Assassin's Creed Shadows Explained - Samurai, Shinobi, and Feudal Japan

Assassin’s Creed Shadows takes the franchise to 16th century Japan as players will step into the roles of a Japanese shinobi, Naoe, and - in a series first - a real-life historical samurai, Yasuke.
Learn more about Assassin's Creed Shadows' main characters, historical setting, and story directly from Creative Director Jonathan Dumont and Assistant Director of Cinematic Design Akim Milne before it launches on November 15 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Amazon Luna, Macs with Apple silicon via the Mac App Store as well as Windows PC through the Ubisoft Store and the Epic Games Store.
About Assassin’s Creed Shadows:
In Assassin’s Creed Shadows, you will live the intertwined stories of Naoe, an adept shinobi Assassin from Iga Province, and Yasuke, the powerful African samurai of historical legend. Against the backdrop of the turbulent late Sengoku period, this remarkable duo will discover their common destiny as they usher in a new era for Japan.
From chaos to purpose, from darkness to light. A new Creed rises over Japan.
About Ubisoft:
Ubisoft is a creator of worlds, committed to enriching players’ lives with original and memorable entertainment experiences. Ubisoft’s global teams create and develop a deep and diverse portfolio of games, featuring brands such as Assassin’s Creed®, Brawlhalla®, For Honor®, Far Cry®, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon®, Just Dance®, Rabbids®, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six®, The Crew®, Tom Clancy’s The Division®, and Watch Dogs®. Through Ubisoft Connect, players can enjoy an ecosystem of services to enhance their gaming experience, get rewards and connect with friends across platforms. With Ubisoft+, the subscription service, they can access a growing catalog of more than 100 Ubisoft games and DLC. For the 2021-22 fiscal year, Ubisoft generated net bookings of €2,129 million. To learn more, please visit: www.ubisoftgroup.com.
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[@leborhal7450]

Don't buy games from companies that hate you.

[@Primal_K]

Aye aye!

[@jordank1813]

Here here!

[@erad3035]

100%.

[@You-dm2eh]

😢😢😂

[@yuwu-uo2bv]

sweetbaby sucks

[@mightywhiskas3880]

I just wanted a Japanese story about Japanese people.

[@DanFarrell98]

Naoe is Japanese

[@RRRRRRRRR33]

Ghost of Tsushima

[@physicssimulator2656]

Good thing you got that.

[@LlamaDrama142]

And you’re GETTING IT, you little crybaby. Are we just going to ignore Naoe like she isn’t also a protagonist? A Japanese protagonist??

[@majormoolah5056]

If only we had a video game where you can play as a Japanese. Sadly, we are still waiting for.

[@-rouki-]

The developers say, ``We made the main character black so that the world can accept him,'' but this is the same as saying ``Japanese people cannot be accepted by the world.'' That is racism against Japanese people, and it is a very cruel, uneducated, and shallow way of thinking.

[@bojapanese1207]

Ubisoftは記事で日本人の侍には感情移入出来ないから、私たち。つまり黒人の侍を作ったという記事を削除しています

[@nomisunrider6472]

There is a Japanese protagonist. It's just that you can't accept that a woman represents Japan as much as a man would.

[@Pyovali]

​@@nomisunrider6472 Samurai is much more iconic than ninjas. Also, she's ainu. Not Japanese.

[@lordbotato7175]

​@@nomisunrider6472Nah, they just don't like blatant historic revisionism for political reasons

[@bojapanese1207]

@@Pyovali弥助は侍じゃない

[@lreadytaken]

As a Japanese person, I would like to thank those who are angry about discrimination and cultural appropriation by French company This kind of insult to any country or culture should never be tolerated

[@kdel4272]

Lol Yet Japanese devs had him playable in Samurai Warriors 5. Eat a d my dude.

[@arash9255]

You are absolutely right i am from Iran and i want to play as a male japanese character

[@kdel4272]

@@arash9255 Did you feel the same way when Nioh 1 dropped? Or this urge to play as a Japanese male only a thing when a Black Male protagonist is involved?

[@NemmuNemmu]

Damn bro crazy, the game is still number one pre order in Japan.

[@TomP-vv6lt]

@@NemmuNemmuwhere?? lol Also the majority don’t represent the nation, culture and history.

[@dksoulstice6040]

The ongoing editing war on Yasuke's Wikipedia page is absolutely hilarious.

[@pilotman9819]

Like bro, Akechi himself said that the Black slave wsa an animal or monster of sorts and is not Human nor Japanese. That is a historical reading of it and it amazes me they chose him out of someone like Yamauchi Taka who is an actual historical legendary Assassin under Hattori-sama in Assassins Creed Lore.

[@dksoulstice6040]

@@pilotman9819 Mark Kern has been posting about it and apparently someone who was a writer for the original story released details about it. If this is all true, the original story was really cool AND left room for Yasuke to appear as a supporting historical character. I don't know why anyone would be surprised that people are pissed the two protagonists aren't Japanese. It took Ubisoft forever to set an AC game in Japan, even though Japan was an obvious pick because shinobi. Instead of a Japanese guy, they picked a flash in the pan Yasuke who wasn't even a minor player in Japanese history, let alone a major one.

[@pilotman9819]

@@dksoulstice6040 Man, they already had the perfect one in the Lore with Taka. So very little, like insanely miniscule was written about Yasuke that this is outright historical revisionism going by so many people thinking there was an actual Black Samurai. I don't get it. Why must Asian History be used like this when there was many other legendary figures and even ones in the lore already.

[@dksoulstice6040]

@@pilotman9819 This same nonsense happened a few years back when Netflix made their Yasuke series. People who likely know very little about Japanese history glorify Yasuke and attempt to elevate his position in Japanese history from momentary curiosity to legendary samurai. Just because he was Black. Japanese history is filled *to the brim* with genuinely legendary figures. To have the first historical protagonist be a nobody is really lame. We waited nearly 20 years for AC to head to Japan, and this is what we got. And it's not like we can expect the AC series to stick around in Japan after this.

[@Krondon-SSR]

@@dksoulstice6040 you guys act like AC main characters are all real and the games are 100% history

[@takehirosato9432]

As a Japanese, I can confirm that Yasuke is not even mentioned in the Daimyoki(大名記) which record the names of all samurai and retainers under control, including those who made no notable contributions. Yet, they still declared him a samurai. Our culture is rich, with many stories and notable figures known only to the Japanese. This game could have been a bridge to share that richness, but instead, they chose to focus on a figure like Yasuke, who is barely known and not mentioned in our historical texts, seemingly to serve their own agendas. We are already aware that other cultures have started casting black individuals in roles that are traditionally preserved by other countries, seemingly just for propaganda purposes, such as the mermaid and Cleopatra. Now, it seems our culture is not being spared; they are merely using Yasuke to push a specific narrative, which is simply common sense.

[@takehirosato9432]

@@alias-wave わからないのであれば、そこまでです。

[@user-eq9im1xm1k]

@@takehirosato9432そうやって突き放すんじゃなくて教えてやれよ。理解されたいんだろ？

[@takehirosato9432]

@@user-eq9im1xm1k 理解されたいも何も、日本が舞台なら日本人（男性操作キャラクター）にしてほしい←これでもう答えになっているが、あとから外人から「え？なんで弥助が嫌なの？」とかコメント来るから、説明しても分からんし…

[@takehirosato9432]

@anonimo-xk6cz It's quite a long story, but Wikipedia has been amended and edited more than 50 times about Yasuke. What Japan people want is a Japan (male control character) if it is set in Japan. The uproar caused Ubisoft's stock price to fall, and the official deleted criticism from Japan people, completely ignoring the opinions of Japan people. All Japan people are angry about this…

[@takehirosato9432]

@anonimo-xk6cz Rude to the Japan? I am Japan. That's why I'm saying this. After waiting for more than 15 years, as a result, Yasuke, a black man, is made a control character ... Do you understand this sadness…

[@user-yd1zj3fn5w]

Your company's answer is, "Japanese men are not suitable for the main character."

[@Infamore]

I totally agree with your stance.

[@sraitama9412]

You said that tho and whole twitter taking thing out of any context whatsoever, same with you all calling him gay, just becasue this game is more of RPG than it was before origin and odyssey, while you give romance options to choose yourself xd are you gay? Becasue yasuke will be only if you choose guys over girls tho

[@Infamore]

@@sraitama9412 Nooope, we take it out of context here, bud.

[@sraitama9412]

@@Infamore Idk what you saying xd but I think you disagree with me, I explained everything, refer to my points and tell me why Im wrong, thats how conversation should work if you want to prove smth

[@Infamore]

@@sraitama9412 I was just going the opposite to what you were saying.

[@kitakita3441]

弥助は確かに実在した人物ではあるが、信用性が高い日本の歴史的資料には弥助が武士(Bushi)であると記されたものはない。 好奇心旺盛な信長が荷物持ちとして連れ回していたという記録はあるが、武功をあげた記録もなければ氏(苗字)を与えられて武士に出世した記録もない。 武功の褒美として与えられた茶器などの詳細な記録や、戦国大名が恋人に浮気の弁明をする手紙まで残っている日本の資料に、弥助の武功が全く残っていないという現実を重要視していただきたい。 なぜ日本の歴史的資料を翻訳することもせず、海外製の資料や過去のフィクション作品を根拠に「弥助が信長が最も信頼した武士だった」などという妄想を垂れ流すのか？ これをフィクションであると明言し、「弥助をサムライとして活躍させたら面白そうだからやりました。」という理由であれば好意的に受け止めた。 日本ではそういった「フィクション」「エンタメ」は数多くある。 だけど「史実に基づいて制作した」と主張するのであれば、これは歴史改変に他ならない。 今までのシリーズのお約束を覆して「現地人の創作男性」ではなく「他国出身の実在人物」を主人公にしたのも日本人に対する差別的な悪意を感じる。 公開された映像の建築物や生活様式も違和感が凄いし、今までのアサシンクリードシリーズのプレイ動画 や解説動画をみて、感動して「日本が舞台の作品が出たら絶対プレイしよう」と楽しみにしていた気持ちを汚された気がする。

[@mattc7420]

The first words of every Assassins Creed game since 2007: "Inspired by historical events and characters. This is a work of fiction"

[@wtwgMwj7976]

@@mattc7420でもこれは史実だと言ってんだよ笑　だから日本人はキレてるわけ。分かる？

[@user-et6qr7im9e]

日本人差別と歴史修正主義のゲームにしか見えないよね

[@Oshiruko_999]

日本人として正直に言わせてもらうと弥助は単なる珍獣や猛獣レベルの扱いで物持ちとして傍に置いておきたかっただけだと思う 金持ちが猛獣をペットとして飼ったり、動物園に見に行く珍しい動物を自分のそばに置いてるのと同じ

[@Vyacheslavvvv]

That's like English people getting mad angry & twisted about a video game revolving around King Arthur. Soft as overcooked rice

[@thunder7breaker]

Just play Ghost if Tsushima it will never let you down. I waited for so long for a game set in Japan and they introduced a Samurai that isn't Asian? I can't feel this game as a serious product anymore...

[@John-wq2vo]

They said they wanted their own samurai😂 Honestly I'll be mad if I'm a Japanese

[@izzybat666]

He is based on a real character

[@Infamore]

@@izzybat666 He is not.

[@TupacAintNoBitxh]

​@@izzybat666*person

[@Infamore]

Ubisoft continues to make a perfect record on giving us games that are vomiting.

[@MrVitorFC]

Man, I can't wait for AC Africa where we'll finally have an Asian male protagonist

[@padilla1e616]

spoiler no ocurrira en su lugar diran que la civilizacion azteca y olmeca en realidad eran negros

[@Christian-sj2vi]

😂

[@anut1377]

Ur a legend bro

[@javimontana817]

There where no Asian warriors in Africa unfortunately there where some merchant sailors who got shipwrecked in Kenya though and they stayed and took wives there

[@shn3340]

@@javimontana817 Nor was this mf Samurai. If they can spin the narrative we can too

[@tetete5556]

実在した人物でフィクションストーリーを作るなら弥助を美少女にしてください

[@therazor9927]

Agreed 😂😂😂

[@bojapanese1207]

ポリコレの力によって、トランスジェンダー🏳️‍🌈、レズビアンになるでしょう

[@slaim9247]

誉れはUbiに殺されました

[@Infamore]

Ubisoft is truly disgusting.

[@shimapan7718]

>game set in the Holy Land, play as a Syrian man >game set in Italy, play as an Italian man >game set in the American Colonies, play as both a British and Native man >game set in the Caribbean, play as a Welsh privateer >game set in France, play as a French man >game set in England, play as English twins >game set in Egypt, play as an Egyptian man >game set in Greece, play as a Greek man >game set in Norway and Viking-invaded England, play as a Norwegian man >game set in Iraq, play as an Arab man ... >game set in Feudal Japan, play as an African man

[@PastPositive]

Is the female protag not Japanese?

[@strandny]

​@@PastPositive Why male protagonist isn't Japanese?

[@alias-wave]

@@PastPositive 中国人の顔をしているので日本人に見えません。

[@doryaman]

Tbh you have one in Turkey playing as an Italian.

[@alias-wave]

@@doryaman イタリア人の三部作シリーズの舞台だっただけでしょ

[@owenodonnell3200]

I got the platinum trophy in Odyssey and Valhalla. I won't be buying this. I won't support marginalizing Japanese men. I don't want a game where I'm an outsider murdering natives. This feels so gross.

[@WahyuMustofa-hd7jf]

Yes because your smart and Genius not like afrikan black guy

[@user-cy2sp8vk9o]

日本の歴史を元に作った和風ファンタジーって言え。 後、日本さん勝手に歴史を捻じ曲げようとしてごめんなさいって言え。

[@arpee1686]

I’m Asian and was excited when the leaks came out that they’re making anAC game based in Japan. The moment I saw the character, my hopes are out the window. Just sad about that one opportunity to play an asian AC game.

[@DonesdeMotivacion]

they know Japanese don't reproduce and would ne extinct I guess and they appeal this one to the upcoming generation of the Nippon Islands

[@takanum4958]

In the game description of UBI, it says -a real-life historical samurai, Yasuke-, but to avoid any misunderstanding, this is not true. There are records of Oda Nobunaga and his vassals, and among them there was certainly a black man named Yasuke who became a vassal, but there is no record of him being actively employed in battle. . In the first place, those who do not make a mark in battle will not be given important positions in the samurai society. Also, if an anonymous person achieves success and gets promoted, he is recognized by his lord and is allowed to call himself a ``family name'' as a samurai, but Yasuke was never given a family name. Therefore, Yasuke is not a samurai, but just a ``miscellaneous soldier''.

[@SP95]

That is enough for Ubisoft

[@willfulcat1432]

補足というか。正しくは雑兵ですらなく、ただの荷物持ちでした。弥助は非戦闘員だったから、戦闘に参加したことはなかったし、戦場にすら行っていない。 本能寺に弥助が行った理由も、お茶の道具を運ぶためだった。弥助の仕事は荷物運びだったからね。

[@user-iq4xz9uw3x]

何が悲しいって歴史が捻じ曲げられて虚偽の歴史を広められてるのもそうだけど、このゲーム会社が日本の事をあまり詳しくリサーチしていないのが丸分かりなトレーラーをUPしたこと。畳の形もIAで描いたの？ってくらい変な形してたし。城の形もちょっと日本ぽくない。本当に日本を踏み台にしてポリコレを押し通したいんだって意図が伝わってくる。悲しい

[@maryt-jf1fu]

👎👎👎 弥助の事が嫌いになりそう。 これがあなたたちの思い描いていたことなの？ これで満足ですか？ I'm going to hate Yaske. Is this what you guys had in mind? Are you happy with this?

[@MrJudas2000]

黒人に敬意を持つのは素晴らしいことだと思う。 だが、それが日本人を差別しても良いという理由にはならない。

[@anonymoust3611]

You can respect black people in their own cultural setting. not within an asian one.

[@Infamore]

I totally disagree with you.

[@DonesdeMotivacion]

@@Infamore why? he seems to be Japanese, you are a westerner

[@Infamore]

@@DonesdeMotivacion I don’t have translation on my Iphone, but he’s being a wuss if I remember correctly. He’s tryna play Western illiteracy on Black men coming over and not losing on it.

[@ninjin000]

黒人差別には敏感なのに、日本人(特に男性)差別には鈍感な欧米人。日常的に日本人差別やアジア人差別をしているから気付いていないかもな。

[@user-yo4vx5zm3v]

一番可哀想なのはこの件のUBIのせいでヘイト向けられる黒人だよ。ゲーム会社ならユーザーの目線で作れよお前らの政治信条とか知らねぇよ

[@PenguinMan17]

To be honest, the goal of assassins in the franchise is to bring light in darkness, bring hope to people. It's kinda funny Ubisoft contradicts the idea these days.

[@sraitama9412]

What? So they are not allowed to make game with yasuke as main character? why so? why you all not allowing them to do that xd that make no sens

[@chrisangflo6102]

​@@sraitama9412 If they want to cast a Black dude as the main character why not set in Africa? Matter of fact this would be a great chance to showcase past African kingdoms and history that perhaps most people dont knows about, but No!!!! they have to put that one dude from someone elses history!!!!

[@user-ov6ec9wf9g]

@@sraitama9412侍で人気者で強い弥助を主人公にしたゲームを作るのは良い。 だけどそれは「歴史を原作としたファンタジーゲーム」として作られるものであって、「リアルな日本を描いたゲーム」として作られるべきではない

[@user-zz3xq3fe8p]

アサシンクリード中国で既にアジア女性は主役になっている。 4のマルチプレイにもアジア女性のキャラクターが存在する。 で、アジア男性はどこにいるの？ 武士と忍者は99%アジア男性なのに。 UBISOFTのアジア男性差別を許すな！😡

[@user-fg4yt5vt6v]

true😂

[@rosariums13k19]

あなたの意見は訂正が必要ですね。 × 武士と忍者は99％アジア男性 ○武士と忍者は100％日本人

[@norikoma4661]

@@rosariums13k19 日本人ではない侍も何人か存在しますよ。日本の歴史書に名前が残っています。弥助が侍だった記述はどこにもありませんが。

[@rosariums13k19]

@@norikoma4661 ああ、そうでしたね。武士になった『白人』の存在を忘れていましたｗ でも今言ってるのは、そういう部分が問題なのではなくて。 今世界中では、着物をはじめとする日本文化を「日本だけのものじゃなくアジアのもの」とする文化盗用の活動が、欧米に住む韓国人・中国人の活動家たちによって行われているのをご存じない？ 連中が日本から盗んでいるのは、イチゴやシャインマスカットだけではないんですよ。

[@rosariums13k19]

@@norikoma4661 返信コメしても消　される～！工夫してコメする必　要がありそうです。 確かに、三浦按針たち白 人の武士がいましたね。そこは素直に訂正します☺ 私が「ア　ジア人男　性」を否定したのは、理由があって。　ご存じかもしれませんが、今欧　米ではチューゴク人やかん　こく人達が日本の文化を「自分たちのものだ」「白　人は文化　盗　用するな！」と主張して、日本の文化を紹介するイベントで騒ぎを巻き起こして、イベントの成功を妨　害する活　動をしているんですよ。本当に日本の文化を盗　用しているのはチュ　ーカン人達なんですけどね。当然、現　地の日　本人たちはそう反論していますが、正　論を突き付けられて止める連中ではなく。 コメ主が「武士と忍者は99%ア　ジア男　性」という言葉を使ったのも、同様の意　図を感じて。そして私が感じたその意　図は、普　通にこのことをコメした返信が　軒並み消　されてしまうことから間　違っていないようです。

[@gz2844]

時代考証においてUBIを信頼してたのに、よりによって期待してたアサクリで歴史の事実を歪曲するなんて失望してます。日本人を見下してるなら日本の歴史なんて語ってほしくないですね 。なんちゃって日本ファンタジーならアサクリ以外の新規IPでやればよかったでしょう。

[@SamPaongo]

Assassin's creed games have never been historically accurate. Fans should have expected this to happen

[@touchthenet4230]

@@SamPaongo Mistakes in the historical background in the game are VERY common. However, when UBI claims to be a "real legendary black samurai," the disregard for Japanese culture is obvious. If they said this were entirely fictional, there would have been nothing wrong with it as entertainment.

[@SamPaongo]

@touchthenet4230 they have been claiming every other AC game and storylines to be real too. Not only is it a disregard to Japanese culture but also to every other country they have included and based their storylines within. However, the gameplays are still amazing, though, and I will still play.

[@touchthenet4230]

@@SamPaongo Has there EVER been a main character with a real person's name and background that matches perfectly, other than Yasuke? If so, pls let me know. Sorry, I'm not very familiar with AC

[@SamPaongo]

@touchthenet4230 It is believed that all protagonist were fiction. However a lot of the Templar and side characters were real people. Ubisoft said on their website that these main characters are works of fiction. However Yasuke will be tge first actual Historical non fictional protagonist

[@winzyl9546]

Out of all the legendary samurais Japan had, they chose the one ceremonial samurai with no legend to his name.

[@prhet199]

Yasuke was elevated to a Samurai in recent pop media so usage of him as Samurai is just reflection on today’s cultural change which was actually ignited by Japan

[@PastPositive]

Which is why he’s perfect, they can do whatever they want with his character.

[@Vitzir]

​@@PastPositivehis role as a main protagonist in a video game might exaggerate or distort the true nature of his life and actions. The romanticized nature of video games can transform a complex historical figure into a simplified or idealized character, compromising historical authenticity.

[@Vitzir]

​@@PastPositiveBtw Assassin's Creed is known for blending fiction with historical fact. While creative liberties are part of the series' charm, maintaining a balance between fiction and historical accuracy is essential for credibility. Excessive deviation from Yasuke's real story might alienate fans who appreciate the franchise for its historical depth.

[@alias-wave]

Ubisoftは弥助を「歴史に語り継がれている屈強なアフリカ人の侍」などと、歴史を改竄してまで事実だと誇大宣伝しています。 もはや開いた口がふさがりません。　あからさまな歴史改竄と事実の改変、これらは歴史と文化への冒涜と侮辱以外の何物でもありません。 日本と日本人に対する最大級の侮蔑です。

[@pmkmwk4725]

なんで弥助が忍者なんだよ。 歴史修正主義者め、土足で日本人踏み躙るの大好きだよな、白人も黒人も。

[@momimomio]

大多数の当事者日本人が差別ととらえているなら差別になるよ

[@Vyacheslavvvv]

That's because you think you're God's chosen people & especially superior to every other Asiatic ethnicity (see Shintoism). All hail Ubisoft for opening up the floodgates to the fact that the world doesn't in fact revolve around Japan!!!

[@AkymaGan]

Do you hate the Japanese? Why is the main character not Japanese?

[@halosaft]

The main character *is* Japanese... You're literally commenting on a video that's talking about her...

[@inkkid376]

The main character Japanese is in the photo

[@Infamore]

The main character is Japanese. A Japanese woman to be exact.

[@cameroneash2229]

Theres two protagonists!!!

[@gamingstraz]

bot

[@user-zd2vk5zy7v]

弥助はそもそも武士じゃないし織田信長を殺した明智光秀からペット扱いされて見逃されてそのまま白人宣教師の奴隷に戻ったらしいですよ 現実はこんなにカッコよくないです シージでUBIを評価してたのに残念です アジア人差別と言われても仕方ないですこれは

[@boulevard14]

Discrimination? I think you're reaching.

[@_jagerbomb]

@@boulevard14 Rewriting history by replacing historical figures does seem like discrimination.

[@TheFuronMothership]

​@@_jagerbombYasuke is a historical figure.

[@Lexifocs]

@@TheFuronMothershipYeah, but he wasn't a Samurai. He was a slave who could use a sword

[@history_893]

「武士(Bushi)」と書いても英語だと「Samurai」に翻訳されてしまうので、正確に表現したい場合は音節表現を入れるか翻訳してから特定の語彙を適切に修正したほうがいいかもしれません。

[@TheNuclearGeek]

So, how is the only black man supposed to hide in a crowd of Japanese? Not exactly "stealthy" when he can be spotted even easier with his helmet ON.

[@TheFuronMothership]

Do y'all even watch these videos? Naoe is the Shinobi, Yasuke is the samurai. It's not a difficult concept to grasp.

[@VR471]

​@@TheFuronMothershipIt's actually quite hilarious when these people proudly wear their stupidity/ignorance like a badge of honor.

[@SupporterFCB]

​@@TheFuronMothership Yasuke en ningun momento fue samurai, es un ESCLAVO traído por los jesuitas, dejad de mentir descaradamente

[@rosariums13k19]

@@TheFuronMothershipなおえの服装は、全然忍びの服装じゃないんだよね。ダサいしあれでは目立ってしまって、全く忍べていないLOL 背中に刀を背負ってる侍も忍びも、存在しなかったよLOL

[@realjohnlove]

⁠あなたは人間ではありません。

[@buiding2000]

拜託可以不要嗎? 是哪邊有史料有記載黑人武士的?是甚麼家名跟有哪些功績? 我個人認為彌助充其量就是隨侍或保鑣 自跟隨織田信長到本能寺之變這短短一年間，究竟是怎麼從奴隸變成有頭有臉的武士? 這升官升的很不合理🤔

[@HeyItsTheWykydtron]

So.. when an Assassin's Creed game base in Africa comes out, are you gong to make one of the protagonist Japanese?

[@vivekt.2038]

AC Origin !!!!!!!!

[@mikeydluffy2718]

no it will never work the other way around

[@mickeydwade1008]

nowhere near the same. like at all LOL

[@TheFuronMothership]

Where do you think AC Origins took place?

[@willscorner8423]

Africa never archived an intelligence level on its own to build high civilization. Even egypt was probably build by Sumerian settlers or indo european settlers from Europe and sumer. They lack the intelligence needed for it in africa. Every bit of civilization south of egypt was created by europeans who helped and built it. Colonialism was the best thing that ever happened to Africa.

[@Tonagi06]

ポリコレの多様な人種が主役になれるように、という理念自体は素晴らしい事だと思うんだけど、 アジア人男性は主役にしてくれねえんだ…みたいなガッカリがある。 I think the idea of ​​political correctness, allowing people of diverse races to play leading roles, is a great one, but I'm disappointed that they don't give Asian men leading roles.

[@NORKIE]

imagine a black samurai trying to blend into a crowd or look inconspicuous... every Japanese person would be watching this guy like a hawk...

[@blackpaisley5156]

Except the fact he was backed by Nobunaga and many people were fascinated with Yasuke's appearance.

[@SamPLayss]

@@blackpaisley5156 ppl keep trying to downplay Yasuke like he wasn't him during that time lol

[@blackpaisley5156]

@@SamPLayss The Smithsonian museum calls Yasuke a samurai. So there is no excuse they can use to try and downplay him.

[@ZulZambrottosMartinez]

I dont think he would do much blending. Samurai are respected in the community. They uphold the law and justice. Hence, people will respect him even if he is black. Plus, blending is more of a stealth skill, in my opinion.

[@LegendOfTheFLame393]

​@@blackpaisley5156he was an equivalent to a squire and was paraded about hes about as important as the samurai that ended up in Mexico at some point

[@stonetier-xs9xx]

日本を舞台にしたゲームで黒人を主人公にして歴史を歪曲するな

[@therazor9927]

I am not supporting this junk. Ubisoft disrespected your entire culture and I am sorry for that. I will not buy it and none of my family will. It is a shame

[@shreyway12]

@@therazor9927I’ll buy it three times to make up for this loss.

[@satorinbo4198]

​@@shreyway12 買わない人はもっといると思うから300買った方が良いかもね。

[@user-xf8vd8kb9m]

​@@shreyway12заложи все имущество, поддержи свое любимое дерьмо реальными действиями

[@CowboyCatRO]

​@@shreyway12sugi pula neghiobule

[@damoclesvi7736]

I remember when video games were made by gamers not activists.

[@neamraven]

Gamers still make games today, but not in the West.

[@DarthTingleBinks]

You do know that most artists in any industry are leftists, right? It's not as if this fact is hidden from the public. So why people like you continue to get upset about it confuses me.

[@Doomerplays]

i saw the writing story girl, she uses pronounces she/her'd theres a cake in fridge elephant looking mf

[@rachelblack314]

these activists are basically colonizers, right? They invade these spaces and try to enforce their will on everyone

[@hwapyongedouard]

which problem do you have ? because there is a black person in there you are crying ?? then don't play the game who cares.. its important to know that you make no sense or do you ??

[@masahira3079]

Rather than whether Yasuke was a samurai or not, it is more problematic to hear the baseless rumors that "Yasuke was mistaken for Daikokuten," "Yasuke beheaded Nobunaga," "Yasuke was respected by Mitsuhide," or even worse, "A proverb that does not exist in Japan, “For a Samurai to be brave, he must have a bit of Black blood," “sakanoue no tamuramaro was black” and so on. It is more problematic that there are false stories being spread without any evidence. It's not that Japan is hiding its history or anything, it's just speculation and fabrication without any evidence, and it's a complete false story that can't even be put on Wikipedia because there is no source.

[@Infamore]

There is no Black man that has ever visited the Sinosphere.

[@mymemoriesofgoldenricefiel6472]

As a Japanese, I thought this as soon as I saw Naoe, prepared as Yasuke's partner or guide, with a short haircut and a Western-style hood. Maybe this game was made without regard for Japanese traditions and customs. Naoe is supposed to be a woman who works as a Ninja, but in fact the terms Ninja and Shinobi (meaning "one who perseveres and hides in the dark") are new in Japanese history, and the two terms only began to be used in modern times. Kusano mono, Rappa, and Suppa were used in Japan when Yasuke arrived. Kusa no mono means a person who, like a weed, is inconspicuous and assimilates by imitating the dress and gestures of the people he is hiding out with, and who seeks out and finds information about them. Rappa also means a thief who disturbs and confuses the hiding place, and Suppa means a thief who quickly steals information. In other words, professionally, Naoe should be in a position where she must devise ways to avoid standing out above all else and make an effort to assimilate into her surroundings. However, a woman living in a temple in Japan at this time, or a woman other than a pre-adult child, who wears her hair short like this in her daily life, would be perceived by those around her as an odd person who disregards laws and customs, and a woman walking around town in the daytime with her hair like this, as if she did not care about anything, would have been very conspicuous in Japan at that time. A woman with this kind of hairstyle walking around town in the daytime without a care in the world would have stood out so much in Japan at that time that she would not have been able to fulfill her Ninja (Shinobi) duties perfectly. Moreover, the traditional Japanese headdress was completely different from the Western headdress, and had a variety of shapes and detailed meanings, as it was a form of decoration that indicated a person's status, occupation, and age. (Incidentally, up until about 170 years ago, hairstyles and ornaments in Japan were also traditionally defined by status, occupation, and age, and there was a wide variety of styles that could be distinguished in a moment's notice.) In Japan at that time, the short haircut was the haircut of a pre-adult child or a woman who had become a nun by hiding out in a temple to comfort her deceased family members or loved ones. Ordinary women would let their hair grow long, tie it up with a string, and wrap a hood or towel around it in a different style than in the West. This is the traditional Japanese way of dressing for women, which appeals to a sense of fashion and cleanliness. If a Japanese person of that time had seen what Naoe and Yasuke were wearing, he or she would have thought: "What is a traditional headband? I've never seen such a strange-shaped cape that doesn't indicate identity, occupation, or age. They looked like very suspicious people. We should report her to the elders or people in the lord's castle because we are afraid of some dangerous incident. It would be terrible if the safety of the village or town were to be compromised by her or that unfamiliar foreign man. The two men are very strange and oddly dressed, but where did they come from and who are they? To be perceived as such by the people around the hiding place is a very fatal and basic ignorance for Ninja (Shinobi). Moreover, if a person of African descent were to walk around town in Japan at a time when the country was closed off from the rest of the world for so long that there were almost no people from neighboring countries such as China, Korea, or even Russia, people would remember him or her as someone they had never seen before, wearing only a hood that would easily reveal his or her face. It was very conspicuous in Japan at that time that Yasuke, who was only given the status of a follower to hold the parasol of a famous warlord or a fan to blow air on a hot sunny day, was wearing the armor and armors of a Samurai, a warrior. Such an act is like a foreigner who is unaware of Japanese customs and social codes, and who is informing the Japanese people that he is an intruder who has come from a foreign country on a secret mission. This would not look like Assassin at all. The setting of the story seems to have collapsed from the start. This is why the Japanese are reacting with discomfort and surprise to this game. True to the meaning of the title Assassin creed, the production staff should have recreated the Japan of that time. Looking at the actions of Naoe and Yasuke, it does not look at all as if these two Assassins are assimilating into Japan and acting in the dark. The clothes Naoe is wearing also look continental. Why is she wearing a traditional costume from Mongolia, 3,000 km away from Japan (so far away that even today it takes a long flight of 4.5 to 5.5 hours to reach Mongolia from Japan)? The shape and method of making Kimono is completely different from that of the Japanese traditional costume, so if a Japanese person were to wear it in Japan at that time, people would say, "Where did that woman come from, and is she a Japanese? What did she come back to Japan to do? If a Japanese person wore a Kimono in Japan at that time, she would look like "What did she come back to Japan to do? It is also quite strange to see cherry blossoms (flowers that bloom in spring) and Japanese pampas grass (a plant that grows from summer to fall and is used in traditional Japanese autumn festivals) together in the scenery in the game.

[@Toothlesskun]

JAPAN after this trailer is very mad:D

[@TheChilipepper77]

No they’re not, it’s literally the number one preordered game in Japan

[@tin9759]

@@TheChilipepper77 lie

[@Infamore]

Sinosphere is very mad.

[@DonesdeMotivacion]

@@TheChilipepper77 i see a lot of Japanese People writing in Japanese and a lot of grammar errors, I believe they are mad

[@d111boys]

@@TheChilipepper77 They don't even know what tatami is. This is equivalent to declaring, “We created the Japan that we imagined” It clearly disrespects Japanese culture, and even in the short trailer there are countless unnatural depictions that are unbearable to watch. There is no better way to waste time than playing a game like this.

[@bradIeyyy]

私はアメリカ出身で、日本の文化と歴史を本当に尊敬しています。私はずっと日本を舞台にしたアサシン クリード ゲームを望んでいた。私は日本人キャラクターとしてプレイしたかったので、このユービーアイソフトのトレーラーにはがっかりしました。興味深い日本の侍はたくさんいるのに、なぜ彼らが代わりに唯一のアフリカの侍を選ばなければならなかったのか理解できません。それは日本文化に対して非常に失礼なことだと思います。歴史的な日本についての物語を伝えたいのであれば、それは日本のレンズを通して語られるべきです。

[@pzz6367]

Was it really necessary to write this in Japanese 😂

[@peke6024]

you didnt have to write this in japanese bro 😭

[@asmundkuttulu]

That black guy was never a samurai. Yasuke (弥助 or 弥介) was a man, likely of African origin, who served as a servant and retainer to the Japanese daimyō Oda Nobunaga in 1581-1582, during the Sengoku period. He was retained by the daimyō as a koshō (小姓, page) for a period of 15 months until Nobunaga's death in the Honnō-ji Incident.

[@9skullDaddy]

Will you do play as a Japanese character. You play as the female who is a Shinobi. Well this is in Japanese history. Yasuke was a black samurai in his documented in the Tokyo proper.

[@9skullDaddy]

@@asmundkuttulu Wrong he was a samurai. He was given the name Samurai by Nobunaga Oda. Slavery didn't start until 1619 you can look that up. It's documented in the Tokyo proper that Yasuke was a Samurai. Do you know what a retainer means Samurai right?

[@yo_dingooo]

As an East Asian dude all I can do is just laugh at this point. Everyone in the comments fighting so hard to justify Yasuke while dismissing the fact that East Asian MEN literally get only a pinch of love from mainstream western portrayals.

[@montero363]

Agree,just play Ghost of Tsushima which is coming to pc soon,a far better game than what Wokesoft could ever hope to do in Japan. Honestly it's insulting that we will never get an asian male protagonist in Assasins creed,a game about ninjas...

[@majeedmamah7457]

East asians arent under represented in videogames.

[@GAIVSCALIGVLA]

This is like if Arno was Chinese, makes no sense. I feel bad for you bros.

[@norihiro9190]

​@@GAIVSCALIGVLAMy Guy

[@buttfaceloser]

I saw a 90 IQ comment where they said the complaints were rooted in racism. That and they also said people shouldn’t rely on video games for historical accuracy as they are entertainment… as if books aren’t written for entertainment as well. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. At this point we’re just being gaslighted into a dystopian vision that does nothing but causes fans to fight amongst each other which is a bad way of handling a community.

[@edwardleyco9880]

Man we can’t even have an asian male protagonist for an assassin’s creed game.

[@kotrljajucaharinga9622]

What's wrong with an asian female protagonist

[@jellypendragn6280]

​@@kotrljajucaharinga9622today generation bro

[@norihiro9190]

@@kotrljajucaharinga9622 shut up

[@edwardleyco9880]

@@kotrljajucaharinga9622 To make it worse, theres already been 2 black protagonists in the assassins creed series. Adewale in black flag and aveline in liberation. Its like we’re back in the 1900s. (Well not really since it was much worse back then but the racism is still there.)

[@panacaptic4719]

@@edwardleyco9880 What's the problem? lol

[@handofmidas8671]

You have thousand options to choose Main character’s backgrounds based on japanese cultures, and you choose this?

[@ts00833755]

日本史は物語の内容として主人公を設定するのではなく、自分の好きなキャラクターを選択し、自分だけの侍を作りたいとのこと。 君たちは絶望的だ。 歴史を書き換えるのが好きなら、自分の国の歴史を書き換えてください。他人の歴史を変えたり、他人の日本に対する理解を混乱させたりしないでください。

[@WahyuMustofa-hd7jf]

Good luck happy good day

[@pzz6367]

please don't sugar coat it please don't sugar coat it. Dude was a slave and they thought he was a monster. Racism was a thing. Please don't sugarcoat it, it would make for a better story anyways.

[@RRRRRRRRR33]

Yep, if the story was about Yasuke trying to follow the "samurai way" even if he was a slave, that would be more interesting. But nope, have to show the dude wearing the most expensive samurai armor ever, lol

[@TheFuronMothership]

if Nobunaga thought Yasuke was a monster he wouldn't have made him his retainer or a vassal. How are people this stupid? lmao

[@pzz6367]

@@TheFuronMothership You do realize little is confirmed about this character right? And it is assumed that he kept Yasuke more as a pet than his second man. Anyhow you're naive enough to think that ancient Japan would not see a black man and scream and run away. You can't be calling people stupid lol

[@Infamore]

Thank you I love this comment. There is no way a Black man could have gotten anywhere.

[@user-ji6to7fx9r]

弥助がゲイだという史実はどこからきた！？

[@jojocasimir1118]

He’s not it’s the player option

[@user-ep4pl8so3x]

弥助はDLCにすればいいよね？ なんで主人公なのか理解できないわ。

[@df_5565]

I'm Japanese, Why does the main character stop being from my home country as soon as the story is set in Japan? I wanted to play a game with a Japanese ninja or samurai as the main character.

[@inkkid376]

.....at this point you guys are trolling right?

[@Infamore]

@@inkkid376 Huh?

[@DonesdeMotivacion]

then you have to play as a female ninja

[@df_5565]

​@@inkkid376はい？

[@user-kataware]

畳見たこと無いの？

[@user-fv3vj9yy8l]

鎧姿で街に溶け込もうとするアフリカ人で草 興味深い歴史だ

[@WahyuMustofa-hd7jf]

MAGNIFICENT ULTIMATUM EXCELLENTLY INCREDIBLE PERFECTLY GREAT😂😂

[@user-dv2oc7gn3c]

Don't you feel any guilt about your company promoting a false history

[@zsuira]

That's their agenda, they don't feel bad .

[@user-dv2oc7gn3c]

@@zsuira They are so selfish

[@leodude5118]

Those liberals know no shame or guilt. They can only tell us that we are wrong since we accept their bullshit anymore.

[@user-jn4xx9bp6h]

ファンタジーで押すならゲームだしって思えるけど再現って言われると「ふざけんな！」ってなった。 日本人のキャラデザにも違和感しかねーわ。女忍者とかどっかの国とのハーフかなって思えるし建物にしても中国ぽい建物で再現にしてはクオリティ低すぎ。 日本の事を知らないヤツが勉強せずに作りましたって言われた方が納得するし実際にその様な制作だと思う

[@Guest-iv4qo]

In this era not acceptable, can get streams from historic places not to mention photos etc.

[@TheNuclearGeek]

Ubisoft: "Japan, get comfortable with not owning your own culture."

[@plutowatch8783]

😭😭

[@a1racer441]

Ubisoft effed this one so hard I’m disappointed at least get history right.

[@shalomproduction6367]

​@@-ratto-its nice to see a japanese person being positive on yasuke thats interesting

[@u-s-l-s9361]

@@-ratto-Bro the flicking black samurai is ruining all the atmosphere

[@medzawesomeness69430]

@@-ratto- Lmao, you are Japanese, and I'm the President of USA.

[@mr.moonlight7810]

Yasuke in history: Oda Nolbunaga's servant he showed off like an exotic pet. Yasuke in media: Somehow a samurai wearing the richest looking armor ever conceived.

[@user-xl1pb2xc7r]

Cause he’s black lmao

[@Nimoodles]

A little thing called creative freedoms. Have you played any other Assassin's Creed game? More of that in other games too. We out here acting like AC's have to be 100% historically accurate at all times. Lmao. Shut up.

[@mr.moonlight7810]

@@Nimoodles never said that. But historical figures in AC games were always historically accurate.

[@g.potstra8318]

@@Nimoodles extremely L take

[@KadayiPolokov]

@@mr.moonlight7810 in all the other games the historical figures have also just been NPCs as well. Could of featured him in the game as such, but no, Ubi have to go down the historical revisionism route and turn a guy who was essentially a court curio at the time into Afro Samurai.

[@user-ph3zk4nr2n]

納刀も抜刀もなんか雑に感じる

[@luna6292]

As a fan of AC since their first games, I will never buy a product from this company again.

[@Interloper322]

Reverse Racism at play here. Im an asian dude.

[@Vyacheslavvvv]

Softer than overcooked rice

[@riddhenduguhabiswas4774]

Thanks to Ghost of Tsushima, this game will have a huge competition in every aspect. Now that Ghost is coming to PC an even wider range of players will have access to the game. This is very crucial for Ubisoft, either it will be a hit or a bomb, and they have to offer a totally different experience than Ghost of Tsushima for it stand out and be a hit.

[@kamcio6579]

Every Assassin's Creed Game is popular and works different than other, I'm not scared to say that this game will sell better than ghosts of tsushima

[@kamcio6579]

Even if it"ll be worse, sadly

[@MrVoland44]

tbh GoT more story driven, there not that much openworld or rpg mechanics.

[@MovieKiller333]

Did you use chat gpt to write this? Making no sense

[@dazzaboy04]

​@@kamcio6579the word "bomb" tickled me 😂 everyone hated valhalla and yet it netted a billion in sales

[@huhuhuh525]

I will soon be making a game of a Japanese man fighting warlords in Africa .

[@DanFarrell98]

Cool let me know how it goes, I’m always up for creative narratives

[@nikmon5643]

Resident Evil 5 remake, insert a japanese umbrella operative, simple lol Japan should be clear on this stand and punish sell outs.

[@Infamore]

Actually, don't do that. It's already pathetic that he can even move or cooperate with humans. Black men in Africa as you can see, cannot even cooperate with themselves. I didn't even get to Saiyan that he was cooperating with other Africans.

[@EudaimonV]

Among those whose names have been ascertained, he is the earliest African to appear in Japanese historical records, but his confirmed period of stay in Japan was very short - about three years, from 17 August 1579 to 21 June 1582. 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.

[@meupai3897]

We want gameplay

[@drstrange4625]

It's coming june.

[@andreschvr]

​@@drstrange4625the preorders should have also started on june

[@MandoMTL]

It's gonna be more Ubi fetch quest slop. Expect Valhalla with a Japanese skin.

[@enkidumag]

more than 20 games from this franchise and you still don't understand what the gameplay is like? lol...

[@enkidumag]

@@MandoMTL with the team that made Odyssey? you are well informed haha

[@fregion4]

Concept is plain stupid. Being the only black person during the Sengoku period makes Yasuke stick out like a sore thumb. -During a mission, Yasuke kills a random person -Gets caught redhanded -Person who caught him would scream for help and of course, point to the ONLY black person -Yasuke now has a target in his back. Remember, Japan's population was and is predominantly made up of...Japanese. Awesome concept, Ubisoft. You totally lost it at this point. I miss the days when you removed a crossbow because it was historically inaccurate for the game's period.

[@hugoboss917]

They found one and only black person in Japan and put him in the game as protagonist

[@dominusdevacore517]

But you get to mass murder Japanese people as a Black dude. That's hilarious, I think UBI is trying to say something deep.

[@darkmaulmk3978]

No need to answer that

[@darkmaulmk3978]

Maybe you need to study a bit more history of japan

[@Stevanvel]

​@@darkmaulmk3978you answered twice😂

[@Conan.le.Berbere]

Yasuke is not the first black person to arrive in Japan. In 1546, the Portuguese captain Jorge Alvares had already brought Africans to Japan. Father Organtino Gnecchi-Soldo writes that "the Japanese agreed to pay to see black slaves." Illustration of a Portuguese merchant in Japan, with his African servant: fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:NanbanGroup.JPG

[@user-jn4xx9bp6h]

そもそも刀って背中に付けないんだぜ。知ってる？ そんなヤツが日中を徘徊してたら怪しまれて捕まるぜ。

[@user-rh6dn4pz4c]

ナオエでもヤスケでも構わんが、主人公は1人に絞るべきだったな。 複数の視点はドラマへの没入感を減衰させる結果になる。 ユニティ以降はバエクくらいしか愛着の湧く主人公を創造できていないぞ。

[@user-br7fd4tm7b]

それってあなたの感想ですよね🥱

[@jasperabibas]

Depends on the story they’re trying to tell. It’s not about having one protagonist or multiple protagonists being good or bad respectively, but it’s all about execution.

[@maddenboseroy4074]

On one hand, shinobi-samurai did exist, such as Hanzo Hattori (for that matter, I suppose it should have been Naoe, given that Ubisoft has otherwise kept their historical characters in NPC territory). On the other, the developers for this game were the ones behind Assassin's Creed Syndicate, which also had dual protagonists.

[@AverageJ03Gaming]

This is the first reasonable thought I've seen on this game. Thanks for that.

[@user-wt2ci3mq4k]

侍の歴史において、ヤスケは取るに足らない小さな存在です。もっと魅力的な将軍や浪人が沢山います。ディズニーのジョークはいりません。日本人はこれを鵜呑みにして、受け入れるべきではない。

[@lowchoonseng8508]

Reminder that Ubisoft's director of subscriptions Philippe Tremblay said that players should get used to not owning their games.

[@Toragila]

Well with this there doing well as half the viewers won't buy it so won't care not owning it.

[@Infamore]

Well, it looks like it was indeed our games then!

[@KonohaCrimsonBeast]

RIP Assassin's Creed 🧎‍♂ You will be missed🏳

[@jimbuh]

It died with Desmond. It’s just been a twitching corpse ever since. We should just burn it and put it out of its misery at this point. 🙄

[@jasonolyver6430]

So now we know what's up, Yasuke was "retaining" Nobunagas "sword" in his special place

[@mozax8118]

Despite my interest in this game, it's worth keeping in mind that Yasuke was NOT an actual samurai, but was kept as a retainer and as nobunaga's "pet". Despite him fighting in a war, he only played a small part of it and when Nobunaga was betrayed, Yasuke was kept as a prisoner after surrendering and sent back to the spot he was traded from in the first place. Again, I'm (cautiously) interested in the game, but of ALL the historical figures in Japanese history you could've had as a playable male lead with the historical evidence to back them up, you instead choose a figure whose records are mostly vague and sparse at best. Ubisoft please do better than this next time. This is me speaking as a black African.

[@ddick1052]

I think the fact not much is known about him is better cause it gives them more to create and work with even if ac games are kinda built upon already knowin history

[@Yes-gp1bt]

Yes, let’s cry about unknown history in fantasized games made for entertainment first

[@Sami_8625]

@@Yes-gp1bt Honestly fr LOL.

[@ergoproxx]

its an interesting take on a game

[@deadshot9946]

Dude it’s video game based on historical facts. It doesn’t need to be 100% historically accurate.

[@yero1990]

So after all this time you just discriminate japanese people in a game set in japan???? So brave and stunning!!!

[@joemaggs]

You’re not very bright, are you?

[@beastlycrawdad6412]

Meh, Yasuke is cool.

[@aliquidgaming1068]

You saw Yasuke and you discredited every other Japanese character in the game. Congrats you played yourself kid. They put one black man who was around for a time during this era and all you see is the black guy. Not the other Japanese people.......stunning

[@saumyadeepkundu828]

how did they discriminate? i am genuinely confused

[@captaincaptain2128]

​@@aliquidgaming1068totally what we wanted from a samurai game, to play as a black guy.

[@skoudouflis88]

Good thing we have Ghost of Tsushima now on PC and the 2nd game will be announced soon. Thank you Ubisoft for making the choice easier for us. And don't forget NEVER PRE-ORDER!

[@shinyax1137]

日本の何を学んだんだ...

[@anthonycampbell97]

Yasuke was NOT a Samurai. Why make this video when it's sooo wrong? Your games are insults to history and historians, pure revisionism.

[@montero363]

What else did you expect from Wokesoft mate? Just play Ghost of Tsushima which is coming to pc soon...

[@panrurson4007]

@@montero363 man its only a game , not a historical book chillout , and have fun :D

[@hadesgoncalves983]

​@@panrurson4007So let's see Assassin's Creed in Africa if a character is Asian let's see this fiction

[@cd878]

And Vikings didn't ride magical animals into Valhalla. What's your point? Lmao losers. This isn't history class stop pretending you care about historical accuracy in video games. Racists are so transparent its amazing. Can't wait to play as Yasuke

[@panacaptic4719]

You're acting as if the very concept of Assassins Creed hasn't been pure revisionism...remember when a castle of elite assassins with hidden blades waged a war with the templars in the middle east?! Oh wait. What about the time where Leonardo Davinci created gadgets for renaissance batman?! Oh wait. There was that one time where a hooded native-American helped George Washington win the war of independence! Oh wait.

[@maverick7626]

It's really funny what non-Japanese people do on pages like Wikipedia. They are not really Japanese, but they freely modify the actual history of Japan 🤣

[@Infamore]

Ya that’s what I’m Saiyan! Lil Timmy be walkin’ around with a joke that a black dude being in Japan several years ago on mainstream conversations about Asian Anime and free-writing it. Then he wanna put that in Wikipedia and try to make it real because he couldn’t fit in with that while everyone calls him stupid back then for it.

[@Infamore]

Hey hey, I saw it back then too!! Was a legit joke people were comin’ up with!

[@HemisphereCinema]

we know yasuke existed but we know the reason why you just chose him over others. 😑

[@user-gv5ky8mr1y]

France is amazing! African colonies can do what the Japanese cannot!

[@Infamore]

Jeez, your sarcasm is so funny, but because we are actually addressing the issue, you can’t really make a joke like that.

[@norihiro9190]

As a half Japanese guy who has been playing AC since i was like 10 yrs old, its so disrespectful for ubisoft to have a black character be the main protagonist in a game set in feudal Japan. Why disrespect east Asian men like this? Every AC game, the protagonist is from the country its set in, but somehow they disrespected Japan and Japanese men by doing this. This is purely a politcal move and its so disappointing.

[@kotrljajucaharinga9622]

It is disrespectful to have a black protagonist? By the way if you haven't noticed there is a japanese main character!?!? Is it a problem that it's a woman instead of a man?

[@KeijiMaeda86]

​@@kotrljajucaharinga9622 drink cement

[@norihiro9190]

@kotrljajucaharinga9622 you're not understanding the point. Use your brain and try to understand. It's not about racism. But it's unbelievably ridiculous to have a black male the main protagonist of a samurai game.

[@majeedmamah7457]

Black flag, revelations and valhalla didnt have a protagonist from the country its set in.

[@GAIVSCALIGVLA]

At least if it were a Portuguese missionary turned assassin or something it would make sense, though even that would be seen as crazy disrespectful to many. But because it’s a black you won’t hear anything about this.

[@user-vp1hd5mf9o]

UBIさんお願いです 弥助に怒っているわけではありません、史実とは違う人物の経歴、畳の形やススキと桜が生えている時期が同じなどの間違った表現を「史実に忠実」と言わないでください フィクションですといってください、レインボーシックスシージとかでも変な表現の日本描写は多かったので怒りません 史実通りといわないでください、本当にお願いします

[@unoriginal_username1]

Their were more Asians in Italy during the time of Ezio then their were black people in Japan and yet Ubisoft decided to make the main character a foreigner when finally going to a place fans have wanted for Decades!!!!!

[@grimey78]

stay mad virtue signaler

[@jamescooke7243]

Never buying a ubisoft game again. You guys are just the absolute worst. I hope your dev team can leave and find jobs in companies that arent like ubisoft.

[@mikaelkarlsson8969]

Yasuke was nothing more than what a golf caddie is for todays golf proffesionals. A slave with benefits. Only samurai was allowed to carry a katana and Yasuke was not allowed. He was a retainer that was close to combat but never engaged.

[@montero363]

Indeed,there is no historical accuracy in Ac anymore,it's all fiction invented by Wokesoft xd

[@indeedgaminghere401]

You guys realize AC games have already changed history so that historically figures were aiding a secret Assassin group with their inventions right? Yasuke seeing combat is no where near the first time they’ve altered the history of a character to do something they didn’t really do in reality. I understand people that feel like it should have been a Japanese male character instead, and I even agree. But let’s not pretend that this is so crazy that they’ve changed what a character has done in history and it’s something new smh

[@Shado_Arts904]

​@@indeedgaminghere401 ONG bruh this is nothing new. Leonardo was NOT that smart to fiddle with something as advanced like the hidden blade or was even able to make a flying machine that Ezio used in one of the GREATEST missions in AC2 🤣. Y'all trippin fr but I agree that Yasuke should not be featured in the game like that tho

[@indeedgaminghere401]

@@Shado_Arts904 I’m confused, I feel like you that first part as if we disagree?lol

[@Shado_Arts904]

@@indeedgaminghere401 Nah I agree with what u said that it's nothing new, and Leonardo wasn't that smart in real life to fix up the Hidden blade and upgrading the blade for Ezio. But at the same time I felt that Ubi crossed the line

[@adradox]

I don't even know what I expected from Ubisoft.

[@noumadi7205]

Me too

[@SirSaperon]

You dont like this breakthrough? I think we can alla agree everybody should be satisfied according to their explanations

[@Nakeethus_Hunter]

I expected nothing and I'm still let down

[@Jakyr]

for 129,99 € you can get a nice preorder xD

[@-chase-]

Expect another flop

[@mariussin1298]

I wish they made Yasuke a Templar. That way, we could play an Assassin and a Templar at the same time, in order to see both ideologies clash. Narratively, that would have been crazy

[@Bragglord]

Nope, that would have made for a great game, which Ubisoft doesn't seemed fond of at the moment.

[@RRRRRRRRR33]

Well, Assassins are usually depicted as the "good guys". Nobonuga Oda was not a "good guy" by any stretch of the imagination lol Yasuke served a warmongering tyrant, for him to be a Assassin... well, historical inconsistencies aside (Yasuke maybe didn't even existed), even the fantastical elements are out of place. Unless the story plays out like you said, that would be neat

[@Guest-iv4qo]

That would be good.

[@WoobleK]

it could very well be the narrative setup, but partway through it could be about Yasuke conflicting with the two different ideologies. Considering how Yasuke is attacking Naoe's village initially, this very well could be the intro to the game at the very least.

[@Dramatikz-no3ki]

Next AC tittle will tell the amazing story of the wikipedia war to make Yasuke a legendary samurai....

[@1truzilla458]

Ubisoft, please please, please update the parkour. New motion, new animations, please take your time and do this right. There have been to many Assassins games that have come out and not done the series justice. This is the one that ALL fans have been asking for. Please deliver.

[@redfoofan4618]

Ask all u want.. they dont care bro! They don’t care about you, and they don’t care about Assassin’s Creed .

[@gamingthe2913]

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[@AidenLumpkins]

@@redfoofan4618 bruh chill lmao

[@AidenLumpkins]

I wouldn't expect much in the parkour departmen, this team made Odyssey. However, I am pretty optimistic because of what they've said about the stealth and such. We're gonna see gameplay in a couple of weeks so that'll be helpful.

[@Lexifocs]

Play with mods, they did a lot than Ubisoft who are taken according to quotas

[@bobbyganoosh929]

Being a black dude in feudal Japan is really gonna get me immersed in an Assassins Creed game set in feudal Japan 🤣 Ubisoft please just blow it up you gotta clean house please this just ridiculous why couldn’t you just make him one of the many historical character NPCs the Protagonists come in contact with

[@MrStormCrow]

Can’t wait to play as a Japanese protoganist in the next assassins creed game in Africa

[@ascendedkoi]

Id ban all the people involved in making this game from coming to Japan.

[@user-qe8ty8un6o]

身處亞洲，我認為選擇一位記載僅一年多且沒有任何大事蹟的非本地人，是對日本歷史與東方文化的極大不尊重

[@jeronimo196]

We'll get a male asian when AC is set in Wakanda, don't worry about it.

[@lemonosharky3338]

同意

[@sande9182]

“As an Asian” no one cares dude. This is not about you

[@user-qe8ty8un6o]

@@sande9182 你看起來就非常在乎哈哈😜

[@Redfield1996]

I think the same and I am European. You finally make a game of the franchise in Japan and you put a black man as the main character. Yes, it was true that he was there but only for one year serving Oda Nobunaga. And he really was not a samurai, but a weapon bearer. There are not even records that speak of him participating in open field battles. Which I doubt. The issue is that it seems that in the West, Western companies always have to put the predominant Western culture, currently the American culture, even before other cultures such as in this case the Japanese. Full-fledged cultural colonialism.

[@user-cr1lp4qr2z]

トレーラーを観て主人公に問題がある。私はアサシンクリード1からプレイしています。今回、日本が舞台ということで楽しみにしていたが、主人公は日本人女性と黒人男性。私の知っているアサクリの歴代主人公は、オリジナルキャラクターでした。私はオリジナルの日本人男性キャラクターをプレイしたかった。しかし、今回は歴史上の人物である弥助だった。舞台は日本。おかしいと思いませんか？この時代、夜は光が現代よりも明るくなくて暗い夜道なら見えずらいから良いとする。しかし、、朝方から昼間はどうでしょう？日本人より背が高い黒人が周りに紛れる事が出来るのか？それは不可能だ。必ず目立つ。ゴジラがオフィス街のビルに隠れることが出来るか？出来るわけがない。これまでのアサクリの歴史上の人物は主人公をサポートするキャラクターやボスとして扱ってきた。弥助も同じようにするべきだと思う。弥助についての情報はあまりない。彼は武士なのか？違うのか？情報が少ないため判断が難しい。しかし、ダヴィンチの場合は弥助以上に情報が残っているのに、ゲームでは主人公をサポートするキャラクターとしての脇役程度だった。情報があまりにも無い弥助がダヴィンチよりも目立つキャラクターになっているのは不思議である。ダヴィンチが刃を改良した話は創作。しかしこの行為は主人公をサポートをしているため、別に気にすることもないが、弥助の場合はもちろん戦う事はあったかもしれないが、荷物持ちが主な仕事である弥助は戦うことが仕事のように扱われているキャラクターとして創作されている。やり過ぎだと思う。それならなぜダヴィンチは武器を持ってテンプル騎士団と戦わないのか？弥助を主人公にするならアサクリ4のDLCのようにするべきだった。これはアジア人男性に対する差別と捉えられても仕方ない。また、日本文化に対するリスペクトがない。この時代、日本には神道と仏教が存在しているが、主人公は神社でお寺の動作を行っている。神社ではお参りするとき線香は立てない。ちゃんと日本について調べてないことがわかる。

[@rajchandra6913]

Tldr?

[@afarrel3195]

agree, if anything yasuke should be a character that you encounter with

[@florinaslan5482]

I couldn't agree more, yasuke should have been a supportive character, if you ask me hattori hanzo should have been the better choice

[@Player-gv5lp]

This Yasuke is not a stealthy one... it's Naoe...

[@MandoMTL]

@@rajchandra6913 Hurrrrrr.

[@argonian8581]

When we get a African game in AC we want a Japanese man as the main protagonist

[@Im_Not_From_Around_Here]

Ubisoft trying to outdo other developers in who is the worst in making games no one wants.

[@Guest-iv4qo]

There are worst movie awards, maybe they want one for games.

[@acido7572]

Is it serious that there are still people who buy Ubsoft games?

[@tioom3k.O]

is this some kind of sad joke? So many years of waiting for Assassin in the world of samurai, and we get this? I love Japan. I love the culture and history of samurai and I think that there are many great characters of native Japanese on whom the plot could be based and not destroy the atmosphere. Jasuke's character may appear as a side character or as part of a future DLC, but not as the main representative of samurai culture. Unfortunately, Ubisoft once again shows where it has real players, and as a player I give Ubisoft the middle finger. Fortunately, we have Ghost of Tsushima director's cut and I'll stick with it. I feel sorry for the native Japanese

[@takehirosato9432]

For example, how would you feel if the main character of Odyssey was of Asian descent? Weird, right? It's the same.

[@wasuremizu]

Naoeだけでなく日本人男性を主人公とすることもできたのに

[@history_893]

正しくは「抗議」ではないですか？　UBIに歴史と事実を「講義」するという意味で使っているなら正しいですが・・・。

[@gangsta_pigeon8023]

so glad we took the opportunity to make the protagonist of a JAPAN game a black male rather than a asian male, missed opportunity.

[@daffy4d]

So you choose to ignore Naoe? Racism clouds your judgement, fix that.

[@sunnam819]

​@@daffy4d "Asian male"

[@Mario31802]

​@@daffy4disn't racism, They are promoting Yasuke as the primary protagonist

[@gangsta_pigeon8023]

@@daffy4d racism clouds nothing, it’s a fact that asian men are the least represented race in fiction. So it just sucks to not see them get a character that properly represents their culture.

[@gangsta_pigeon8023]

@@Mario31802 yeah they’re not the brightest, asian men are the least represented race in fiction and they don’t even get proper representation in the first asian ac mainline game.

[@user-hl2qy2sh5j]

最悪ゲームの設定は弥助でも何でも良いけど、日本人男性のスキンを早く作るべきだよな

[@jasonolyver6430]

At this point give him laser eyes and make him a werewolf, also make him the first inventor of the g string, for assassination purposes of course, It is all creative liberties

[@rabbitjohnson9329]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="304">5:04</a> As Japanese, I’m completely disappointed with this action. He is treating the Katana sword just as a stick or something. For Japanese, Katana has a profound meaning. Imagine your sword represents your dignity, honor, and duty. Do you treat your soul like this?

[@shirumi_nakano]

Its sengoku period, fighting for unification and all

[@dorustegan983]

Shame Ubisoft because you denigrating Japan history!