaga was on March 27, 1581 (as noted in the "Nobunaga Kouki"), which shows how unrealistic it is to claim there were thousands of black slaves in Japan 443 years ago. As a Japanese person, I am angered by the distortion of my country's history, but I cannot stop everyone from enjoying this fictional game. Therefore, I hope that people with good sense can understand the truth and enjoy the game with this knowledge. A concerned Japanese man has uploaded a video explaining all the historical facts about Yasuke. If you are interested, please watch it and verify the truth for yourself. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gt6t0Yza6nQ.htmlsi=pbnxJu0vu-Lo19I4 Also, I used AI to write this English message because I lack the language skills to convey my thoughts properly. If any part of it sounds unnatural, I apologize. Many Japanese people, like me, are not proficient in English, which Lockley took advantage of. He profits from books filled with lies, knowing that Japanese people wouldn't notice.

What's funny is that the whole Yasuke thing is distracting everyone from the Elephant in the room: that this isn't the 2007-2015 AC anymore, everyone assumes it's going to be a story about ninjas and samurai when it's likely that, 8 hours in, Yasuke is going to be fighting Japanese dragons armed with a laser rifle while riding on top of a creature that has a suspicious resemblance to a quadruped Pikachu.

- Too little too late - Shallow pandering and controversy mongering for free publicity - Putting up for preorder without showing a single microsecond of gameplay - Monthly subscription for a game that’s not even live service - Gotta make a blood sacrifice for the Ultimate Edition that has nothing but cosmetics and pay-to-win resources in a single player game - Ubisoft Need I go on?

Can't wait for the reviews: "Yasuke has the exaggerated swagger of a black samurai"

Even Wikipedia’s Japanese history is better than UBI

I remember when assassins creed was about templars vs the assassins throughout different ages in history, but I feel like they don’t do anything with that plot line anymore.

I'm Japanese I feel like certain people are missing the point on what we are mad about this game. When you are using certain fact about history you have to respect that fact about them, one thing they got absolutely wrong was the building architectures being Chinese influenced and Oda clan mark being Upside down, think about it when it's you're culture that's being picked up you want them to do good but what We see is that they didn't do there homework even though they said they did and that's disappointing. And Yasuke man..... If he stared in a new IP I think there would be less backlash but he had to be the protagonist in a AC game... Why can't both protag be Japanese, They didn't do that in other AC games why do it here? Sure you could make it a fantasy and call it a day but you are using real clans and people so you have to respect that element, Ubisoft saying they did there research yet not actually calling in Japanese specialist to check is... From our point of view it's just racist

Edward Kenway was 100% native to the setting. He was a Welsh privateer that became a pirate. If you're familiar with the age of piracy, most of the notorious pirates were English, Dutch, or Spanish. Oh, and they operated in the Caribbean because that was where a lot of lucrative trade lanes started or ended.

・日本のアサクリファンやゲーマー、それ以外の一部の人まで怒っている理由について Why Japanese Asakuri fans, gamers, and even some other people are angry 日本人が怒っているのは、弥助が黒人だからではない。 The reason Japanese people are angry is not because Yasuke is black. 史実に添っていると言っていたのに、間違えてる所があまりにも多いからだ。 Even though they said it was based on historical facts, there were so many things wrong with it. 販売中止の署名の真意は中止にすることではなく、怒っているぞと言う意思表示だ。 The real intention of signing a petition to stop sales is not to cancel the sale, but to show that you are angry. そして発売しても買わないと言う意思表示でもある。 It is also a statement of intent that I will not buy it even if it is released. それでも中にはフィクションとして買う人は居るだろうし、事情を知らない人も買うだろう。 Still, there will be people who will buy it as fiction, and people who don't know the circumstances will also buy it. けど、他の作品に比べて売り上げは良くない可能性が高いと思います。 However, I think it is likely that sales will not be as good as other works. 日本はフィクションならば寛容であるが、史実や歴史に忠実と言ったから問題になった。 Japan is tolerant of fiction, but it became a problem because it was said to be faithful to historical facts and history. 元々フィクションだと言っている日本のアニメやゲームと史実だと言って異なっている物を出すUBIとでは話が違う。 It's a different story between Japanese anime and games, which originally claim to be fiction, and UBI, which claims to be historical fact. UBI本社が初めからフィクションだと全世界に言っていたら、日本人は誰も怒らなかっただろう。 If UBI headquarters had told the whole world from the beginning that it was fiction, no Japanese would have been angry. 怒っている人の多くは、このゲームが日本の正しい歴史だと海外の人に勘違いされることを危惧しています。 Many of those who are angry are worried that people overseas will misunderstand that this game is an accurate version of Japan's history. 弥助が侍かそうではないかについて Regarding whether Yasuke is a samurai or not 日本では弥助の存在はよく知られていない、侍ではないと思っている人も居れば、侍だと思っている人も中にはいるだろう。 In Japan, Yasuke's existence is not well known, and some people think that he is not a samurai, while others think that he is a samurai. 軽く調べてみると彼が元々奴隷や従者として日本に連れて来られて、見せ物的な意味で織田信長に気に入られたことが解る。 A quick investigation reveals that he was originally brought to Japan as a slave or servant, and was liked by Oda Nobunaga as a showpiece. 弥助は織田信長から、鞘巻と家を与えられて荷物持ちをしていたとある。 It is said that Yasuke was given a scabbard and a house by Nobunaga Oda, and he worked as a luggage carrier. 確かに家臣として向かい入れられているが、弥助に名字がないことから、侍ではない可能性が高い。 It is true that he was taken in as a vassal, but since Yasuke does not have a last name, it is highly likely that he is not a samurai. それくらい弥助の存在は、あやふやで認知度は低かった。 To that extent, Yasuke's existence was vague and poorly recognized. あやふやという事は、武勲がないと言う事でもある。 Ambiguity also means that there is no meritorious deed. 本能寺で弥助も戦ったが、直ぐに負けて投降している。 弥助は日本人ではないから罰せられなかったのだ。 Yasuke also fought at Honnoji Temple, but soon lost and surrendered. Yasuke was not punished because he was not Japanese. その後、南蛮寺に預けられた以降の詳細は良く解っていない。 After that, the details of what happened after it was entrusted to Nanbanji Temple are not well known. 上記を見る限りでは、確かに100％否定している文献はないが、これで侍だと言い切ってしまうのは誤りだ。 As far as I can see from the above, there is certainly no literature that 100% denies it, but it would be a mistake to conclude that they are samurai based on this. 日本でも、弥助を侍にしたフィクションのゲームはあるが、それはあくまでフィクションなのだ。 Even in Japan, there are fictional games that feature Yasuke as a samurai, but they are just fiction. 弥助についての間違った情報が、日本でもあるのは確かだけど、海外に出ている侍だと言う本はフィクションだ。 It's true that there is misinformation about Yasuke in Japan as well, but books published overseas that say he is a samurai are fiction. 公開された映像の間違いやインタビューでの問題発言について。 Regarding mistakes in the released video and problematic remarks in interviews. その時代には存在しない現代の物が、コンセプトアートに記載されていることや盗用が問題になっている。 There are issues with plagiarism and the inclusion of modern objects that did not exist in that era in concept art. フィギュアの家紋の向きが間違えている。 国旗を間違えていると同じレベルの間違いだ。 The family crest on the figure is facing the wrong direction. It's the same level of mistake as getting the national flag wrong. 関ヶ原鉄砲隊の旗を無断使用した件については、一度は日本支部に謝らせ、今後は使用しないと言ったのに本社はホームページから削除したが、何故か日本支部は消していない。 Regarding the unauthorized use of the flag of the Sekigahara Gun Corps, the Japanese branch once apologized and said it would no longer be used, but the head office removed it from the website, but for some reason the Japanese branch did not. 当初、関ヶ原鉄砲隊は全世界に関ヶ原鉄砲隊の旗だと紹介してくれているなら、旗を使っても良いと言っていたのに、紹介されたのは日本だけだった。 Initially, the Sekigahara Gun Corps said they could use the flag as long as they introduced it to the whole world as the Sekigahara Gun Corps flag, but it was only introduced to Japan. クレジットに紹介されていないことが発覚して、関ヶ原鉄砲隊が問い合わせしたのに回答をしなかったので、コンセプトアートを含めて削除を求められた。 It was discovered that it was not featured in the credits, and when Sekigahara Gun Corps made an inquiry, they did not respond, so they were asked to delete it, including the concept art. コンセプトアートに載っている田植えの風景が日本ではない。ミャンマーだ。 The rice planting scenery shown in the concept art is not from Japan. It's Myanmar. 日本の物以外の他のアジアの国の仏像が混ざってる。 There are Buddhist statues from other Asian countries in addition to those from Japan. 人の名前と読みが間違えている。 The person's name is spelled incorrectly. 人の名前の漢字が日本語ではなく、中国語になっている。 The kanji in a person's name is in Chinese instead of Japanese. 建物の外観の一部が日本の物ではなく、他のアジアの国の物が混ざってる。 Part of the exterior of the building is not Japanese, but a mixture of materials from other Asian countries. その為、日中韓を同時に怒らせ団結させて、他のアジアの国も怒っている。 Therefore, it has angered and united Japanese, China, and South Korea at the same time, and other Asian countries have also become angry. to be continued

Ubisoft knows what they’re doing. Bad publicity is better than no publicity. They just haven’t figured out that good publicity exists yet.

Act Man, that mustache REALLY makes you look like Flanders

Theory: Ubisoft put a black samurai to shield themselves from real criticism and to deflect by saying "you just have a problem with the black protagonist"

Ubisoft and Japanese gamers "This game has a black protagonist": A little disappointing, but ok "We have thoroughly researched the history": Obviously wrong, but this is a game. No problem. "Yasuke was a legendary samurai respected by the Japanese": What...? "It is based on fact. Japanese people should learn history.": "Critical comments in Japanese are either white people pretending to be or far-right Japanese people.' "Those who object are historical revisionists and racists.": Thank you for introducing yourself Remember these are the same companies that said buying isn't owning. If buying isn't owning than piracy isn't stealing. Maybe I'll torrent one day when I get bored.

Adding to the historical part of the controversy: There was a war on the wikipedia pages of Yasuke where people kept removing and readding the part that stated "there is no conclusive evidence on Yasuke being a samurai". That definitely didn't help when it was happening during the controversy.

They executive said that we will not own their games.

Some random grandmother: “I don’t care what they tell you in school, Samurai were also Black.'”

The problem with the "representation" argument is that it is not representing Asians well at all. We've heard excuses time and time giving benefit of the doubt of why Asians are not casted in western entertainment, it is usually because the "setting" doesn't permit it. So here's a situation where the setting is literally Japan, a place filled with Asians, and they don't put in a full cast of Asians even here. Furthermore, Hollywood and Western media has a thing of including specifically "Asian Women" as token Asian characters. Asian Men are RARELY if ever represented. Here was a good opportunity to represent an actual Asian MALE in an Asian setting, but again they refused to do this. Anyone reading this and cares about this, should boycott this game.

Buddy, I am black and I can absolutely say this was a check box choice. Seriously, don't even pretend this isn't a purposely made decision for "diversity". Whether the game is good or not, my skin color has become a marketing ploy, and I'm not cool with that.

Ubisoft need to get used to people not buying their games

Nothing from Ubisoft feels genuine anymore. I just can’t assume they’re ever acting in good faith with how predatory they’ve become over their pricing and their treatment of their players, not to mention how buggy, unfinished, and sometimes barebones their games have been lately. Them choosing to have Yasuke as one of the main characters feels less like them wanting to tell his story, and more like using him as a shield to try and discredit anyone who has a problem with the game. It’s scummy and reductive.

私は日本人です。 結論から言いますと、弥助は実在していたと思いますが、侍ではありませんでした。 日本の歴史の授業では、弥助は宣教師に奴隷として日本に連れてこられ、その黒い肌を面白がった信長が下級の家臣（信長の荷物を持つ係）として迎え入れることにしたと教えられます。 信長は珍しいものが大好きで、他人の頭蓋骨に金メッキを貼り付けた黄金の頭蓋骨や、西洋から伝わった地球儀などを手に入れては周囲に見せて自慢していました。 おそらく、弥助も信長のコレクションのひとつだった可能性が高いです。 現代の権力者が珍しい動物を飼うのと同じです。 また、弥助の絵が一枚だけ発見されましたが、彼はいかにも当時の西洋人の格好をしており、どう見ても侍ではありません。刀すら持っていませんでした。 弥助が戦で活躍したというなら、具体的にどの戦いでどう活躍したのか言ってみてください。言えませんよね？ だってどの文献にも弥助が戦ったなんて記述はありませんから。 トーマス・ロックリーの本を根拠にして弥助は侍だったという人がいますが、彼は日本の歴史家の間では何の根拠もなく弥助を英雄にしたてあげた大噓つきと馬鹿にされています。 歴史を捏造して黒人を日本史の英雄にすることをロックリー理論と言って馬鹿にしてる人もいます。 日本人は弥助を好きだというのも嘘です。多くの日本人にとって弥助は、「弥助？　誰だっけ？」「ああ、そういえば、そんな奴もいたね」程度の認識でしかないです。 むしろ好きでも嫌いでもなかったけど、この作品のせいで弥助を嫌いになったという日本人も多くいます。 信じられないなら、日本語でユーチューブで検索してみてください。多くの日本人ユーチューバーが今作やＵＢＩに対してとても嫌悪感を感じています。 好意的な動画は見つからないでしょう。 信長が本能寺の変で亡くなり、弥助は明智光秀に無抵抗で降伏したことで、光秀に「この男は武士どころか人でもない、ただの獣だ」と馬鹿にして、弥助を生かしたままにしました。 もしも弥助が強くて戦で活躍していれば、生かしておいたら危ないと言って斬るか、部下に勧誘していたはずです。 そして何よりも弥助が侍ではない決定的な証拠は、彼には家名、つまり苗字が無いことです。 通常、戦で活躍した苗字のない身分の低い人は主君から褒美として苗字や領地を貰えますが、弥助にはどちらもありませんでした。 なので彼が戦で活躍したことは一度も無いと断言できます。 弥助は侍で、信長に信頼されていたと勘違いしてる可哀想な人には、「でも弥助は苗字が無いよね」と言いましょう。それだけで論破できるぐらい、苗字が無いことは決定的な証拠です。 最後に、私たち日本人は今作に関して怒っている人がたくさんいますが、それは弥助が日本が舞台のゲームで主人公だからではありません。 ゲーム開発者が日本のゲーム雑誌のインタビューで「弥助は実在した伝説の黒人侍」「歴史に忠実に作った」などと嘘をついて偏った思想を優先し、私たちの国の歴史を改竄しようとしてるからです。 実際、Wikipediaで編集合戦してますし、UBIに脳を染められた頭がかわいそうな人たちがいるでしょう。 ゲーム開発者が「弥助は本当は侍ではなくただの荷物持ちだったが、ゲームの中では侍という設定にした」と最初に言っていれば、何も問題はありませんでした。 ※この真実が少しでも多くの人に伝わりますように。できるだけ多くの人に広めてくれれば嬉しいです。

We know one thing, Yasuke wont be blending into the crowd

The hip hop beat for yasuke😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

"You dislike the new Assassin's Creed because of the protagonist, I dislike the new Assassin's Creed because the last good one that Ubisoft made was Black Flag. We are not the same"

What annoys me is that UBISOFT itself claims that the game is based on real history, including Yasuke being a legendary samurai, not fiction, where historical evidence shows that Yasuke is just a porter who served Nobunaga for only one and a half year.

Can't wait to play as a Mayan Winged Hussar Eskimo when AC is set in the Mali Empire

Oh. "Ubisoft presents" I'm already out. Oh, wait, $130? I'm so out. Bye.

Wanting to play as a Japanese samurai set in feudal Japan is not "controversial". There's a reason why Shogun did so well, and this is flopping before it's even released.

Pretty sure Sweet Baby Inc. had something to do with this....

The biggest thing that bothers me about this game is that I was reminded that Assassin's Creed continued being made after Black Flag

Edward kenway was a pirate in the Carribbean and it was super common to see European pirates, people seem to forget history

As I said to a friend who asked me my take on this (I’m black): A Yasuke game isn’t a bad idea An Assassin’s Creed game in medieval Japan after the team idiotically said many years ago that such a setting wouldn’t work for the franchise and Sucker Punch embarrassed them and proved them wrong with Ghost of Tsushima - one of the best games of that year - is a pretty dumb idea that’s too little too late

Could someone please make a game about the French Revolution based on the historical fact that Joan of Arc was Asian? That's what this game is all about

It's simple really: The latest Ubisoft games disappointed huge crowds of long time fans and so nobody even dares to expect anything good, especially since Ghost of Tsushima took advantage of AC not going to Japan for decades and setting the bar ectremely high

the bigger issue is the complete disrespect and history revisionism that ubisoft and sites like IGN are pushing, IGN and multiple outlets are pushing the fact that Yasuke was a real historical "legendary samurai" of which there are zero records. they have put a large focus on Yasuke destroying inferior japanese men and even if I accept the fact that they are portraying him as a samurai, he is disrepecting his honorable position and making a sport out of battle. people would make a huge deal if an asian or a white guy went to Africa and started absolutely decimating the local tribes.

Two reasons for me: 1. It’s Ubisoft, they haven’t made anything worthwhile since Unity(and that’s being generous) 2. Ghost of Tsushima did it already and probably better than the slop that Ubisoft will put out

The historical accuracy point you try to make falls apart when the devs say they’re being historically accurate, like they did with this game. This is the first time a historical character has been used as a protagonist. It matters because Yasuke was a historical person and they’re portraying him as a legendary samurai and saying they’re basing it on history. They’re using Yasuke strictly for DEI, ESG, Sweet Babay Inc. angle. The devs literally said they used him for a foreign perspective on Japan. And unfortunately, the diversity crap is being shoved in anything. Sweet Baby Inc literally exists for liters that reason.

Edward is completely different because he is the most common kind of pirate which is what he is, he may not be NATIVE TO THE AREA, but he is the most common representation of what a pirate of those times would look like.

The battlefield 1 guy is a Harlem Hellfighter. They were a real unit in WW1 and were all black. I think playing as Yasuke is cool but everything from triple A studios feels like pandering now. Even if im being pandered to, it feels hollow.

I am Japanese. There are a total of 1300 pre-orders for all editions on Amazon Japan. Of course, it is out of the ranking range.

ゲームの1番初めに、注意事項としてこれを入れるだけで全て解決する日本の魔法の言葉があるよ。 「この物語はフィクションであり、実在の人物・団体とは一切関係ありません」

OK I have a compromise, Next Assassins Creed game will be set in Mali. You can do parkour over grass huts or whatever. But you play as a Japanese man in Africa. And he's wearing a tribal print dashiki, running around killing hundreds of black dudes while looking for some ancient aliens thing. Pre-order costs $140. And all the marketing can be "U mad bro. It's set in Africa and our main guy is Japanese! He's dressed like a Zulu warrior running around killing black people with a spear. Does that make you angry? Oooooooh!"

Looking at their track record... Ubisoft never chose Yasuke as a protagonist to tell his story but for the sole purpose of pretending that any and all criticism of their greedy practices is coming from a place of racism.

My biggest confusion with Yasuke being a protagonist in an Assassin's Creed game has nothing to do with his nationality or color. They advertise Yasuke's side as the player "becoming a legendary warrior" and "liberating Japan from its oppressors". Are we missing something here? Samurai were landowners with high ranking military positions and authority. So how is an Assassin's Creed protagonist "liberating Japan from its oppressors" when he is part of the militaristic oppression. Not to mention they glorify samurai at the same time as "legendary warriors". It's all such a joke.

This video is so flawed and hasn't aged well for the last month.

My main issue is that real historical figures have always been supporting characters in AC games, with the one exception to this being the Jack The Ripper DLC in Syndicate. I think they could have made this work better if Yasuke was a major supporting character and got his own DLC later on.

they're making us to pre order it without showing us actual gameplay bruh

As an Asian guy myself, it feels like Ubisoft is saying hey you Asians aren't interesting enough to carry a project by yourself so we're adding Yasuke so people would relate to him. We're more than willing to use your setting and culture though. They broke a lot of convention to include him as a protagonist. Would I like a Yasuke game, hell yeah. Just not from Ubisoft and especially not as the first AC game that sets place in East Asia. I like Naoe though and wouldn't mind if she was the main focus. My issue is one hundred percent with Ubisoft and their shit practices.

「非難しているのは日本人のフリをした白人」ですって？ そんなわけないじゃないですか！

The fact that the main character has a Wikipedia page didn't ring alarm bells? Protagonists have all been fictional until this point.

"Omg someone killed the emperor. Look around for anyone who doesn't look like us quick"

The way I see it is that it must suck for Japanese guys who wanted a Japanese assassins creed for a decade and a half and with how they’ve been doing it they maybe would have you choose between a Japanese guy and a Japanese girl, but this is the one time where they decided to make the male character an actual historical figure who isn’t even representative of Japanese history.

I do have a straight up problem them having a black Samurai. I don't care if he existed or not. The fact they choose to have a non-Japanese person as the main character is infuriatingly racist and It's like they went out of their way to NOT have a Japanese protagonist. All the previous games had the local ethnic person as the protagonist. Because it fit with the country and theme. But now they are so politically correct damaged and need black rock ESG score they put in a black Samurai set in Feudal Japan. How the hell did they think this would go over? And rap music. WTF...... Who are they trying to appeal to here? Did they think gamers would just cheer: "yay he is black, we now feel so inclusive and all is right in the world". It's delusional and insulting. I am a white man. I want a Japanese fricken protagonist. Oh I guess that makes me racist. I should know better than black people existed everywhere and no other race is good enough. They already started with this crap with Valhalla.

In Japan, instead of issues related to racial differences, people often point out various discrepancies in the depiction of the world, such as major structural mistakes in buildings or incorrect use of emblems. The size and arrangement of tatami mats are strange, for example. The place where the esteemed Nobunaga sits should be on tatami, while his retainers should sit on wooden floors. However, the video shows the opposite. The Oda clan's banner should display the "永楽通宝,"(Eiraku Tsuho) coin, symbolizing the importance of the economy. Yet in the video, the banner only shows the Oda family crest. Additionally, the banner that comes with the Yasuke figurine as a purchase bonus actually uses the crest of Nobunaga's retainer, Hideyoshi. Since Ubisoft is lamenting their mistakes, let's pretend we've been "isekai'd" into an incorrect version of Japan. (LOL) UBI should have used shadow clans like the Imbe clan, the Kamo clan, or the Hata clan rather than Yasuke, Nobunaga's page, for the assassin. The theory that the Hata clan are ancient Israelites is perfect for Assassin's Creed and ties in with the story of Assassin's Creed 1! I don't think UBI knows that Nobunaga is connected to the Imbe clan. Japanese shrines retain many influences from ancient Israelites and Persians. Many clans fled from the volcanic eruption in Japan around 7,500 years ago, moved to the area around Egypt, and then returned to Japan after many generations. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-llAL_X8foDg.htmlsi=kdCgOAtR80MJOaT1

Dear Samurai Man, Ubisoft has an ESG Risk Rating of 15.6, categorized as "Low Risk" by Sustainalytics. This rating places Ubisoft among the top 3% of companies in the Software & Services industry in terms of ESG performance. To get such a low score (lower = better), the company practices have to be perfectly aligned with the cult of diversity and inclusion. Given Ubisoft's high emphasis on diversity, statistically, what are the chances they would choose a black samurai from among the many historical Japanese samurai? Ubisoft's commitment to representation and inclusivity absolutely influences their choices. Why would they pick the black samurai if not for that? If their interest was purely in the story, why not pick Miyamoto Musashi, a beloved legendary samurai known for his undefeated record in his 60+ duels and his profound influence on Japanese martial arts and philosophy?

Honestly I'm not upset at the fact that we play as a black guy. We played as a black guy in Black Flag's DLC and that was good stuff. But he was also an established character from Black Flag itself. The problem is that we play as a black guy in Feudal Japan because Ubisoft went, "Let's not make an Assassin's Creed game in Japa- WAAAIT! A BLACK GUY? We need representation of black people, make this game at once." Next they'll make an Assassin's Creed game during WW2 (despite saying they wouldn't) because they found an article about a black, MURICAN woman soldier.

Can’t wait for his apology tweet after the game comes out. What about all the Japanese people that are offended? They are not culture warriors.

They had a Japanese man who was in that era who was a real life assassin but they seemed to have ignored him completely and that was Mitsuhide Akechi, the man who assassinated Oda Nobunaga.

Ubisoft loves to virtue signal while saying literally nothing. I see no reality where Shadows is better than Tsushima.

“Some people would see this as a diversity checklist.” Dude just call a spade a spade.

They had so much time to make this game. Fans had been asking for AC set in Japan for YEARS! The only reason they’re doing it is because, Sucker Punch made the amazing, and successful, *GHOST OF TSUSHIMA* And now Ubisoft wants to copy them, but there’s ZERO chance they’ll ever compete with that masterpiece of a game. AC shadows is gonna SUCK!

ayo mario man, what's up with the moustache

The same people complaining about resident evil 5 having a white guy in Africa fighting Africans are now saying a black guy in Japan fighting Japanese people is somehow ok. Just another game where "the message" is more important than the actual product.

The co-founder of Sweet Baby inc is literally in the dev team...

The issue people have (or at least I have) is that some online sites that talks about Yasuke's origins or facts (I know it ain't to reliable but...Wikipedia) have been "updated" to present this character as an actual samurai. These changes happened as soon as the Shadows trailer dropped or shortly after. So of course people will have issues with what's going on around that figure. And yeah, absolutely no one would have bat an eye if Yasuke was hyper important to the story/setting as an NPC character, but as a playable one? Something is up.

You have to mention that ubisoft and their paid sponsored ads is marketing and highlighting Yasuke as a real historical "Legendary" Samurai and a Savior of Japan from its "Oppressors".

It's the fact that Ubisoft broadly advertises this game with him as "The Legendary Black Samurai" which just strikes the wrong note

So let me get thia straight, whenever we do anything related to African American culture or African culture, if any character is NOT a black person its ok to scream "CULTURAL APPROPRIATION!!!" But if we are discussing asian culture and just want to have proper asian representation that makes us bigots and racist?... Damn. We asians get screwed all the time. We don't even get to join the bandwagon of calling out racism

There isn't any "debate" whether he was a samurai or not. He just wasn't. He was a slave, a servant, kind of a jester like who served someone that was a samurai. He didn't engage in any fight in his life in Japan and after a few years was taken to somewhere else by the Jesuits who owned him. What a hero! AC is indeed fiction, but ... when you use an historical figure and totally change the reality of his life, it's ridiculous. AC is about stealth, do you see this guy (who is 30 cm higher than the average Japanese) stealth his way through Japan? Really? And the second protagonist is a woman, but she looks like a man (woke rule number two). I played every AC game uptil now. This will be the first one I won't play. I want fun out of games, not political indoctrination.

I think most of your points are very reasonable and true, and neutral in terms of political agenda fights. But I've got to add in my two cents relating to me being *an Asian who grew up in Asia.* Now, I am not Japanese and thus can't criticize the historical rightness or wrongness of the game itself. Also, as you've pointed out, it is too early to judge, as it is yet to be released. However, as a yellow person, I CAN say that I just lloove it when a banana, bleached to her core, works as a proxy for a big Western corporation that self-claims to be "DEI driven" and helps it on its path to exercise its agenda over the uneducated, unwoke population of Asia. Sachi Schimidt-Hori of Dartmouth College... The only thing remotely Asian about her is her name, and even with that name, she begged to differ by changing her surname to claim both parents', which is forbidden by the law in Japan. Ubisoft travelled to Dartmouth in the "far far east" to consult about "Japanese History" because, of course, Dartmouth is so famous for its academic authority over "Japanese History." As if there were not hundreds of universities in Japan. Either they could not find a professor in Japan who would agree to their ideology, or they couldn't be bothered to fly to mainland Japan; it is ridiculous either way. It is not even my culture that they are straight up ignoring the natives in the process of commercializing. But it maddens me so much, as I know that the next in line would be mine.

Ubisoft has truly embraced its reputation as an evil greed filled company. 130 fucking dollars for a game bro?

Dude your historical fiction argument is nonsense. They litterely stated that the game is historical accurate. They even praised themself for it. That's why a lot of japan's people are against it. I don't care about the racist arguments.

Yasuke is an interesting character for sure, but what if they made the male protagonist Miyamoto Musashi? The dude was a samurai, he was known to use non-traditional methods of fighting (like purposely being late to a duel to tilt the other guy), and he also fought while dual-wielding swords. Having a samurai with a non-traditional fighting style/mentality would have been a really cool foil to the female protagonist, who seems to be much more serious and stealth oriented.

Instead of making a cool Assassin's Creed game based in Japan and focused on Japanese culture, they shoehorn a black guy in and have the audacity to claim its historical. Yasuke was a retainer, calling him a samurai in the context that he was like actual Japanese samurai is laughable. He had no impact on anything, and was kept around much like a pet. Don't get mad at me, I am not calling him that, but to the nobles who were around him, he was a novel attraction. He did nothing and was sent home after doing nothing. It wouldn't be so bad if this wasn't the 1 millionth instance of media corporations black washing history and shoe-horning black people into other peoples' culture and history.

There already is a good Japan-themed AC game. It is called Ghost of Tsushima

I am not denying the content of the game. I am not complaining about the race of the characters, but I am very upset that UBISOFT is lying about Yasuke. I wonder how much you know about the fact that there is almost no record of Yasuke as a historical figure in Japan. At this point, we cannot even prove that Yasuke was or was not a samurai.

IMO it was done entirely for diversity brownie points. This is the first time in the series that we play as a historical character instead of an OC, and there are plenty of famous Japanese samurai who fit the bill. Depending on what they are going to be doing with Nobunaga, Yasuke could have been one of the lead supporting characters or have a notable side story (or a villain if the portray Nobunaga as a villain, possible given the established lore). But you can't convince me that breaking series tradition of all OC protagonists to make the one notable black person in Japanese history the main character was anything other than for diversity, especially coming from Ubisoft of all studios.

I want there to be an Assassins Creed game set In Africa and you play as a straight white protagonist

Remember how Assassin's Creed Mirage came out and then you immediately forgot it ever existed?

Not to mention it's another contribution in a long tradition of Western studios having a foreign hero with an Asian lover slaying evil Asian man. And their portrayal of Asians are never...flattering. It's lowkey a fetish

It's simple It's made by Ubisoft. Everything from them is blacklisted.