People are defending this garbage..

[@randomcrandoface2363]

The black character is just a meatshield for Ubisoft, watch, every criticism will be shot down with "you're just a racist"

[@ShardDeVir]

Then call Dirty Harry. He is no racist, he equally hates everyone. And does his job as a police officer.

[@juan-fl6vq]

It is for marketing because the controversy gives them free publicity and because blacks and Latinos are a large market. Many Latinos, whether you believe it or not, feel identified with blacks.

[@TheSK1PP]

@@juan-fl6vq aint no fucking way black market bigger than white

[@DraconX3]

@@juan-fl6vq Which is dumb because they have about as much in common as the Chinese and Swedes

[@audie-cashstack-uk4881]

Well they aint white are they 😂​@@juan-fl6vq

[@chuckloughry]

Tons of people will still buy it, allowing devs to keep selling garbage at over $100

[@heroman1322]

A lot of people I know are immediately interested in the game and have no understanding of Ubisoft as a company..

[@jackblades90]

as they should

[@Hollyclown]

Won’t be my money.

[@Aluttuh]

Watch europa the last battle if you haven't already

[@HexJK]

Eh. I'm actually pretty interested in playing it, but the price is insane, especially considering the best games in the industry range from $0-$40.

[@ethanschaeffer7718]

Why in God’s green Earth would anybody spend $130 on a game that hasn’t even showed any gameplay yet???

[@Hyde-dg7ef]

idiots

[@mrluthfians01]

sheeple

[@VetriVade]

They think cutscenes are gameplay. I've already seen a ton of people saying "the gameplay looks good"

[@kingleech16]

Meth is a hell of a drug.

[@CharltonHoward]

its assassins creed all have similar gameplay lol

[@todd8398]

It’s actually concerning there’s an edit war at Wikipedia over this, like: this game coming out and how Ubi positions this character for marketing is affecting what is _supposed to be_ an encyclopedia

[@asdfbeau]

this is exactly what we said would happen to wikipedia, decades ago, and why we told people that they shouldn't use it as a source. nowadays kids can't tell the difference...and that was the plan all along. We've got kids in here SURE that Yasuke was a Samurai, with english references as their only sources. They actually think they know Japanese history better than the Japanese, because of fking wikipedia.

[@kyvian251]

Every day we move closer and closer to 1984

[@jimmyv3170]

Wikipedia is pure garbage. Constant E begging for people to write fan fiction history.

[@jimmyv3170]

I honestly think this game is perfect marketing for Ghost of Tsushima

[@newdivide9882]

A few years ago, the guy who created the website straight up said you couldn’t trust it anymore. This is exactly why

[@shubashuba9209]

They turned black on Asian violence into a video game 😭

[@Poisonedblade]

Is Yasuke gonna push Japanese people onto train tracks?

[@greatmacaron5779]

Rooftop Japanese time

[@CPreacher40]

then they will blame white people for it just like they do in the news.

[@malcolmliang]

Yasuke gonna be looting Asian stores

[@extrage3061]

@@Poisonedblade The problem is that the only thing that will be historically correct about Yasuke is his skin color everything else will be hot garbage made up all they did was give him his name and skin color and called it a historical character, it has nothing to do with actual history of the historical figure.

[@haytham7035]

*AC 1:* Middle Eastern with an arab protagonist *AC 2-AC Revelations:* Italy & Ottoman Empire with an italian protagonist, solid turkish & greek side characters *AC 3:* America with a half-british & native protagonist *AC4 BlackFlag:* Caribbean with a welsh protagonist roaming the seas *AC Unity:* French Revolution with (who would've thought...) a french protagonist *AC Syndicate:* Victorian London with english twins as the protagonists . . . etc. *AC Shadows:* Feudal Japan...with an african samurai as the protagonist...

[@chengda85]

if woke people are so concerned about representation, shouldnt they have more Asian men characters? I mean theres what, shang chi....and.....that's literally it??? and why is it that every asian man is either a kung fu guy or some kinda clown?

[@eightsandnines]

I'm guessing you had a big problem with all of the assassin's creed characters that didn't exist or had historical inaccuracies right... Bet you were PISSED when Leonardo da Vinci was working on assassin weapons...

[@paulievespucci6867]

​@@chengda85because woke people are saying nowadays that all Asians (they only refer to east asians) are variants of white anyway. So for a lot of people it's okay to replace them just as long as it's black.

[@waarschijn]

Didn't the Egypt game have a black MC? I haven't played it.

[@TechnoMinarchist]

​@@eightsandninesStrawman

[@iris4547]

you see the problem with this isnt the fact the main character is a black samurai, the problem is we all know WHY the main character is a black samurai. DEI, it has to stop.

[@hafirenggayuda]

Yeah, people mostly have no problem when the Japanese dev make Yasuke as their characters. With Ubisoft case and current race climate in western countries, people know and annoyed with Ubi's reason

[@YK36Deadezio]

@@hafirenggayuda The Japanese are literally the only people in the world who don't know Yasuke. And yet, they study Adam William, Jules Brunet, etc. while having festivals in their honor, and statues, buildings, gardens, etc. bearing their name.

[@TheEggroll4321]

It is disingenuous and disgusting. DEI is the only reason

[@Adam-sd2ow]

Yeah it's an anti pandering, anti fake white people pretending they've done something, anti activists thing. Not an anti black thing. It's insulting period. Stupidly people then defend the studio and the fake bs and the activists who don't care about gamers.

[@Unlyricallyrics]

it'll stop once conservatives come up with a new bogey word to scare dumb people. Let's see, we had antifa, crt, then woke and now DEI. Maybe next year we get a new one again

[@Kotoko-Iwanaga]

0:23 it's quite impressive how we went from "gamers are shutin nerds" to "they are racists that failed middle school classes" in two decades

[@Workers12]

gamers are truly most opressed and most evil thing that happened to our world (i think this is fucking stupid, that normies find gamers "evil")

[@Shiirow]

gamers are whatever horrible stereotype they need to be to push their narrative, even if the stereotypes are complete opposites.

[@onebear6504]

Someone gotta paint Mt. Rushmore black one day. If it were to be restored, then it's racist.

[@TheShazamProductions]

@@onebear6504 the same Rushmore that was taken from the Sioux tribe even though it was a place of spiritual importance for them? The layers of irony are too deep 😂

[@kerianhalcyon2769]

@@onebear6504 I call painting Lincoln's face then!

[@Feelgood-pm7yi]

Westerners are canceling Eastern culture, this is crazy.

[@lIlIlIll-kg2cm]

this has to be some kind of psyop

[@jububoobaroo67]

Israel is more central really

[@thecompanioncube4211]

Meanwhile in China

[@LordRykard9376]

​@@lIlIlIll-kg2cmthat's leftism for you. A giant psyop.

[@psychoaztecs]

@@lIlIlIll-kg2cm how so? US is allies with Japan.

[@princepython701]

"It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain

[@TheHippyProductions]

yeah thats pretty much what it all boils down to these days. who's faster, the information or the misinformation. fostered our egos and general vanity to the point that something as simple as changing your mind when something makes more sense to you makes you a crazy person

[@KevinG9012]

See: Every MAGA person.

[@atrocious7766]

That's this comment section in a nutshell. Everyone is saying "they'll use the black guy as a shield" while the majority of their attention is on the black guy rather than the pricing. It's hilarious.

[@snintendog]

@@KevinG9012 says the guy that wishes death on other in this comment section.

[@aSSGoblin1488]

glad ubisoft revealed so much racism with just a trailer

[@cmedtheuniverseofcmed8775]

Rewriting a Wikipedia article over and over again to change history to market a game is appalling.

[@Xorn4359]

Yea witnessing that made me cancel my wiki donations thought I was donating for freely accessible information not freely accessible propaganda. Apparently Wikipedia must have stopped caring about just giving the facts and began deciding it was going to omit things that go against a desired narrative and I didn't get the memo.

[@TempoTune956]

pretty sure anyone can change the wikipedia, and change the wikipedia back. Pretty sure it has nothing to do with Ubisoft.

[@karlhans6678]

@@Xorn4359 dude you werent aware that wikipedia admins are woke?

[@Xorn4359]

@TempoTune956 nah I was watching as it was being hashed out in edits live it did get admin locked with the final point being that yes in fictional works yasuke has been depicted as a samurai and no there is no historical evidence of him actually being a samurai. Then another admin came and removed that part to create the desired impression for future readers I have since started looking into other instances of this and found out this is hardly the first time that they have done this kind of thing and that they quite literally got rid of the requirement to be unbiased it was a rule they had in the 2000s but apparently they got rid of it at some point. Can't trust shit it seems it's kind of disappointing ngl.

[@Xorn4359]

@karlhans6678 I don't care about someone's personal viewpoints on equity if the company they work for ensures that they keep it separate from their work. Wiki stopped doing that.

[@keratos92]

Of ALL famous historical figures in Sengoku period, BOOM Yasuke got picked. How convenient.

[@juupajuu60]

SO MANY GREAT STORIES Ubisoft: Leeeeeets go with the black guy

[@KazumiKiguma]

There are no AC games where someone actually known to history is the MC. So yes the Yasuke thing seems like an excuse. I'm actually wondering if he'll even be playable since no gameplay was shown and there's a ninja lady also on the cover. Putting a huge promo focus on him could literally be just an appeal to crowds.

[@Philip7710]

@@KazumiKigumawhich crowds though? The japanese hate this, the western audiences are either the woke ones who love the idea but don’t actually buy games or dislike it, the chinese don’t like it in fact i’m pretty sure they’ll censor his face like the black panther, the middle eastern audience i’m unsure about but i doubt they see that as a reason to buy the game, i’d wager a guess they just don’t care so i really don’t see the benefit here

[@GermoDante]

@@Philip7710 The ESG Blackrock crowds. Customers are absolutely tired of this identitarian garbage.

[@DagobertX2]

All the interns there worked overtime to find SOMEONE so they can scratch the diversity itch.

[@fortesque9506]

the three problems of the game: 1 the price 2 the recycled gameplay without innovations and very watered down 3 why Ubisoft chose that specific historical character instead of the other 500 much more interesting ones

[@kurrwa]

they did that for more then decade i bet

[@mvximus3188]

He's not even a historical character. Yasuke was nothing more than a slave brought by the Portugese, he wasn't some mythical samurai warrior like these people make him out to be.

[@SeddyAm]

​@@mvximus3188 He was a retainer of actual samurai.

[@yasyu4070]

@@mvximus3188 This is the Game equivalent of "My Grandma says cleopatra was black..." XD

[@awlore]

@@SeddyAm but thats the thing, thats all we hear about him, "he was a retainer of an actual samurai, and thus was considered a samurai himself", but...thats about it, ive not heard yet what else he ever did, how many battles did he fight? how many duels did he have and won? did he lead any army? the only thing ive read so far was that he fought in the battle where nobunaga was betrayed, lost was exiled to somewhere and then he faded into obscurity, he did nothing else? dont get me wrong, it was cool to find about him in nioh 2, but, theres nothing more beyond that

[@Palpalapa]

I live in Japan. I think the most ridiculous thing is the dude just casually walks around in full ceremonial armor that was only for military leaders and generals during a battle. The aesthetic is just atrocious. It's the most unsubtle thing you can do in feudal japan.

[@joustingknight2088]

u do not care about this stop lying

[@justaboy4613]

​@@joustingknight2088 you don't know this guy so stop assuming things

[@cynicat74]

@@joustingknight2088 I care about arrows being able to puncture armour in Lords of the Rings. Plenty of people are passionate over matters you wouldn't even think about.

[@infernocop31]

@@joustingknight2088 The game trailer has more dislikes than likes. The people seem to care.

[@Error-mn4el]

@@joustingknight2088 actual bot

[@blackstream2572]

That wikipedia edit war is amazing. It's several guys editing and undoing edits over and over and over

[@viktoriyaserebryakov2755]

@@b_ased Remember when school told us Wikipedia isn't a reliable source? Now you get laughed at for being anti science if you don't use it as a reliable source.

[@MK_ULTRA420]

@@b_ased Because some people don't have cool history so they feel the need to retcon their ancestors to have better history and architecture.

[@SiddarthS-ty7vy]

Well when I used the wayback machine it clearly stated that there is no definitive proof of him being a samurai after the controversy it suddenly vanished man history is being rewritten in front of our own eyes

[@al_zaizal]

they really thing "edit" button is a fckin GMC Delorean 🤣🤣🤣

[@al_zaizal]

@@viktoriyaserebryakov2755 i have being laughted several times for searching something from book, even if it's the one of most obvious

[@desolation1821]

Yasuke being the main character isn't the problem. It's why they chose Yasuke rather than Hattori Hanzo, or any other Japanese character, or even invent one like they did before with all the other protagonists. It's made by a Western studio with an apparent woke agenda and (from what I heard) ties to Sweet Baby Inc. They chose Yasuke because of DEI and to have black representation in their game rather than for the character itself. That is the real issue here.

[@TheCheeseMovesSideways]

To this day, i wonder why there's so little Miyamoto Mushashi games if at all. I know Miyamoto is the most generic samurai character you can put in anything but he's still a very legendary figure and having a game based on him is 100% better than what they did here. I'd rather take generic but familiar characters than whatever the hell they're doing rn

[@FrankLucas-pw5hs]

*Can people stop blaming "the West" or "Western CEOs"* for DEI, Mass Immigration, and the Genocide of Palestine? The people forcing all of these things down our throats, do not identify as "Western" - all of their loyalty and allegiance is to Israeli Supremacism (aka Zionism).

[@Vss077]

it's clear they tried to change the controversial things we had 6-8 years ago. how many people hated studios cuz they were "racist" not implementing certain characters cuz they didn't fit obv. but still got massive hate for it. now they are doing it or changing it and it's still wrong. that's why u don't listen to the customers, because the customer doesn't even know what they want. personally I don't care if it's historical inaccurate like c'mon it's a game and we all know no matter what it's not 100% accurate anyway. games are supposed to enjoy & have fun. and not getting me a master degree in Japan history.

[@bukelos2804]

Absolutely correct. They can gaslight however they want. Their main goal first, was having a black character in Feudal Japan. The fact that there was really a black dude serving a wealthy japanese family for 15 months is a weak excuse. They know what they are doing and we know as well.

[@saramorin4792]

The problem is that he is black

[@mendyc158]

The funniest part is.. if you go to Japanese websites, they are confused as to why there is a Yasuke game instead of a Japanese person

[@FreerunningGamer]

Nobody cares because it's never been about the person or the identity, just the virtue of pretending that it is.

[@linkfromzelda1002]

Can you show me these websites?

[@no-bodymr6419]

The Westard never care about Asians in the first place, they care about Black people because they’re always the one complain most and loudest out of other races.

[@YK36Deadezio]

The Japanese are literally the only people in the world who don't know Yasuke. And yet, they study Adam William, Jules Brunet, etc. while having festivals in their honor, and statues, buildings, gardens, etc. bearing their name.

[@Matthew-du1ro]

@@YK36Deadezio maybe, just maybe William Adam and the likes bears more significance in the japanese history than Yasuke does ?

[@music79075]

The Last Samurai is a bad example because the white dude is not the eponymous Last Samurai. The literal poster boy teaches the Samurai how to use the rifles they purchased and are unfamiliar with how to use. He befreinds them and they all die horrible deaths on a devestating loss but the MC goes to their Lord to testify on their behalf so they will recieve honorable burials and their families will be taken care of. The guy on the right iirc is supposed to be Lois Frouis a portguese missionary whose name I am certain I have butchered, apologies, but he is actually an influential person at that time. Admittedly, he was far more important to the Portugese than to the Japanese. Yasuke on the other hand was a retainer and was in Japan for only a year. That said, I dont have a problem with Assassins Creed, whose tagline is literally "history is our playground", taking liberties and doing more with Yasuke than actually was. I do have a problem that both the characters on Greece were Greek, both characters in valhalla were nordic, but now that we finally get the Sengoku Japan Assasins game they shaft Japanese Men out of the spotlight in their own country in favor of the one named Black guy in their entire history until WW2. But all of that, all of that pales in comparison to thise fucking prices holy shit dude. Fuck Ubisoft. EDIT: Unironically, GREECE would have made a million times more sense to have playable Black Assassin's given that Athens had MANY slaves as well as the surrounding Grecian society and they had multiple trade routes with Kush and Aksom (aethiopiea at the time unless I have my timeline fucked) as well as Egypt and through both access to Sub Saharan Africa. It also would have given them an excuse to constantly spoonfeed the player info like Ubisoft games love to do.

[@hafirenggayuda]

Yea, Tom Cruise's character is basically a survivor/ story teller in that movie. Last Samurai is actually for Watanabe characters, who fight to preserve Samurai tradition

[@YK36Deadezio]

@@hafirenggayudatom cruise = Jules Brunet.

[@Adam-sd2ow]

It was a way to open up the Samurai genre in the US, so they had a huge star in it, he was white, it also launched the careers of Ken Watanabe and Hiroyoki Sinada in the US. It wasn't done for pandering or inclusion just profit. It's blatantly obvious since George Floyd self loathing white people want to "make amends" and inclusion is the laziest and easiest way to pretend they've done something big

[@dominicijavier1575]

they shaft japanese men out of the spotlight? bro you're talking like the japanese are under represented and are thirsty for representation. I'm gonna tell you, they don't care. it's another company's work of fiction. the japanese have their own media to care about. even the japanese make media with westerners as main characters. hello, spike spiegel, afro samurai..list goes on. it's fiction. they won't care. us asians aren't snowflakes like white people. you're making up an excuse to get angry about a black guy being one of the main characters. but also fuck ubisoft. and please stop being angry for asians. i'm assuming you are white cause your rant sounded white as hell. we are capable of being angry ourselves if we see it fit.

[@zerobolt9506]

​@@hafirenggayuda also from what I found out the film followed most of what really did happen, only different I remember is they don't know what happened to him in the end, he either returned home or went back to the village, but they also believed he died on the trip back as his injuries were bad.

[@IKIGAIofficial]

A bunch of us were begging to be a cool japanese assassin dude in an AC game ever since the first one. Feels like missed opportunity for obvious brownie points.

[@chucklebouf5379]

You can be the frumpiest kunoichi instead.

[@chengda85]

if woke people are so concerned about representation, shouldnt they have more Asian men characters? I mean theres what, shang chi....and.....that's literally it??? and why is it that every asian man is either a kung fu guy or some kinda clown?

[@barronhelmutschnitzelnazi2188]

​@chengda85 There are many who think asians are excluded from the DEI and aren't "oppressed."

[@IKIGAIofficial]

@@chucklebouf5379 lmao wtf

[@thisisfyne]

Just play Sekiro and Ghost of Tsushima. These two games are far better than all the AC games put together.

[@baconwhip]

I'd be pretty dissapointed if the main character in AC Valhalla wasn't a Scandinaviaen.

[@poutineausyropderable7108]

Oh wow. No other language than english exist in the world. Everyone types on a version of youtube that isn't notorious for minute long lag on comments and with a perfect mechanical keyboard on a pc. No such thing as quickly typing on mobile and then not gaf. Fucking americans man.

[@mokadelic4037]

After this, I won't tollerate A SINGLE COMPLAINT from these clowns if Capcom decides to actually remake Resident Evil 5.

[@Poisonedblade]

I just choked on my drink.

[@otneyat]

omg racism black zombies in africa

[@KingCooper0755]

I hope they do, after Veronica X

[@milkmahtitty]

@@PoisonedbladeI just choked on my boyfriends meat

[@W0LF2612]

THIS.

[@akeno3872]

the attempts to edit the wiki page is amusing. now I understand when teachers said Wikipedia can't be the main source 7 years out of school lol

[@TheUltimateBastich]

Back then it was more reliable, and less left leaning. Now it's a propaganda site.

[@Chub8]

@TheUltimateBastich not really a propaganda site. Only in places political. You could still look up mitochondria and not see anything political.

[@Vaguer_Weevil]

Now Wikipedia asks for donations when you go on there, as it turns out when you let activists who want to change history go ahead and write any old nonsense, people are much less likely to look things up there, and revenue goes down. Who'd a thunk.

[@kaiserstritz136]

@@Chub8 Yeah but these twats are too stupid to know the difference.

[@angeloantonio3737]

​@@Chub8 you mean the one that is the powerhouse of the cell? Not really a reason to search that, not again!

[@Neil.02]

Isn’t it fascinating how EVERY game before had a character that was representative of the areas they were from but Japan is just not allowed the same treatment? Yasuke could’ve been a character you run into but that’s not enough apparently. How « inclusive »!

[@mandowarrior123]

They're 'honourary white' you see...

[@orwhynotrandom]

Yeah makes sense adewale in freedom cry was cool i liked origins with bayek but all of a sudden if i say i want to play as a Japanese person in a game set in japan im racist

[@Bim2403]

What about the girl ? Dude I agreed choosing Yashuke might not be the best choice, but simply ignore other character just to push your point is pity

[@rKhael53]

Ezio in Turkey : "Buongiorno !"

[@someguy4844]

Of course you would ignore the Japanese female.............................................

[@KevinOnEarth_]

The issue here is that it’s an incredibly controversial decision that should have erred on the side of immersion and authenticity like previous AC games have done. Yasuke as a side character or DLC would have been way more appropriate than one of two main protagonists (the other being a female) for a game taking place in FEUDAL JAPAN, and the first Japanese AC game that fans have been clamoring to get for ages. By themselves, this wouldn’t be much of an issue, but it’s *very* obviously done for the sake of “diversity” which is beyond disingenuous. Why not save a black protagonist for an AC game that takes place in Africa involving authentic African legends/folklore? Why must they always get the sloppy seconds of more popular countries’ folklore? Are African stories not worth telling/making? It’s really not that hard a concept, yet so many people are being intentionally obtuse…

[@minatonamikaze6400]

Because everybody knows africa history is not going to sell anything. Like what do you want to do with that ? There is nothing there. They just got fucked by everyone and sold their own child to become slaves. What a game. Reality would be disapointing that's why they aren't making a game that takes places in africa and rather use historical figures from anywhere else

[@poutineausyropderable7108]

It's really ironic how "diversity" insults both the source culture by not taking it any seriously and black culture, by never chosing it as the source.

[@Gerald-of-Riviera]

You know what's funny? They did exactly this with Black Flag: Freedom Cry DLC, and the character you play as is solid as well.

[@WallNutBreaker524]

Black Supremacists and their Inferiority Complex being Exploited by the Woke Mob. It's really simple. Quite sad really.

[@Smokey348]

yeah they can literally make an AC game that is set in the dahomey kingdom but instead of changing shit like they did with the movie ''the woman king'' ,actually make it as accurate as possible and add a fictional character that is inspired by the people that were enslaved by the dahomey (king ghezo)

[@D25Bev]

Honestly, the Wikipedia editing that happened after the backlash to falsify Yasuke & make it out like he was a Samurai & more than he was before they attempted to lock the page is something that pissed me off.

[@MarkDeSade100]

It should piss you off, people are literally rewriting history to suit their agenda and that's not okay.

[@rando105]

Never got to see what happened, but I did see a comment saying that the information definitely changed on the page

[@gigachad6885]

"The most effective way to destroy a people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history." -George Orwell

[@rickk4990]

@@rando105 I copied this from wikipedia earlier today to post on another video, "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." And they removed it.

[@PanSkrzynka_]

This is how wikipedia works nowdays. The sad part is thay allow websites articles (like Kotaku) as resources. Half of articles about modern stuff are just propaganda and misleading...

[@Adam-sd2ow]

Choosing the random black guy over 1000s of Japanese guys was obviously done for pandering and representation reasons .Calling out a lazy and shallow decision by a game studio so they can pat themselves on the back and act like they're playing their part, isn't racist. Plenty of black gamers have said similar. It's always the self righteous do gooders who have to cry racists.

[@Skyte100]

I mean Hanzo Hattori was right there.

[@Morus433]

Also the loosening of immigration laws in japan and the flooding of young black men into japan... and the massive increase of mixed race couples in ads and media kind of stinks. like done in the us and europe. or even better- like in sweden. where we went from light skin, blond people to mostly arab and blqlack people, with the occasional blond girl seeking the "diversity adventure", until she is crushed by rocks (obvious hint to the one girl). and now it's swedistan in less then 2 generations. 2050 will be japanistan, with new timbuktu as the capital, instead of tokyo 🙄

[@donovangrant424]

@@Skyte100 That's actually the one thing I was mad about. It's not as if we don't already have a legendary ninja to play the part of your framework Assassin in the Assassin game. Yasuke as a character in the story wouldn't be an issue, but opting to use a loyal retainer as the protagonist of the free-moving assassin game is already weird, using an actual historical figure instead of some generic dude like in previous games is weirder, and choosing a historical figure who wasn't ultimately relevant in the events of Sengoku-era Japan to be the protagonist is bordering on obsession.

[@Zodroo_Tint]

@@donovangrant424 One the thing I like in those games is the world and I can play as one of the people in that world, like I can play as a greek guy in ancient greece and I don't even like assassin creed games. I like being french in the French Revolution or english in the industrial London, it is just fun.

[@ErisEntropy]

@@donovangrant424 Great argument. I only wish everyone else complaining about his use as a protagonist had as good reasons as you

[@Acoto]

Assassin's Creed: "Noble Black Slave and Strong Woman vs the Japanese Patriarchy - Cultural Appropriation Edition"

[@Nib_Nob-t7x]

Yet nobody complained about shoguns inaccuracies. Look it would be one thing if assasins creed was meant to be based off in reality. But it hasent for the vast majority of its games, it’s just extremely loosely based off of some myth most of the time.

[@ResolvedRage]

@@Nib_Nob-t7x Will it be realistic or unrealistic if Yasuke can't swim in the game? We have any idea if he could swim in real life, any historical mentions on the topic? I know it's racist but I would find it absolutely hilarious if Yasuke can't swim in the game but has increased movement speed, and the Japanese woman does more damage with throwable weapons but makes more noise when sneaking.

[@stronensycharte64]

This is why I've been rooting for the templars since assassins creed 4 lmfao, they're correct

[@facundomontivero2299]

So the other female protagonist is also an issue?

[@rickycool6083]

@@Nib_Nob-t7x We are not talking about shoguns are we? Nice strawman you got there. Also people can tell which is DEI pandering and what is simply bad media.

[@613harbinger316]

Meanwhile, Ghosts of Tsushima is just standing over there shaking it's head.

[@YokomichiSilver]

You should take a look at Ubisoft Japan for the trailer. Currently 2500 likes to 23000 dislikes and quite the number of Japanese comments showing how upset they are and of course the people who are defending what Ubisoft are doing are calling the Japanese fans a bunch of racists because apparently wanting accurate representation like all the past AC games got is somehow being a racist.

[@thisisfyne]

This. I'd rather leave the opinion to the japanese audience, and for that matter, to the black folks already calling out the blatant tokenism. Remember when "people" were "outraged" that Mario Odyssey came out with a world heavily influenced with mexican culture... and actual Mexicans were actually hyped for it? I say, let the people who's culture is being used voice their opinion about it.

[@YokomichiSilver]

@@thisisfyne Exactly and seeing how this game is set in feudal Japan then it should be those who live in Japan and are of Japanese blood of which the amount minimum should be at least a quarter Japanese. Anything less and you might as well be one of those people who pull the "I'm 1/365th this so I have a say on the matter" like come on, that's sad and trying to one up someone who is leagues ahead of the gene pool is disrespectful.

[@KingNiros]

@@thisisfyne I have a right to complain, because now I can't by the game because of their pandering. Also, the price.

[@x0gucx]

​@@thisisfyne I see it as the same as when Egyptian people were disappointed with Egypts depiction in WonderWoman and the blatant white washing of Egyptian gods in "Gods of Egypt" It's French and western audiences saying "it's better this way" to people they're trying to "accurately" depict. I remember seeing the trailer for "the woman king" and a basic Google search sees that these people got f-ed up. But all they saw was a bs empowerment message.

[@asdfbeau]

This was the entire point. Japan is the latest battleground in the culture war. An entire generation is being propagandized to hate the cleanest, safest place on the planet.

[@videonmode8649]

If people did research into Yasuke, they'll find out pretty quick he never held a significant rank or office and was enslaved most of his life. Trying to make him something into something he wasn't is disingenuous.

[@niox1920]

you don't need to hold a rank or office to be a samurai

[@videonmode8649]

@@niox1920 Doesn't matter. He wasn't held to any esteem.

[@thehousealwayswins8398]

@@niox1920 Um... the title of samurai *IS* a rank of office. It was a hereditary title of the military nobility.

[@TempoTune956]

guessing this is the first time you're realizing games not meant to be historically accurate is not historically accurate. Slowly learning one step at a time.

[@Omegeddon]

If people did research into Hitler they'll find out pretty quick Henry Ford didn't give him a magic mind control device either. George Washington didn't attempt to become king of america either. This is the series where Adam and Eve were parkouring thru the garden of eden. Historical accuracy has long been an afterhought in AC

[@lordthruxawe504]

I don't think people would mind a game that has Yasuke as a main character with a more historical focus. The issue is the climate we currently live in and the motives behind the choice of Yasuke. Are you really going to tell me, out of the choice of thousands of actual Japanese samurai, they chose to have the one black samurai for a non-diversity based reason? Even in Nioh, i thought it was an odd choice to have a white Samurai as the protagonist; though I know he was a historical figure as well. That was made by a Japanese studio though, so it was their decision. I think the controversy is more related to the time we're in as opposed to telling a story about a black samurai, because I don't think there was as much controversy with Nioh coming out. I think people are just sick of forced inclusion; black Anne Boleyn, black Cleopatra, black vikings, black Achilles, I'm sure there are more examples. Could we get a story that focuses on African history and mythos instead of appropriating other cultures? Like a game about Shaka Zulu or something?

[@chucklebouf5379]

The difference would be because Nioh was made because the Japanese thought it was interesting and aren't pushing some weird erasure agenda. Ubisoft is. They don't have an earnest interest in putting Yasuke here, they knew they could just make waves and check their boxes by doing so.

[@1ProAssassin]

I think the opposite. The less historical focus the less they'll care about Yasuke. They could've made it entirely about demons and Yasuke could've been a demon hunter with skills from the church and shinto shrine due to his unique background and ppl would've loved it. They could've made it a steampunk samurai robot thing and people would've thought it was cool. Unless you mean a historical game specifically and entirely devoted to him as a standalone IP then yeah they wouldn't mind as much unless it was telling lies while focusing on being historically accurate. The issue is that ppl have wanted a Samurai AC game. Then they choose one of the most famous Japanese eras and culturally important times where Japan was distinctly unique and isolated. Then they choose the foreign black guy whose claim to fame is being an oddity who wasn't an actual samurai and some made up Japanese woman who still isn't a samurai. Neither being a great representation for the era outside of being an easy gateway to talking about western values around racism and sexism, which is boring.

[@pilotmanpaul]

Unlike Yasuke who had extremely very little written about him. Pilot William Adams has records upon records of his battles and achievements under the Tokugawa. He is not some nobody, the guy fought and earned Fiefdom and the rightful title of Samurai as he got his own land, servants, and house.

[@m.j.e.5245]

@@chucklebouf5379 Mind read much?

[@BrandonHeat243]

​@@chucklebouf5379 It's just such a waste. If they wanted to use a historical figure for once there are SO many more interesting options. Like imagine a Musashi AC game? That could be awesome(if they put actual effort into it). But no. They pick a generic G-Boss character and the most token token historical figure they could possibly pick. So dull.

[@CHIQUIZO]

70 bucks for the "base" version is INSANE

[@MuggleKarp]

It'll be 80 in another 1-3 years.

[@bri4498]

not really. games get bigger, better, the budget is huge, take more time develop, and there's also inflation, etc. Gamers want to pay the least possible, but ask for more. So no, it's not insane. Nes and snes games would also be $70. I'm not saying it's not expensive.

[@GetIsekaid]

Corpo Simp keep throwing away your Money.

[@RaceBandit]

​@@MuggleKarp| The way we're headed, AAA will crash first.

[@RIPmofo]

Elden Ring was 60 dollars, bro. I hate how expensive games are nowadays but every fcking game is expensive now, why you all crying over this one with a black character? or the other one with a girl character?

[@komandage73]

Can't wait for Ryan Gosling to play Black Panther.

[@Omegeddon]

You do know Yasuke was actually black right? lmao

[@cardassa]

I want Forest Whittaker to play Joe Biden.

[@secretname2670]

@@Omegeddon black panther is a title, which implies anyone can hold it. It would be racist if your skin color mattered for the title. For the sake of diversity let them cast a white man in the middle of wakanda! What are you, racist?

[@letmebemad]

Ubisoft casts DEI shield

[@indianastoned8234]

It's super effective!

[@dontspikemydrink9382]

racist

[@octavianpopescu4776]

@@dontspikemydrink9382 I don't know if it's a matter of racism, but people do think that the American DEI thing is more prevalent than it actually is. They're seriously overestimating its importance. I'm European (like Ubisoft who are French) and the only things related to DEI that I've ever seen, even working for an American company, were a few emails that I and everyone around me ignored. I've never had any DEI training and if I didn't watch US news and if I weren't aware of Americanisms (aka culture war stuff), I wouldn't even know what DEI meant. People do assume before they check or think and what's worse, they think they know, that their assumptions are the same thing as knowledge.

[@Lil.Lon3Ly]

Yasuke the first diversity hire

[@bebrochka8113]

​@@octavianpopescu4776cry about it

[@doomspud6302]

Nioh: Makes Yauske the "Obsidian Samurai", and everyone loves it. AC Shadows: Makes the main samurai character Yauske, and everyone hates it. You know what the difference is? Intention. Nioh made Yauske a samurai because it fits the entire over the top historical fantasy setting of the game. Its much cooler seeing a giant black guy in samurai armor smashing Yokai with a massive axe, than simply serving as a sword bearer for Nobunaga like he probably did in reality. Nioh is filled with exaggerated versions of legendary people from Japanese history. None of them are particularly accurate to the real historical accounts, because that wouldn't make for nearly as fun a game. Plus, the game is full of Yokai, which also don't really exist. But its clear that Ubisoft only made the main player character a black samurai because of modern day politics. Not because its historically accurate, or because it makes the story more interesting, or anything like that. Because if they wanted that, there are a million actual Japanese characters they could have chosen as their main character. But instead, they chose the ONE black guy that MIGHT have been a samurai. Plus, according to people that worked on the game, the main character was originally going to be Japanese, and it wasn't until very recently that they changed him to Yauske. That makes their intentions INCREDIBLY suspicious. And, just like with the little Black Mermaid, and all the other race swaps over the lest few years, the criticism deflection effect is a very nice bonus. Because no one can hear you complain about the real problems when everyone else is screaming about racism.

[@x0gucx]

I saw a post of r/askhistorians where someone listed when Yasuke was written to have gotten boons like a samurai and had the strength of ten men. With context, it honestly means nothing because oda was also described to be generous and loved wrestling so Yasuke could've just participated in that. What scriptures say "he was loyal and a retainer" if a historian who tried to argue he was a samurai can't find this infor.ation to back it up, where tf are all of these people getting it from?

[@rKhael53]

This

[@hiiambarney4489]

It's also because he is not the MAIN focal point. Like he wasn't cherry picked specifically to make political statements either.

[@vincentwolf1456]

Um. In NIOH first of all nobody "loved" him. Second, he was just a minor character, an extremely easy boss. MAIN character was a white guy. So how about they go and make a white guy (William Adams or w/e) a main hero instead? That'd be much more welcome, I don't think even Japanese would object. As for your suspicions of agenda... LOL. Yeah, it's painfully obvious.

[@dly2138]

No it’s a valid criticism. Along with the rest of the criticisms towards Ubisoft. People are tired of this crap.

[@FindTheFun]

These are the same people who tried to cancel Ghost of Tsushima for literally nothing and the Japanese actors had to come to Sucker Punch's defense...

[@lIlIlIll-kg2cm]

I want to see a Japanese actor get casted to play Tupac in a movie.

[@kevinblackwellwelder]

MLK JR was actually white.

[@ashplattsii1fan92]

Rupac

[@viktoriyaserebryakov2755]

@@ashplattsii1fan92 They can pronounce 't'.

[@ashplattsii1fan92]

@@viktoriyaserebryakov2755 idc it's funny

[@nestormelendez9005]

I wanna sew tom cruise play black panther

[@legionofanon]

Physicians everywhere coming to defend this

[@ogremair803]

😂

[@HarryTwatter]

That's good lore

[@quipsilvervr]

Prepare for the startling influx of Physicians and blue-hairs that are suddenly experts in Japanese history.

[@aSSGoblin1488]

glad ubisoft revealed so much racism with just a trailer

[@m.j.e.5245]

Imagine caring so much about the skin color of someone in a video game.

[@Acoto]

Funny how none of the people defending the DEI replacement of a Japanese male MC with the only black man in thousands of years of Japanese history is actually a native Japanese person themselves.

[@RaveSault]

DOntcha know? Asians are "white adjacent" now and are no longer deemed an "ally". Clown world...

[@dreadtrain2846]

I've seen a couple White guys pretend to be Asian, that was cool lol.

[@TNTspaz]

Self Hatred in Japan is just as bad as it is in the US. It's just a lot more muted. People forget that Japan went through a lot of the same culture revolutions we did around the same times. Just under a drastically different cultural context. A lot of the same movements exist in Japan or even originate from Japan.

[@Allustar]

Of course not, because these people that are defending Ubisoft take potshots at Japan all the same.

[@Oni_Kami_]

- Funny how the people defending this game are the ones that complain about japanese media (anime/manga) on a daily basis - Funny how the people defending the game never cared about Japan's history until it became a matter of diversity - Funny how it's the same people that believe on "cultural appropriation" but this time they don't see anything wrong with what they are doing The list just goes on and on...

[@jamosiusjam99]

Its not even about the race. Its about the agenda being pushed down on us. Game studios need millions of dollars to develop a game, but they prefer to borrow that money from cheap sources like ESG companies. ESG companies are something like banks, but their interest rate is very low, BUT in order to get a loan from them and have your interest rate so low, your inclusivity in your game needs to be high. Thats why Sweet Baby Inc. companies exist, because companies like ESG ones employ them in order to make sure that the inclusivity is present in the game upon release. Its twisted, but game studios still undergo this procedure as it is still profitable.

[@gerardopadilla2666]

The fact that no one seems to know "retainer" means every, single, kind of servant of a household even when the word is a rare case of it being almost perfectly translated is just sad. Hell, even the wet nurse would be considered a retainer. And am I the only one who is going to point out that no matter how you want to spin it, the guy was just under Nobunaga's protection for roughly a year, that's not enough time to make someone learn martial arts. You'd have more success putting a backstory with him being a former warrior and having a native African battle style than a Samurai!

[@mostpolitebot1464]

became known in history for being Nobunaga's retainer... that he lost interest in pfffffft hahahahahaha 🤣🤣🤣

[@Killer36661]

Fun fact, in Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Sir Hanush's retainer was killed during a bandit raid. His job? He bred and kept horses for him.

[@niox1920]

Yasuke was a samurai in every single way other than being directly stated to be. While retainer can refer to every servant of a household, he literally wasn't. He wasn't paid the wage of a servant, he was a warrior employed by Nobunaga as one of his personal guard, his job was to be Nobunaga's personal spear-bearer. He received everything all other samurai of the time had, a sword, a stipend, a job, and a house. The only reason he only served under Nobunaga for 15 months is because Nobunaga fucking died.

[@gerardopadilla2666]

@@niox1920 What you just described is him being a Samurai IN NAME ONLY at best (if he even existed). A cosplayer Samurai perhaps, if he had any value as a guard, it would've been as a meat shield due to his physique but nothing more. In that year he would've taken months to graduate from "exotic pet" to "hey would you like to learn how Japanese martial arts?", and even if he was allowed to train at that point, he wouldn't have made it far before falling back to a slave and be forgotten in history. Again, if you want to say he was a "legendary warrior", you'd need to paint his backstory as being formerly a warrior, using his native weapons and fighting style, not, as a Samurai. In modern martial arts terms, he barely would've graduated from white belt, mind you.

[@paintorian2064]

​@@niox1920only to tickle his master ego more. He was not a warrior, and his place has given him quite a lot of protection *within* Nobunaga house and in his domain. He was a toy and a funny possession for eccentric noble. There are few actual white samurais Japanese even built statues for and have festivals in their name. Actual samurais that learned language, participated in campaigns and battles, got families. These are cool. Not Yasuke

[@MrDevilFlash]

So, I guess that part from the Assassin's creed: "Hide in plain sight, be one with the crowd." Is merely a suggestion. Pretty sure a 6'+ tall black samurai will have some challenge to hide in plain sight. Especially in a series of games that always chose a native to respect this creed.

[@TheCheeseMovesSideways]

Tbf a guy wearing a hooded white robe with an obvious contraption on his arm isn't exactly subtle either but this is Assassin's Creed after all. I wouldn't put it past them to come up with an excuse for a black man to "hide in plain sight"

[@MrDevilFlash]

@@TheCheeseMovesSideways That's quite true for the first games, but most of the games from the series were more subtle with the attire. The first game took place during the crusade in the Holy Land, we could argue that a white and red robe could blend around Crusader Knights in a much more religious setting. Brotherhood took place in Italy during the Renaissance. Not totally out of place either. And then, from AC3, the attire combines the recognizable hood with clothes that blend quite well. We are far from a black guy 3 heads taller than the rest of the people in a feudal Japan. I mean, Nobunaga kept Yasuke BECAUSE he was a curiosity.

[@sevenapollo6882]

To be fair, at least he's a samurai and not an assassin. That would go against his entire code.

[@emilianocastillejos1330]

@@TheCheeseMovesSidewaysthe first games assassins were so drippy they blinded others 🔥🔥🔥

[@baalorck]

there are 2 playable characters that you can switch from, yasuke the samurai, and naoe the shinobi. So your wrong, get your facts straight buddy.

[@sensen6883]

Remember guys, regarding Yasuke, you can just check Japanese people reaction and opinion in the JP trailer version. They know their own history better than us.

[@m.j.e.5245]

They actually dont, Ive spoken with japanese people who have not heard of the nanking incident.

[@yummychips_]

@@m.j.e.5245 Very nice. Bringing up a horrible massacre to argue against JP doesn't know history that predated it. So what you are really saying is the west needs to tell Japan what their actual history is right?

[@frosty848]

@@m.j.e.5245 Ok Racist

[@piotreus5631]

very bold statement considering the knowledge of average japanese about ww2

[@42smash36]

doesn't matters what they think, it's a video game fiction, still gonna play the game, it is what it is

[@xxxx85]

Reminder: If you buy the $70 version, you are *not* protesting against having a $130 option. You are in fact *supporting* having a $130 option, by saying you are perfectly fine with it. You encourage companies to do this to more games, because they still get your $70 anyway, while also getting the $130 from the people they can get the $130 from. Same with for example waiting until the game goes on sale and you can get the $130 option for a normal price. You still encourage the company to start with releasing it for $130. Same if you play a P2W game while "only" buying the Battle Pass because you're fine with a Battle Pass. You are not protesting against P2W, you are encouraging it by saying you are okay with it. The only way to protest against shit like this, is to not play the game.

[@linegross2969]

So true, unfortunatly people are stupid and will buy it just like they did. with 250 Dollar eft Beta edition.

[@KrissNaramon]

I'm gonna be honest with you. I'm tired of following the crowd, and I will buy the game if it's good and not if it's bad

[@wienersmcbutts]

I couldn’t give less of a shit. If I want to play a game, I’m gonna play it.

[@Tazza19931]

If it looks good and the reception is generally positive, I'm picking up the standard edition. I think that's the mindset of most.

[@secretname2670]

Oy vey! Shut it goyim. You are lowering our sales with your facts and logic!

[@Guntfarm]

Fun fact: The black Samurai was dressed in armor as a joke, instantly surrendered without fighting, and was enslaved again. Not once did he actually fight anyone.

[@Jack_the_Rizzler69]

If he even existed. Nobunaga was a prolific writer but never once mentioned him. The texts that mention Yasuke also have a lot of other debatable wacky stuff in it.

[@kaiserstritz136]

Well, japaneses scribes back in the day would tell otherwise based on their writing.

[@censoredcitizen3479]

@@kaiserstritz136LOL show me this original "Japaneses scribes writing"

[@pilotmanpaul]

​@@kaiserstritz136 "Fróis wrote in the annual report of the Jesuits: The black man understood a little Japanese, and Nobunaga never tired of talking with him. And because he was strong and could do a few tricks, Nobunaga took great pleasure in protecting him and had him roam around the city of Kyoto with an attendant. Some people in the town thought that Nobunaga might make him as tono ("lord") A black man whom the visitor [Valignano] sent to Nobunaga went to the house of Nobunaga's son after his death and was fighting for quite a long time, when a vassal of Akechi approached him and said, 'Do not be afraid, give me that sword', so he gave him the sword. The vassal asked Akechi what should be done with the black man, and he said, 'A black slave is an animal (bestial) and knows nothing, nor is he Japanese, so do not kill him, and place him in the custody at the cathedral of Padre in Portugal." This is history. Nothing more, nothing less. And its true that Yasuke would not know how to speak Japanese. He wasn't even in the country long enough to learn the language.

[@cheesecake7159]

He run away leaving his master to die. Well that is a disgrace for samurai

[@reportimortal]

Yusuke was a curiosity to Nobunaga. Nothing else. They didn't even gave him a surname like all samurai and Ubisoft is painting Yusuke like a extremely honorable samurai. The worst part is that I would love to play a game about Yusuke with some "romantic touch" to his history to make him more interesting, but not this ideology garbage.

[@hafirenggayuda]

While Yasuke treated like vassal and accompany Nobunaga everywhere, he likely not allowed to participate in direct battles. Not because he's weak, but more because Nobu don't want to risk losing him

[@dethaw6926]

Historical fiction is cool but when they make it so that you cant tell which parts are history and which parts are fiction then thats definitely a problem Ex.) George washington (history) fighting vampires (fiction)

[@reportimortal]

@@hafirenggayuda yeah, he was probably stronger than most average japanese men, but it was more like he didn't want to risk losing his "curious item" that could do chores, in my opinion.

[@reportimortal]

@@dethaw6926 I rly don't care. I would probably like to play a Yusuke like the one they're doing, but knowing why Yusuke is being used as a character ruins everything. It's basically a ideological slave that they can use as they want, just like slave owners did in the past. Ironicly.

[@pilotmanpaul]

​@@Simply.DustinBecause Pilot William Adams actually had records of his battles and many achievements? Like we knew he owned a House, Servants, was given Fiefdom, and led his own people under Leyasu. Yasuke on the other hand had none of this and is actually funny how miniscule was written about him and he wasn't even a blip on the radar.

[@Poisonedblade]

"Remember when Yasuke taught Musashi Miyamoto how to use a sword?" - Commies after reading the Wiki's 40,000th edit.

[@snintendog]

"wow he ushed in the reiwa period AMAZING!" I shit you not i have seen this said already.

[@ВладимирБабичев-ц3ш]

Sounds almost like Warhammer 40.000 :D

[@kyodarkness9243]

​@@ВладимирБабичев-ц3ш "Yasuke always been Musashi's master"

[@ВладимирБабичев-ц3ш]

@@kyodarkness9243 Reminds of a picture: Black Master :)

[@gazz3867]

There's the famous quote of when Yasuka went "It's samurai time!" and samuraid all over the place. Let me just fix that in the wiki.

[@1InVader1]

To those who would want to know who Yasuke actually was, go read non-English sources. English Wikipedia may have been ruined but Japanese Wikipedia still has all the correct data on Yasuke with sources. Terminally online americans can't ruin that one, because they only speak English.

[@Grissbane]

Yasuke was a slave, oda thought he was funny, dressed him up like a samurai, made him carry shit, he never fought in a single battle.

[@taags]

Its just sad how black americans have no history of their own to be proud if so they have to steal others. And White liberals will just play along.

[@ayanithtalreign]

Never trained in anything. You don't learn sword, bow, and Japanese military customs as a slave in a year.

[@orwhynotrandom]

​@@ayanithtalreign ubisoft is giving "i dont care what they tell you in school the samurai was black" energy

[@anon1403]

Yasuke was a retainer. Not a slave. He was treated well, and was even paid. He was given a house and a sword, and was eventually made a page. He was not a samurai, and was not a slave of Oda's. He did in fact fight at least once, after oda died if we're to believe Luis Frois's account.

[@thinkwithvideos2238]

​@@anon1403 But he never fought battles in WAR. Which this game is clearly getting wrong.

[@malcolmliang]

People defending $130 game then complaint about "corproate greed" Yes it really does take two to tango

[@Adam-sd2ow]

"Just on the anti capitalism march before I go back to my huge house and play my $130 game on my $2000 gaming PC" Hasan Piker

[@Jupiter__001_]

​@@Adam-sd2ow Piker is a millionaire grifter.

[@infernocop31]

@@Adam-sd2ow Hasan Piker is a terrorist. There is people like vaush that are just losers but arent dangerous to society. Hasan incites to terrorism ever day.

[@95onimusha]

You can defend some aspect of the game and criticize others...also, we always had multiple versions like this at launch, why people are freaking out now? Literally any aaa game in the last 15 years had a standard version and a gold/deluxe one

[@VoidHxnter]

@@95onimusha It's not that there's multiple versions, it's that these newer versions are *MUCH* higher than what the industry standard last was. It wasn't even a gradual increase in price, it was a sprinting long jump.

[@RyTrapp0]

Saying they made the character to attract attention and distract from the pricing scheme is giving them far too much credit

[@thisisfyne]

You underestimate Oobisoft's willingness to 1) comply to "insert current trend" and 2) design any and all ploys allowing them to maximise profits off minimal new creative endeavor

[@xNazgrel]

It's so typical Asmongold to avoid take a position on a controversial matters by pointing to the "real issues".

[@iekue]

Well yea these editions are nothing new lol, they been doing those for more then a decade already lol. Its insane ppl act like they are some new invention.

[@senirusazam1045]

Not only they're defending, they removed the part which confirmed that Yasuke wasn't recorded as a samurai or a warrior in japanese historical records

[@Posilepton]

My biggest issue with the character is the hair. There's no fking way anyone had dreadlocks in feudal Japan.

[@angellara7040]

Dreadlocks are easy to make. Vikings had them and theyre several hundred years older

[@danielantony1882]

He didn’t have it, he came to Japan with it.

[@cottonandballs]

@@angellara7040 It's not about how hard or easy it is to make. It is the fact that people in different regions have different standards for what your hair should look like. You wouldn't expect an honorable samurai to have dreadlocks. There are just traditions you must follow unless you want to be humiliated. You have to remember that this is the Feudal era and not the modern time, people weren't open minded in that era.

[@danielantony1882]

@@Selendeki Yeah, probably. I was just trying to be neutral on Ubisoft. I’m still going to be, ’till gameplay is revealed; but yeah, your guys’ suspicions are just as valid as any other.

[@Fem-dp9we]

Aint no way u have a problem with character hair. "The first people to wear dreads were probably cavemen. We researched the first evidence of the use of dreadlocks: The first piece of written evidence dates back to 1500BC; it is brought to us by the ancient holy Hindu texts called the “Vedas”. (Source :Dreadlocks History - DreadLab)

[@NoNamoono]

I just love how they went on going "unracist" to straight forward, back to racism. It really kills me, its gotten to a point where it is just funny. Japan setting, one black person in that time recorded Ubisoft: "do the black one!" Legendary how they bend their minds

[@Nib_Nob-t7x]

You could use that same logic on Shogun, but nobody did, for reason it seems to only become forced diversity and bad when it’s a black character.

[@abcdefbcdefg8352]

so how does this singular black assassin blend in around all the much shorter and much fairer skinned peoples of japan? its ok, check out this assassins creed eagle dive!

[@Jack_the_Rizzler69]

@hivemind8817 Yes. So?

[@rickycool6083]

@@Nib_Nob-t7x No we can't. Because the context is completely different, time period is completely different and so is the argument, also acting like DEI applies to white people when it doesn't and thinking people are stupid enough to not notice, nice try but it won't work.

[@Dyno2999]

@@Nib_Nob-t7x there are people who are literally just being racist, I'm more pissed because it's obvious what ubisoft are doing here. we've seen it everywhere lately with people including people of colour, lgbtq people etc etc. Ubisoft and other companies will add them not because they care but because they want to include them for the sake of looking more inclusive and such.

[@booo8042]

The ending 💀

[@762x69]

Literally perfect, lmao

[@salado1944]

Wait what? i understand complaining about the prices and different editions but Yasuke was a real guy, No he wasnt a Samurai of course but Assasins creed always took a lot of liberties in their stories. Saying that Using Yasuke is wrong because he is black is straight up racism when the guy actually served Nobunaga just like William Adams served Okugawa. Clarify about what you are complaining, Yeah ubisoft sucks and they can keep all of their nasty +100$ editions to themselves

[@mrniceguywinkyface1524]

I am straight up racist

[@salado1944]

@@mrniceguywinkyface1524 Bro same, i personally prefer watching Formula 1.

[@deni4l164]

Imagine being a japanese fan of the series, waiting impatiently for the game, just to realise that the main character isn't even japanese.

[@Poisonedblade]

Imagine being a norse fan of the series and waiting for Valhalla, and seeing that your Viking Village is only 25% white dudes.

[@harlemstruggle]

Really? Thats ridiculous. ​@@Poisonedblade

[@erfarkrasnobay]

Somehow I see more americans "offended" for japanese

[@emsiskills235]

@@Poisonedbladewhat else you want them to be ? They were Nordic ?

[@lovelylemonfactory]

​@@emsiskills235you should try reading that again

[@Kat1kafka]

Finally represent an Asian country in a triple a assassin's creed game and they put a black man as one of it's protagonist instead of a Japanese man. A historical character too,considering that all previous assassin's creed protagonists were not based on historical characters,that's what gave it away that this is nothing more than a checkbox

[@chucklebouf5379]

Yeah, dunno why he's not just a relevant NPC like DaVinci. If you want to use him for something, just do that.

[@orwhynotrandom]

​@chucklebouf5379 exactly if he was a major character that was a close friend of the main character id love that make him in every mission thats fine but id prefer the main character to be someone not actually real

[@simonealcazar816]

Guess what! You get to play as JAPANESE WOMAN as well. There you go. You definitely not gonna have a problem with the game now…..🙂

[@cardassa]

Not to defend this controversy or anything but I think Ninjas and Samurais were much more popular on mainstream media than AC. They are.not hurting for representation.

[@danielantony1882]

@@simonealcazar816 You can only play as ONE Japanese woman, not several.

[@DeltaDragon79]

Not planning on buying it. Very sick of companies pushing revisionist history then calling you a racist if you don't like it.

[@bebinsect]

All of AC has been revisionist history, it is fiction.

[@laurelkeeper]

The guy was really real and fairly well-documented, covering his story in a game seems a fine angle to take.

[@CaribbeanAzure1]

You fucking are though, nobody even said the game is going to be historically accurate.

[@maharaja101]

It's a game series with fucking space aliens where you fight a Minotaur and and a Medusa. Did you boycott Nioh too?

[@acceptablecasualty5319]

​@@laurelkeeperIt's just okay. I think what sets people off is how obivously Ubi is grasping at straws to get a Black main character, as if being an Asian is somehow lesser.

[@Nightfall2077]

"A character that's really controversial" and it's just a black character. The problem is that this shouldn't be controversial to begin with. The game being $130 is obviously also a problem. Two things can be true at once

[@ZurAxYT]

I lost faith in Ubisoft 😪🤝

[@Vaguer_Weevil]

I used to like Ubisoft, but now Ibisoft

[@thecompanioncube4211]

You had faith in that hot pile of garbage?

[@AncestorEmpire1]

Ubisoft died after AC Rogue and Black Flag.

[@MoistYoghurt]

Damn this late? Lol, but actually though, they've been bad for a while

[@PALACIO254]

You had any?

[@user-hd1ul6od2x]

The funny thing is, the whole idea that he was a samurai only came from later depictions of him, which were heavily romanticised. In reality, he was a serf and Nobunaga basically kept him as a joke. His whole job was carrying things for actual fighters. They only dressed him up in samurai armour because they thought it was FUNNY. The only time he was in a battle, he surrendered immediately and was effectively banished from Japan, so he was enslaved again.

[@kdesikdosi5900]

you're not going to see that on wikipedia lmao

[@phillipp5538]

@@kdesikdosi5900 What they do have is pretty funny in and of itself "A black man whom the visitor [Valignano] sent to Nobunaga went to the house of Nobunaga's son after his death and was fighting for quite a long time, when a vassal of Akechi approached him and said, 'Do not be afraid, give me that sword', so he gave him the sword. The vassal asked Akechi what should be done with the black man, and he said, 'A black slave is an animal (bestial) and knows nothing, nor is he Japanese, so do not kill him, and place him in the custody at the cathedral of Padre in India"

[@user-hd1ul6od2x]

@@kdesikdosi5900 well, not anymore due to the edit war happening

[@shimazmunshi6595]

u say that but what u just said has no evidence

[@user-hd1ul6od2x]

@@shimazmunshi6595 actually, there is evidence for this. In actual historical writings by one of the Jesuits who actually brought him to Japan, it clearly details everything about him. Hell, prior to the announcement of the ass creed game, it said that it's important to note that Yasuke was NEVER a samurai, according to historical sources, and that came from romanticised accounts from after his death.

[@TyrantsRuin]

Its exactly the same as Star Wars Outlaws pricing models, I do wish people would talk about it more

[@iekue]

I mean... its the exact same as AC Origins, Odyssey, Valhalla, the Avatar game, etc etc. Its not some new thing ubi is doin, stop acting like it is.

[@U2B4U]

I have to say Asmondgold called it. Reading these comments and seeing he was 100% correct. Everyone is focused on Yasuke and no one cares about the pricing.

[@mrniceguywinkyface1524]

Because nobody in their right mind would ever consider buying an AC game after they realized how bad the first one was.

[@Kenhnau_reeves]

Tbh, I expected AC Shadows to be about Nobunaga as a templar and Mitsuhide as a Undercover assassin. Imagine the final battle on burning Honnoji temple. Instead we got this shit.

[@RIPmofo]

They revealed the plot with Yasuke and Naoe a long time ago dude, like 1-2 years ago. No fcking idea where you got that idea.

[@Kenhnau_reeves]

@@RIPmofo idc about those two.

[@epictoe7179]

There’s no hope for humanity

[@Aluttuh]

Yes there is. Watch europa the last battle.

[@johnsai4074]

yes there is, stop looking at doomposting content

[@adityaadi2116]

There never was mate

[@NetBattler]

Stop blackpilled,many people are fighting against this nonsense

[@HarryTwatter]

Nah just libs

[@Sig509]

They are stretching the Yasuke story so hard xD. The guy was a Portuguese slave from what is today Mozambique. He was a servant. When Nobunaga first saw him, the ordered him so strip to the waist, and scub his skin, because he did not believe he was black, but dirty / painted xD. They guy was like a mascot / novelty "item" in Japan of that time, and Nobunaga BOUGHT HIM from the Portuguese, and after his death he was sold on further. Dude was not a "samurai", but a "retainer", which means that he was given a house, perhaps a village, or a part of it, and cash / stable income. It was a for of rewarding people. ut yeah, lets make him a samura, and main character. They are shitting on thousands of years of japanese history, and there are fools defending that xD

[@niox1920]

do you realize that samurai are retainers? He was employed as one of Nobunaga's guard and was his personal spear-bearer.

[@excalibro8365]

@@niox1920 "He was employed as one of Nobunaga's guard and was his personal spear-bearer." That didn't happen, don't lie. He was treated like a curiosity, almost like a pet.

[@Sig509]

@@niox1920 every samurai is a retainer, but not every retainer is samurai

[@niox1920]

@@excalibro8365 this isn't something you can go "nuh uh" about you ignoramus. Call it a lie as much as you want, the records we have on Yasuke show he was employed as Nobunaga's personal spear-bearer. He had his own sword, own house, got paid a stipend (the same stipend as other guards, not the stipend of servants) he had all of the same stuff other samurai had. Maybe he was treated as a curiosity, but a pet? No.

[@BlackSabbath628]

@@excalibro8365 It's not a lie though. Whilst he was a curiosity, Nobunaga saw him as a trusted friend can gave him a short sword and a house, and often accompanied Nobunaga where ever he went. Such is mentioned in the Shincho Kouki, or Chronicle of Oda Nobunaga. So yes, he was one of Nobunaga's guards and was more than just a pet. I will agree though that people seem to think that Yasuke was much more important than he actually was. He was never named a daimyo, nor was a front line combat nor commanded soldiers; he was just one of Nobunaga's closest buddies. I think the only time it's ever been mentioned that Yasuke fought was after Nobunaga's death, where he engaged Akechi's soldiers until he was eventually convinced to surrender by one of Akechi's vassals.

[@BlackHawk21ification]

It's weird, but I have to admit, for once I agree with the deranged things that inhabit Twitter, there is no reason to hate on Yasuke being shown as a samurai. 1- You shouldn't expect historical accuracy from a game about reliving the past through a machine and DNA. 2 - assassin's creed series was never one to respect historical fact, like middle east themed assassin in 1800s London? 3- You still get to play as a samurai (which was what everyone one wanted) 4 - Yasuke did exist and serve Nobunaga so him being a samurai is still within the realm of possibilities that COULD have happened. As asmongold predicted, gamers are hating on the game (rightfully so) FOR THE WRONG REASONS. 130$ That's crazy, I could almost get 5 other game for the same price, heck during summer sales that are coming I could get 10 other games for that price, monster hunter is 9.99$ on sales that's 13 games... '

[@BlackHawk21ification]

If the game was sold 50 or 60$ it would have been possible for me to think about buying it. Regardless of DEI garbage, I can mod it out if needed. They get their quotas, we get a good game, all is fine, but damn 130$ is crazy, ubisoft made the Mc black to make you swallow the pill of the price. Headlines are gonna be talking about gamers being racist instead of ubisoft scamming the customers. Y'all got obviously hard baited and you still bit the effing bait.

[@Raii_Chu]

I haven’t purchased a Ubisoft product in 15 years. Feels good. The air is fresh and the sun is warm.

[@Cakalank]

last one is black flag. after that they are all trash. especially with Ubisoft so adamant with using their "better" design philosophy for open world that as soon as you unlock the main quest, you are bombarded with 1000 icons on the map.

[@ΤάσοςΚαυσοκαλυβίτης]

@@Cakalank I think that the last Ubisoft game I "bought"/played was Rayman for PlayStation 1, during the previous century ahahaha

[@mystoganlarsen1351]

same here! after my last game i buy ubisoft was Rainbow six siege when they coming out in like 2015 at december if i remember right..

[@calmsouls4502]

Afro samurai was well received. But then again Afro samurai wasn't trying to be "realistic."

[@Goldmask-lm2sy]

that the different between them and ubisoft hahaha.....one is good written story another....it trying to rewrite story....

[@hafirenggayuda]

Afro Samurai wasn't trying to force some political ideologies

[@SekiberiusWelkesh]

Afro samurai was also just what it was, this simply has a black samurai for the sake of a political agenda.

[@simonealcazar816]

@@hafirenggayuda What political ideology is Ubisoft trying to push for a character that was based of a real person? That other Japanese artist used that character in their own works. Tell me smart guy. What is this message?

[@hafirenggayuda]

@@simonealcazar816 ooh, I wonder what? You're the smart guy here. Tell everyone there's no political ideology whatsover about Yasuke. With evidence too

[@misteryamato]

Still no historical evidence he was a samurai

[@TheCheeseMovesSideways]

True, but Wikipedia is at it again lol

[@juupajuu60]

yep. and its the opposite. there is evidence he was not

[@yabito]

Afro Samurai is not canon??

[@kidkodex7696]

Why does it have to be historically accurate tho. Who cares if it’s a white dude or some African.

[@kibayaiba3893]

As a Japanese, I was very interested in African culture. And so I did research to find traces if there were Africans in Japan in the periods between 1500's and 1700's. In the National Library, where you can find all the documents from the history of Japan, a bit like X-Files with the files etc. Gathered in one place. All in one place. I don't know how to say it in English, but hey, I'll do my best. I found documents about Yasuke, but not much, just a page that talks about his history and the letter he wrote before he left Japan, it was said that Nobunaga found a person chained by the Portuguese Who has the power Stronger than a bear And that he had the ability to be able to knock down 10 people at once. near the harbor and Since Nobunaga was a person of great curiosity he wondered why he was chained. Asking lots of questions to the slaver. He decided to wash him He felt A little bad to see a man treated like this and to see him so dirty But in fact He understood that his skin was black And that's where the first Japanese to meet an African. And so nobunaga. decided. to keep him as a bodyguard. since he was very very strong and he never separated from nobunaga. and nobunaga. asked him a question, what's your name? l 'African said to him, "I don't have a name. So I'll give you one. Your name will be Yasuke. And now that I have set you free, you are no longer a slave. You are my bodyguard. And you will always be close to me. Now that you are with me. There will be no one to humiliate you. Because you are my bodyguard. And little by little, we'll get to know each other. Nobunaga gave him everything he needed, like a house, food, bath and everything. And that's why Yasuke was so fascinated by Nobunaga and he was so loyal, the loyalty of a warrior Who never left a second Of Nobunaga.From time to time, he liked to talk to him. even in private. not every time. because nobunaga was literally the highest status of the country of japan nobunaga was a military commander of feudal japan from the sengoku period to the azuchi-momoyama period in japan he is one of the three greatest heroes of the sengoku period.He was a busy man, and yes, Yasuke was there, but not outside, close to Nobunaga. Nobunaga killed himself during the Honnō-ji Incident in 1582, when his retainer Akechi Mitsuhide ambushed and trapped him in a temple in Kyoto, upon realizing he was surrounded, he committed seppuku. Nobunaga was succeeded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who along with Tokugawa Ieyasu completed his war of unification shortly afterward.Yasuke was there, he wanted to fight at the side of his beloved Daimyō But Nobunaga don't want to see Yasuke tied up with a chain like a slave again So Nobunaga decide to give him freedom.For black person Do you know what that means, that's crazy, you know that's? Wow, that's beautiful And then when he got there, man to him. To save Nobunaga family first So he gave him a boat. So he can escape. He made a promise, To him. To live his life happily, He was invited. You should go back to your country And promise me To have a good life And then he disappeared, Some people say he was returned to his own country. He left as a Christian monk and I love this story, I really do. Nobunaga is the only one daimyo to have freed a slave. a samurai,no but he was a Yojimbo. He was considered more of a guest than a samurai. And according to my father, he tells me he's not a samurai. And that, too, I agree with. As if you invited someone and the person who invited him was a really high person in society. And that he had privileges that were real privileges Luxurious by Nobunaga I am Japanese and my wife is African, but she is no longer in this world. I wanted to share my opinion about the game. ubisoft mentioned the accuracy of the story in the Assassin's Creed series. But the problem is that the setting like structures, houses, nature, objects - everything is bizarre and not Japanese but Chinese And the protagonist, Naoe, doesn't look Japanese but has more the ethnicity of Vietnamese or Korean or Thai.she looks like liu kang swap gender And this is the problem I have than others. If the idea is to create a game in the correct environment and Japanese traditions settings And that has to be done properly, in my opinion. The problem with Yasuke, I think, is that we Japanese expected more of a representation of a famous shinobi or samurai to represent the land of the rising sun. And I think if we wanted an African protagonist, I would have liked it more if it had been set in a traditional Mozambican environment with an African protagonist. More importantly, this is the first time that Ubisoft has decided to use a main character as a historical figure rather than a secondary one. And I think that's what created the controversy that's going on right now. We Japanese love African culture and I lived 10 years in Africa in Senegal, Kenya, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and I speak French too and if you really want to know what is the real beautiful story between nobunaga and yasuke ask to me and I will tell you the truth story about this. I'm more concerned about being able to fight against an issue that is much more important than the ownership of their country in video games. Years ago, for business meeting, I met a woman named Sachi Schmidt-Hori who wrote a book called The Tales of Idolized Boys: Male-Male Love in Medieval Japanese Buddhist Narratives and Ubisoft choose her as a historical writer but the problem is she is writing a book on a religious and the DSM-V subject I think it would be better to focus on this subject because it is very important and if you want of de preuve you can please watch the video of the asmongold talking about Sachi Schmidt-Hori AND the title of the video called "Ubisoft has officially lost their mind. ."

[@Sedona_FD3S]

Redditors will see one art piece of Asia with a dark person and draw an entire reality from it

[@facundomontivero2299]

Wouldn't that be Twitter? Isn't Reddit the polar opposite? Where they're all a bunch of racists and incels?

[@Sombody123]

They can also just race swap too.

[@cardassa]

And only Americans would make a big deal of it.

[@acewmd.]

@@cardassa I take it you haven't actually gotten any other perspectives on this and are very American yourself, would explain why you said this.

[@MW_Asura]

@@acewmd. This is very much an American (and Canadian) thing. Sorry

[@no-bodymr6419]

People thinking Tom Cruise character is portrayed as Western samurai in The Last Samurai, clearly never watch the movie. He never a Samurai, but a witness, a story teller.

[@Adam-sd2ow]

And more importantly a mega star used to open up the Samurai genre to US audiences and launching two very successful careers in the US for two of the Japanese stars of the film, who weren't known in the US at that time. So basically done for money and marketing, not diversity and Inclusion. Money and marketing being the main focus of movies for years.

[@johnjackson9751]

He wasn’t a samurai officially, but are we going to act like they didn’t accept him in that film, and that he didn’t fight alongside the samurai as one of them?

[@FlameOfRoyeca]

@@johnjackson9751 I never felt like he's a white savior in the movie. Just an outcast that have to prove himself and face the resentment of the family of the man he killed. It was a great movie. He fought alongside them but throughout the movie he just acts as a mediator

[@thebatman8864]

It's astonishing to learn, how many people never understood that movie.

[@Gn3rd]

@@johnjackson9751 An outsider becoming a respected part of another group should be the holy grail of culture exchange. So what's your point about Cruise fighting with the samurai?

[@F1rstNameLastName]

Yasuke wasnt even a proper samurai, he was a servant that was treated as a pet to the friends of his master.

[@guywholikesgoodmusic]

He was a retainer, which is basically a freelance samurai for a lesser clan. He also fought several battles under Nobunaga and even defended his heir when one of Nobunaga's other retainers betrayed him.

[@simonealcazar816]

@@guywholikesgoodmusic That doesn’t fit with their racist agenda against the evil world spanning DEI Sweetbady Cabal.

[@ravenousbasilisk5120]

@@guywholikesgoodmusic although that's about what i've read from the wiki, after coming to know how OFTEN it was edited recently ... i don't feel so confident about this

[@guywholikesgoodmusic]

@@ravenousbasilisk5120 I read about it off sources that originated before the game's announcement. You can read for yourself directly from the source Wikipedia pulled the info from, or you can find the sources elsewhere. People really just hate the idea that a black person could've been a samurai. It's disgraceful how much bs people are making up about it. In fact, on the subject of the Wikipedia page being edited, I have zero doubt in my mind that people swarmed his pages to shame him as opposed to elevate him.

[@tacoislove]

The historically accurate telling of Yasuke... He was like the daimyo's Butler. Never was givin the rank of samuria. In fact if he ever handled a sword he would have been killed on sight

[@acceptablecasualty5319]

He was a Retainer, meaning he was permitted to carry a short blade for self-defense and as a status symbol.

[@richarddo7881]

@@acceptablecasualty5319 yea but still no samurai. Japanese law at that time stated only Japanese can be considered eligible to receive the Samurai status

[@ZEN03_]

he used to be hired as a literal body guard ☠️🫵🏾

[@ZEN03_]

@@richarddo7881except nobunaga took him in and taught him their ways

[@richarddo7881]

@@ZEN03_ keep coping. Official title does not elevate him to Samurai status lmao. Sorry to hurt your feeling but in the Japanese eye he was just a pet to show off to other warlord

[@RmnGnzlz]

I don't care, I still want to play as a Japanese dude in a game about Japan.

[@ministryofwrongthink6962]

0:35 "Yasuke revision history" sure is a pretty damn poignant title for this entire ordeal

[@excalibro8365]

Yasuke won't be a problem if he was just an NPC like Da Vinci and George Washington, even though Yasuke still is nothing compared to those historical giants. He could be an agent sent to Japan disguised as a slave with a secret mission to give information to the Japanese Assassin's branch about the location of an artifact of something. This way it doesn't really interfere with his little significance in real known history, because it's not supposed to be known. This is just one of many scenarios that can put a black man in Japan without being too in your face. The DEI push is so stupidly obvious. There is no way a black man could walk the streets of feudal Japan without turning heads from a mile away, let alone be a stealthy assassin.

[@mafiefakbar5791]

Yes 1000% agree. I'm okay if he's just side character like Basim in Valhalla then gets his own AC Mirage. I've always wanted to play badass Japanese Ezio since AC 2.

[@95onimusha]

Tbf, there will be probably zero stealth gameplay involved in the samurai part. We will do all the stealth with the kunoichi

[@juupajuu60]

100%% this

[@juupajuu60]

@@95onimusha isn't that kinda ruining the point of these games tho lol

[@TheCursedCat1927]

​@@juupajuu60 I mean, to be honest, Ubisoft basically lost the point with Odyssey and then doubled down on it...

[@p.v.lonoikeassa6419]

isnt assasins main thing stealth and hiding in plain sight, i dont think black man in feudal japan is really stealthy and quite conspicuous

[@TheCheeseMovesSideways]

The last game was about a viking tribe. The stealth part of AC was long gone before this

[@federicofilippini6780]

The problem isn’t just over 100 dollars, as someone that was interested in Japanese history years back and particularly focused on nobunaga, yasuke is someone nobunaga bought from the portoghese out of excitement over the new and foreign however he did treat yasuke really well and trusted the man, however he never did give him any actual significant tittle apart from being a non ranked body guard do to his stature and physic being way bigger and taller and the one to personally carry a lot of nobunga’s weapons around where he went, nobunaga’s reasoning for him to be a body guard of his was Preaty simple: if i have this mountain of a man with me people will probably think twice in doing dangerous actions against my person. He wasn’t a samurai but he was allowed to carry weapons as an unofficial body guard to him, and for those that don’t know being a samurai is a tittle mostly inherited but it can be given to people that aren’t, but very rarely this happened and this is mostly to people that distinguished them selfs like toyotomi hideyoshi which was just a peasant that made sandals for nobunaga that however distinguished himself later in military action as such being granted the tittle of samurai. The reason to be worried about this isn’t the presence of yasuke per se but the fact that even outside the game people are trying to do revisionist history about it by changing stuff like wikipedia saying he totaly was a samurai when he wasn’t, my proof? Various books including u known a book that was written by another foreigner that was around the court of nobunaga at the time, also for the Wikipedia changing shit just use the wayback machine to confirm what I am saying it’s Preaty easy to do, like just go back a month of two and text there will already be different. The problem isnt yasuke but the revisionism that they are trying to pull even outside the game.

[@Besend522]

"interested in japanese history" and "Samurai title mostly inhereted" doesn't match my dude. Pre 1600 and especially Sengoku Jidai is one of the prime example of lower class citicens becoming samurai (Guess the period Yasuke and Hideyoshi lived in). The only period you had to be born in high society to become samurai is post Hideyoshi. Which is ironic. I think these rules were lightened around 1800s and you could buy a rank of samurai once more, but it was expensive.

[@federicofilippini6780]

@@Besend522 do u not read what u quoted? I said mostly, mostly dosnt mean what u said aka had to be nobility to be samurai hell, right after after I gave the exemple of toyotomi but I also might add that it wasn’t a super regolar accurance it was rare to be granted the tittle of samurai but it happened however my point is in most historical sources of the time, yasuke is at max granted tittle of bushi, someone that is considered a warrior but not a samurai, later the word bushi and samurai became synonyms cause of the toyotomi and Tokugawa reforms in class where to be a bushi u also had to be related to a family of the samurai class , being a samurai entailed more than just being a warrior, it came with way more stricter obligations , oaths and also land it its Preaty much was elevation to a nobility status, which by historical source yasuke wasn’t,so read In full before pulling akctually moment, i know of the restrictions imposed by toyotomi on the chance of becoming samurai also if we have to be real specific the Tokugawa after toyotomi Preaty much cemented that nobody could move from their social class. Also no in the 1800s the restrictions were not loosened much at all only after with the power struggle between the shogunate and the emperor started to brew that they started to be lax on who could consider themselves samurai

[@JustFunnestCH]

In the anime a Darker then black, Russian guy was presented as a huge black man. And as a Russian, I absolutely didn’t care about this, since I knew that this was their creative vision, and not an attempt to score ESG points. But if that were Netflix's movie, I'd be pissed.

[@Shiirow]

yeah its less the act but the intention behind the act that usually matters more.

[@onebear6504]

Wholly agreed. 💯

[@TheShadowFox1]

Thats my favourite show of all time, amazed someone referenced it, its super underrated. Its one anime you can watch sub and dubbed as both are done great.

[@stll01batt]

historical consultant: " my grandmother told me Cleopatra is BLACK " HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@RtsFps1]

The truth is this isn’t pandering. You guys just hate seeing representation of black people unless it is “in their lane.”

[@IcemanCT]

*Vote with your wallet.* Please, no one buy ANY games using this villainous pricing scheme.

[@BasketCase-rr7tx]

All they are doing is charging you for the game and the DLC in one go instead of seperately. Wouldnt call it Villainous. Games have been doing it for years.

[@abcdefbcdefg8352]

pirate the game

[@IcemanCT]

@BasketCase-rr7tx Except the prices are higher. And it is *Day 1* DLC, which means it's not extra content. It is part of the base game behind a paywall.

[@TNTspaz]

@@BasketCase-rr7tx I think it's just the very idea of the day 1 DLC and presumed want for the DLC in the future. Justifying the upfront charge for it. It's pretty manipulative and most won't return for the DLC. Hence why they want the upfront charge. To avoid the drop off. You feel like you are getting a worse product for the cheaper price cause it excludes the day 1 DLC so you buy the more expensive one and they present it as if they are giving you a deal for the future DLC. When normally by the time you remember the DLC even exists. It'll be cheaper or given free somewhere. It's also normally just be a handful of extra missions that all suck. The value isn't there and they don't even make an attempt to provide details for what value they may be offering. Hence you just have to make assumptions about what content will come in the future. Someone's presumed value will always be more than the actual value. It's basically marketing 101. Ffs, they didn't even give a gameplay trailer before presenting these packages. Which is the most scummy part of it. It's kind of genius in a way cause they could literally provide nothing and nobody could do anything about it. They never gave any details. Games doing it for years doesn't justify the bad practice but it definitely allows them to normalize it.

[@BasketCase-rr7tx]

@@TNTspaz I mean, if people buy the $130 edition and dont actually want the DLC then I would say they are idiots and thats not anyone's fault but their own. Youre also wrong about the size of the DLC. The Assasins Creed DLC is usually pretty substantial.

[@Thecarlid]

Can't wait for people to judge the vid without watching it.

[@reiangossling6395]

Twitter screencaps of this one minute and sixteen second video accusing Asmon of being racist being posted as we speak

[@orwhynotrandom]

​@@reiangossling6395 can't wait to notice the complete lack of red bars

[@keystrix3704]

There's a historian of samurai and ninja literature named Don Roley that gives a very good breakdown of this Yasuke figure and the myths around him. I recommend giving it a watch. It's pretty sad to see that Yasuke lived as a token trophy and is being used in a similar way once again.

[@riddhenduguhabiswas4774]

I actually give zero f*cks about a black character as a samurai, in the end they have creative liberty, they spent money it's their product. My only issue is with Ubisoft Quebec, they made Odyssey, and that's the only game which is far from AC, had the worst parkour, clunky as hell and didn't even have a hidden blade. Don't keep your hopes high.

[@NirodimosNeedAKing]

"We were samuraiz and shiet"

[@naughtiousmaximus7853]

Literally

[@Jewishpatriot1]

das rite *smacks lips*

[@Hirome_Satou]

The thing I don't understand is that if their goal was simply diversity; why they didn't just make a character that looked like they were from Southern japan, Kansai region, Ainu, or some other local island native from the southern region of Japan, you know, where the dark skinned Japanese people are from. I mean, I guess I do understand, it's DEI initiative that only ever seems to benefit a few certain groups of people and always aims to erode the diversity of Asians and white people.

[@TheCursedCat1927]

Because we are talking about Ubisoft, who have proven time and time again, that they completely misunderstand how any of this works. Let alone, the talk about diversity is just bizzarre, because we are literally talking about Japan - like that in on itself is already a diverse region. And instead of actually using that fact to their advantage, Ubisoft are pulling their typical crap again. Not to mention, that using Yasuke isn't even an issue in on itself - it's how they are doing it. Yasuke could have been used perfectly as just an NPC, who we meet at the beginning of the game - make him the Brotherhood's agent, who was sent to Japan undercover to deliver the Japanesse Brotherhood informations and locations about Artifacts - and then just make him your ally, so that his actual history isn't thrown out the window (like Ubisoft are already doing), while keeping him a somewhat active member of the story. Like come on, Yasuke was literally just a minor footnote in the history of the entire region, and they make him into some major character here - but in the past Ubisoft used much more important historical figures, and they had no issue in giving them minor sidelined appereances...

[@MoustachioFurioso83]

This is diversity in the Californian meaning. There is no nuance in ethnicity or culture. All asians are the same in every way. You've seen one, you've seen them all, no need to add more. Africans and suburban Afro-americans? Also basically the same, right? And let's not forget that all europoids are icky.

[@Rws4Life]

An Ainu protag would have been so cool!

[@Philip7710]

@@TheCursedCat1927undercover as japan’s only black guy? I don’t think that woulda worked too well either

[@TheCursedCat1927]

@@Philip7710 Undercover as a slave. That's what happend in the actual history - he was a purtuguese slave, who was sent to Japan and bought by Nobunaga to be his servant. They could have reworked that into making Yasuke an undercover agent (not a spy), who was smuggled onto the ship and sent over there with informations regarding Artifacts located in Japan. I'm not saying he would be undercover all the time - only that he would have been sent to Japan as one. Then he would act like a normal NPC side-character, working with Naoe, just like Leonardo would with Ezio.

[@isaaccooper862]

Anyone who spends $70-$130 for this game is an actual fool

[@zadesirius]

not even worth pirating.

[@justascaredpussycat1869]

@@zadesiriusActually not even worth our time to just look at, lmao.

[@TheCheeseMovesSideways]

Why is this practice even a thing? They're literally doing social experiments with us at this point because this is insane, borderline stretching the acceptable standards

[@TheCursedCat1927]

​​​​@@TheCheeseMovesSideways My friend, you just answered your own question. Ubisoft are doing it, because they are trying to pass it off as being a new standard - even tho even other developers and publishers in the industry are laughing them off about it. Add to that the fact, that Ubisoft is just straight up delusional, and you start to understand everything. Like heck, they truly believe that players "should get used to not owning the games they pay for" and that Skull & Bones - a f_ckin disaster of a project - is "a new AAAA type of game" just because they paid a ton of money to make it (meanwhile it lacks features and mechanics that are standard in AAA and even AA titles). Not to mention that their "AAAA" game "Skull & Bones" has essentially been a perfect example of how to not make a video game for the last 10 years straight, and the final product was just the final nail to that coffin...

[@MemekoASMR]

why do people conveniently forget there is literally a japanese woman as the other main character, even if there wasn’t, who gives a shit? It’s not meant to be historically accurate, the pope didn’t fist fight an italian dude, ancient egyptians didn’t ride chocobos, there has been so many variants of “white man becomes samurai!” in media that this honestly isn’t even that big of a deal, if the story is done in an interesting way that is all that should matter

[@hail_2_u321]

Leave multi billion dollar company alone!

[@thecompanioncube4211]

Criticising them is billionairist.

[@simonealcazar816]

Nobodies defending Ubisoft as loyal simps. People are disproving blatant culture war germs pretending this is some DEI nonsense you unstable freaks complain about.

[@zgliu8018]

List of games that actually represent Japanese histories: Ghost of Tsushima, Rise of the Ronin, Like a Dragon Issin. Not saying Yasuke is inaccurate in history, but for a game series that has always been representing a culture, Yasuke is just so niche

[@YK36Deadezio]

Rise of the Ronin... with Jules « The Best » Brunet.... Im french..

[@shinpai_uwu]

The Ghost of Tsushima represents a great fantasy for sure, but no way it represents any correct Japanese history. The creators of the game mentioned it more than once that they changed the historical settings of the game to make the game cooler.

[@rKhael53]

List of games for the badass asian male fantasy : Sekiro, Ghost of Tsushima, Trek to Yomi, Shadow Tactics, Total War Shogun, Yakuza Ishin, Nioh 2, Rise of the Ronin, Ninja Gaiden, Onimusha, Tenchu..

[@seb24789]

Ghost of Tsushima is based more on Kurosawa movies than actual history. The armor and weapons are all 200 years too modern, most mongol invaders died in a storm and Jin Sakai didn't invent ninjas or chemical warfare.

[@SnowRaver-p2v]

I see the disgust from japan. You get a game based on your culture, the company Cherry picks a single foreigner from history, distorts that history, and has that character killing Japanese... It's not a good look. And i can't imagine it will sell many copies in japan.

[@AnOwlfie]

It's like rock paper scissors on their woke social hierarchy. Black man > asian woman > asian man. If the asian man had been gay or trans maybe he could've been a main character.

[@Asdqazasdqaz]

Man, if I was Japanese and wanted a cool samurai character in a big game. This would make my heart break. They had only one job..

[@RaifSeverence]

There's a reason this was made after Ghost of Tsushima...

[@Zalazaar]

The female main in Odyssey was the most historical fiction MC in any AC

[@shadysorkin9214]

You literally go to the field of reeds in assassins creed origins but ok.

[@adi9456]

Kassandra was the GOAT, she was so fucking awesome

[@ricardohoang8452]

Dear Zalazaar, they won’t bring her back 😢

[@KrissNaramon]

​@@adi9456badass and beautiful

[@REDLINE4WD.]

The more this is spoken about the more free press the game gets. Its fucking sad. What's worse is people (including myself) have waited over a decade for an AC Japan and we have wanted a cool Japanese character protagonist but were called racist. Racist for wanting a Japanese lead in a feudal Japan themed game.

[@Poisonedblade]

You are being called racist because you don't want a one world communist technocracy. Anything or anyone who doesn't fall in line will be called names.

[@leblancattire5951]

unfortunately, You're indeed rascist if you find the color of the main character upset you. its disappointing I know. They trapped you with their main character decision.

[@acceptablecasualty5319]

​@@leblancattire5951You know what's racist? Erasing japanese history for the benefit of another ethnicity

[@MuggleKarp]

​@@leblancattire5951 So if the main character was Japanese, are you calling everyone who would've liked more racial diversity there a racist? The sword cuts both ways...

[@leblancattire5951]

@@MuggleKarp if you're upset about it, yes.

[@gundamdetractor337]

no one got a problem with the main character being black. one of my favorite games is GTA San Andreas, which got a black main character. nothing special. nothing special enough to cost $130.