The Assassins' Creed Shadows Hate Makes No Sense..

[@studio96films65]

I still hate Ubisoft’s insane over pricing.

[@marcikarcza4598]

That's sadly like that nowadays, buying the game on amazon for 10 bucks more is actually more worth it than on their website, cause you get almost everything from the gold edition

[@EmperorDxD]

Why its the average price for all games

[@TheNature904]

I hate these gaming prices in general

[@studio96films65]

@@TheNature904 they’re absolutely criminal

[@justhomas83]

The Ubisoft pricing structure is insane to me. I am going to wait six months for a 50% off season sale or something like that. I want to play this game not at 75 plus dollars.

[@Darth_Bateman]

5:45 She's such a good Ninja, the audience cannot see her.

[@mbphilipblack8993]

People are so fixated on Yasuke, that they are ignoring half of the game being, Naoe. A Kunoichi a freaking female shinobi, Perfect for the stealth sections of the game. Not to mention her being a woman makes her unsuspecting and underestimated. Shinobi has meanings/connotations of stealing or hiding away hence it connection stealth.

[@sweetcaroline9424]

Coming from someone who isn’t left or right wing.. I don’t understand why the skin colour matters so much. Can I just enjoy this game (that looks genuinely amazing but we’ll see on release ig) without people either getting pissed off, or glazing tf out of the fact that a character is Black. 1) To the woke people: Shush 🤫, a game is not suddenly better because there’s a racially diverse guy in it. Stop acting as if different races can ONLY relate to people who look like them. It’s possible to play a game without someone of your own race in it, and it’s possible to relate to someone who doesn’t match your ethnic description. Stop pushing for racial diversity in stuff that doesn’t need it ✋😐. Stop getting “offended” or feeling “misrepresented”. 2) To the Right Wingers: Shush 🤫, no one cares that there is a black person instead of an Asian person in a video game. Does it impact gameplay? Does it make the story worse at all? Does it effect literally ANYTHING other than make you upset because “he skin to dark 😢”? NO. You lot talk about how woke people get offended over everything but Jesus Christ look at yourselves. Some of you must be loyal AC fans and you’re not buying it because a character is black… wtf has happened there. Yk in the gameplay we’ll only see his back anyway right? Conclusion: Both sides need to lighten up, it doesn’t matter what skin tone a character is. If a diverse person is in a show where they “shouldn’t”, who cares if the show is still good. If a diverse person isn’t in a show at all and it’s super whitewashed, who cares if the show is still good. Unless there is some sort of messed up stuff behind the scenes of a show or game or whatever like underpaying or unjust conditions then we should all just be allowed to enjoy a good piece of media.

[@THUGPUTIN]

Finally someone... Best example is resident evil 5, For left wingers : resident evil 5 cannot have a remake in 2024 because it's insensitive for black people having white guy Chris killing blacks as zombies... 😂 For right wingers : it's not racist.. It's fine.. Assassin's creed shadows, For right wingers : it's insensitive for japenese people having black yasuke kill japanese people.. For left wingers : it's not racist, it's fine..

[@chillghost2413]

People like you have the best logic. Skin colour has no impact on games. AC Shadows has some brilliant gameplay and offers a promising story. I don't understand the bull**** that comes out of peoples a**es

[@PrinceOberon87]

Exactly this.

[@montagne4976]

Nobody has a problem with black people or women. CJ,Lincoln Clay,James Heller, Lara Croft, Ade wali, Bayek, Ellie, Evie Frye etc etc. These are all beloved characters, the issue is Ubisoft making s**t games and hiding it behind politics shoved down our throats.

[@SymbiSpidey]

Nah, I was old enough to remember when San Andreas came out and MANY people were complaining about having to play as a black guy. They even made mods to turn CJ white

[@letstaljbga4049]

Then why dont you wait till the game is actually out before you shittalk a game that literally noone has seen any gameplay yet..... its literally just the Characters and the Time and Place that is known and you already be hating on it because the game is shit????? Yeah sure

[@jghifiversveiws8729]

Yes they absolutely do we've been through this before. It seems like not even a month ago people were complaining about a Black mermaid being on film.

[@burniejarvis9298]

​@SymbiSpidey I was around then to, and it was just a tiny minority of loud ass hats.

[@metalheadforlife8928]

​@SymbiSpidey Bs, its one of the most beloved OG games from that era. This ubisoft political crap is different and has a huge amount of hate because of it, doesnt compare to the few people who had an issue with cj

[@onlyenzoYT]

“Black wash, white wash, mouth wash, body wash”😂😂😭

[@Darth_Bateman]

"Still Nigga" -Kanye West, probably.

[@takeocello]

確かに。 信長は弥助の肌を洗わせた、と日本の史料に書いてあります。

[@fightingcat3419]

rewriting history is always bad period for example before the trailer wikepedia said that yasuke was not samurai but now it said that he his.

[@panwu6602]

Yeah, they actually changed it on Wiki so people could use that as some sort of argument and go "see??! He WAS a Samurai". Cringe.

[@somexfoolery5519]

Everyone knows not to use wiki as a source. Should of learn that in middle school my boy

[@DG_427]

They just made it more clear, because if you look at the edit history, it says that he was a Kashin. "Kashindan (家臣団) was an institution of the retainers (kashin) of the shogun or a daimyo in Japan that became a class of samurai."

[@pumkinfamely4963]

1984.. all people in the world should read this book

[@onemoreminute0543]

'rewriting history is always bad' hoooo boy do I have some news for you about the AC lore

[@Miles_305]

People complaining about the historical accuracy in an AC game is insane to me😅

[@ardi1606]

Tell that to Japanese govt. Lol

[@TommasoPrevedello]

@@ardi1606 never happened its was a single politician that has no credibility within the japan gov

[@Frylock2234]

​@@ardi1606the rest that was ine guy and the rest of the government said it's not our problem. Lol

[@ArisenDD]

Main characters in every Assassin's Creed game have always been fictional characters based on their country of origin. Any historical figure has always been a side character or supporting character. Now, they have made an exception for this game to have a real person, an African man in a Japanese land setting, as their main character. They claim he was a historical legendary samurai who was only in Japan for 13 months. without any surname or wars and battles to his name. He was only a retainer or helper for Oda Nobunaga because of his unique skin at that time. If you say all AC games are fiction, then why make a real person the main character and change history ? Why can't we have both characters be Japanese ?

[@Daud-ix4tm]

It's a token piece idea. I mean did they pick Yaskue because of history interesting and the boring or they just picked him because you know skin color. I mean did Ubisoft pick him for his history or background seriously does anybody think Ubisoft's first thought was his actual history and not his skin color.

[@Ghost_-nz5dy]

Yeah, this comments and accurate because here’s the thing regardless of his history. It doesn’t matter. This game series has always taken a different route when it comes to portraying history you ever heard the term historical fiction. Also, it’s a sci-fi game series at the same time of course it’s gonna be historically accuracy. It doesn’t matter. It’s an alternate version of our history. Told three different lens, if you’re playing this game for historical accuracy, then no offense but you played yourself. You’re a fool. Second, no not every character in this franchise is from the setting in their game, Edward is not from the West Indies. He’s a white man a pirate Ezio is an Italian man who is running around Istanbul in revelations that’s not his hometown. That’s not his culture. Eivor another good example. She’s literally a foreigner who moves from a different country. Sure, we start out in Norway her home country but it’s such a small section of the game. It doesn’t really count. If you’re gonna try to make an argument, at least do a little more research

[@Daud-ix4tm]

@@TheBruhdah it's more of me not trusting Ubisoft really caring about the actual person and not seeing just his skin color as some sort of token piece. Yaskue seems rather cool in real life just worried that he's being used

[@RecordedMercury]

​@@TheBruhdah You're fucking lying to yourself lil bro ☠️ stop the cope and just say you love worshiping black men lmao

[@RecordedMercury]

​yeah man he was DEFINITELY A SAMURAI. And it was definitely interesting. You know? How he never fought in a battle? Do you ubi fanboys get your political and historical lessons from Netflix?@@TheBruhdah

[@Fade2Black50]

It's not the fact that they have a black man as the protagonist it's about why they have him as a protagonist.

[@ka-qn3ub]

Su and don’t play the game if you don’t wanna play as a black man so bad

[@OmenLamb]

Brother if you detest it so bad don't buy the game it's that simple.

[@kinadabambino6872]

Bs, it’s purely the fact that he’s black😑

[@Fade2Black50]

@ka-qn3ub see this is why we can never get along because you are not listening or understanding what I am saying and your getting fired up.

[@theminecommanders8013]

But why is making a black lead a problem for any reason?

[@0nepotential]

You make some good solid points, we’re basically arguing about first world problems to be honest but as much as I hate to admit it, I do see a nefarious agenda being woven into modern games, movies, and other forms of entertainment. I’m not saying everything is a red herring but how many times can you spot a coincidence before you see it as intentional?

[@JabamiLain]

Ah ! Someone reasonable who sees the middle ground ! About time !

[@TheNature904]

I do believe there are media that are guilty of this. I just know that this trailer is not one of them. All I’m seeing is that they took an idea of a black person in Japan and implemented it into the game, who is not even the complete main character. Now if the story turns out to be on some woke stuff I’ll agree but that’s something we’ve yet to see.

[@ka-qn3ub]

It’s always woke when black people get involved to some people

[@HK47_115]

Yeah, that agenda is called money. They don't care if you're gay, straight, right, left, whether your shit stinks or smells like roses. All they care about is that that money is green and everyone has it. And they want all the money.

[@The_Omnipotent_Lurk]

@@TheNature904Source: trust me bro 🤓 „i just know it“ „i have a feeling“ yeah right

[@MrSiloterio]

Assassin's Creed 1 - set in Holy Land. Protagonist: Syrian Assassin's Creed 2 - set in Italy. Protagonist: Italian Assassin's Creed 3 - set in America. Protagonist: Native American Assassin's Creed Black Flag - set in West Indies where Pirates of different nationalities gather. Protagonist: Welsh Assassin's Creed Unity - set in France. Protagonist: French Assassin's Creed Syndicate - set in London. Male and Female protagonists: British Assassin's Creed Origins - set in Egypt. Male and Female protagonists: Egyptian Assassin's Creed Odyssey - set in Greece. Male/Female protagonist: Greek/Spartan Assassin's Creed Valhalla - set in Norway/England. Male/Female Protagonist: Viking Assassin's Creed Mirage - set in Baghdad. Protagonist: Arab Now why can't they do the same and have both Male and Female protagonists as Japanese when it's set in Japan?

[@wafu1577]

It's funny how you conveniently skipped assassin's creed revelation where it's set in Constantinople, Turkey, where the protagonist is Italian and not Turkish 😂

[@MrSiloterio]

@@wafu1577 so you're saying we should go back 13 years ago and regress the standards set by AC Syndicate onwards?

[@TheNature904]

I don’t think not having an Asian male protagonist specifically is a crime in this situation

[@MrSiloterio]

@@TheNature904 yes it's not, but really peculiar.

[@BradLad56]

​@@TheNature904 Of course it's not a crime but it doesn't fit with how AC has created it's protagonists over the years. Yasuke can be a main character, he just shouldn't be one in Assassin's Creed due to being a historical figure, which should put him in the supporting cast to be fair.

[@lip124]

"Nothing is real, everything is permitted" -The Creed, the irony

[@_shivers]

Using bad historical fiction to justify more bad historical fiction is definitely ironic. 😂

[@lip124]

@@_shivers The game is nothing but fiction, not sure why these people are mad about welcome to gaming NPC's.

[@VodkaPandas]

@@_shivers It doesn't wat Mr. Miles? Match up with what you read on an online encyclopedia? What's your high school history teacher taught you? Let me ask you something, do these supposed experts have access to secret knowledge kept hidden from the rest of us?

[@ddjjj33]

Really good thoughts! However, I don’t think the uproar around this game is isolated to this one release. It’s the compounding pressure of numerous releases being negatively impacted by militant DEI agencies. If this game had been released without all the rest of the crap going this year or the past 5 years, people probably would complain but it wouldn’t receive this much backlash. Still, I think you made a good point. If they wanted to put a black guy it, just say that. Don’t try to come up with an elaborate cover story. I’d disagree that it’s not woke. By the admission of its own developers, many are afraid to say anything for fear of being fired. They have one of the most aggressive DEI departments in the industry. The last thing I’ll comment on is the “if they made an African game and made the person white” part. I don’t black people would be good with a Black Panther game with a white protagonist even if they included a black female on the side. And if the developers were like, “we just wanted a white guy as the lead,” you better believe people would be livid. Enjoyed the vid though bro. Thanks for bringing it to the public space for discussion!

[@jaymca730]

Theres plenty of historical references to Yasuke being the only black samurai. There's a statue of him in Japan. Thing is there are not a lot of records about his life beyond his arrival and time with Oda Nobunaga. So all this hate is crazy. Im more concerned that Im going to jump for an assassination and fall through the map

[@jtl-1539]

Black wash, white wash, body wash, mouth wash fuckin got me.

[@ぴるぐりむ-c2w]

侍と忍はアジアのものではない 日本のものだ

[@minjod]

I don't care about Yasuke being black. I'm just happy we have a female ninja and a samurai. And it's in Japan. Let's just hope the gameplay is good

[@thatguy5494]

Ture

[@Jameswebbtelescope7484]

Idc what y’all say. But Yasuke looks SICK! in that samurai armor.

[@mookiestewart3776]

Our guy is DRIPPED OUT!!

[@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it]

@@mookiestewart3776 OUR GUY .... hahahah . youre responsible for +50% crime rate in the world

[@millyxz7173]

I have no prob with Yasuke but tbh, Im kinda dispointed on how Ubi try to tell a story. I kinda want Yasuke to be an assassin from outside JP who been capture as slave by Templar. Then after Yasuke be with Oda Nobunaga, He try to help some random kid from war then teach them about world outside Japan(brotherhood and Templar) then teach the kid to be an assassin(ninja) now we have Yasuke who are not Samurai but doing thing behind the scenes for fantasy part. Then if the game is really good(story part) they can make DLC about Yasuke and I bet everyone who buy it gonna be people who really want to play as Yasuke. now everyone happy.

[@roman2164]

3:53 It doesn't matter if she was black. Writers have always taken creative liberties with mythologies. Disney's Hercules is an example. First, in Greek, it was more Heracles. Hercules is the Roman version just like Jupiter is the Roman version of Zeus. Heracles wasn't born to Hera and in fact, it is why he had to change his name to Heracles. Zeus and Hera weren't as good as portrayed in the movie. Hades was not evil. Stating that Hades is evil because he is in charge of torturing people is like saying an executioner is evil for killing people. The point is that there were a lot of creative liberties taken in Disney's Hercules and a lot of other media, which is completely fine. Although I wouldn't choose to use creative liberties to race swap characters like the Nordic one, it is what the company in charge of God of War chose to do and shouldn't be considered wrong. There are no creative liberties used in portraying Yasuke as a samurai because there is no evidence answering the question of whether or not he was a samurai so we don't actually know if he was a samurai. Ubisoft choosing to portray him as a samurai is just filling in the blank so it wouldn't be considered as using creative liberties. Using creative liberty is changing what is already known, not filling in the blanks.

[@HardHatDagu]

Samurai Warriors 5 has yasuke as a playable character and that studio is japanese😂no outrage what so ever

[@chriscolombie4135]

It’s funny they having this conversation now when in the first game there is a literal female Templar during the fucking crusades, if you know that time period you know there was no way in hell that shit was happening 😂 that was the first game , we boxed the fucking pope but yasuke is the problem now?

[@JabamiLain]

They addressed it though. They showed the entire cast shocked at Maria's existance, emphasising how unusual it was for that time for someone like her to be a Templar. In this game, they could have at least mentioned how unlikely it was for this man to be a samurai. There could have been a build up to it. Maria got a build up. It was explained her original master took pity on her, and how, being a less traditional Templar with unorthodox beliefs, decided to give it her a shot.

[@TheNature904]

@@JabamiLain that’s a bit unfair considering the story of Shadows isn’t out yet. What’s to say that Yasuke doesn’t have a decent explanation?

[@JabamiLain]

​​@@TheNature904fair enough. But the developers didn't even try to use that example, so there's no proof they're going to use it. They didn't with Angrboda. If you're gonna race swap, at least present an interesting reason, like saying Angrboda is the daughter of an African goddess with a Giant, or her human form maintains her Giant's color skin. I wouldn't have a problem with that.

[@Travelvision2020]

​​@@JabamiLainy do ucare Asians don't care their defending it tired of u yt fragile cry baby's

[@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it]

you guys are delusional. black ppl looking for their happiness. why dont you stop appearing in policeactivity gopro cams and lower that crime % in the world

[@luciferverone]

We want japanese character to represent Japan, thats all. Its not hard to understand. And the backlash is deserved since they are literally representing japanese culture through someone who isnt japanese, didnt belong there neither was he an integral part of the countries history, he was just there for 15 months, wasnt a samurai but a bodyguard who was given the title of samurai, didnt know the language or history enough and here we have him in full samurai outfit fighting japanese people. Like who thinks thats ok?

[@ka-qn3ub]

You just don’t want a black man as the main character if he was white yall wouldn’t bat an eye and yall are forgetting 1/2 of the MC is Japanese

[@Travelvision2020]

Who wants a Japanese character yt boyz lol cuz the Asians are defending this 😂😂😂

[@edi5663]

there’s a female japanese protagonist. just play her

[@luciferverone]

@@edi5663 ofc thats everyones response, weak and lame.

[@TheNature904]

@@luciferveroneJust like how everyone’s complaint being that Yasuke wasn’t a real samurai?

[@vincelupo8419]

I also could care less if someone does change the skin color of a character when they make it a movie/show/whatever. WTH does it even matter? We're all just people man. Born into whatever situation we're born into. Let's say they remake Back to the Future some day and cast a black kid as Marty McFly. So what? (ok you'd probably want to make the parents black too so he would look the part.) I'm fine with that. Perhaps they were casting and found a perfect new Marty but he wasn't white. So they pivoted. Is that really a problem? Only... maybe. Perhaps if you consider 1955 america and segregation it might be. Then again, this is fiction anyhow. Make it your own timeline/universe. In that universe, that happened. Especially considering we might live in a multiverse with so many possibilities, I'm fine with this. Now, if you're going back in time to a "historically accurate" 1776 then maybe you should try to nail all the details. Then again, it's never going to be perfect anyhow. Maybe you ended up with some great actor who might have an Australian accent he can't completely hide that's playing George Washington. Suspend your disbelief for once. And enjoy. We all know it's retelling of an event. They are going to get stuff wrong. What matters more? Having fun watching a movie or nitpicking the details? Did they use the right shade of red on the brit uniforms? Did they have the right kind of swords and muskets? Or did you enjoy watching a movie in the theatre and get thrilled by the action, the jokes, and the emotions? Enjoy your life. Just try it some time.

[@Untame678]

Fact 🎉

[@obiwanshinobi87]

Yasuke being a samurai is innacurate.... but the Borgia pope being a Templar is accurate... lol ok

[@GH0-S-T]

I know right 😂 And Altair definitely soloed the battle of Arsuf in 1191 What a time for folk to speak up

[@Darth_Bateman]

Funny thing is, its not even inaccurate. These people literally don't know Japanese history and can't figure out the differences between Edo and Sengoku periods.

[@obiwanshinobi87]

@@Darth_Bateman Yup.. They don't even know what retainer actually means

[@tp1saikou]

@@Darth_Bateman In the first scenery part, there are cherry blossoms(happens in spring), rice pads filled with water(a summer thing), tall brown grass(an autumn thing) and cranes (they come to Japan during the winter). They just crammed everything they know about Japan in one scene. Plus, samurais don't walk in the streets in armor. Same as the chick. Females don't carry swords especially on their backs🤣

[@Quick-stealth]

Dats called dumb of finest hypocrisy my friend

[@EmperorDxD]

This is actually not a yearly release Ubisoft now has 2 teams 1 team makes the big assassin creed games the others make smaller once like mirage and then there a 3rd team that makes games that we don't know

[@tylere9715]

They’ve had two teams working on assassins creed ever since syndicate. And they added a third team for Mirage

[@SSJ2Phenom]

It's cute that y'all think a Samurai is a Samurai because of battle. It's also cute that y'all think a "retainer" means slave. Hey, when you pay a lawyer a "retainer" does that make them your slave? Ridiculous. Yasuke was a high ranking Samurai in Nobunaga's inner circle. He was given a stipend, a home, land, servants, and a room in all of the castles that Nobunaga controlled. He travelled with Nobunaga and was considered by many at that time to be one of Nobunaga's personal guards. Did he get that position because of his imposing size and skin color? More than likely, but that doesn't change the FACTS. Which is that he was a SAMURAI and he is historically accurate. There is artwork from that time period depicting Yasuke. There is a statue that still stands today that historians believe to be a statue of Yasuke. The most important fact out of them all though, ABSOLUTELY NONE OF THAT MATTERS. Those of you upset that Yasuke is in the game would've been upset regardless of the context because it is only about his skin. If Yasuke were not in the game then y'all would be upset that the main character is a female and would probably be calling the game Assassin's Creed: SHE-dows or something. Y'all aren't happy unless you have something political to whine about. Stop being disingenuous and just come out and say it. You'd get more respect that way.

[@MisbehavedLiberty]

People aren’t mad he’s black. People are mad he’s not Japanese. Look at the games to this point; Assassain’s Creed: Italian MC AC 3: in North America, Native American MC AC Orgins: in Egypt, Egyptian MC AC Odyssey: in Greece, Greek MC AC Valhalla: Viking Age, male or Female Norse MC AC Mirage: in Mesopotamia, Middle Eastern MC AC Shadows: feudal Japan, black MC If you don’t see the problem there there’s no helping you

[@MisbehavedLiberty]

@Yaphunter your point defeats itself. 16th century Constantinople was the capital of the Ottoman Empire and one of the largest and richest fin in oak and merchant centers in the world, literally where East met west. It was full of foreigners. Likewise, the Caribbean was full of foreigners, many of them pirates/privateers working for, at least nominally, European governments. There’s nothing unusual about those protagonists, whereas Shadows is clearly a DEI insert. Japan of the time does share any of the characteristics of a Constantinople or Caribbean, it was an insular country distrustful of outsiders. To shoe horn in ‘representation’ is colonialism on the part of the white devs that made the game. They’re telling the Japanese that their stories don’t matter because this one time for fifteen months an African stood around. Uh huh.

[@yorhahoudini4531]

@@MisbehavedLibertyIt’s almost like the game is fictional alternate history. Regardless, Yasuke *did* exist in Japan, and he’s the first character to be based off someone who actually existed. However, this is likely only due to the obscurity of his life, making him the perfect choice. Also, you do not speak for the Japanese. Also, what does Constantinople being a cultural Mecca have to do with not creating a native protagonist? Bayek’s story literally took place in EGYPT during Roman occupation, when ALEXANDRIA, one of the most well known cities in history, was in its prime. Egypt was one of the centers of the world and the game reflect this constantly, and yet nonetheless, Bayek was still a native Egyptian. If you were at all consistent, you should be screeching for an Ottoman protagonist.

[@MisbehavedLiberty]

@@yorhahoudini4531 I don’t care about being consistent. It’s a trash game from a trash developer who is blatantly pandering for ESG points from the woke mob. 130 dollars for some crap you won’t even own.

[@Me_Myself_Maly]

Conveniently skipping AC Revelations and 4

[@marshallman402]

Your full of it🧢 .If he was white passing No one would say anything. Even when you watch animes most of the characters actually are made to be white passing because writers know it will appeal to a wider audience. Let’s be real most anime protagonists don’t Even look traditionally Japanese besides maybe the way they dress.

[@HolyknightVader999]

They should make him an unlockable character. Oh, and a devout Catholic, too. The historical Yasuke came from the Jesuits to serve Nobunaga when the man asked for a black dude, and the dude came back to the Jesuits after Nobunaga kicked the bucket.

[@GreenEagle-p7z]

Nabounaga didn't ask for a black dude bruh and what's about nioh william adams who isn't even samurai too just like yasuke Read Learning from shogun book if you don't believe me

[@heavenin72]

In Japan, they plant rice stalks around April to June, while cherry blossoms usually bloom around February. Yet we clearly see farmers planting rice stalks while the cherry blossom is in full bloom. There's also those square tatami mats which all the Japanese who saw the trailer laughed about. Both details showed just how little they cared about making the setting feel authentic. I doubt the same level of flagrant ignorance was present in past works. And that's not even mentioning the fact that there's a big black man massacring Japanese people in broad daylight all the while the peasants bowed to him. I've seen many Japanese comments who found the scenes disturbing. Especially if you consider the post-war US occupation of Japan and the various controversies regarding US soldiers committing crimes around the army bases essentially without consequences. Would you be surprised if the Japanese found the whole thing to be just another blatant show of Western arrogance?

[@unknownbannana8241]

Ppl forgetting Ubisoft already has two AC games with black protagonist. Yeah they weren’t mainline games . But they definitely didn’t get this much hate for a reason 💀

[@armandvega2752]

3 games with a black protagonist. Assassin’s Creed Origins took place in ancient Egypt and had Bayek and his wife Aya as playable characters. Everybody loved the game and the protagonists.

[@jcninja84]

I think it’s because Bayek had a ethnically ambiguous look to him. If he had more central or South African features they probably would have cried too

[@ardeo7529]

@@jcninja84people get angry about the choice they make because they did it to create controverse and sold the game, bayek was loved by the community because he is égyptien is egypte but a fictif character and yasuke is not a fictif character and not japanese but the second character is japanese and a fictif, so why they didn’t do the same with both character ? The japonese didn’t feel represented because in Japon is logical to thinks that we can play a japonese samourai , specialy when we talk about japonese who love their culture and story, the problem ll be the same if they choose to make us play a white man, in japon it’s logical to think we’ll play a japonese And in the begining of the game when they started the developpement of the game yasuke was not in it It’s the same problems if in unity they make us play an italien guys or a espagnol guys, I’m french so when unity came out it was logical for us to thinks that arnaud was french . The problem is all about the representation, it the same problem with the little mermaid

[@ellechero2008]

Because they didn't had to rewrite history for us to play as them...plus they were not the only black dude around at their time so people should stop acting like they don't understand the problem no way someone can be that stupid

[@togucvinw7]

Yall know damn well why nobody shitted on Bayek (and that game had plenty of black people with features like you’d see today in Harlem or in central Africa ) This has to do with the fact Ubisoft went out of their way to make the assasin creed game everyone wanted (Japan) and choose to put a black man as a protag. The same outrage would have happened if we had a white caucassian protag in a Aztec setting

[@louisanderson1935]

I'm agree with most of this video. Now the Japanese complaining about this game. But we're was this upset when have movies like The Last samurai who was played by Tom Cruise. Wow smh

[@SpyReaper]

Essentially you are telling everyone "You're racist because he is black" but you also saying Japanese people calm down there are other games to play as a male Japanese. You are already saying AC is trash, so your topic is 'the character is black we shouldn't be mad about that.' So what is your bone in this convo? You are not AC fan or Japanese? What makes your opinion have any weight in this and telling us that we shouldn't be mad?

[@SpyReaper]

I know this video is just pure clickbait and it got me. But I am tired everytime I see a black man/woman in media there is a high chance it will be shit. You should be mad that the black man is the main character, when you believe the game is going to be trash. If it's going to be trash at least have a male Japanese, there is no need to bring in a token black man to a poor written/ buggy game.

[@h_3_x_]

We wuz samurais n shit

[@Me_Myself_Maly]

You are straw manning the yell out of what he said. He was saying that people are making such a big deal about a black man being in an Asian setting. Which sounds bad on paper. But when you look at it objectively, not only is it not a big deal at all. He tells people to go play other games with Japanese protagonist because people’s favorite argument is “well ugh I wanted a MALE Japanese protagonist.” Which you can indeed do in many MANY other games. You don’t need to be of Asian decent to have an opinion on this.

[@YissayahArielHayah]

@@Me_Myself_MalyTruth

[@denziboi4063]

ghost of tsushima, is another assassins creed game with a male japanese mc

[@robbiezarobbieza6234]

Dude, they’re not talking about the man’s collar. They’re talking about their real cut from Japanese bro. There is no hate in talking about the man being black

[@BasilVII]

I also don't get how these ppl can seriously claim the older games were better? Yeah the old games were great im their own way, but i feel way more immersed in the newer games. Also the old combat style just got stale. I'm still replaying the old games now and then, but i really prefer the newer ones. Ofc everyone can have their opinions and that's just my opinion, but there's no need to hate.

[@Ronin-kk4bt]

Totally agree it’s a video game it doesn’t need to be 100% accurate 🤦‍♂️ but Yasuke was a real person that is a fact Also even if they went with Japanese man people would just complain that it’s another ghost of Tsushima clone at least this game is doing something different and it letting you play as two characters people forget that there’s a Japanese woman assassin as well I don’t think this is a big deal

[@daeith1233]

Tbh it's not even a argument. They don't want a historical charater, yet they think that Ubisoft should have taken a historical JAPANESE Samurai, so they want historical figures or not? And if they do, they just don't want black ppl

[@VemoNotRated]

Take me to change their opinion based on whatever is going to fit their narrative​@@daeith1233

[@marshallman402]

@@daeith1233I’m glad some people are seeing the hypocrisy. Historically accuracy hasn’t been discussed this much until it comes to a black person. Now it all matters

[@sushiyeah]

That is true. I'm Asian and I play video games. It doesn't bother me seeing an African Samurai. I see the game will be cool, unique and interesting. Just waiting for the Gameplay, Fingers Cross. I hope UBISOFT will not make the gameplay Dull or Distasteful. Let see if AC SHADOWS can beat GHOST OF TSUSHIMA and RISE OF THE RONIN. P.S. Pre ordered the collectors edition :)

[@TheNature904]

See, with the proper context it shouldn’t bother anyone. I personally feel like the game is gonna be mid mainly based on how quickly it’s coming out. I hope I’m wrong though we need more good games. Ghost of Tsushima definitely set the bar high for this one.

[@sushiyeah]

@@TheNature904 Yes nothing wrong with the game so far so good. Good to see AC Series heading towards Japan History, I have been waiting for this since 2012. Let's hope the game will not be mid. If you ask me well if they can bring back AC Origins gameplay mechanics mix with the combat style of samurai and ronin then I reckon it will be good. I know the game will be repetitive and I am fine with that.

[@blobfish1211]

@@sushiyeahfor me I feel offended by the game. And I am sorry you feel that way, but I can understand why. you just a normal player who enjoys playing games ,I can understand that. thank you sharing your opinion. Sorry for my bad English😅.

[@killachinzzo]

This is exactly what I’m saying bro! People need to be worried about these chipotle bowl portion sizes something of upmost importance!

[@TheNature904]

I swear to god this is all a distraction! They really need to worry about these Popeyes Chicken Sandwiches!!!

[@awesomeok960]

Ubisoft needs to stop earning DEI brownie points right now. Japan, Japanese people, and samurais are not their money-making tools.

[@agentlizard1791]

I honestly agree with what you said in the video, some people just seem to want to complain about anything. When it comes to Assassins creed, at this point, it is tradition to complain/make outrage of something to do with the games/series/Ubisoft. The price, however, is ridiculous.

[@gregoryjamaalfulton]

I've been through every single AC game since I turned 18 in 2010. Same shit happened during AC3 and freedom cry DLC. Same thing happened with Origins (Bayeks voice actor recently came to Twitter saying here we go round 2) Like lol it ain't nothing new to me. What is new is the fact I'm dropping $130 on a game. That's just wild to me.

[@johndodo2062]

Well your examples prove nothing chief and if you are dumb enough to pay that much, why would anyone take your first sentences seriously?

[@marshallman402]

That’s all people should really care about. The pricing and quality of the game. Ubisoft did what any smart company would do, which is create controversy around what your selling. Relevancy is more important than being right. Because if I can keep it on your mind, the likelihood you buy it increases. People are just to narrow minded to understand how psychology works

[@vincelupo8419]

Why spend $130? Why not get the basic version or wait 3 months to get the discount version?

[@changyang1498]

As a Asian guy I’m just sad I can’t play as an Asian guy. I already normally can’t play as a Asian guy in 95% of games unless they have a character creator, even then most of the time they give us some of the most ass options available. I just end up with my character looking like a white guy with slightly slanted eyes. I don’t really care about any of the woke shit or whatever people are talking about, hell the price tag on this thing is more of a concern than there being a black guy. My only point is, it Literally could’ve just been two Japanese characters and it wouldn’t have changed anything I guarantee you that. I’ll forget about this whole thing in like an hour anyways so it doesn’t really matter either way.

[@theice5663]

Play sekiro then

[@AliceBelladonna-l7x]

@@theice5663 lol so black washing and cultural appropriation is all good now cause there is sekiro? boy you racist

[@lordbotato7175]

You're not from a vocal minority, DEI doesn't care about representing you.

[@MenmaUzumaki-CW]

Okay I understand you because your not targeting yasuke like the rest of these incels, BTW the ronin and ghost of tsushima were the greatest Japanese games I'm sure there gonna put in a asian male anyway I mean I see alot of yall in games like mk or apex

[@theice5663]

@@MenmaUzumaki-CW 😴 nah not me. I have never EVER played an AC, its way too fanfiction for me 😂 I just dont get the hate from americans towards the game. On the other hand, there's a shit ton of jap games, perhaps not the genre the OP plays, like sekiro (I play mostly souls) or the jrpgs that have, well, japanese guys as protags

[@smallthousand]

fr, asian here tryna figure out what the hate came from

[@匿名希望-s8x]

A. Tatami is not square, do your damn research Ubi. B. No Yasuke wasn’t a samurai, do your damn research Ubi. C. Japanese warring states era wasn’t decapitation extravaganza as Ubi claimed it was, do your damn research Ubi. D. Chinese Buddha statues somehow got kidnapped and placed in Japan. Seriously? E. Cherry blossom (spring) and rice harvesting (fall) side by side. WTF is wrong with you Ubi. F. When all these inaccuracies were pointed out and us Japanese folks were not happy about it, Ubi decided to call us “racist” for not cheering for the game. Who’s the real racist?

[@smallthousand]

@@匿名希望-s8x A. tatami is square, I have a tatami in my own house B. Yasuke was originally a slave brought to japan and there could be possibility that he was a samurai C. was right D. Chinese buddism was spreaded to japan in the 1400s and even before that time, Iw as a buddist myself E. Some rice in japan can be harvested during spring F. I agree with that

[@user725t]

@@smallthousand he wasnt. and you being an asian doesnt mean anything. this is about japan.

[@Lecentra]

I'm still trying to understand how the female assassin of the Fyre siblings from assassin creed syndicate came into contact with and killed the historical unknown called "jack the ripper. We also had a leading female spartan in odyssey and it is not like we couldn't play a female in other games. But none of the other 13 games got nearly as much hate. Also, why do we care about accuracy? didn't we fight the god Anubis in Odyssey and ogres, and a minotaur? weren't we also dealing divine entitles in Valhalla also? Which by the way, Valhalla was a wtf story and world. Yet, this game is one that gets all hate for not being accurate and multiple DEI accusations. WHY? Also, keep in mind if you want to complain about historically accuracy. Nobunaga Oda was an oddity in history in terms of samurai leaders in Japan. He constantly deviated from cultural norms in history. Nobunaga was a guy who would and did abuse foreigners to gain an advantage in battle which led to the introduction of guns, cannons and various foreign conscriptions changing Japanese warfare as well winning quite a number of important battles. Buying a black guy, giving him power and then using him as weapon would be in character for the real Nobunaga Oda along with any other purchase Nobunaga would have made.

[@Shadow-Born]

I'm a bit late, but i finally found a person that understands that its a assassins creed game and that the protagonists have never been historically acurate or even real figuers, and that they chose yasuke precisley because he had little to no documents about him letting them create a story based of a real historical figure, its not like ubisoft is saying that he was a samurai and that it is historical fact that he was, they even said so themselves that little was known about yasuke, this is why they thought he was the perfect fit as a protagonist.

[@Shadow-Born]

I for one belive in factual evidence and do not think he was made a samurai especially due to Japan's wariness of those who are not japanese to put it litley and Oda Nobunaga woul never have been able to apoint him as a samurai due to the distain many had for foreigners, it is said he was a weapons bearer or an close attendant and ordinary warrior not a samurai, however even this has little proof to go along with it, quite frankly I see no problem if he was a real samurai as that would be historical fact and an amazing feat as the first Black samurai, however their is no hard historical documents stating that he was made a samurai, I'm sorry for the long rant just stating that He was real, Oda Nobunaga was intrigued by him, and he was most likely a warrior and close aid to Nobunaga but judging by the time period he was in it is unlikely he would have been made a samurai due to the racism and destain many of Nobunagas advisors and samurai would have had for a foreigner such as yasuke at the time. especially since nobunaga was bent on unifying Japan under his leadership.

[@Shadow-Born]

Sorry but got to add one more point a game characters skin colour should not matter it harms no one unless ubisoft started stating that it was undisputed fact Yasuke was a samurai then I personally would have problems but, why should skin colour matter its a game charcter, and yes as a man I normally prefer playing as a male character in games if given the choice but I find no problem with the female protagonists like Aloy who was extremely well written and created, anyway its a game they never said that factualy yasuke was a samurai, and anyway in reality he was a real man and Nobunaga being the man he is was intrigued by his skin colour and him in general saying he wasn't real would be like stating William Adams wasn't real, or Julius ceaser or any other historical figure wasn't.

[@Shadow-Born]

@Titus.70bce yes you do have a point there, and I can't deny that, but again, for the time period in question and the obviousness that Nobunaga will be playing a significant role in the story a person like yasuke is a good fit as he is a historical figure who has little written about him letting them create a new story around the factual things, and I do agree that having all protagonists be japanese might have been more enticing for some and more imersive, its just doesn't matter greatly Japan's history is a long one with many significant points and battles such as Sekigahara might not of spelt it right but my point is however unlikely they could create another one based in japan in at different point in time. And like someone else commented, even if the male protagonist was japanese, people would have tried to say it was just going to be a copy of Ghost of Tsushima

[@juliantan4943]

​@@Shadow-Bornthey most likely never will? When have created settings that are similar again? This whole thing is just to pander to westerns who believe in shit like black reparations or how they have white privilege. Just because they made the right choices

[@jayg.2066]

⁠@Titus.70bce Revelations has done it Ezio was a complete foreigner in that country. That being said, if there was an AC game set in Africa and the side protagonist was white, me being black, I’d have no problem. Because a video game characters skin color doesn’t matter to me. Nor is his historical accuracy, if the character and story are done well.

[@owohscorner]

Let the record show that the bulk of people who are either pro Yasuke or anti Yasuke are not black people, but surface level non-black activists who fight on our behalf. And the black people who are talking about this subject, we're either neutral, don't care, or are just saying "Hey, Yasuke was a real person" and we leave it at that. We skew more towards Call of Duty, GTA, sports games, and fighting games... with the occasional rpg like Warframe, Final Fantasy, and others. Black culture does get demonized, and much of our pre slavery has been hidden or obscured. But I do like the idea of a black Assassin from sub saharan/west African region. Perhaps their gimmick could be gathering herbs and chemicals to use for poisons and concoctions. Perhaps even the utilization of prayers and rituals that cause confusion, blindness and at higher levels even time delayed death.

[@MrBruh-kb7fb]

Unfortunately theres still the issue that theres a large mass of online racists who go out of their way to intentionally discriminate. Plus, there were black people in Japan, and I'm pretty sure Yasuke was a real dude Ubisoft is just using that as a way to tell a potentially new story.

[@owohscorner]

@@MrBruh-kb7fb oh of course there were, and still are black people in Japan and greater Asia. Not just immigraters, but there do exist darker skinned Asians and aboriginal peoples. But that is a conversation for another day. As an artist and animator myself, I am more for seeing black people come together and making our own original content.

[@sabersin5368-c2c]

Of course they’re not black people lmfao. This game was supposed to have a Japanese protagonist not a black one, you hear me right? This was never supposed to be about you because you were never supposed to be the ones represented to begin with, yet here you are trying to make it all about you like a narcissistic asshat who thinks the whole world revolves around you.

[@ejs7861]

you guys and gals preorder the game $130, vote with your money. makeubisoftrichagain or they will fired their workers~

[@reggielacey2235]

im black, also you dont speak for us

[@dariusporter358]

Remember when Da Vinci was a weapons dealer and Napoleon took over France with a magical artifact. Yeah. Me neither. Sh*t like that is fine to people but Yasuke being a samurai makes people cry out for historical accuracy. This sh*t is ridiculous.

[@JabamiLain]

In "AC 1", it's explained that the historical innacuracies happen mostly because through out the centuries of that universe, historical records were either changed or forgotten, so, in that universe's context, people forget about certain details like the ones you mentioned.

[@dariusporter358]

@@JabamiLain It still doesn’t explain why they are complaining about Yasuke. You can use that same excuse for him.

[@JabamiLain]

​@@dariusporter358not really. When Maria (AC 1) was introduced, not only there was an explanation, they emphasised how unusual it was for a woman to be a Templar knight. They addressed it was a historical innacuracy and procceeded to explain the logic in it, since the first game's Templars disillusioned with their own religions and what they used to preach. As such, a black samurai should have been called out in this game as well. Someone should have pointed something like "The master took pity on this slave" or "He wanted to test a slave's strength.". They should have tied it into the bigger scheme somehow.

[@Kingcrimson_1456]

@@JabamiLainWhy are saying they should’ve tied it in when game isn’t even out yet

[@dariusporter358]

@@JabamiLain The game is not out yet. You don’t know if they will do that or not. Plus even if they don’t it doesn’t matter. The characters didn’t point it out for every single inaccuracy. They don’t need to point it out for Yasuke. But even if they did, I reiterate, you’re making judgements and saying they haven’t done this when the game only has 1 cinematic trailer. It’s not even out.

[@TommasoPrevedello]

AC SERIES: NEVER BEEN ACCURATED FANS: ... AC SHADOWS: BLACK GUY IN IT "FANS": SUDDENLY HISTORIANS WITH PHD

[@Kelvint4n]

I don't think it's because of the black man in the game. I think it's more about the decision making him the main Character in that specific historical era. we're pretty fine when they make AC 3 protagonist's a Navajo, AC 2 an Italian, AC Valhalla a Nordic, and so on. THAT's where they messed up, especially the Japanese people out there. Like imagine making a game where they potray Martin Luther king as a Caucasian White male, Like Who wouldn't get Furious??

[@Spursman15]

Can't wait for this can't wait to switch between Ninja and full brute Samurai

[@BlueCore2010]

Here is a true question, How many characters in Assassin's Creed (AC 1 through AC Valhalla) were playable and if any of them were true historical people from the past? The ANSWER is very simple, 15 Playable Fictional Characters and “NONE” of them were true historical people of the past! All the "playable" characters in AC 1 through AC Valhalla were all fictional characters, Yasuke was a real historical person who was nothing more than a retainer, not a samurai. Yasuke IS A REAL HISTORICAL BLACK MAN WHO WAS NOTHING BUT A RETAINER FOR Oda Nobunaga! "Real Historical Person," Yasuke was and is but a "Retainer." The other Assassin's Creed characters from Assassin's Creed 1 through Assassin's Creed Valhalla are "Fictional," characters that DO NOT EXIST IN ACTUAL HISTORY. Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad (Fictional Character), Ezio Auditore da Firenze (Fictional Character), Captain Edward James Kenway (Fictional Character), Adéwalé (Fictional Character), Aveline de Grandpré (Fictional Character), Bayek of Siwa (Fictional Character), Alexios and Kassandra (Fictional Characters), Basim Ibn Ishaq (Fictional Character), and others that are not based in our past historical history. That is why I always stated to other people that 80% is Fact because of True History for Assassin's Creed Video Games, then there is the 20% Fiction that has "People", Places, Items, and other things that are in the game, are not in our past history. Yasuke "IS A TRUE HISTORICAL PERSON IN JAPAN," NOT A FICTIONAL CHARACTER, you can say, "fantasy," all you want but we all know that Yasuke is a real black man who was a retainer, not trained to use the katana, he cleaned Nobunaga's Katana's and other weapons that is what a retainer does. Sorry to say in true historical words and more true blunt historical words Yasuke was a retainer meaning he was a servant to Oda Nobunaga. Not my words but in actual dictionary definitions, Retainer is a person attached or owing service to a household especially a: SERVANT or b: EMPLOYEE. There’s discrepancies in Japanese history about Yasuke and we don’t know he was a retainer or a samurai that was trained. There is basically no actual documentation except for a few stories, but stories can change over time because of different perspectives, different things happening different mindset. Just like for example, that if you say something from a long time ago by word-of-mouth, then someone says it in a different word or words than that word-of-mouth or whatever you said can be different. And we cannot forget about WWII that many things could’ve been lost because of the war, and we may never know from certain items to certain documentations were burnt or been completely annihilated because of the two bombs, but we don’t know. I’m not saying that this can be a true story or not but all we know that he was nothing more than a retainer and that is it. I am sorry to say, but until there is actual more evidence like where is Yasuke Katana sword? Where is it? Does anyone know? Because if you have that sword and it has his name on it and approves that he was a samurai, but in the end, no sword, no proof that he was a samurai. Both Greed and WOKE is the message and agenda on both UBISOFT and Sweet Baby Inc. and Black Gamer Girls, and DEI Money. There is no story or the Hero's Journey in this game. Assassin's Creed is just now a "Shadow Shell," of itself and an empty husk. You know if only the Baka writer read Japanese History a lot closer than instead of 2 characters to play, there could be only 1 character to play. There was an opportunity they could have used instead of a fictional black samurai character and in real history he was a retainer not a samurai. If only they read Japanese history carefully and throughly they could have made the only one Japanese Female Assassin Character. Combined both true history and fiction, Japanese women at the time did learn to use a particular weapon called, "Naginata," a Polearm weapon with a curved blade at the top. While the katana sword tends to be associated with male samurai of Japan, a distinctive weapon called the naginata has been traditionally associated with women and female fighters known as onna-bugeisha. This could have been the base of a Japanese Assassin's Creed Story, with a Japanese Woman who learned to use the Naginata and eventually learns the way of the Assassin's Brotherhood. Do you know why they don’t want to make a game based in Africa, especially in Assassin’s Creed well because in actual history, many of the warring tribes enslaved their own kind. In about 90% or even 80% of the black population of today, don’t want to admit that their own kind in Africa, their own ancestors in Africa enslaved their own kind. This is why they don’t want to make any Assassin’s Creed games based in Africa. I know they already did Egypt, but I am talking other African countries or places in Africa other than Egypt like South Africa, Algeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and the other 48 African countries.

[@dontcare7086]

I'm not reading all that. My issue is they changed Wikipedia and encyclopedia Britannica to rewrite history to fit their narrative and run damage control. Yeah I have a huge problem with that bs. And now it's confirmed he is gay. These people have no f****** shame pushing their agenda. We don't play games to have political propaganda shoved down our throats. It's a escape from reality.

[@Pymholland]

Well, to be fair, he does make a good point that it *is* just a game, not saying ubisoft isnt trash tho, they are, but it aint that deep, its another trash game at the end of the day

[@autobface]

And sometimes things change. How many assassin's creed games were there before they added an eagle you can fly around? I can't believe you really care about this specific point. You're full of conjecture and parade it around like fact. How many other amazing places on earth have they not yet centered an assassin's creed game on? A ton. Good grief

[@Neil.02]

Personally, the « samurai or retainer » debate is irrelevant to me since the game wouldn’t have been THAT historically accurate anyway. But can we please stop pretending that out of ALL the historical figures (which weren’t actually playable before by the way) available in japan , going out of your way to pick the ONE black guy as a protagonist instead of having him be a character you encounter along the way isn’t blatantly shallow (yes even with Naoe)? Especially coming from Ubisoft?

[@joshvanderbij4891]

Exactly

[@aliquidgaming1068]

So apparently due to leaks AC shadows will be the first to introduce the ac infinity hub thing. Ubi apparently also wants to do the smaller AC games like mirage in between the big releases like red and hexe. Then the leaks also said we are gettinng a coop AC game and a free to play AC game similar to the old multiplayer modes. Not sure if the coop one is free but infinity will work like fortnite and you access everything through it. They kinda teased this idea in unity when tou get to choose an assassin memory at the start and it has different options from different time periods. We could only choose the france one cause well it was part of thegame. But how the leaks described infinity, reminded me of that

[@Sirius7Gaming]

I wonder how ppl don't know that Ubisoft has multiple studios. The studio that's making Shadows hasn't released an AC game since 2018. Six years is a long time to develop a game.

[@Sirius7Gaming]

also 0:51 TLoU2 is woke af and garbage

[@illuminated_crown]

Whyfolks are calling anything with black characters woke. What theyre doing with star wars is woke, little mermaid was woke. A black james bond would be woke. A black superman would be woke, a black peter parker would be woke.. this isnt woke.

[@jokerlou]

It is 100% woke

[@GeneralRaam-0]

ITS IN FKN JAPAN NOT AFRICA

[@DarrenVanderWesthuizen]

​@@GeneralRaam-0 Yasuke is literally from FKN Japan

[@Badgraphics26]

​@@GeneralRaam-0 Yasuke is a historical figure from Japan. Hence the goddamn name "Yasuke"... that's not an African name 🤣🤣🤣

[@GeneralRaam-0]

@@Badgraphics26 he was a slave from Africa and the Japanese called him yasuke, do some research

[@xenkailx]

Imagine, South Africa finally get to host the Olympics. But the Olympics community decide who can represent South Africa. They pick a black girl to represent South Africa female division. Which is ok, it make sense. Then everyone assume it gonna be a white/black man to represent the male division. But no, they pick a Malay man who only live there for just a few years and has mediocre skills in sports compare other black/white south African male. Obviously, people in South African will get real mad. Which basically what Assassins Creed doing right now.

[@ShadowHunter7878]

Sounds cool to me I will be hyped. People like you are just actual racist who can't stand to see differents people together

[@venatormoonlight]

People be like “I don’t see thats a problem. If you don’t like it, you can watch olympics hosted in other years💀”

[@saikyoushisukon]

不，你的比喻不精確 應該說： 一間中國公司做了一部以南非建國史為舞台的遊戲。 但他們找了一個那時期曾經出現過的中國人來當主角 這個中國人甚至只是在史書上有兩頁記載根本沒有記錄，甚至只在南非待了一年，但公司說「我們沒辦法代入黑人角色，因此找了一個歷史上存在的中國人來當我們的眼睛」 「這是歷史上非洲大陸最偉大的黃種人將軍，每個南非人都認識他」，他們說 「我是黑人（白人），而且我很喜歡這個中國人將軍，他為我們國家的貢獻非常偉大，我想我的同胞們也都認識他」他們說 因此，他們決定讓一個歷史上名不見經傳的中國人變成非洲大陸崛起的關鍵角色，而不是任何一個非洲人。 但他們在社群網站上宣傳著這是正確的史實，無視南非人的抗議，竄改維基百科的內容，並用AI照片及中國自己發行的虛構小說來當佐證 這樣的比喻就對了

[@venatormoonlight]

@@saikyoushisukon 這已經不是比喻了 簡直是這次事件的懶人包🤣🤣

[@mamihashimoto1429]

First of all, thank you for talking about this issue. I am Japanese. I want to clarify that we Japanese are not angry about this game because Yasuke is in it. We are angry because Ubisoft claimed the game is historically accurate when there is no record of Yasuke being a samurai. A samurai is a high-ranking bushi; for anyone to be a samurai, that person must have a last name. Yasuke did not have a last name, and because of this, he could not have been a samurai. There are only about two pages of information about Yasuke, which exists in Japan. However, Thomas Lockely decided to write a fictional novel about Yasuke and made Yasuke to be a samurai in his book. It was found that Thomas Lockely had edited Wikipedia and used his own research paper and the book as references to change the history of Yasuke to fit his own book. Ubisoft claimed that they consulted with historians to make the game historically accurate, and they even said that people could learn about Japanese history and culture by playing Assasin's Creed Shadows. When I watched the promotion trailers and gameplay, nothing I saw was historically or culturally accurate. They could not even get the seasons right. I saw cherry blossoms blooming while rice was being harvested. Cherry blossoms bloom in spring, and rice gets harvested in autumn, so they should not happen simultaneously. Susuki (Japanese pampas grass) is something you find in autumn, but again, it co-exists with cherry blossoms in the game. I even saw Southeast Asian monkeys that do not exist in Japan roaming around in the game. The architecture in the game isn't Japanese but Chinese, and the people harvesting rice in their concept art were actually taken from a picture in Myanmar. It makes me wonder if Ubisoft really had any Japanese experts involved in making the game (I doubt it). Ubisoft also used a Japanese heritage painting in Nijo Castle in Kyoto without permission. Yesterday, Ubisoft was caught exhibiting Zoro's sword from One Piece at their Assasin's Creed Shadows booth at the Japan Expo in Paris. Everything about the game insults and disrespects Japanese culture and history, and this is WHY we Japanese are angry.

[@VexTrooper]

I feel like the issues of this game is getting more and more worst currently. It's gone so terrible, that now the Japanese government is getting involved, and there's also the issue of that fact that Yusake is using Zoro's sword from One Piece. Forget about the black dude at this point. Ubisoft is the main issue now lol

[@sraitama9412]

They arent getting involved xd you beliving to much in any sh*tty fake thing

[@VexTrooper]

@@sraitama9412 there's literally an article discussing of Japanese Politician, Satoshi Hamada, investigating Ubisoft/AC: Shadows, under issues of "Cultural Theft" due to Ubisoft devs rewriting Japanese history and saying it's true, meanwhile there are Online articles discussing how the sword they are using in-game in AC:Shadows is a one-to-one copy of Zoro's sword from another Media, One Piece, which may spark issues regarding copy right infringement. You can literally look this stuff up...

[@sraitama9412]

@@VexTrooper ,,"Cultural Theft" due to Ubisoft devs rewriting Japanese history and saying it's true'' how they rewrite japanese history and why they didn't go after devs of ghost of tsushima, they rewrited history as welll :) same did many others with many other games, those games are called fiction, no one rewriting books or writing new books of history of Japan xd ,, are using in-game in AC:Shadows is a one-to-one copy of Zoro's '' yes becasue it is fcking game, do you know what easer eggs are? Imagine that xd Imagine you can use in ac games, artefacts that allow you to jump true space and teleport instantly ect IM sure Ubi said it was historically accurate as well :C you guys are copin With part about copy right I can agree on, they took it and that was d*mb, but rest of your problems aren't a problem xd becasue it is a fcking game not history book

[@ac_nerd9794]

​@VexTrooper They never claimed their fictional game was rewriting history. Assassin's Creed literally has a disclaimer at the beginning, saying the game is based on historical events, not that it is a documentary.

[@teamofone1219]

Exactly the series has never been historically accurate. In Valhalla you play as an honorable viking who doesn’t kill, rape, and only pillages sometimes. Who mostly deals with politics and even helped someone achieve kingship vikings in real life don’t do that shit. They killed, raped, and raided villages just for sport a lot of the time.

[@匿名希望-s8x]

A. Tatami is not square, do your damn research Ubi. B. No Yasuke wasn’t a samurai, do your damn research Ubi. C. Japanese warring states era wasn’t decapitation extravaganza as Ubi claimed it was, do your damn research Ubi. D. Chinese Buddha statues somehow got kidnapped and placed in Japan. Seriously? E. Cherry blossom (spring) and rice harvesting (fall) side by side. WTF is wrong with you Ubi. F. When all these inaccuracies were pointed out and us Japanese folks were not happy about it, Ubi decided to call us “racist” for not cheering for the game. Who’s the real racist?

[@evilanonymous1551]

Some of these could be valid points but some are literal nitpicks. Waaaaa we have cherry blossoms AND farming how could you. Why would Ubisoft make a stylistic choice how dare they. Also lots of you complaining about the tatami mats, when they were literally shown only in the cinematic trailer, which probably wasn’t made by the actual game company. Also you didn’t watch this video if you still complaining about Yasuke not being a samurai in real life, ITS HISTORICAL FICTION.

[@匿名希望-s8x]

@@evilanonymous1551 Er, no. They said it was based on historical FACT, AND they consulted “expert” on the subject, none of which were true. Hence the issue.

[@evilanonymous1551]

@@匿名希望-s8x based on historical fact doesn’t mean everything is fact. Every movie that says based on a true story isn’t always completely truthful to what actually happened. Yasuke was in Japan that is fact. Yasuke was a real person that is also fact. Saying that stuff has to be fact in a game with assassins and isu artifacts is just delusional honestly.

[@THUGPUTIN]

Naa... I fully get the thing about yasuke and respect it.. But stop bringing world design accuracy... Please go back and show me one assassin's creed game which had accurate world design... 😂Just one..I don't blame ubisoft... I have one question, is ghost of tsushima accurate in its world design? My japanese friend told me it's fully fantasy bro as I loved how everything was flashy with leaves, trees moving around and asked him about it...

[@MEBOLOR]

Its a gross over generalization to say Yasuke was just a servant and a slave and there is "NO DOCUMENTATION" saying otherwise when this guys past is not only debated to this day, but also has tons of documentation from various sources with their own biases. Like there is evidence that he was a samurai and has seen actual combat and was a bodyguard, but even if you don't believe this stuff you can't just just make such a factual statement with all the nuances and debates still going on about him today.

[@Brendangotgudgaming]

Game is prolly going to be a banger mirage wasn't good and I knew ppl love the original a c stealth but if it's like vahalla with mystery around the world different weapon types and combat styles its goi g yo be off the charts and alot of fun foreal I'm not the biggest Assassin's Creed fan at all with how the stealth and stuff like that but Assassin's Creed Valhalla was amazing to be honest I hope it's less like mirage and more like vahalla

[@NekoNekoKainushi]

It's extremely horrifying to imagine someone's ill intentions, but here's the theory I came up with. First of all, even before Assassin's Creed, the Prince of Persia series was often likened to "ninjas" because of its light and acrobatic action. Furthermore, in the first Assassin's Creed, stealth assassination situations were added to the acrobatic action, evolving it into a more "ninja"-like content. Then Assassin's Creed became a series and grew into a franchise in which players could play as assassins all over the world, but at a very early stage, users strongly requested that "we want a ninja assassin set in Japan." However, for the Assassin's Creed developers, a "ninja" was something they absolutely did not want to do. Not only would they feel like they had lost, but above all, their pride would not allow it. So in response to the request for a ninja assassin, they went so far as to say that "Japan is the worst choice for an Assassin's Creed setting." More than 10 years have passed since then, and Assassin's Creed has been gradually losing support from users due to its lazy game design and repetitive content. It is finally becoming a situation where we cannot help but feel a sense of crisis about the continuation of the franchise. The Ubi executives make the obvious suggestion that "Just compete with content that users want, set in Japan." But the pride of the development team would not allow it. "We absolutely do not want to make a ninja the main character. We do not want to make a Japanese main character." As they were worrying about this, Yasuke happened to be there. The developers jumped on it, saying, "This is it!!" "Naoe is Japanese, but she is a woman and not a ninja, so we can compromise." And so Assassin's Creed Shadows was born. This is merely a guess based on speculation, but I think it is a highly probable theory.

[@BeingofEvil]

ninjas were peasant, samurais were clearly higher social class than ninjas, but samurai could work as ninja as well, yet they wanted make characters different social classes perhaps for story reasons.

[@Marukomekun]

It’s not about the “inclusion” of yasuke (who didn’t really do anything of notability). It’s about the exclusion and sidelining a Japanese samurai and projection of Yasuke as a heroic samurai. Ubisoft are not being inclusive they are simply exploiting a black man to virtue signal and score DEI points. If Yasuke has white or yellow skin would they have cast him….the answer is no. They are using black skin as a pawn and culturally appropriating Japanese culture

[@pumkinfamely4963]

You 're all right

[@Me_Myself_Maly]

There people go again. Making assumptions that just because they put a black man in the game, it’s because the game is DEI and woke🙄

[@Marukomekun]

@@Me_Myself_Maly a gay black samurai and a trans woman shinobi in 15th century Japan

[@Me_Myself_Maly]

@@Marukomekun your source for this?

[@MorrowindES17]

Yes people all so forget that games are work of fiction 😂 nothing to do with history 🙄 the hate makes no sense.

[@justanotherday5441]

It would suddenly make all kinds of sense to many people if the roles were reversed e.g. black story with a Japanese lead.

[@ìPlay-G4mes]

you say it's fiction while in the game tags as "historical accurate" did that make sense to you

[@MorrowindES17]

@@ìPlay-G4mes games have nothing to do with history there entertainment please tell were do it say historical accurate on the box of the game 😂

[@MorrowindES17]

@@ìPlay-G4mes All I am saying is people need to calm down.

[@punch180]

Its clear. Ubisoft hate Asian men. AC typically has the main character be the ethnicity of that region but finally we get a Japan and the Character is black. This might sound racist but Yasuke is real person but Nobunaga brought him around as a luggage carrier because he was a novelty.

[@mookiestewart3776]

You simply don’t know your history if you think that’s all yasuke was. Plans were literally in motion to give him his entire own castle when nobunaga died . He ate private dinners with nobunaga which is something that was reserved for only his most trusted bodyguards/retainers which yasuke was both. You’re just a racist man lol.

[@ozyyy009]

Yeah they hate Asian MEN in particular right? Because there is literally a Japanese protagonist saying shit like "they hate Asian people!" Wouldn't fly so they have to hate Asian MEN specifically. Hahahaha you guys are ridiculous clowns

[@MrBruh-kb7fb]

So, its fiction take a story like Django or Metal Gear which plays off alternate history tropes to tell a story. And hating Asian men is a huge fucking claim because 1 Asians aren't a monolith and 2 is one black samurai proof of that TF?

[@punch180]

@@MrBruh-kb7fb Are you dumb? Let me repeat it. AC main character typically has the ethic of that region to play as the main. So this AC protagonist should all be Japanese! Thats what people are mad about. Its funny how Ubisoft never use a real person as a protagonist until now, but using this to justify it. AC Japan has been requested for a very long time and its the most popular requested setting. They know this.. Doesn't matter what you say. This is woke western company pandering, virtue signaling nonsense. Just like how they ruin Resident Evil Netflix series with a black actor when in the game the Wesker guy was white. Same with little mermaid live action. She was described in the book as having blue eyes. Same with Snow White live action. The actor was Latina.

[@punch180]

​@@MrBruh-kb7fbYou completely miss the point. AC typically has the main character be the ethnicity of that region but finally we get a Japan and the Character is black. People want to play as a bada$$ Japanese ninja man, which makes more sense. Of all figures they can choose, they chose a non Japanese man. Why? Makes no sense. Not only did Ubisoft excluded an Asian male once but twice. Look at Assassins Creed Chronicle: China. The main is a woman. They could just make an Assassins creed set in Africa later.

[@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it]

Assassin's Creed 1 - set in Holy Land. Protagonist: Syrian Assassin's Creed 2 - set in Italy. Protagonist: Italian Assassin's Creed 3 - set in America. Protagonist: Native American Assassin's Creed Black Flag - set in West Indies where Pirates of different nationalities gather. Protagonist: Welsh Assassin's Creed Unity - set in France. Protagonist: French Assassin's Creed Syndicate - set in London. Male and Female protagonists: British Assassin's Creed Origins - set in Egypt. Male and Female protagonists: Egyptian Assassin's Creed Odyssey - set in Greece. Male/Female protagonist: Greek/Spartan Assassin's Creed Valhalla - set in Norway/England. Male/Female Protagonist: Viking Assassin's Creed Mirage - set in Baghdad. Protagonist: Arab

[@lquaky2j]

"Y'all acting like people are trying to rewrite history books" I guess you're not aware of the fighting over the Wikipedia page attempting to do exactly that

[@Historybuff_769]

It so sad to see naoe being completely overshadowed from this situation, ive personally always wanted a female Asian protagonists so thats who im mostly gonna be playing as, but you can bet ill be playing yasuke alot to especially since what was shown in the cinematic trailer all the fighting choreography is taking directly from the game

[@Killerboyh]

She’s looks generic

[@The_Omnipotent_Lurk]

@@Killerboyhnot even asian 😂

[@blackhand441]

Shao jun

[@joshua5237]

*2025 ... *2024 "Japan" hates Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Shadow 2024 *2023 "Egypt" hates Queen Cleopatra 2023 *2022 "Africans" hates The Woman King 2022

[@Sirius7Gaming]

tf is a woman king???

[@joshua5237]

@@Sirius7Gaming The Woman King 2022 shows a tribe that is women dominant and is being portrayed as slave liberators, In reality and history they're just slavers themselves.

[@chillfrost3170]

saying that Yasuke is not historically accurate while accepting a game where the Pope shoots mind controlling lasers through an alien weapon is just ironic 🤣 In the beginning of every game, you can find a message saying "This game is a work of fiction". Despite Yasuke being real, Ubisoft can still make changes to his character and make him more interesting as, again, this is just fiction. It is even confirmed that the Animus isn't 100% accurate, it is all just a simulation

[@AkutagawaSan]

I ask maybe that look at the people this is based on. That is like taking a black character and making them white after already having done racist things to them, and having people say that their feelings and thoughts are not valid. Quite a bit of the drama is because they disrespected us and people lying trying to change our history. Mocking us as well. It's not that he is black as much as it is why they put a black man in the game. Yasuke was a kosho. The word samurai was not even around then. There were names for different ranks and importance. Yasuke was a slave sadly. Our problem is that people are supporting a company that is not even basing the place accurately to our own but other places can have historicaly accurate along with the race of the people and mythology/religions of the times. We just are tired of these companies discriminating against us and trying to take our media and change it while saying horrible things about us.

[@AkutagawaSan]

@dontrealjackson6887 we have but no one cares what Japanese people say about the game made about them. Because they just want to give money to racist companies that have been racist to use for a long while. If it was a black person being turned white you would be mad. This case is similar for use because you don't care to know samurai was only a term made after this time period and that he was a koshou and not higher ranking then that of bushi. But yes it's okay to be racist and disrespect/ mock Japanese and Asians like you all have for years. It's okay to give black man Japanese accent and claim things that ain't true then attack use because you are lying and mocking us. He was not native to Japanese and if anything would have an Indian accent because he was in India for quite a bit of his life. But let's ignore the fact we called out the lie of having a konichi and that Shinobi were spies and busho would also be Shinobi or do Shinobi style missions for the Shogun and emperor.

[@MegaVirus700]

Assassin's creed is a series where you fight the pope, George Washington became a mad tyrant, and you fight glitches manifesting as egyptian gods. The entire series is about using what's basically a time machine to locate information about secret organizations and an alien artifact. It's always been fiction inspired by certain time periods and locations. How are these companies discriminating against you and taking your media and changing it when even japanese games like Nioh and samurai warrior and some anime/mangas depict him as a samurai? Plenty of people's stories blur into mythology and yasuke is no different.

[@AkutagawaSan]

@@MegaVirus700 your argument is invalid by one point. Using horrible points to support racism is bad. But if it was done to any other race then it would have been canceled. First off George Washington using magic fits the religions/mythology of most Americans/ Europeans. Third off they mock us and if you knew anything about Japan. The buildings, and architecture was not Japanese in shadows. It was Chinese and Korean. They don't even actually base stuff on us unless big Japanese companies work on it as well. Fourth they have taken our media and disrespected it along with insulting us. Things like anime, manga, games (including pokemon and persona 5 as two big name examples that have been affected by you people) along with companies even being disrespected by you Americans and you having our games be made to be a certain way in which you "like it" final fantasy 7 rebirth was one of these games. Each area in the original had a specific race, religion, region in mind. But that was completely ignored even though it's in the lore of final fantasy 7 and even deals with things like racism but you all wanted to not add that in but make several characters who were not of that race something different. Race swapping like that is racist as well as insulting the people who made the story when it was talking about dealing with this. Not just that but you Americans support those voice actors who have taken drastic changes in dialogue that don't fit with what we have said in our language, know what we actually have said then attack us for being upset when you add political lines in our shows and media. There was always a problem with certain franchises that you don't care to hear because you will ignore to support this. Its disgusting. Also your argument of yasuke was used in anime so it should be fine. No should not without our permission when it's trying to be "based" off us. Every other race gets main characters that fit their race and times. Even with mythological elements. But we get only one and a black person who is murdering our own people. Doubt you could understand since you all have stayed racist to Japanese since WW2 including in your movie casting. Unless we get involved you place Korean people to play us which is disrespectful and racist. Nioh was a different case and made from someone who was actually called a samurai. The people who are uneducated would just call any person Japanese with a sword samurai. That is something your media has pushed far to much. It was a ranking and samurai was not even a label till later on. Yasuke was a kushoü or retainer. Someone who holds the Lord's swords and does things for him. He was not in any form of history a Japanese warrior or native to Japan. They gave him an accent and tried changing history sites to make him seem like he was something he was not. Unlike with nioh. That is just you saying you are uneducated and extremely racist again. People like you and Jonnysmali are the reason we don't want people even coming over. You stomp on our culture like you have for years and the pretend to not be monsters. We used to and still are the ones that suffer from the most racist things you all do, which is ironic because you claim to care about minorities but Asian and Japanese are a minority within a minority.

[@adamb.m4844]

​@@MegaVirus700because the lore of assassin creed is different its a history mixe with fantasy its not like nioh or other gamed you should take a hint why yasuke in other games are not the problem but that yasuke in that assassin is the problème

[@MegaVirus700]

@adamb.m4844 no, shut up

[@mbphilipblack8993]

People are so fixated on Yasuke, that you ignored half of the game being, Naoe. A Kunoichi a freaking female shinobi, Perfect for the stealth sections of the game. Not to mention her being a woman makes her unsuspecting and underestimated. Shinobi has meanings/connotations of stealing or hiding away hence it connection stealth.

[@Railsil]

Crazy thing is even if the male protagonist was Japanese, people will still find something to complain about with the game. Then constantly compare it to Ghost of Tsushima or Rise of the Ronin.

[@JoshuaVaughan-pi1sn]

Yes exactly I love ac but my god this community complains every single new release about anything and everything these people are never happy I'm ashamed to admit I'm a part of it just glad I don't act like them but the funniest part of all is how like 80% of the people complaining still end up buying the game anyway just to complain even more and say look I bought it so my anger is completely justified like you know full well there playing that game seathing with how much fun there having knowing full well there hate ain't justified 😂

[@billygoat5058]

Nice strawman argument.

[@stationaryEarthrealm]

there is no proof of that because there is a black dude preventing this justification to become a true statement.

[@rayhanalfansa1435]

@@JoshuaVaughan-pi1sn they lost their mind cause the black samurai exist. But it's history accurate Yasuke was real person not fiction. But, they're denial so thats why I stop to listen their hate argument. It's not only happening for just an AC games but also happening to others game. One more thing for sure, don't trust any "internet reviewers nowadays"

[@JoshuaVaughan-pi1sn]

@@rayhanalfansa1435 someone on Reddit posted links to proof showing so much is misinformation as well for example the LGBTQ thing was completely fake someone photoshopped that and slapped Ubisofts logo on it made it seem like they posted it when in reality there is no such post on there entire page it was just to work people up and as we have seen its clearly working 🤦

[@majorknight859]

Preach brother preach I am very pissed at people complaining about Yasuke 1. There's literally a female lead who's the MC of this game 2. This franchise has never been historically accurate. There are alien civilizations, Greek and Norse mythology beings and monsters FFS. But a black dude is where y'all draw the line????? People just don't want to play as a woman or as a black dude. They don't care about historical accuracy

[@marshallman402]

Not one bit lol. It’s actually wild how most of these pissed off people aren’t actually AC fans so they won’t point out their hypocrisy when it comes to the last 4 fictional and inaccurate games. I can appreciate uproar if it’s at least consistent but no one has challenged the history this deeply until the main character was “black”

[@mbphilipblack8993]

THANK YOU. People are so fixated on Yasuke, that they are ignoring half of the game being, Naoe. A Kunoichi a freaking female shinobi, Perfect for the stealth sections of the game. Not to mention her being a woman makes her unsuspecting and underestimated. Shinobi has meanings/connotations of stealing or hiding away hence it connection stealth. They're just trying to mask their racism/hate against WOKE/Diversity under this invalid criticism.

[@Ultima013]

The female is a fictional character, disciple of a historical japanese shinobi... The choice of both protagonists is a massive stretch to accumulate ESG points and it's the reason why they got rid of the initial story and protagonist of this game, scrapping the Japanese samourai for Yasuke.

[@kitla6947]

1. Overpriced 2. Woke agenda 3. Inaccurate Japanese landscape and climate 4. Hiphop music for Yasuke fights 5. Recycled gameplay

[@eqrmn3934]

This has nothing to do with being fiction or not, heck Yasuke could even be a real samurai for all we care. This is about a lack of respect and pushing agendas in video games again, as always. They dont give a shit about Asian's and think they can just get away with this. And its disgusting people support their clear agenda because it is literally racism. One one hand they want to include a black guy for DEI to not seem racist, yet its somehow not racist to take for granted the Japanese setting? There is clearly a strong pattern of using locals in the modern AC games like past titles but when it gets to Japan for some reason they make the main character a foreigner? He was literally there for 3 years only and served as "samurai" for only 1.5. He is not a local.

[@theblueknight4825]

There are so many video games that give respect to Asians, infact people of almost all races. People just want to target one game franchise over something that they can control. It is FICTION, deal with it.

[@purplenurple8816]

What makes it funnier is that its #1 preordered in japan and they are getting mad on behalf of japanese ppl

[@oninaru]

It's actually better than that, it's in top5 4 times because of all different versions of game

[@nomi2925]

care to tell me your source because as someone who is currently in Japan, this isn't true at all. ? twitter? Quick update the ratio to likes vs dislikes at Ubisoft Japan for this game atm is 3.4k likes vs 40k dislikes. Sorry allow to change my question what are you smoking? Copium?

[@vorzgames9336]

This is not true at all. It's not even in the top 20 of most preordered games in Japan. Everyone liking this comment is lazy and ignorant.

[@dgomezzzzz]

@@nomi2925 I think he is talking about PS 5 version game pre-orders or something

[@purplenurple8816]

@@vorzgames9336 “Assassin's Creed Shadows is currently number one on the best sellers list for PS5 games on Amazon Japan”

[@AlaricLovell]

The fact that asian and japanese people are complaining about their culture not being seen in video games and other media is not only stupid it's blatantly incorrect considering there are hundreds of movies and quite a few games about japanese culture ghost of Tsushima,rise of the ronin and more one culture that has been severely left out is African culture the only game I can think of that have real historical events related to Black culture and it's past is assassin's Creed freedom cry I genuinely have never seen any other games that have black culture and events aside from ac freedom cry. If there are any games that anyone else knows about that have black culture in them pls tell me cause I'm actually curious if there are any others Also just my opinion not trying to fight anyone 👍

[@TheNature904]

Japanese culture is one of the most overused media. Not necessarily bad but it’s just the facts

[@IsraTheBlack]

People saying it's ok to have a black male samurai in Japan, but not ok to remake Resident Evil 5. So basically they're saying it's not ok to kill black (zombies) as a white man, but totally ok to kill Japanese people as a black man? Double standards huh 😂😂😂

[@justanotherday5441]

💯

[@illuminated_crown]

The double standards is that yall white conservatives didn't bitch about the inaccuracies or race in that game but now this is a problem. White guy in Africa no problem. Black guy in japan.. REEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@MrBruh-kb7fb]

Look, that was equally stupid back then and thats a false equivalency. If you wanna be like than then nobody should kill anyone ever. Yasuke was a real dude in Japan Ubisoft is using alternate history to tell a story. Don't be stupid my guy, conflict is the bread and butter of storytelling.

[@space_time869]

Who cares about shooting black zombies? In Africa? I sjot white zombies too??? Reach for the stars brother. Reach!

[@sabersin5368-c2c]

@@MrBruh-kb7fb “Yasuke was a real dude” Oh but the game isn’t supposed to be historically accurate isn’t it? Of course because the real Yasuke was never a real samurai to begin with. Yasuke had absolutely no reason to exist in Assassins Creed Shadows other than the fact that the developers are a bunch of weirdos who have this pathetic fixation over “diversity” because they think black people are the only minority in the world.

[@Recon458]

Bro i agree. We like to play video games to escape from reality and not for it realism.

[@bluesky4945]

I want to play a game of colonial management in Africa.

[@robbiezarobbieza6234]

Bro, good job One person go ahead and keep on making your video and let them keep on paying you for your stuff. They keep going good job bro that’s why you don’t have so many followers good job.

[@adamxero]

We wuz samurai. Wakanda Creed. A Japanese Assassin's Creed should have purely Japanese protagonists not some random black guy

[@adamxero]

@Titus.70bce Lmao to who like 13% of the player base

[@jamesnguyen3727]

Asian male representation as a protagonist is the issue.

[@KrimsonDragoon]

Definitely not enough but nobody is ever topping Kazuma Kiryu anyways tbh

[@mookiestewart3776]

Literally addresses your dumbass point in the video lol

[@carlosT3000]

?

[@HeyItsFranklyn]

4:58

[@mookiestewart3776]

Plenty of games for that , they in way shape off off lack representation in games. You’re issue is that he’s black and nothing more

[@killuafanboy3812]

6:18 That’s literally what I'm mad about! Couldn’t care less about who the character is. My main question I ask when I go to buy a game is... will I be able to play it? Which honestly should not be a question I gotta ask. If you want people to buy your game... MAKE IT SO I CAN PLAY THE GAME! Hate when a game lags and crashes so much!

[@TheNature904]

I was really hoping they would let this AC cook a little more in the oven instead of trying to meet deadlines of their investors. No gameplay and this game comes out in 6 months? 🚩

[@LyleFernandez-l4e]

"b-but yasuke was not a samurai🥺" Was Julius Caesar killed by aya? Was Leonardo making weapon for a assassin?

[@PartofHistory214]

I feel like it has potential to be great or really off-putting depending on how it's done. He was the retainer of Nobunaga who was surprisingly pro-western. The game COULD BE about him trying to avenge the one man who saw him as a person instead of only his race. On the other hand, it could just as easily be a weird situation where the foreigner main character has to bring his superior values to the backwards natives. Knowing Ubisoft, I'm not expecting a great story, so I'm expecting the latter and hoping for the former.

[@marsaeternum1003]

yasuke was the token prize of Nobunaga who never saw actual combat and never became a samurai, all he wore and all the weapons he held were ceremonial. he was nothing and he died a nothing. Samurai was Japan's NOBILITY class they wouldn't give the ranks to anyone specially not a Foreigner weather white or black.

[@GnosisZX]

Foreign samurai happened only one with someone ieyasu Tokugawa really liked and considered invaluable to him called William Adams

[@KrimsonDragoon]

@@GnosisZXand he also happens to be the protagonist of Nioh lol

[@bigdojacoom8999]

This has got to be the most racist rant I’ve seen in a minute; you’re attempting to reduce him to nothing on the basis of his skin color; do you not see how odd this looks?

[@mookiestewart3776]

Before nobunaga was killed he was literally planning on giving yasuke his entire own castle…..yup def not samurai lol. Samurai was not something you were just born into in the sengoku-jidai, not that you even know what that is. It was a station/office you could be promoted to if your lord liked you enough. That’s exactly what happened to yasuke, he was indeed samurai. Both the Smithsonian and britanica institutions agree along with many Japanese universities , museums and the direct lineage family of nobunaga himself. Oh and don’t forget the COUNTLESS pieces of Japanese media depicting yasuk as samurai. Just shut the fuck up man, you don’t know what you’re talking about.

[@AA-sw5pb]

​@@bigdojacoom8999he's not attempting to that's literally what he was in REAL history. I would argue pretending he wasn't and pretending that never happened is more racist than stating the fact it did happen

[@Kodeuk]

We want an Asian MC in a Asian based game because It’s our history and our culture and we do not like it when another race try to colonize it

[@Kingcrimson_1456]

So we’re ignoring the other protagonist

[@sushiyeah]

Sorry Buddy. I'm Asian I have nothing wrong with the Protagonist. The Samurai is an African, so what, plus yosuke has a history in Japan, like SHOGUN from Disney Plus, remember ANJIN. It doesn't bother me as a Gamer. As long as AC series creates something for Japan I am happy. Just waiting for the gameplay. Let's hope it will be good. Pre ordered the collectors edition for this game and I cannot wait.

[@sushiyeah]

​@@Kingcrimson_1456 I agree with you, yes the other one is Asian, but it doesn't bother me the Samurai is an African, I see it cool and interesting. I'm Asian and I play video games. I have been waiting for AC to based the series for East Asia (Japan is one of them). Let see if AC Shadows can perform better in story/gameplay against Ghost of Tsushima and Rise of the Ronin. Peace.

[@Kodeuk]

@@Kingcrimson_1456 it’s always Asian females. And Yasuke ain’t no samurai lol he’s a nobody so idk why he’s even put in Japan to be a AC lead

[@Kodeuk]

@@sushiyeah that nobody ain’t no samurai 🤡 he’s a myth aka folklore in Japan lol he’s in NO HISTORICAL TEXT BOOKS IN JAPAN. Show me where’s there’s proof that he existed? In a real Japanese text book. Y’all westerners are nothing but frauds who rewrite Yasuke story with zero proof. And what’s funny is that how you westerners was so focus on rewriting Yasuke story y’all forgetting about how the samurai hierarchy works 🤣🫵🏽 1. A real samurai has to start their training at the age of 5-13 of age and every samurai is a nobles born pure blooded Japanese and Yasuke is not a pure blooded Japanese or from a nobles family. And Yasuke came down to Japan as an adult. 2. Yasuke only stayed in Japan for 1-3 years and IT DOES NOT TAKE 1-3 YEARS TO BECOME A SAMURAI. Matter of fact any samurai who failed to protect their master MUST COMMIT SEPPUKU and Yasuke indeed failed to protect his master from the fire but yet he never commuted seppuku which proves he is no samurai plus he surrender to the enemy as well lol no samurai will do that ever. All of these circumstances THAT YOU WESTERNERS IGNORE REALLY DEBUNK YALL CLAIMS. If y’all decided to try to change our history by rewriting Yasuke story then try to make the story more sense and believable 🤡🤣🫵🏽🫵🏽🫵🏽🫵🏽🫵🏽🫵🏽 y’all ain’t slick and y’all will never be a samurai ever

[@langadube9611]

Someone please explain this to me, African here. I legitimately do not understand why everyone is angry. When we're speaking about a fictional event loosely based on real life I think we can give a lot of leeway because I'm pretty sure Abraham Lincoln wasn't a Vampire Hunter. or a Super Hero(Immortal from Invincible) George Washington didn't start a secret group of alien hunters(Ben 10) JFK wasn't a mutant(X-men) Or an alien(Men in Black) A Beyblade didn't help Moses split the red sea. Naploean, Ghangis Khan and Attila the hun weren't one person(Vandel Savage DC comics) There are tons of examples someone explain the outrage, without insulting anyone.

[@ADM.II.]

Nigerian here. Can't really understand the outrage from weebs . But in the end it's still just a game.

[@langadube9611]

@@ADM.II. Dude I consider myself a weeb myself but I just don't get it. Like out of the things to complain about we can talk about price, pay walls, bugs, gameplay which will be a problem if you know ubisoft. I say complain about the characters after the game when we have full context. Unless there's other shit going on that we don't know about.

[@ADM.II.]

@@langadube9611 Ok, I don't really know how to reply to this bro. But in the end if the game is good. I'll pirate it.

[@langadube9611]

@@ADM.II. Won't that take months before it can be pirated. What site do you use,

[@ADM.II.]

@@langadube9611 I haven't checked it in a long time oceanofgames. When you download you extract with WinRAR.

[@Okita-tr1dh]

Hol up, I don’t mind Yasuke as protagonist. But even before that, Ubisoft said since they couldn’t empathize with Japanese people, they had to choose a foreign character. Isn’t that kind of a hate speech to Japanese people or does not that matter to western people?

[@KazehareRaiden]

The problem is that Ubisoft is making Yasuke out as a very important historical figure when he was anything, but that. He wasn't in Japan for very long and after his master Oda Nobunaga died he was thrown out of the country. I could care less about his skin color, I barely am able to wrap my head around what race is as is much less care about anything that has to do with it

[@nlsn_og]

aged badly yasuke is gay now

[@Hatematic]

It’s literally no different from what they did in the past two RPG ACs, being gay will be a player choice lol

[@ghosttactician403]

​@@Hatematic except he was an actual person

[@Me_Myself_Maly]

Your source?

[@blackmanwithcomputer]

​@@ghosttactician403Doesn't matter when this is fiction, and we know nothing about him after he leaves Japan.

[@teamofone1219]

In Valhalla you can have a gay relationship this ain’t nothing new.

[@justingabriel1765]

Not only what you said, but to comment on the “what if they made a game in Africa and the playable character was white/Asian/ whatever race the say” If you show me the time in history where that non african character was in Africa and has interest connections to the most influential and important people of the time to the point where you’d probably have him in the game anyway… then yes, I wouldn’t mind you do that, because that’s the story you choose to take FROM HISTORY

[@Cure4Brains]

Actually, it would be interesting. Imagine 2 MC - a white colonizer and a black native in Africa and at some point, their destinies intertwine... Kinda like AC4. The main problem I have with Yasuke is that I don't think he's going to be an interesting character. They could have used much more interesting characters for the main role. Or better, come up with a completely new one, as they always did. Oh, and another problem is the way UbiQuebec portrayed him. At one point he winked at the girl, at another he started posturing (which is completely out of place). I swear, at some point, I thought he'd start dancing and rapping, and at the end, Yasuke and Naoe were going to fist bump.

[@justingabriel1765]

@@Cure4Brains see, already you were able to come up with a cool story for that proposed idea, like it’s not that hard to see why it was interesting lol 😂 It’s fair to be concerned for his character, the Yasuke Anime made him horribly dull, and we don’t know how any of the characters are, but the one thing assassins creed has done at least in my opinion has been that they know who their Main characters are, and usually they are likable, like I didn’t like Basim at all in Valhalla, and then I played Mirage, and while that game as a whole was meh to me, I left it with new found fondness for Basims character. I don’t really follow the wink criticism, it’s in the late 1500s, I think the first ever use of a wink was in 1100, so it’s not like he can’t wink that’s kinda wild. I found the wink at the girl to be quite sweet, he saw how she was staring at him, and from what we do know of Yasuke Japanese people when they first saw him were in awe, cause they had never seen a black guy before. I’m sure he’d gotten that look before, and from an innocent child it’s a sweet little gesture for a innocent interaction you know, that’s how I looked at it I’m not gonna go into why it’s a little weird the first thing you thought the black guy was gonna do after he winked was Dance and Rap, like… come on, but yeah like I said I didn’t get that vibe at all

[@Cure4Brains]

@@justingabriel1765 I meant, that the last part of the trailer looks too modern. These gestures, the pose, the music...

[@HK47_115]

​@@Cure4Brainsapparently found him very fascinating that they've made tons of media based around him or inspired by him. Out of curiosity, have you ever heard of Afro samurai? If so, who do you think was his inspiration?

[@chadmorrislionsinparis]

African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan written by Thomas Lockley and Geoffrey Girard. I suggest people read this book before speaking about the subject as if you know all the details. Assassin's creed games have always took liberty in their games to use the element of history to create an interesting story. if you don't like it, don't buy it. Art is subjective guys.

[@aster5031]

👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏

[@Jameswebbtelescope7484]

Can I take a screenshot of this and rewrite everything you said for the next person? Because this is a legendary comment

[@MustardSkaven]

"I suggest people read this book before speaking about the subject" I would suggest people first watch the Thomas Lockley interview where he states he had barely any source material to work with and admits he had to "make some assumptions" to turn 13 sentences of source material into 480 pages of book. I would also suggest people look at the primary sources, the same sources Lockley had access to, to find out what contemporary sources wrote about Yasuke, which shows how wild Lockley's "assumptions" are. There is barely anything written about Yasuke. If it wasn't for Matsudaira Ietada, we wouldn't even know his name. Even the Shincho Koki doesn't even mention him joining Nobunaga. All it has is 5 sentences about how he was introduced to Nobunaga. Nothing after that. No description of his role, deeds, nothing. But we have people like Lockley and other "historians" that want to say he got into 50 battles and won every war for Nobunaga. NONE of this is mentioned by any contemporary source. What we have written about him is in the Shincho Koki (5 sentences), 3 Jesuit letters (a few sentences each) and Matsudaira Ietada's diary mentioning him once. That's it. That's all we know about him.

[@tyler4418]

@@MustardSkaven so what you're saying is that he was basically the Shogun, and every man, woman and child in Japan knows his name and looks on his legend as the greatest warrior Japan has ever known?

[@eagle162]

​@@MustardSkavenI never realized it until now but oh my goodness you're right! The koki and jesuit letters don't mention anything about his position or anything of sorts. I suspect his position was Shoju or Genin, and apparently matsudaira's diary uses the word Genin, however I only been to find others mentioning what the diary says I haven't been able to look at the original source. Do you know what it says and can you show me.

[@HushtheMag]

I find the actual issue with a lot of people is that in every single Assassin's Creed game up until this one he main protagonist has been a made up character, You don't play as any real historical figures in any of the titles, But in this one you actually get to play as a real person in History But who do Woke Ubisoft choose?....A Black man with dreads who wasn't even documented as being a Samurai and they're also making him LGBTQABCD123 to tick more boxes. The Japanese hate this.

[@XpertGreekGamer]

1:14 that actually is the case here, in Japan i assume too considering the culture. In fact i was shocked when i saw one 7 years ago, because i forgot they existed

[@tommasogambini9930]

At the end of the day its just very high quality pixels on a screen. I can't belive that people are getting angry at a black samurai in a videogame, and are ignoring the fact that we have 2 goddamn wars going on in Europe... And to be honest where was all this disappointment in a black protagonist when Adèwale (from AC4) was given his own game? These accusations are just stoopid... Stop it all of you for f*** sake! Great video man, i like to see that there is still people with a sane mind, THANK YOU❤!

[@cosygoose1813]

You seem to forget no one here can stop a war by stop buying this game or talking about improving it and considering many people make a living making these games. You just end up being insulting. If you don't cars then don't comment.

[@TsarFrancisDrake]

Would you be fine if the main character of an Assassin's Creed game set in Africa was a white Boer?

[@rebelfriend9949]

Are you forgetting that there's two protagonists? There's yasuke and naoe, a shinobi. I would be 100% on board with an ac game set in Africa with both an African and a boer protagonist

[@HK47_115]

Boer a member of the Dutch and Huguenot population that settled in southern Africa in the late 17th century. By its very definition they were settled in Africa. Meaning it's very much possible because there's already a historical context. It's just a question whether or not they would want to go with an original character who was a boer or a historical figure like they're doing now. Kind of shot yourself in the foot with this one.

[@mookiestewart3776]

@@HK47_115the people that have a problem with yasuke are fucking dumb man , don’t bother lol

[@Oyi_14]

You make it sound like black people have a choice in this? Hello COD, ghost recon there are hella games with white characters in Africa that didn't involve the meltdowns you're having over this

[@justanotherday5441]

​@HK47_115 right....they weren't exactly best buds with the Africans.