Assassin's Creed Shadows Is In Trouble? - The Truth About The Black Samurai

We're looking at the controversy around Assassin's Creed Shadows and the general response to this Ubisoft game. Yasuke has been a big point of debate and we truly believe there's more going on with this game and the reception than meets the eye. #gaming #assassinscreed #assassinscreedshadows
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[@DegenerateJay]

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[@hughmunguss5338]

Good. Never let people dictate your stance by what's popular or unpopular to say.

[@maddieisjuicy2618]

@@Erudito-xn3po It’s not as deep as you’re making it lol

[@cathylickpriest7775]

@@Erudito-xn3poIf you need a character to represent you, then you’re a shallow boring person. I don’t melt down when I play a game as a Black guy even though I’m Asian.

[@thequestionable1413]

​@@Erudito-xn3poSo now we are policing who can have an opinion on what character based on their race? What kind of nonsense is that?

[@LightOfMyLife227]

@@thequestionable1413 Fr

[@LightOfMyLife227]

Couldn't have said it better myself, this is one of the many reasons I love your guys channels. No cap, no pandering, just real telling it how it is.

[@anhonestrussian7056]

Yet if you dig through the comments tons of it is just people insulting them calling them shills for ubisoft because they didn't hate them this one time. SMH a lot of people are so blind and just seeing what they want. They ignored every other time this thing happened but now it's an issue for the audience. It's so weird.

[@IRAwEsOmE]

This reminds me of the “outrage” around the release of Resident Evil 5 where claims were being made the entire game was about white savior Chris Redfield killing evil black zombies. people project their own issues without knowing the big picture.

[@watchmehope6560]

So Twitter...? The same people who are trying to change the wiki

[@dakotatrue12]

lol what 😂 that is such a goofy way to spin that game lol, I played it for the first time a few months ago and that never came into my mind at all. People really are weird.

[@Imadeyoumadlol]

​@@watchmehope6560Sadly people on both sides tried to change the wiki. People changed it to he for sure wasn't and for sure was while historians debate the whole thing irl. This is just another left and right picking an arbitrary issue to poke at each other type thing.

[@z-accountlogic8913]

Journalists and activists were angry about RE5 Journalists and activists are defending ACS It is natural to criticize the double standard that's all But that's not the only criticism of the ACS. We don't trivialize ACS's problems

[@maddieisjuicy2618]

@@z-accountlogic8913 Seems to me like it would be a lot more intellectually honest and better ground to stand on for people to go after ubisofts greed than to go after their umpteenth potential manipulation of history.

[@Thatonebioshockfan]

As a person who actually studies Japanese culture and history my general consensus is its possible. weather it happened or not is irrelevant, because that cannot be confirmed or denied due to lack of evidence, and Furthermore people are not exactly in the know, about how Yasuke could have existed, and how weird it may sound that indeed it is entirely 100% possible. let me explain. Yasuke using what we know about him, came to Japan sometime in the 17th century, he was brought by jesuit priests and these same priests held court with Oda, Oda noticed Yasuke possibly through fascination at how this "dark man" was well here in his court. Oda also probably noticed Yasuke's stature and reported height of over 6 feet, and likely employed Yasuke For that purpose alone. Yasuke being a joke is rather unlikely mostly because I know that the one thing, The japanese will keep a person around that is foreign to them for their usefulness (this is seen in william Adams case who inspired the events of shogun) letting someone like Yasuke slip through his fingers would be a grievous mistake. Yasuke holding the honor of Being oda's Number two I hold my doubts to however, mainly because I believe that Yasuke was probably in Oda's employ for a maximum of 6 months before Oda's death. Yasuke also reportedly worked under Oda's son as well, but after Oda's son also kicked the bucket, its said that yasuke was then taken back by the Portuguese, likely by my opinion taken someplace else in the globe or simply being a shiphand. This is just my findings, Be free to compare and contrast.

[@_MrTrue]

This is something I commented the other day: Yasuke was a real person, yes, but he was not a Samurai. Not much is even known about Yasuke because he was mentioned so little in historical documentation, in all seriousness it could probably fit on a page. He appeared in Japan in 1581 brought in by Jesuit missionary Alessandro Valignano. He was given to Nobunaga as a gift because Nobunaga seemed to take such interest in his skin. He had him scrubbed down because he thought he was covered in ink, he was amused to see that it was his natural skin color. It was said he was taken by Nobunaga and given a house to live in, a ceremonial short sword, and a stipend. A few things to note here. He was allowed to live in the house but it was not stated he was given ownership of the land nor the house. In fact, the house he lived in was in all likelihood on Nobunaga's estate, it would be like giving his own property to Yasuke. The ceremonial short sword he was given, a wakizashi, is not a full sized Katana wielded solely by Samurai. During this time, commoners were allowed to own and wear wakizashi. Only Samurai were given a full sized katana (tanto) and allowed to wear the tanto in public. It was worn exclusively by Samurai in a pair with the wakizashi and together they are known as daishō. This is fundamental to one given the title of Samurai and Yasuke is recorded not receiving a full length Samurai tanto. Lastly, stipends weren't exclusively given to Samurai. Nobunaga was sort of eccentric and didn't necessarily follow all the traditions he was "supposed to". In the Shinchō Kōki, there are several instances of stipends being given to non Samurai class people. It's notable that the Kanji for stipend is identical in all its uses for Samurai and non Samurai in the Shinchō Kōki, meaning they were identical. Yasuke receiving a stipend is no indication he was a Samurai. There is no historical documentation of Yasuke being made to carry out orders for Nobunaga nor was it documented that he trained in combat. It was said that "He was sometimes made to carry Nobunaga-sama's tools". He was also seen as entertainment and an oddity by Nobunaga. Nobunaga had a fascination of all things exotic and foreign. He would parade him around Kyoto and took great pleasure in his ability to cause people to be shocked by his size and appearance. Rumors spread among the people that he could be made a tono (lord), but were not said in seriousness, as Nobunaga never showed any other intention other than to flaunt. There had been plenty of time passed at this point to grant Yasuke a title (surname). However, a surname was never given to him. It is practically unheard of for any bushi to not be given a title, but a Samurai would certainly be given one. His last appearance was at the incident in Honnoji. After Nobunaga had been defeated, it was said that Yasuke was found by one of Akechi's men in a report from Luís Fróis. It was said that Yasuke had been fighting for his life for quite some time. One of Akechi's soldiers was able to convince Yasuke to surrender his sword, and Yasuke obliged. When asked what to do with him, Akechi said that (i might have to c3ns0r this part, it's actually worse than this) to spare him because he was "best1al and knows nothing, nor is he Ja=pan3se, so do not ki1_1 him, and place him in the custody at the cathedral of Padre in 1nd1a". This is the last record of Yasuke. It is in all likelihood he was promptly returned to the Jesuits and be placed once again in their serv1tude. From setting foot in Japan to his departure, 15 months had passed. Not once in that very short time was anything ever said to the effect that he was bushi nor a Samurai. On the contrary, it seemed as though he was kept as entertainment to Nobunaga, nothing more. Yet, here we are.

[@michaeljordan9664]

@@_MrTrueLet’s say he wasn’t… who cares? This one game had a take on him that in the fake as balls world of AC he was.

[@Imadeyoumadlol]

​@@michaeljordan9664To me it's no different than any of the other changes they made or the other properties that showed him as a samurai. It's just a myth. Idc either way.

[@_MrTrue]

@michaeljordan9664 Normally, I would not give a shit. At all. He's been featured as the final boss in Japanese games. He's the inspiration for the afro-samurai. All of these things are cool. The difference is that this time around, the studio is claiming historical accuracy. Something that has not been done in the AC franchise up until now. I don't care if they included Rosa Parks fighting on top of a t-rex in feudal Japan and called it Assassin's Creed: Penis, as long as they didn't claim it to be historically accurate. Which they did. That is the problem.

[@phantom3146]

@@_MrTrue your info is right but you’re missing the point . you can’t confirm he wasn’t a samurai as much as you can’t confirm he was, because of lack of documentation and evidence . We simply can’t say either with certainty

[@ues929]

People liked Yasuke alot when he was called Tony Umeda in Bushido Blade 2 or when when he was called Don Dontalouse in Way of the Samurai

[@KicktheSky34]

8:45 THANK YOU.

[@andyowski5021]

I think it messed up your time stamp 😅

[@connieliquorson4368]

@@andyowski5021Nah bro just broke the time space continuum.

[@applerskee]

Awesome video! I was going to do my own video about this but you pretty much hit every point I was going to make.

[@jaywilliams4750]

4:30 you hit the nail on the head here

[@cole6843]

I don't get the people who hate playing as girls in game. Characters like Samus Aran and Lara Croft are awesome. I saw people say the same thing about GTA 6.

[@andyowski5021]

It's probably scary for a lot of people to see a woman on the screen when they've never seen one in the real world.

[@dakotatrue12]

I kinda prefer playing as male characters since I’m male, but I have no issue with playing as female characters either, doesn’t detract from the quality of the game at all. I love resident evil 2 and 3, games with female protagonists.

[@thequestionable1413]

​@@dakotatrue12Well a level headed preference like that seems mature and very different from the weird and dismissive way people have acted about Naoe. Seems to me like you're actually reasonable.

[@dakotatrue12]

@@thequestionable1413 yeah I agree, I don’t see an issue with having Yasuke in the game and I don’t see an issue with having the Japanese character be a woman. People are just weird and think that everything has to be made specifically for them.

[@cryo9017]

Ya know I'm a black guy but when I was a kid assassin's creed was awesome even without playable black characters. But now all it feels like is "hey black man want to play a game with terrible writing that glitches and blows up your console. Oh and has a black male lead you can play." Yeah nah I'm good.

[@Nicholasmcmath-cr1xl]

Great video Jay and Nate and I agree with you guys we will never know if Yasuke was a actual samurai who fought on the battlefield or not and I think it is so stupid certain people are making a race issue and Assassin Creed has always been more historical fiction and I glad you bring up Afro samurai Jay that show was dope but back to the point I haven’t heard anyone mention Naoe besides you jay and she is possibly the character I played as because they I don’t mind playing as a lady character and I agree with Nate I will understand certain people’s anger with this game more if you don’t play as a real person and I don’t believe what certain people are saying about Yasuke being gay I don’t believe he will be gay in this game and jay and Nate I really hope certain people don’t get mad at you guys for this video because you guys say something wrong and i hope everyone respects you guys opinions and being nice to both of you guys

[@justinsider7890]

Most of the people against it are so condescending that idc what they have to say.

[@connieliquorson4368]

Fr like who would listen to trolls insulting them lol

[@duckseverywhere7087]

People compaining that they have to play as a black samurai because the route they took him in "isnt historically accurate enough" and then just ignoring the japanese assassin is so dumb. "But I dont want to be forced to play as a woman, I want someone I cant relate to" You cant expect every single game out there to cater to what you prefer or relate to. However this game does cater to people who want to play as a guy, Yasuke is there (whom they dont want to play as neither).

[@cosygoose1813]

You do realise you don't get a choice in this game, right? And he wasn't a samurai so there's just lying, he's a real person and having him be inaccurate is a bit disrespectful. Characters we have seen are exgurated but accurate.

[@duckseverywhere7087]

​@@cosygoose1813 Maybe you dont get a choice to play either or, but my point is you get to play as a guy. And why is playing as a woman a problem anyways? I dont understand how that can actually frustrate people. It reminds me a lot of a concept we in my country call "jentelus" (Being scared of girls and not wanting anything to do with them, usually a stage some small children goes through). And personally I dont think making him a full-on samurai instead of a simple retainer is disrespectful. I think with a person like Yasuke, taking a liberty like this isnt that bad. Its not really lying if the whole truth isnt known, more filling in gaps in history with fictional speculation. Disagreeing with this is totally fair though.

[@cosygoose1813]

@@duckseverywhere7087 You can play him as gay, how it that not disrespectful? And it's disrespectful to pick him for being black as that was his only notable quality. There are hundreds of samurai they could of picked. Idk, who the assassin is male or female as long as it fits the story.

[@duckseverywhere7087]

@@cosygoose1813 So just because he is black they arent allowed to use him? He existed and is a legit part of Japanese history. Him being black just makes him stand out and could potentially make for interesting story-telling if done well. How does a man who looks so different handle this? How do people treat him? How does he adapt to a new culture, and what made Nobunaga employ him? And why would being gay be disrespectful, do we know what his preference was? If we do, fine, thats a fair argument. If not, it doesnt matter.

[@cosygoose1813]

@@duckseverywhere7087 He was in Japan, he wasn't gay. Also you are literally saying a black man is lord interesting than a Japanese man. Its wrong they only chose him for his skin colour. It won't make an interesting story not only because its been told in other games 100 times but because its an assassin's creed game they didn't even acknowledge that a girl couldn't participate in the Olympics.

[@shades9180]

Thank you! Me and my friends have been saying this stuff for a while now.

[@WideOldDan]

I'd rather the player character be entirely fictional but I'm fine with this. Looks cool

[@AlwaysCorrect-ke6tt]

I'm kinda interested how many people will just unintelligently comment on the title or thumbnail and not actually listen again lol

[@hughmunguss5338]

A lot usually. Just says a lot about them.

[@erianpeterson3431]

​@@hughmunguss5338they are sad people with nothing better to do, that make fals claims or fake their race just to make themselves look important.

[@andrewskyy4480]

From where I'm standing it seems like the exhaustion of constantly watching dei and esg ruin franchises that made good products has made people more skeptical and aggressive, I'm not defending the racist rhetoric, that is just childish retaliation were well past that if you ask me. The fact that hes possibly gay in the game was the cherry on top though, people are tired and that's making them angry and suspicious of anything that has the smell of forced diversity. People loved afro samurai and stuff because at no point were you going to feel like there was forced messaging, its badass and cool to have black characters and diverse casts but its cringe to only put people in those places to score social brownie points, it's happened too many times to not immediately think "this is forced" at a glance. In conclusion, I predict the game is going to hyper focus on forced contrived messaging, it's going to at best allude to yasuke being gay and at worst give him some lame love scene with a guy with little grace or even proper buildup. Assassins creed has wandered far off and is expecting fans to wait around while they bumble around trying to find their way back, most will not.

[@Gu5A2]

Now I agree I’d rather not play as a real historical person it’s stated in the first game that the animus shows you things that go against historical documents so all this “historical accuracy” debate to me is a moot point

[@RG-xl7ql]

This whole controversy is nothing to take seriously tbh. Aside from the usual bigots and grifters, the only somewhat real argument is how tired the public is getting of politics being forced into every bit of media. But I even find that argument to be silly in this context, as like you said, we've only seen a single cinematic trailer. This is just another instance of Americans being trigger happy with their politics... As for Yasuke's sexuality, that whole "Yasuke is gay" article was taken out of context for rage bait. The truth is that every RPG AC game after Origins let the player choose their sexuality. If you want to be an accurate Yasuke that was probably straight, you can do that! The point is to have player agency and choice. Overall this controversy will end up like Hogwarts Legacy: forgotten in a month, and will probably help the game sell better lol As usual, great video Jay! Can't wait to see your review on Shadows :-)

[@nunocorreia671]

i think the problem most have with yasuke is that he's one of the main characters we have to play as, benjamin franklin was a real person that existed during the time of ac 3, he was in the game, we interacted with him but we were an assassin for example , with shadows we aren't playing as a japanese like i guess was what players wanted, to play an ac game in japan as a japanese assassin,not samurai, not shinobi but an assassin, is shadows that game?

[@azraeliusescanorius8349]

So what makes a character an assassin?

[@nunocorreia671]

@azraeliusescanorius8349 a character that is first and foremost a member of the assassins creed brotherhood, like ezio or altair for example.

[@nunocorreia671]

@Gustavopring no issue but they said it before that we were going to be an assassin and we didn't, so what they say doesn't hold much ground and the assassin should be japanese regardless of gender, plenty of African countries with their own history that they could set an ac game on, of the ac games they said they're making is any in Africa?(egipt doesn't count its been done and no one complained about playing as an egiptian in a ac game set in egipt)

[@thequestionable1413]

​@@nunocorreia671Oh boy... I think you just missed the way people treated Bayeks voice actor. I will agree that the criticisms weren't as mainstream but they were very vocal and very very racist towards that man.

[@nunocorreia671]

@Gustavopring really? there's always some idiots out there, i didn't know about that, all i saw ppl complaining was about the change of direction of ac games with origins, that sucks for the voice actor no one should put up with that, yeah maybe shadows will be good

[@AnthonySmith-bj9mo]

hi Jay

[@isabaig6665]

It’s so interesting. Everyone called Ubisoft sexist because Kassandra was cannon and Alexios was added because they said women don’t sell. And now we have people calling Ubisoft woke. Beyond that AC is all about people being written out of history since they were different. All Assassins were written out by templars and it makes sense that stories about this samurai would be hidden.

[@hughmunguss5338]

Sadly you will never convince a lot of these people. They're just angry about it because they're tired of actual other things so they picked this as the mascot for it.

[@isabaig6665]

@@dksoulstice6040 my point is that they also have harassment allegations and have said women don’t sell.

[@isabaig6665]

@@dksoulstice6040 ok but that doesn’t explain why “this” is a problem. There is a Japanese protagonist why doesn’t she count. Aya is half Greek and you play bits of her story in AC origins. Why is diversifying your cast bad? The game isn’t out so you can’t call the writing bad and historical accuracy was never ACs forte.

[@decepticonmecha]

​@@dksoulstice6040You're hitting the nail right on the head.

[@AlwaysCorrect-ke6tt]

@@decepticonmecha Tbh I don't think so.

[@1944Ralph]

AC is the best

[@drew6145]

I think anyone who fixates on race and or sex has a deeper issue. I dont agree with every point made but i do with the like main takeaway. Of judge it for what it turns out to be, not speculation on what it might be.

[@erianpeterson3431]

Yeah its called being a vergin lmao they really do be saying a lot by just saying the dumbest stuff 🤣

[@wisconsinking323]

I saw somewhere on Twitter that apparently the Japanese even hate this game and I also read somewhere on Twitter that the guy was basically a slave in Japan (they kept him as they're "pet monkey").

[@cz5836]

Twitter is your source? Dang man, pick up a book..

[@michaeljordan9664]

Twitter is cancer 😂

[@aes1373]

I don't think they hate it, it was one of the most pre ordered games in Steam and PlayStation Japan for a couple of days. I hate pre ordering but that doesn't tell me the Japanese 'hate" it. We'll see I guess with sales and reviews

[@z-accountlogic8913]

It's a satire of the moral denial of the medieval court jester.（maybe lol） De facto position is probably close. The Japanese feel uncomfortable because they know why Westerners praise him so excessively.

[@thequestionable1413]

​@@z-accountlogic8913 This comes off like when your college professor purposely picks longer words, not on the basis of applicability, but on the basis of trying to sound more intelligent than they are actually being.

[@damgful]

You might be the only channel I've seen who has an opinion mirroring my own. You don't like pandering but you have no problem with this case (so far). Plus, I see no one else mentioning Ezio in Revelations. Great video! We need more nuanced people like you in this space.

[@damgful]

@@eagle162 And Yasuke existed. People have a problem with one and not the other is hypocrisy.

[@TheCondimonyKing-jo2xc]

@@eagle162 Who tf has time to care so much about this

[@damgful]

@@TheCondimonyKing-jo2xc Seems he either deleted his comments or KZbin did.

[@TheCondimonyKing-jo2xc]

@@damgful KZbin has a very strong filter so I guess that would make sense. Maybe it just detected massive hypocrisy haha

[@Freddyzilla]

Great video

[@HahahMamaman]

You watched less than half the video

[@Freddyzilla]

@@HahahMamaman my phone died now I'm charging it

[@HahahMamaman]

@@Freddyzilla why did you comment when you didn’t even watch the video

[@Freddyzilla]

@@dksoulstice6040 once again my PHONE DIED after the send of the comments

[@Freddyzilla]

@@HahahMamaman what are you talking about? I am how the fuck I comment this

[@dbeardsley0]

It's an RPG, as long as you don't have to play as a gay dude and it's 100% player choice. That's been around since atleast the 1st or 2nd Mass Effect in games, its an RPG. Also black skin aside, the dude was real..yes. But he also wasn't anything and wasn't important to history at all. Ubisoft can use him however they want that way in terms of story which is probably part of why they're using him

[@andyowski1515]

People never cared about this in any other AC entry but now its some big problem. Its so weird.

[@badfoody]

why? because there is a foreigner replacing natives as the main character

[@danglin-wang7633]

@@badfoody What about AC Revelations?

[@aesirgod7818]

​@@danglin-wang7633that's not even a good comparison that's not a stand alone assassin's creed game it was the final game in the ezio series tying up the end of his story he had to travel to Constantinople to find out the truth

[@cryo9017]

​@@danglin-wang7633He's got a point if I was told their was going to an assassin's creed game in Africa yet you play as a white assassin I would be upset too.

[@BigBlackBarret]

@@aesirgod7818We just keep moving the goal posts with these comparisons yo. First it’s that Yasuke ain’t a native Japanese person then it’s that Naoe ain’t good enough cause she’s not a Japanese man and now I’m hearing that it’s that this matters because this is a standalone AC game (there’s no such thing btw they all are loosely tied together in the same canon and not standalone)… so which is it?

[@jj_grabes]

My thing with this situation is from what I understand, AC has always taken historical liberties with the time periods the game is set in. Since to the best of my knowledge (at least before watching the video), we know fairly little about Yasuke, so the liberties with the character can be forgiven if you ask me.

[@cosygoose1813]

Not really, it's kinda disrespectful. Why add a black character to Japan? There's literally no other reason to add him besides the colour of his skin.

[@thequinn8737]

Bro posted a 32 minute video 6 mins ago and yall saying “GREAT VID” bot** mfs lookin for attention lol. But I did personally “like” it before I watched 😎😂😂

[@hughmunguss5338]

It's like the first comments but hey it's just more engagement for the creators haha 😂

[@gamingwithdream2005]

For me, it just boils down to me wanting a Japanese male protagonist the same way most AC fans imagined it.

[@thequestionable1413]

Why does it have to be a male though? I'm a man, and I have no issue playing as a woman or a man if it's a good character.

[@damgful]

@@cobain2261 I hope they get rid of choice. I want an established character with clear vision. You can't write men and women the same and just swap the player model. I'm tired of these rpg decsions in AC. Nothing matters anymore, the characters have no clear personality. I don't want to "make my own History", I want to relieve the "hidden" History.

[@michaeljordan9664]

@@cobain2261Plenty of other AC games didn’t give you any choice and nobody cared at all.

[@Imadeyoumadlol]

​@@michaeljordan9664Yeah most of the original games had no choice. I am pretty sure the choice idea wasn't introduced until Syndicate and then it wasn't even back in Origins.

[@badfoody]

@@thequestionable1413 oh just because we're men our opinions don't matter?

[@ragnarphillips1957]

Afro samurai is a piss poor example I could say the same why was there a cowboy with four arms shooting revolver that acted like a machine gun that was the enemy Afro samurai faced what the hell are you talking about

[@HahahMamaman]

People get mad about Yasuke, but praise ac2 which had a real pope that belonged to an evil order, and had magical powers given to him by a magical apple, that was made by ancient gods.

[@HahahMamaman]

@@dksoulstice6040 what’s the difference. Is there any historical evidence that the pope was a Templar.

[@AlwaysCorrect-ke6tt]

@@dksoulstice6040 Everything that isn't supporting your point is a whataboutism. Shut it lol.

[@joeycondomony8098]

@@dksoulstice6040 AC Fans when they prove their points with random points - not a whataboutism. AC Fans when other people do the same thing - Whataboutism. LMFAO gtfooh.

[@WillTower19]

Have you never read about the Apple-Pope on School? It is known

[@snowshock8958]

Why didn’t we played as the pope? Historical figures should be secondary characters and at best dlc.

[@derrickjohnson4952]

Honestly I don’t hate yasuke being in the game, I hate the conversation around it. Simply just saying “huh wonder why out of all characters to pick why is it yasuke? A black man who probably didn’t really shake up Japan much, and who breaks the rule of the protagonist never being a historical person. Hm was this choice done for diversity points or because they thought he was cool to be in the game, maybe both are true” simply asking these questions make me a wacist. And I just wanted to say while AC isn’t super historically accurate fantasies often have scales of realism-fantastical

[@thequestionable1413]

Gamers when theyre the one white guy in Japan during Nioh 😴 😴 😴 vs Gamers when theyre the one Black guy in Japan in AC Shadows 😡😡😡

[@ozy667]

nioh was made by the japanese, and william was an relevant figure, in this case, its a french company pushing an awful ideology and "culturally appropriating" a foreign culture, really ironic considering they invented this term.

[@thequestionable1413]

​@@ozy667It's ok when the Japanese people manipulates history but not the French... Oof 😅

[@thequestionable1413]

@@Erudito-xn3po for someone who doesn't like revisionist history you sure like to participate in it.

[@teezoowazoo7272]

@@thequestionable1413 Haha yeah the "Is it cause I'm gay" guy... big old red flag right there if that's what that person is getting out of people refuting their statements.

[@anhonestrussian7056]

@@Erudito-xn3po Yeah you're just making that up. I read the other thread lmao. Might want to actually visit a mental health professional and get a consultation if that's really what you're getting out of the replies to you.

[@josiahcombellick8559]

I mean doing minor research shows he was a retainer which can be a samurai he was given a sword idk why people are mad if assassins creed the game the claims George Washington’s brother was apart of a cult that wants to rule the world the game that says Leonardo da Vinci upgraded a hidden blade so you don’t have to cut your finger off it’s just a dumb argument that can be used for the entire fucking franchise if you hate on this game for its historical accuracy you’re a hypocrite if you don’t also hate the entire franchise and if you do why do you care so much

[@jirohta3189]

その理論だと「信長の炊事係も、その他の使用人も侍である」という定義も許容される。これはトーマス・ロックリーと同じ飛躍解釈です。 弥助を無理に侍にする必要はない。　弥助の行動から判断すれば侍ではない。 敵は、弥助を侍扱いしていない。弥助自身、自分が侍だと自覚していない。（弥助は、生きて奴隷に戻るという屈辱を承諾する）彼が侍であったという記録が無い。彼が侍として活躍した記録が無い。彼の生きて奴隷に戻る選択。　行動・状況判断から読み解けば、弥助を無理に侍にする必要はない。

[@jirohta3189]

弥助が、数年日本語を学習し習得。そして武道や、その他必要な知識を学び、武家社会に溶け込むには歳月が必要である。彼の可能性は否定しないが、彼が結果を出すには短すぎます。彼は死して名を残すことも選択できただろう。しかし、彼の行動は、それが成されていない。 三浦按針が旗本に昇格するのには10年掛かりました。

[@_MrTrue]

Yasuke was a real person, yes, but he was not a Samurai. Not much is even known about Yasuke because he was mentioned so little in historical documentation, in all seriousness it could probably fit on a page. He appeared in Japan in 1581 brought in by Jesuit missionary Alessandro Valignano. He was given to Nobunaga as a gift because Nobunaga seemed to take such interest in his skin. He had him scrubbed down because he thought he was covered in ink, he was amused to see that it was his natural skin color. It was said he was taken by Nobunaga and given a house to live in, a ceremonial short sword, and a stipend. A few things to note here. He was allowed to live in the house but it was not stated he was given ownership of the land nor the house. In fact, the house he lived in was in all likelihood on Nobunaga's estate, it would be like giving his own property to Yasuke. The ceremonial short sword he was given, a wakizashi, is not a full sized Katana wielded solely by Samurai. During this time, commoners were allowed to own and wear wakizashi. Only Samurai were given a full sized katana (tanto) and allowed to wear the tanto in public. It was worn exclusively by Samurai in a pair with the wakizashi and together they are known as daishō. This is fundamental to one given the title of Samurai and Yasuke is recorded not receiving a full length Samurai tanto. Lastly, stipends weren't exclusively given to Samurai. Nobunaga was sort of eccentric and didn't necessarily follow all the traditions he was "supposed to". In the Shinchō Kōki, there are several instances of stipends being given to non Samurai class people. It's notable that the Kanji for stipend is identical in all its uses for Samurai and non Samurai in the Shinchō Kōki, meaning they were identical. Yasuke receiving a stipend is no indication he was a Samurai. There is no historical documentation of Yasuke being made to carry out orders for Nobunaga nor was it documented that he trained in combat. It was said that "He was sometimes made to carry Nobunaga-sama's tools". He was also seen as entertainment and an oddity by Nobunaga. Nobunaga had a fascination of all things exotic and foreign. He would parade him around Kyoto and took great pleasure in his ability to cause people to be shocked by his size and appearance. Rumors spread among the people that he could be made a tono (lord), but were not said in seriousness, as Nobunaga never showed any other intention other than to flaunt. There had been plenty of time passed at this point to grant Yasuke a title (surname). However, a surname was never given to him. It is practically unheard of for any bushi to not be given a title, but a Samurai would certainly be given one. His last appearance was at the incident in Honnoji. After Nobunaga had been defeated, it was said that Yasuke was found by one of Akechi's men in a report from Luís Fróis. It was said that Yasuke had been fighting for his life for quite some time. One of Akechi's soldiers was able to convince Yasuke to surrender his sword, and Yasuke obliged. When asked what to do with him, Akechi said that (i might have to c3ns0r this part, it's actually worse than this) to spare him because he was "best1al and knows nothing, nor is he Ja=pan3se, so do not ki1_1 him, and place him in the custody at the cathedral of Padre in 1nd1a". This is the last record of Yasuke. It is in all likelihood he was promptly returned to the Jesuits and be placed once again in their serv1tude. From setting foot in Japan to his departure, 15 months had passed. Not once in that very short time was anything ever said to the effect that he was bushi nor a Samurai. On the contrary, it seemed as though he was kept as entertainment to Nobunaga, nothing more. To add, There is a novel by Thomas Lockley that has a very short historically accurate account of Yasuke's history and then a substantially long novel, which is essentially completely fictional, that accompanies it. It is the unfortunate claim from Lockley that his novel is the "True Story..." of Yasuke that the debate continues today. I think it's fair to assume that creating a novel that is some hundreds of pages long recounting the life of Yasuke, the legendary Samurai, from sources that amount to essentially a paragraph is a stretch. Yet, his novel is constantly referenced as a source by those claiming Yasuke's status as a Samurai.

[@Imadeyoumadlol]

​@@cobain2261Yes... It's very cowardly for a real historian to not agree with you and to instead say we should be looking for more information before determining something like that as a fact. Gtfoh 🤡

[@michaeljordan9664]

@@cobain2261Oh no someone didn’t agree with you. Must be a coward! 😢😢😢

[@maddieisjuicy2618]

@@cobain2261This is such a 🤡 take. It’s not a historians job to pick a side… it’s their job to analyze evidence and see if more is needed for a conclusion. Even the Smithsonian has had debate on this point but yes, everyone who doesn’t make everything about a culture war side is a coward. 🤡

[@Imadeyoumadlol]

​@@michaeljordan9664Don't waste your breath on people like that. His helmet probably fell off when he was typing that.

[@cryo9017]

Y'all really annoying.😑😑

[@_MrTrue]

Okay so 5 minutes in is when the point you're sorta, and everyone else who's sympathetic to Ubisoft, is missing. This time around Ubisoft is claiming historical accuracy. That is the real problem. 19 minutes in. You'd take an issue with making a historical character something he is not. Then why not take issue with making him a Samurai? I know your opinion is that it's hotly debated, and that's not entirely wrong because it currently is. However, the tiny little bit of what we know of Yasuke definitely does not paint the picture of him being a Samurai. It's a massive stretch to claim he was a Samurai both in the past and today. For the longest time it was the opinion that he wasn't, now all of a sudden Ubisoft claims certainty. Did you see what happened to the Wiki page? It really is Lockley's fault that there is a debate at all... 26:50 It's not about the trailer entirely. It is about most of the stuff surrounding it. The choice to choose Yasuke as an mc was not made on accident. Have you looked into the team behind AC Shadows? Oh man...it's rough dude. The worst offender is the "historian" behind Yasuke, S4ch1 Sc|-|m1dt-Hor1 (yyoootube has deleted comments of me even saying her name). People were mad about her being hired for a long time before the trailer released. Her background is well, disgusting in my opinion. She focuses (and glamorizes) historical relationships between generationally separated m3n and b0ys. There is a word that describes her. Let's just say people knew Yasuke would be gay well before the trailer dropped. Made me chuckle towards the end there. I obviously disagree very much with a lot of what you two said, and that's okay. It's okay to disagree. I do think you guys are maybe not digging into this quite deep enough. Hopefully you look into what I said and maybe go over Yasuke's history again. It shouldn't take long there is only a page worth of it (joke). Anyway, pleasantly surprised by the video.

[@redninja3056]

It's not a massive stretch to claim he was at all? Since the Japanese themselves have depicted yasuke as a samurai in historical games multiple times before ubisoft Even knew the guy existed again not saying he is one but its definitely not a stretch to think he was one, and to see ubisoft " claiming historical accuracy" you literally have to go out of your way to look the the description on the one sentence that one person could've wrote, there not shoving it in your face you actively have to look for it for them to claim historical accuracy

[@_MrTrue]

@@redninja3056 Sure they have depicted him many times, as fiction. According to historical documentation of his life, it is quite a stretch. I think you're referring to Lockley's novel that I mentioned. It is indeed a stretch to take one paragraph of source material and make it into a "true story". Ubisoft has on many occasions made statements that their portrayal of Yasuke is historically accurate. I would have been fine if they had a t-rex with a laser gun, as long as they didn't claim it was historically accurate for the first time in the entire franchise.

[@redninja3056]

@_MrTrue okay in what other then the very hidden description have they made statements? Because I don't see it at all in both videos explaining the character, and only saw it on their web page which again you have to go out of your way too look for which makes you petty

[@_MrTrue]

@@redninja3056 Defending the truth is petty? Being against historical revision for the sake of political motivated agendas is petty? Enough is enough man, I am, and a huge portion of the population is, sick of this. You've seen the like to dislike ratio on their trailer right? It's approaching 725k dislikes. Also, "Live the intertwined stories of Naoe, an adept shinobi Assassin from Iga Province, and Yasuke, the powerful African samurai of *historical legend* " - Ubisoft site. It's the very first thing you read when reading about the game. There is nothing hidden about their position.

[@_MrTrue]

@@redninja3056 Haha! Our comments are being deleted. I guess there is nowhere you can go for discussion anymore. Free speech is done and over with. Oh, that's funny. Suddenly our comments have returned.

[@KicktheSky34]

Me, a white cis male, finding out that there was once a black man in service to Oda Nobunaga: "Awesome!" Me, finding out I'll be playing as this historical figure in Assassin's Creed: "Awesome!" Me, seeing everyone else's reaction to the above: 😓🙄😒🖕 Y'all need to get over yourselves.

[@andyowski5021]

And the people who are against it are always so insulting too. Like I don't get why they think anyone's going to listen to them when they immediately go to a bunch of insults about how you're a woke beta male or whatever for not being angry about this random video game.

[@KicktheSky34]

@@andyowski5021 what’s really funny to me is how many of them are saying it should be more like Ghost of Tsushima. First of all, they would just be reinventing the wheel if they did that. Second, those talking about ‘historical accuracy’ don’t seem to realize that the most historically accurate thing about Ghost is the word “Tsushima.” They are really outing themselves at every turn as ignorant, bigoted, or both.

[@watchmehope6560]

Bro really said 'cis' with confidence. Ooof

[@dakotatrue12]

@@watchmehope6560what?

[@thequestionable1413]

​@@watchmehope6560CIS is a term like straight. It's not deep unless used in a context where it's hating on someone.

[@joeshmo6037]

When I first found out about Shadows. I was only disheartened by ubisofts' timing. Ive been waiting for this game when i was kid now they wont to take a shot at it. Anyone harping on historical accuracy are fake fans of assassin's creed

[@monkeyxiong1893]

Some people play game to enjoy it and some people play game to find things to complain about

[@Onyx474]

Game can be just fine, i haven't been a big fan of AC in a while, found origins to be interesting enough while odyssey and Valhalla to be incredibly bloated and bland. Complaining about the existence of Yasuke because of "historical accuracy" is stupid, but i never saw that as the point. There are obviously straight up racist takes out there. But in the end, after countless products forcing their inclusion in in the past few years, it's just obvious at this point. Who knows maybe there's a couple big Yasuke fans and they genuinely thought this was the best way to approach the story. But for a franchise basically known for "play X character from X country at X time" , i doubt this was the only way to approach it. Meeting Yasuke would have been much better as a side quest, like the Da Vinci ones with Ezio. I never even liked the dual main character thing that they do these days. They already struggle to make me care about one, don't know why they are so afraid to make another "Ezio". On top of that the style of the game just looks so eh these days if you told me that some of these screenshots from the game was like a Hibana Sledge bundle from siege i would believe you. Hoping I'm wrong and it's a fresh take on AC again .

[@roguerifter9724]

While I think the complaints about Yasuke are insane I don't view it as identical to playing as a Welsh man in IV. There were very few African people in Japan when the game takes place while I'm pretty sure there were lots of Welsh people in the Caribbean when IV takes place. Wales is part of Great Brittan after all and there were British settlements and I'm sure many of them and the British ships in the region include Welsh settlers or crewmembers while AFAIK there were no African settlements in Japan. I have no idea how many Italians were in the Ottoman Empire when Revelations took place but I would be very surprised if they didn't greatly outnumber the Africans in Japan when Shadows takes place.

[@Imadeyoumadlol]

I don't think it matters either way. People travel. There could be a million or one and the character would still be valid.

[@samcollends]

Just to be clear, a retainer is a samurai. I think a lot of people who wanna pretend they know history and making a buffoon out of themselves, think that retainer only applies to one person or a few. No. Daimyo lords like Oda Nobunaga has a LOT of retainers that fought for him in wars. And they have been granted the title "Samurai". So please let this be clear. Yasuke IS a samurai.

[@_MrTrue]

No man, no. Nothing about that is right.

[@samcollends]

@@_MrTrue Alright then "Mr True" Tell that to the history books and historians. And the Japanese

[@samcollends]

@@eagle162 Yes it does. Retainer is a rank. Samurai is a warrior CLASS, a title. It's like saying a sergeant isn't a soldier or military.

[@_MrTrue]

@samcollends Bushi is a rank. He was not referred to as such ever. In English terminology, he would have been a squire at most since he was stated to have carried "Nobunaga-sama's tools". Also note that, referring to Nobunaga's daishō, it would have never been referred as tools.

[@z-accountlogic8913]

a retainer is KASHIN KASHIN is an employee.

[@slappyjones2136]

I find it sad that people get up in arms because a videogame has a black samurai in it. Folks need lives. While I understand some dislike for forced DEI it ultimately doesn’t really matter. Movies are either well written and acted and directed or they aren’t. DEI or no. The Marvels sucked because it was a trash movie, not because it has women/minority main characters. This game will either be good or it won’t and it will have nothing to do w Yasuke being an African. Everyone complaining needs a life.

[@ozy667]

the typical "it doesnt matter and dei is not what ruins it", you are either disingenuous or you dont know what the fuck you are talking about, dei and woke decides who gets hired or promoted, if you have a bad story, or bugs, or any major issue, you can always trace back to untalented people being put in jobs they didnt earn and got it by political favoritism or by race or gender, so if its bad it goes well beyond if it had or not a black character.

[@vongola11thboss67]

​@@z-accountlogic8913 are Japanese people upset? All I see are a bunch of white guys upset and dogging out both characters.

[@YagamiNoNeko]

1st.... is not really about him being black like u said, and people need to understand AC games as a whole to understand whats happening 2nd.... no body cares if he is real samurai or not if Ubi stop keep saying that he is a real history figure, which is fine beside the first legendary black samurai part. I mean is a game, and Im not even saying he was not a samurai, cause he can be, it is possible, so as a game character that makes sense, but saying that he acalcally was one in real life, I mean come on. The bottom line is don't say that he actually was in real life unless they have evidence that he is or not in this case, the fact people are still debating means there are not enough evidence to say that he was or wasn't a samurai, like no body is debating is Albert Einstein a scientist or not. 3rd .... all the main characters in other AC games are all locos or at least representing the time and place, no matter male or female, but Japan and Yasuke (black flag is about the sea and pirate, like one piece, cause most pirates of the Caribbeans are not Caribbeans since their boat are not that good, people around the word especially the Europes go the Caribbeans to to rob other people, shocker right? and for Ezio, I think it is weird why people think that is ok, maybe because of that he is the only one who have 3 games, more like spiderman homecoimg, Far from home, and no way home in different areas, for him is more focused on him instead of the region?) 4th .... all the main characters in other AC games are made up, none of them are real characters but Yasuke ... 5th .... many details of the architectures, outfits, cultures and among other things in other AC games are at least 70% accurate and sometime more like in Paris but Japan, many are just dead wrong in a 4 mins trailer.... just using the room in the trailer for ex which is even shorter - the door's(しょうじ) window is clear not made of paper since light can't even go through that, the floor's(たたみ) shape is way off, they are more of a rectangle shape than squre and way to small, the setting positions, sitting poses, the design of the oufits, the clan markings, just f everything.......... in 4 minutes trailer..... what a go....... and that's only in the room, there's are also the position of the katana (no body ever put that on their back especially a female spy which is what nija is and walking on street during the day...basically telling all the people there she is a Kunoichi), armor ( for Yasuke to wear that armor he have to be not just a samurai but the best, not meaning he's best of fighting, just social stats), helmet( no body pput that helmet straight on, there is something in between to protect head), and wearing that on the street, and many other obvious errors which do not happen in all the other AC games....this used to be something they can show off with different videos even, guess japan is not worse the trouble of doing some basic research? 6th .... They said they want to use a non japnese eyes to see japan (the wording omg lol), why tho? why no need other non-native eyes to see other places and their cultures, why just Japan? 7th .... worst part is they can get things in other countries pretty accurate and not replaceing the main male representations of the regions that they are doing, if there are both male and female options. It's like they are not even trying with Japan. The bottom line is, this is a franchise, if the AC games before all using historical figures as maincharacters, all got the details horribly wrong and have none native main characters replacing the main character that are representing the region, then fine, they can get this wrong and use a black main character for Japan, no biggie, who cares cause that's what they do, but that's not the case is it. I'm pretty sure that's what racism means, you know treating one race/culture different than the others? and in the name of diversity as well....

[@YagamiNoNeko]

and yes there are some people are actually just dislike black people for sure

[@Apollyon6660]

1 out of the 13 Assassin's Creed games where the protagonist is not native (or relevant such as Black Flag and Rogue) to the country and setting because they were traveling, right.. good job trying to defend why the protagonist is not native to the country, such a far reaching defence. Did you expect Ezio to stay in Italy forever? Not to mention, why can't I play a native male character? Why do women get the privilege? Then again, with that jawline can easily be mistaken for a man. Even AI couldn't desern the gender. But that just exposes forced DEI/ESG/Woke etc. If I get the choice to play a male character, I would choose it over the female because I am a man who wants to be immersed in the character. I'm not one of those people who picks female characters just to check out the backside every minute and then justify that they would rather look at a female's backside instead of a male. I don't play games to look at backsides.

[@radekbejbl1]

Assasins Creed protagonists were fictional characters until now. They were always from the country game is set. Ezio is italian and they had good trading reliatons with Ottoman empire,and most pirates in Carribean were white men. Facts. Now they give u playable character who existed and thats why its wrong. Also some ppl think this is because he is black. And there is no way he was ever samurai,those guys trained for decades too become one. Plus Naoie looks really boyish and its very noticeable. Clear DEI influenced game hence the outrage,ppl are sick of it and i couldn't agree more.

[@titanbro5871]

I agree with most of what you said except for Naoe. The reason why I disagree is because Naoe is a low class individual so shes lived a rougher life kinda like Shao Jun who was a low rank prostitute before she became an Assassin. A part of me also believes that in game she'll look different and not just that but since its an RPG we can probably apply cosmetics like we could with Eivor.

[@Malikk-fgc]

What is boyish about Naoe? 🤣🤣

[@radekbejbl1]

@@titanbro5871 it could be,years of training as shinobi and hardwork would make her bigger,but that jaw line in particular looks more men like,also could i see ghosts and goblins where are none

[@JayKahns]

Weird because Yasuke is a complementary character to the actual Ninja woman. Like how Michael Angelo or whatever was to ezio, you can just play as him cause it’s a game. Yasuke is not the assassin in this game.

[@titanbro5871]

@@radekbejbl1 I mean she's not that big its just that her kit is massive, what I mean is that she's wearing a lot but its not hiding the fact that she's still a woman. Also her jawline could just be an angle thing or a different rendering from the cinematic trailer because there are times where she looks more feminine in the trailer and certain promotional pieces. It could also be the hairstyle, hair changes a lot man and if your able to change Naoe's hair than that can have an impact. If you search up Naoe's concept art you can see that she had a different hairstyle, she had a bun. But my general observation of Naoe's design is that she's just a tomboy, which is fine. As for the ghosts and goblins. I'm not a big fan of these... high fantasy elements being put into this franchise. This game is being developed by Ubisoft Quebec who made Odyssey which had these high fantasy elements... so seeing things like Oni's and stuff in Shadows is very likely which I despise the thought. All I wish for is that these are at the very least hallucinations and not actually existing because that's what bothers me most with Odyssey. Medusa, Minotaur, cyclops, and the sphinx are all actually existing creatures in Assassins Creed Lore which goes against with what the Franchise initially taught that things as super natural as those creatures are simply misinterpretations.

[@Calypso694]

however you feel about "KZbin Historians" The Metatron has a goodtake on it like you in that "theres not enough real text or evidence" the "Source" for Yasuke being a samurai is this book called Black Samurai or whatever but its a narrative fiction novel that everyone and even the author is pushing as FACT despite it being nothing of the sort. Thats my issue. That actual fan fiction from some dude is now being called fact by Ubisoft and everyone else. Clowns.

[@dandreharris636]

I want someone to explain to me how if they did use a Japanese lead character how this game would differ from rise of ronin or ghost of Tsushima or wo long, Ubisoft isn’t going to do anything new that past games haven’t already done.

[@isaacgarcia771]

You tried to use Revelations to help your argument, but it worked against you, because Revelations was the end of Ezio's trilogy. It had a justified reason for him to be there, but you two are too ignorant and uninformed to know better apparently. There's also multiple times where you are hypocritical in this video.

[@teezoowazoo7272]

Not really. most of us agree. But you're free to be intellectually dishonest! Have fun with that in your life!!! :)

[@isaacgarcia771]

​@teezoowazoo7272 Apparently, you didn't realize my comment was aimed directly at the 2 guys talking in the video, not the viewers watching and reading comments. Understand what has been said before you speak next time!

[@teezoowazoo7272]

@@isaacgarcia771 Nope, I agree with the video. And nobody cares what you think! You're irrelevant! Have a nice day Isaac!

[@andyowski5021]

@@isaacgarcia771 I agree with their point too. Adewale also could have been the main character of AC 4 if we were going for more local representation... but he got a little spin off dlc game. No outrage at that. I wonder why?

[@xKawaiiKittenx]

@@isaacgarcia771Disagree plus you’re being a jerk so you’re not worth listening to regardless.

[@punkdallas1646]

As long as I'm not forced to play as "the historical figure Yasuke" even in certain quest segments like Syndicate, I'm happy to perfectly fine. Just want to play Naoe like how Assassin's Creed was always intended.

[@KimberlySteele-bk4ji]

Yasuke was a samurai he was also a slave so his boss made him a samurai the rest didn't acknowledge it cos he is a slave. Simple just as in America the whiteman stole the slaves inventions ideas etc

[@Djamp_htx]

How much is Ubisoft paying you to make disengenuous arguments 😂

[@justus5277]

How many brain sells have you lost not to be able to look at something critically instead of cynically

[@Djamp_htx]

@@justus5277 cynical is saying “Ubisoft didn’t pick the one black guy in feudal Japan(a notoriously homogenous place) and overstating his historical and cultural significance for DEI in the age of DEI. It’s because anyone criticizing this is disengenuous and secretly just racist”

[@justus5277]

@@Djamp_htx ok this is my argument for it. It was either that or make a random Japanese samurai. Which could also work. But this story is interesting. He was a legend. And the fact of a black man in Japan that did exist that had the strength of 10 men that’s awesome. And a LOT of dialogue and story options behind it. Plus it gives a perfect way for the templars and assassins to come back. Plus you play as a Japanese shinobi. If they made both of them black that would have been different. But it also brings in an interesting dynamic between the two. Plus we get to experience Japan just as he did for the first time and that’s what ubi said was part of the enticing part. Plus I care wayyyyyy more about the story than who I play as. Most of the assassins we have played as haven’t been the nationality of the place we play.

[@justus5277]

@@Djamp_htx and no that’s called optimism. Two very different things. Cynical is negativity without giving the benefit of the doubt

[@Djamp_htx]

@@justus5277 optimism is assuming everyone is a racist and defending the mega corp? 😂

[@caramelconundrum9280]

I want to play as a famous Japanese ninja in the first ass creed game set in Japan. Thats it. No racism or whatever tf. Yasuke is a boring person that would have been better as DLC or a side quest. How about the first ass creed game set in Africa but you play as the first white man to show up there? Its fkin dumb bro

[@JayKahns]

Assassins creed origins was in africa… You are playing as a famous Japanese persons daughter as the ninja… Yasuke is a complementary character to the Japanese ninja…

[@jaquanhughes9828]

yeah you not a Assassin creed fan you’ll know the facts and these guys already talked about a person like you 😂

[@jaquanhughes9828]

@@JayKahns people: Egypt not really africa bro 😂😂😂

[@caramelconundrum9280]

You dorks know what I mean when I say Africa. And some random nobody kunoichi is not a famous male ninja like I stated. You scored: 0 pts

[@JayKahns]

@@jaquanhughes9828 yea I forgot. Egypt is in South America my bad.

[@Soyouthinkyoucanact420]

If he isn’t as cool as bayek, aduwale, Connor kenway. Then I will have a problem. Him being black and in Japan doesn’t matter at all. Seeing how he’s supposed to be there. Also, we’re having a problem with there being a protagonist woman in here just like in Star Wars outlaws, really who cares.