Assassin's Creed Shadows - FULL Trailer Breakdown & News (Story, Gameplay, Secrets) (AC Shadows)

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In the video we are going to show you all the little details that you might have missed from the trailer, all the references, all the hidden meanings, the references to Japanese culture and some theories as well, for example what Shadows might actually represent!
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[@jaraherzig9711]

Just a minor detail, the short sword that Naoe has is wakizashi, the so-called "Ninjato" is actually from 20th century (there is no physical evidence that it existed before that). It also wouldn't make sense for shinobi to use something like this since they were a secret spies, so having a sword that would identify you as one of them would kinda defeat the whole purpose of being a "secret" spy.

[@HahahMamaman]

I was under the impression that it was a tanto. Please correct me if I’m wrong

[@jaraherzig9711]

@@HahahMamaman Yes, it could be a tanto as well. Tanto was usually a small dagger, however, some could be a bit longer (up to 30 cm I believe). So what Naoe has could be a long tanto or short wakizashi.

[@Historybuff_769]

They devs already said she dual wields the hidden blade with her tanto, so it's Most likely a tanto

[@jaraherzig9711]

@@Historybuff_769 Then it is tanto. My main point was that it definitely isn't ninjato

[@shalomproduction6367]

Also shes not just a shinobi shes also an assasin so theres that just saying

[@Misti0_jp]

I'm Japanese. 12:50 is written as ``The enemy is at Takeda Castle.'' 「敵は竹田城に有り」

[@AccessAnimus]

AYYYY! Thank you so much! I was hoping somebody would help us with it, it was kinda tough for us to recognize the cursive script! That confirms the Takeda clan in the game then… hopefully!

[@Misti0_jp]

武田 and 竹田 are both TAKEDA, but they have different meanings. This is about Takeda Castle. ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AB%B9%E7%94%B0%E5%9F%8E　@@AccessAnimus

[@AccessAnimus]

@@Misti0_jp Oh! Thank you so much for the help and the explanation! We have just shared your translation on our social media, that was so nice of you to share it with us and our community

[@darthkylo9443]

Finally!! Been looking forward to you breaking down this trailer and info since the reveal last week! No one breakdowns AC info like you

[@AccessAnimus]

Awwww thank you so much! These kind words mean so much!

[@firionnel7833]

In the official website, it says that Yasuke will have to face the "demons of his past". Now that could simply be a reference to the killing he did under Oda's orders, but I wonder if it couldn't mean something else? Like, for example, he witnessed the templars doing something fishy in his homeland, so now he wants to protect Japan from them.

[@HahahMamaman]

It probably has to do with him being a slave for years

[@Grandtemplar305]

@@HahahMamamancould be really hype to see the kinda story they wrote for him cause I know he’s gonna be Templar at first then switch side after oda die

[@Controle9165]

I really hope there’s big battles that we can take part in kinda like Odyssey.

[@sgntredfluff117zeus8]

Since we got a chained dart "aka the rope dart from AC3" can we hang our enemies from trees, bridges, and buildings like we could in AC3? Or possibly use the chain dart to snag an enemy above us and pull him/her down to our level or lower and mercy kill them with our hidden blade as they r falling?

[@lordbotato7175]

I've been waiting for an AC set in Japan since AC3. And when we finally get one I have no hype to play it.

[@Desmond17]

The first thought i had while watching the part when Naoe pass a note to Yasuke was "I can't wait for the Access The Animus team to decipher it to tell us what it says". Have you guys made any discoveries on it ?

[@jakemalkin826]

The devs translated that already! It said that the targets were in the castle. Then the next scene is Yasuke busting down the shoji doors at said castle.

[@AccessAnimus]

We got a fan in the comments saying it means "The enemy is at Takeda Castle.''!

[@MarkCuckerberg666]

I get the suspicion that Yasuke is either a Templar at the start of the game, or unknowingly working for them through Oda Clan. I also hope to god we finally get to see what Clay meant by writing "Yonaguni" on the walls of his cell in the very first game.

[@aishite_imasu097]

Yonaguni I think is an Isu precursor site or a "temple". In the real world, it is an underwater mysterious archaeological site with megalithic structures compared to the pyramids of mesoamerican culture.

[@MarkCuckerberg666]

@@aishite_imasu097 I've always assumed that too. It was on the globe projection in Origins and the crossover story in Odyessy. Vidic also said "two on landmasses that dont exist in 2012." Atlantis/Santorini was one, Yonaguni has to be the other

[@jeremyw.5729]

I wouldn't be surprised if the templars were searching for the legendary Seven-branched sword which would be comparable to Xcalibur. It's housed at Isonokami shrine situated firmly within the Kansai region!

[@CAPRlCORNO]

Why is Nobunaga's mon upside down in this scene? 10:00 lmao

[@Smokerates]

love the idea of what "shadows" can mean. What got my attention was the very pointed out mentioning of "unification" in the dev commentary. Combine this with the idea of the modern day being "outsourced" starting with this game and the Teaser found in mirage about the "great shift" from a future perspective, this may play into "to unify the brotherhood we must see what unified japan" type of thing, maybe with some intro video ties to the modern day osaka cell and infinity taking over from there.

[@larswille1196]

A very good video showing all the little details. just 2 that i missed were: 1. the target puts a scroll away when he stops running in the first part of the video. Might this hint at a clue based targeting system or like odyssey where you have branches and need to kill them to reveal new targets? 2 the information given by the informant has text on it. Did you guys try to find out what it says and if so does it give any new info or possible insights to gameplay features?

[@AccessAnimus]

1 - Yes, that might actually be the case! It really depends on how hunting targets works this time and how much that also relies on our network of spies! 2 - Yes! A fan in the comments mentioned it means `The enemy is at Takeda Castle.'' --> thus another confirmation the Takeda clan will be involved in the story!

[@PaxBisonica89]

I've been waiting for this!!

[@AccessAnimus]

Haha, we're a little slower than usual, but we always try to be as detailed as possible! Thanks for waiting for this!

[@mohtasimbillah6560]

Thanks!

[@DMPTC]

Thanks, i Wonder If this can fit with the Lore of AC Memories

[@AccessAnimus]

I wondered myself too! ... and I honestly don't think that the writers considered being limited by the lore of a mobile game from more than 10 years ago that not a lot of people remember by now... I'd hope to be wrong, but the reality of game production oftentimes tramples the story established in relatively distant and not popular transmedia or byproducs...

[@DMPTC]

@@AccessAnimus idk If im right, but they made the Lore of Odyssey fit in Memories Lore, im hoping Thats this is the case once again

[@Manuel-21]

Amazing breakdown!

[@AccessAnimus]

Thank you so much!

[@bernardmacdonagh9517]

Im more surprised it took so long to get to Japan

[@LowcostGraffic]

As always, great job! By the way, will we see another trailer on June 7? Or do you think that on June 7 they will stay in the shadows, and on June 10 they will let us see gameplay in real time, etc.?

[@AccessAnimus]

Thank you! Yeah I'd expect June 10th to be the date and the rumors mentioned that yeah, there should be a new trailer showing actual in-game gameplay!

[@SH3RIFFO]

Finally! Been waiting for this video! Thanks ATA! 👏🏼 Great job as always!

[@AccessAnimus]

Ayyyy! Thanks for waiting all this time sir, thank you so much!

[@timoplays478]

Excellent job as usual, learned some stuff I didn’t know, even though I scoured the internet for every detail. Also I find it pretty funny how the CGI trailers look like actual games like hellblade 2 while AC is still pretty game-y

[@AccessAnimus]

Thank you so much for the kind words!

[@ericfierro1693]

Does Naoe have a Rinnegan like her father?

[@AccessAnimus]

Oh noes hahah 🤣

[@ELDIABLO_71]

I’m excited for this game and also excited for what isu stuff we have to uncover in this

[@Grandtemplar305]

I hope yasuke can use two katanas an I also heard hattori hanzon was gone be in the game to

[@mirandagoldstine8548]

If Hanzo is appearing then maybe Kotaro Fuuma will appear as well. That would be quite interesting.

[@Grandtemplar305]

@@mirandagoldstine8548I think I heard they mention him back in a 2022 leak

[@mrenigma1564]

in AC cinematic trailers that's not the prespective of inside the animus that's the prespective of history all cinamatic trailers are what exactly happened in history not inside the animus

[@lucasrosset3646]

Glad to see you back in action 😎 can’t wait to see your next video soon. PS hope you are having a good day 👍🏻

[@AccessAnimus]

Hey hey Lucas! Slowly but surely eh? 😁

[@lucasrosset3646]

@@AccessAnimus yeah I know hope you had a good day 👍🏻

[@jakemalkin826]

My money is on Fujibashi Nagatao being the Mentor of the Assassin brotherhood for Japan.

[@mirandagoldstine8548]

I’m personally betting Hanzo Hattori having a tie to the Assassin brotherhood. Not only did he have a tie to Iga, which was home to the Iga shinobi but he is also a prominent figure that was around and active during this time. I follow this with Kotaro Fuuma making an appearance whether directly or as a rumor.

[@krokodeilakiasGR]

Amazing job as always. I send you my love from Greece, my malaka

[@AccessAnimus]

Thank you so much! Malaka to you too

[@Apexassassin141]

Since we'll have the return of rifles I hope they bring back the human shield from ac 3, also the rope dart.

[@Eco-Friend773]

What about your full story breakdown for Assassin's Creed Mirage?

[@AccessAnimus]

Hey! Sadly we had to cut our original plan of analyzing the whole story of Mirage to just the two videos explaining the end of the game - Life called and we haven't had that much time to spare since October until now. It was a tough decision, I promise :(

[@Eco-Friend773]

@@AccessAnimus And the Norther Oasis Vault

[@zepole87]

They didnt have to do homeboys lips like that

[@iq-_-scorpion]

Amazing Video

[@AccessAnimus]

Thank you so much!!

[@giuseppecappelletti4727]

Would you like if Yasuke got an hidden blade in the last missions of the story?

[@AccessAnimus]

It'd have to be justified by the story! If that's the case, then why not!

[@giuseppecappelletti4727]

@@AccessAnimus the easiest justification would be that he joins the Assassins,but only at the end.

[@David-nq8cv]

Would make sense if he abandons his lifestyle to become one but kinda unlikely with how Ubi wants him to be out in the open melee character

[@giuseppecappelletti4727]

@@David-nq8cv it's not so unlikely. The trailer has already shown that he will accept Naoe's offer to change the type life he was leading. Moreover,it's not like the Brotherhood didn't have brawlers.Think of Bartolomeo and Mario Auditore. Damn,the founder of the Brotherhood himself was more a warrior than a stealth guy.

[@David-nq8cv]

@giuseppecappelletti4727 those mentioned didn't have hidden blades except for Bayek, also AC is not like it used to be so still a possibility of not happening but want to be proven wrong with him getting a hidden blade

[@mikoswhackgameandstuffvids480]

Wonder who the Brotherhood is in this game. Who will aid Naoe to form part of the Assassins. I don't think the Shinobi have the Brotherhood aiding them. Perhaps like in all games, we'll meet an Assassin who recruits the character. Some say we may see the woman from AC china. Edit: so the Shinobi attire is her Assassin robes? I though that was her default ninja suit and the Brotherhood will give her the traditional robes but made to her 🥷 suit

[@coderserabutan]

this channel is incredible at breaking down assassin's creed stuff, but why the views still low?

[@AccessAnimus]

It’s a tough life we lead, brother 😁

[@purplemismagius28]

Nobunaga had a sword of Eden according to the AC wiki…. Is it true?

[@mirandagoldstine8548]

I wouldn’t put it past him. Historically a lot of daimyo such as Nobunaga and Masamune were collectors of exotic goods. Question is which Isu group would this version of Nobunaga’s supposed artifact come from?

[@purplemismagius28]

@@mirandagoldstine8548 I mean, they can make an Adam and Eve reference out of Izanagi/nami….

[@mirandagoldstine8548]

@@purplemismagius28 True. So my best guess is it’ll be from the Greco-Roman grouping. Would fit in with the fact that historically Nobunaga was known to shelter Jesuit missionaries and would tie into his interest in exotic goods. Maybe the story can have it be an artifact that he is gifted by one of the Jesuits in return for his pledging allegiance to the Templars.

[@purplemismagius28]

@@mirandagoldstine8548 my personal thought is that the sword (if it’s part of the narrative) might be the grass cutting sword Kusanagi, which yes seems a bit too obvious, but it still fits the whole “relic passed down through nobility from the ancient ones” narrative very well.

[@AccessAnimus]

It's true... according to the lore from mobile game Assassin's Creed Memories ... but it might be "un-true" because AC Shadows might actually retcon Memories. It's a mobile game from 10+ years ago against a main release with a huge post launch, I wouldn't put that retcon past the devs

[@cakeassassin6277]

you can assassinate enemies trough hay walls in ac origins. so doing it with paper door is nothing new

[@PcGuy16]

8:56..i think that is the main templar..

[@AccessAnimus]

That should actually be Oda Nobunaga leading his troops... which might still be the main Templar after all!

[@PcGuy16]

@@AccessAnimus so now, we can say yasuke is the ancestor of the assassin's that came later until in modern day? What your opinion in this?

[@Steveo0547]

So hyped for ac shadows 😅

[@GutzOverFear]

18:30 Very nice. 🥁 😆

[@XSaberKnight]

can't wait!!!!!

[@Grandtemplar305]

Love seeing the positive comments gamers who are curious about what the plot is gonna be and stuff

[@mohtasimbillah6560]

Guys and gals, it's just a trailer?

[@lephantomchickn3676]

The chain weapon that Naoe uses is a kusarigama.

[@AccessAnimus]

Ohhh thanks!

[@MrSpawn229]

It's not Assassin robes it's just her clothes, really poorly designed outfit

[@RAY_II]

What do you expect from these newer ubisoft goofballs?

[@alslaitini1]

Ninjato sword never existed

[@HELWINTER333]

Yasuke that not famous samurai

[@autobface]

Do you really care?

[@Vinoi]

Yasuke was Tenno of Japansese, not a Samurai🫡

[@MrRaxicorniopholus]

Yasuke was granted the title of retainer for Oda. A retainer is a class of samurai. You are wrong

[@Vinoi]

@@MrRaxicorniopholus 1. Google Tenno Please. It was a joke, if you don't know that🤣 2. 天正9年2月、信長は弥助の存在を知って宴を開き、そこへヴァリニャーノとともに弥助を呼んだ。やがて弥助を小姓として召し抱えることになった。 "In February of Tensho 9, Nobunaga learned of Yasuke's existence and held a banquet to which he and Valignano invited Yasuke. Eventually, he took Yasuke into his service as a 小姓." - 小姓 means Child in 漢字, Page in English exactly. 小姓 does underwork FOR a samurai. [ So, NOT a Samurai 100%🫡] - 小姓 refers to someone who trains under a samurai to become a samurai. Just like knights and pages are different, 小姓 and samurai are completely different too. 3. I would like the character of Yasuke in AC, if he was a protagonist of DLC or just the best assistant. Cause it's simply way much natural, sane, immersive❤

[@huyphung802]

This detail may not appear in the trailer but both main character are gay, btw 😂😂😂😂

[@RAY_II]

Yeah I saw that. This shit is getting ridiculous. But they aren't pushing an agenda 😂 maybe we will find out soon that yasuke was born a woman.

[@rootintootinputin5898]

bababooey

[@AccessAnimus]

It's out at last!

[@GutzOverFear]

I think Ubisoft are just too lazy to give Assassins dual hidden blades now. They want to focus on the other weapons with a single hidden blade used simultaneously. It's quite irritating since the Assassins Post-Altaïr should generally have two hidden blades since it was innovated in his Codex.

[@Juicekid99999]

I’m so excited for this one ❤

[@itzcuzzy3807]

This game is absolute trash

[@autobface]

Why? Looks promising!

[@matthewkendrick8280]

I was a bit skeptical about this game as it’s not exactly my style. But man, it does sound pretty fun. Whether or not it performs well I am sure I will find some enjoyment in it.

[@matthewkendrick8280]

I only wish they would have made yasuke a Templar and have the player conflicted between the two characters.

[@RAY_II]

​@@matthewkendrick8280 they made him gay, so there's that.

[@AccessAnimus]

It does sound quite fun and interesting, can’t wait to see the actual gameplay!!

[@matthewkendrick8280]

@@RAY_II what do you mean they made him gay? Elaborate please.

[@Dandansuuuy]

I really hope for great gamplay and story!🖤

[@aishite_imasu097]

Finally after 9 years, we can play again as an Assassin and hunting Templars. Since Origins to Mirage is playing as Hidden Ones and hunting the Order of the Ancients. As much as I am excited for the narrative now, I am also curious of what role will Basim will do here. Will he be the modern day character we will be playing who will relive these memories on the animus since Layla is not around anymore? This time around, I wonder also who's genetic memory they will be using or who are the decendants of NAoe and Yasuke will be introduced?

[@Steveo0547]

ATA ARE YOU READY FOR AC SHADOWS I NOW I AM 😅

[@AccessAnimus]

We definitely are!

[@Steveo0547]

@@AccessAnimusbro I can’t wait 😅