The "Yasuke" Disaster Is Ubisoft's Nightmare | Asmongold Reacts

[@gerhardadler3418]

I think Abraham Lincoln was a samurai too, because it is nowhere mentioned that he wasn't.

[@pppppppp-wq4up]

同意します。きっとエリザベス女王は宇宙人、ジャンヌ・ダルクは中国人、則天武后はネイティブアメリカンだった。否定したい人はそうでないという証拠を持ってきてくださいね！

[@hyujanus1181]

he was a vampire hunter, prove me wrong. there's a whole ass documentary on it! lolol

[@Isidore22]

You convinced me.

[@BigBobbet]

Lincolns presidential campaign was almost completely financed by one group. He wouldn't even be allowed to he president today due to campaign finance laws.

[@Doominater799]

😢😮

[@rosmundsen]

I don't care what your teachers told you, my grandmother always told me that the best samurais were the gay blacks.

[@manuelalbaperdigones2090]

😂

[@TexanAstarte]

So stunning and brave

[@OniiChan6161]

​@@knightghost1782no it wasn't.. ken watanabe was the "last samurai".. obviously u didn't watch the movie 😂😂😂

[@Evil_Emperor_Zurg]

The fact that these bots are using the Mr. Beast logo and spamming the shit that they are, is extremely fitting

[@kesh4171]

​@@knightghost1782 Tell me you didnt watch the movie without telling me you didnt watch the movie.

[@OhHesCracked]

They fucked up pirates, Star Wars, and Samurai all within the same year. Now that is impressive. Glad this is happening people are sick of this bullshit.

[@rebotsomat]

Nothing is 'happening' bro.

[@TheHighborn]

It'll still sell like sugar, unfortunately.

[@chrisanderson1-66]

​@@rebotsomat"the message" is whats happening...and the majority are sick of it. I play games to get away from politics...and the last few years, games have fuckin sucked because of this shit

[@superstraight2667]

They fucked pirates by abusing Singapore's subsidies for tech companies since Ubisoft Singapore was a small studio. Management spent 5 years worth of subsidies and nothing to show for until the government told them where the fuck is their supposed game. 2 studio heads got axed and devs forced to make a game from a mess of concepts.

[@robeeer2]

​@@rebotsomat you aren't the sharpest tool in the shed, are you?

[@guujigaming]

I was at the Samurai experience in Kyoto just a few days ago and I asked the instructor about this, he said you are born into samurai clans. It’s bloodline. You can’t be a foreigner samurai. He also said there are still samurai bloodline left in Japan today, and Ubisoft trying to make Yasuke a samurai is mockery of their ancestors.

[@MrDjWow]

Is that the one put on by Shogo? He’s a great source of knowledge on that kind of thing, I met him just last year.

[@guujigaming]

@@MrDjWow not sure about that, but he definitely knew what he was talking about

[@yukoJ]

Correct. It was bloodline. You had to be born in certain families to be eligible to become a samurai for a reason of guaranteed security during a hierarchical society. My ancestor was a samurai. His picture, memos, journals, and swords have been passed on through generations in my family.

[@simeonwashington8592]

Except Yasuke was real so....

[@guujigaming]

@@simeonwashington8592 nobody said he wasn’t real. But he was a slave to the jesuits, not a samurai

[@luvstagrind]

Origins- you're a medjay in Egypt Odyssey- you're a spartan in Greece Valhalla- you're a nord in the British Isles Shadows- you're a shinobi in Japan but also put black guy in it and make him gay

[@V0RTA]

What about Black Flag?

[@luvstagrind]

​​​@@V0RTA You're a welsh privateer (or pirate) in the Caribbean

[@HSE331]

@@V0RTAThe British were by far the best pirates

[@acow1385]

For Shadows you don’t play as a Shinobi, you’re a Kunoichi

[@ernestodeh1409]

​@@luvstagrindPeople forget to mention that most of the people he met thought he was English bc they couldnt tell the difference

[@rbrick3685]

One of my Japanese friends said it perfectly: "Ubisoft managed to somehow unite the Japanese, the Chinese, and the Koreans."

[@ChiquitaSpeaks]

??? They all hate sun tanned ppl?

[@DreamyAbaddon]

Japanese, Korean and Chinese are generally, historically adversaries. So when something like this brings them together, you know something is really wrong with the game.

[@Kait07_]

@@ChiquitaSpeaks if that's what you got out of that, I hope you recover from your mental illness 🙏🙏

[@amanneelgund1703]

​@@ChiquitaSpeaksyes and so what

[@harrywu8707]

As a Taiwanese, this is indeed correct. It makes East Asian players feel very perplexed. Frankly, I have no problem with the West pursuing political correctness, but it shouldn't be done at the expense of our culture. Perhaps the history between white people and black people makes white people feel indebted to black people, or black people feel that white people owe them, so there is a need for modern-day compensation. But none of this is related to East Asia, right? To be honest, Chinese people were even taken by American whites to build railroads; we should be seen as fellow victims. So, if political correctness is to be pursued, it should remain within the Western cultural sphere.

[@Russian_Waifu]

Japan has the right to defend their culture and traditions.

[@dustygearhead]

Hell yea they do. Im sick of these dumbass woke companies. Japan is BASED. Keep Japan for the Japanese only! Keep your culture and heritage going strong.

[@godsfav7551]

yea dude, the same way they deny their war crimes against korea and china, its their right!

[@Zemeckis_]

Absolutely.

[@OhHesCracked]

100%

[@InternetHydra]

Everyone does.

[@mr.redhands8390]

This reminds me to that Cleopatra show that got Netflix sued by Egypt. Only that this guy went the extra mile to rewrite history on the internet, what a madlad. These people are completely insane lol.

[@kboi1170]

They’re literally just trying to have their cake and eat it too. The ordeal is literally just this: Ubi: “You’re racist if you complain about Yasuke because we’ve actually done research and met with historians about this!” Everyone: “Well, you’re racist for misrepresenting Japanese culture.” Ubi: “Yeah… well… it’s a fantasy game so it doesn’t matter!” It wasn’t until they released that apology that they started pointing out that this game is also fictional, they’ve literally just been heavily implying that their game is historically accurate in all of the marketing.

[@Arkanna96]

Fiction based on history is a thing that's been going on for a while

[@spawn302]

They claim it's just a game, but they also straight up claimed that this was a way to "learn about history" and, like you said, flaunted their "historical sources". So they are selling something, claiming it to be historically accurate, and then buyers are finding out after the fact that it isn't historically accurate. In fact, it's just one big virtue signal

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

The opening screen of assassins creed states “inspired by historical characters and events, this work of fiction…” A lot of people don’t seem to understand the term “inspired”. In ac3 you participate in the Boston tea party. Did that actually happen? Yes. Did the assassins take part in it? No. However you could still learn about the Boston tea party. The characters also follow the same pattern, such as da Vinci. It is much the same thing with Yasuke in this game. He was a weapon bearer, not a samurai. But making him a samurai in game is not a huge stretch, so they did it. It is BASED on history, but not 100% accurate. That’s how it’s been marketed, that’s how it’s been since ac1. Ubisoft didn’t call anyone racist, only IGN and other idiotic game media.

[@zirkereuler5242]

it's like ubisoft is a financial youtuber saying that their game is a work of fiction (not financial advice)

[@zaroko8105]

​@@ApsmneShsbshualright that excuses thier advertising and campaign marketing of calling it historically factual then

[@PandaGin]

Thomas Lockley's entire published works are just the epitome of "trust me, bro, someone said it"

[@Relugus]

Looking forward to his book on Giant Enemy Crabs.

[@PandaGin]

@@Relugus The main Crab antagonist is probably black and gay too.

[@genin69]

More like: trust me bro, my grandma told and I dont care what anyone says

[@alexdragoon74]

Thomas grandmother say "don't trust Nobunaga's official bio, Gaysuck was the best somaro!"

[@あるふぁる]

Both Wikipedia and the Encyclopedia Britannica say so! I wrote it!

[@SpudRusset]

Bro is the reason our teachers warned us to not use Wikipedia as a source

[@DB-wg1tz]

This

[@toomanyaccounts]

@@DB-wg1tz funny how Smithsonian and even Britannica used Lochley as a source. In studies wikipedia was found to be as accurate as an encyclopedia

[@SpudRusset]

@@toomanyaccounts ☝️🤓

[@user-gm4kv2my4u]

@@toomanyaccounts Source - wikipedia

[@toomanyaccounts]

@@user-gm4kv2my4u nope. simple search would reveal news articles saying things like "A review of 42 science articles by subject experts for Nature found Wikipedia was as accurate as Britannica. A study by Oxford University of 22 English-language articles, funded by the Wikimedia Foundation, concluded it was more accurate than Britannica."

[@Zamblinger]

Thomas Lockley, not Yasuke, is the one who is trying to change (or changed) Japanese history to promote his book, now that's colonialism at work. I'm surprised he's still allowed to work in Japan.

[@simeonwashington8592]

Japan were colonial and still harbor massive colonial sentiment. Let's not act like that would be anything other than two racist groups of people outdoing each other.

[@GGWP-gm5cq]

Not really anything related to Colonialism or alternative history. This is just a disgraced academic trying his hardest to gain recognition that he is neither qualified to or deserve. When a book concerning historical material is written by a associate professor at a law school whose job was mostly teaching English, the readers, publishers, and many other agency should be compelled to investigate whether the writer is qualified to discuss the matter. As a side notes, quite certain the Japanese university (Nihon University, which by all means and purposes was never a top institution to begin with) that he is working at has removed his traces and courses, so that should says a lot about backlashes.

[@themarvelouschester3587]

"My source is that i made it the fuck up!" Thomas Lockley probably

[@NameIsDoc]

More like "my source is this paper" and the papers source is Wikipedia, and Wikipedias source is another paper by him that says absolutely nothing.

[@veniclipse9394]

This meme will never die

[@christianalanwilson434]

@@NameIsDoc If you edited the Wiki yourself and used your own shitty book as a "source" then yeah, that's exactly what happened.

[@RedBarbaronGG]

And DEI focused ubisoft used it as reference. 1 "trust me bro" source is better than 100 sources said it was wrong. As long as it's black, good to go.

[@CivilizedWasteland]

This is after they were all saying trust the experts and smugly asking for sources

[@smithynoir9980]

"We knew that it might have happened" -Thomas Lockley That's him speaking like a politician. That's the language of a man that is intentionally trying to deceive.

[@IslamistSocialist371]

translation "the source is i made it the fuck up"

[@chadasonmcgraw]

This was the first thing I thought of! ​@@IslamistSocialist371

[@Speaker264]

​@@IslamistSocialist371 "It was revealed to me in a dream"

[@IsThisThePrizeIveWaitedFor]

Thomas Lockley is the most colonial British name ever

[@emdo.unlimited555]

"We knew that it might have happened" is no different than saying "it might have happened" and the latter would be lambasted as a rationale

[@CrimsonFIame]

The crazy part is there's people either ignoring how Japanese people feel about this or telling themselves it's just Caucasians that are mad. Alot of people in Japan are very proud of their history and culture I'm not surprised to see them upset but I am surprised to see their government even getting involved.

[@TheMikepatota]

Oh there are people trying to call the Japanese themselves racists for being upset about this. It’s wild.

[@djbobby224]

Assassins creed literally had the ball in their court with the idea of a Japanese assassins for an assassins creed game and fumbled it.

[@Underworlddream]

I heard that it was explain that because of that professor that made up stuff as well as telling people in Japan one thing and go to the west to tell people the other thing. It was possible that Japanese education was comprised by people from other country with their own agenda, so that why they want the government to look into it.

[@SuperCasperman]

Japan isn't upset though 😂😂 They have a whole ass statue of Yusuke in a Museum 😭🤦🏼‍♂️

[@celxoirealyx]

You westerners may treat culture and history as something so mundane and trivial. But here in Asia it's different. Just like how gender identities and being picky with food is trivial and mundane in the east. But not for westerners. 😂😂

[@benitofranklyn4237]

They always ad black people into everything, but would never care enough to research and present an actual African story.

[@stepsis8437]

Go play assassin's creed origins 💀

[@benitofranklyn4237]

​@@stepsis8437 Isn't it glaringly obvious that I meant Sub-Saharan Africa if I use black people in the same sentence? I know Egypt is on the continent of Africa, but that's so clearly not the point here. Egyptian history has been thematized in many movies and games, it's Sub-Saharan history that constantly gets ignored.

[@rasalasblack]

Bc "white saviour" is bad. The "black saviour" version is good. And, we are the racists. In the totem pole of ESG, Asians are under POC. Inclusion but only BLM.

[@stepsis8437]

@@benitofranklyn4237 i understand my bad ❤️

[@benitofranklyn4237]

​@@stepsis8437 Don't worry. Thank you for your respectful and understanding response. People (including me) are just very disappointed b/c everybody has been waiting for an AC Japan, since they started doing different era and places for every game. It's so obviously the perfect gameplay for a Ninja game. They did so many other nonsense first and now when they finally do a Japan version and it's such blatant disrespect to Asian and African culture. It seems they have done the least actual research for any of their games so far. And now everybody gets called racist by people who neither care about looking the least bit into either of the two cultures or histories.

[@Just_a_turtle_chad]

You know AAA gaming has really messed up when a whole country calls them out.

[@dustygearhead]

I love it

[@SuperCasperman]

Except they aren't 😂😂🤦🏼‍♂️

[@LobotomyGuy]

Dawg I see u everywhere

[@notmyemail506]

​@@SuperCaspermanthey are

[@kevgasper3934]

I have theory that huge american financial groups owning Ubisoft (like blackrock ,vangard, etc) and most of the gaming industry are using this as a way to destroy competition whilst making money on non innovative dead companies. We are extremely mad in France about ubisoft bs. As a french, microsoft buying part of arkane studio just to end it angers me. The thing is that it doesn't only apply to the gaming sector sadly..

[@DirtyDan95]

the real question is why they didn't use Miyamoto Musashi, a dude who was in his first battle at 13 on the losing side, later became a ronin and proceeded to call out other master swordsman and dueled 63 men to the death and never lost. Its a free AC storyline where they wouldn't even have to come up with anything. All the duels could be the bosses you fight and just fill in for the animus bullshit.

[@notKevinFeige]

Because there's no ESG points to gain with that

[@simeonwashington8592]

Because his history is extremely extensive and well covered. Better to use an obscure figure who's story isn't very concrete

[@Ronin.97]

@@notKevinFeige put a forgettable lgbtq side character or two in for appeasement and leave the main character alone.

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

No, the real question is why they’re suddenly using historical figures in the first place as a playable protagonist. Almost as if they knew how ridiculous and outlandish a black samurai in feudal Japan would be, and they’ve literally had to appropriate a historical figure in order to even justify it

[@isaacvallenstein6717]

Cuz he's not black

[@xleonhardt4416]

Thomas: "Yasuke totally existed as I've described." Rest of the world: "Source?" Thomas: "Trust me bro."

[@lan_real]

That's when you say "Its my own source" Well how can we know it's legit Well i made it 🤓

[@Nido_Tessler]

Thomas"My source is I made it the Fu@× up"

[@kevinpalacios1119]

Well he did actually exist, but is only briefly mentioned never as a samurai. The source would be the Japanese letters written by the lords of that time period.

[@xleonhardt4416]

@@kevinpalacios1119 I didn't say he didn't exist. Literally the first line of my joke comment is: Thomas: "Yasuke totally existed as I've described." The keywords there are: "as I've described" meaning I'm saying Thomas is making shit up about a historical figure.

[@dukkibhoy1990]

It's a game get a grip people

[@alial-rubiay337]

Yasuke should've been npc in a side quest and not the protagonist.

[@Loukious]

I think he would have made the perfect person you're working with to join the assassins. Like he's working within. Like since he's an outsider to the culture and probably treated lesser or stupid he's the perfect person to keep an eye on the Japanese version of the Templars.

[@stepsis8437]

Yesss 😭😭

[@TriViuM2k22]

Kinda like Adewale in Black Flag. They could've given him a small. DLC for those that want more story about him.

[@mid9bliss]

​@@Loukiousthose are the same reasons he should be a playable character.

[@ninednine4445]

​@TriViuM2k22 or they could have made it how they did & not give after about what ppl think.

[@marzialalfonzocanada888]

I like how people on twitter went from "its just white people complaining abt the game not the japanese" to "japan is racist" after ubisoft japan got community noted lol

[@sentinel-p5k]

いまだに言われてるよ 日本人がなぜ怒っていないと言えるのか？　と聞いても誰も答えてくれないが

[@siliconhawk]

professional L takers they are. they move the goal post so much i am pretty sure its in another multiverse right now. where nobunaga was a gay black man that came from the sky 💀

[@TheVanezBlane]

@@sentinel-p5k bro thats not what he said, use a better translator

[@n30p47h1c]

To be fair, Japan is actually pretty racist

[@GUCCIPAPERPLATE]

⁠​⁠@@TheVanezBlanehe’s not saying that op is saying it, he’s agreeing with what op said. “How can they say Japanese people are not angry? Even when I ask they will not acknowledge me..”

[@itlogo0o]

George Washington was black and gay, Winston Churchill was trans fish woman and Napoleon was actually just a Filipino boy who loves to dance

[@bigbroarivus]

Churchill was actually a mutant octopus they found in desert somewhere in India

[@JasonGNasty]

I mean it’s video game what’s the big deal it’s not effecting Japan in a negative way

[@JasonGNasty]

@@The13thRonin This is not attacking they culture or traditions or even changing their history Ubisoft never said “THIS IS THE MOST HISTORICALLY ACCURATE GAME BASED ON JAPAN HISTORY “ if they did that would be a problem but since we know Assassins creed is a video game that never really had historical accuracy I don’t see the problem here they did apologize for misrepresenting the flag and certain things but not Yasuke plus there’s little information on Yasuke which allows room for creative fictional story telling

[@nicknevco215]

All facts proven by the woke rewrite of history

[@SpiceCh]

@@JasonGNasty if you want a bad ass yasuke, play Nioh 2. That game doesn't pretend to be historically accurate. Assassin's Creed pretends to be faithful to the historical settings it portrays and marketed itself as such, but now we see that they tried to have their cake and eat it too. Black people were practically unknown in Japan at the time save for being seen working as slaves under foreign merchants. This is evidenced by Frois's account of several people dying in Kyoto after a fight broke out between people trying to get a glimpse of Yasuke upon his arrival, and how Nobunaga tried to have his skin washed as he believed Yasuke had been dyed with ink.. What Japanese people knew of Africans would've come from those merchants, and if the story of Akechi sparing Yasuke is to be believed (and can be used as a representative), Japanese people saw Africans as lesser beings just as the merchants did. Frois writes that Yasuke didn't speak a word of Japanese, but entertained Nobunaga with a few "tricks" he had learned, while Nobunaga allegedly enjoyed holding one-sided conversations with the man. Yasuke was a "retainer" for 11 months before Nobunaga died at Honnoji, and it's highly unlikely that Yasuke became anything remotely close to a skilled warrior during that time. From what is written, it is likely he was kept at court, as little more than a curiosity to be shown off - a glorified jester, given a title to separate him from the slaves owned by merchants. But samurai, understood as a traditional Japanese warrior, he was not. He was never given a family name, as is otherwise required of samurai.

[@sea3267]

"maybe the real DEI samurai's were the ones we made up along the way" - Ubisoft PR team probably

[@LawfulBased]

It was a better take when Guts, a white European berserker turning stoic sigma, was labelled the "Black Swordsman".

[@ryana5435]

Ubisoft literally advertised this game as “a piece for fixing the hole in Japan’s history”, that’s why Japanese bros are mad

[@Lunk42]

I GUARANTEE you that if no one had raised their voices about this that ubi would gladly keep portraying shadows as "historically authentic" and Lockley would 100% keep pushing his bs as "facts".

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

The opening screen of assassins creed states “inspired by historical characters and events, this work of fiction…” A lot of people don’t seem to understand the term “inspired”. In ac3 you participate in the Boston tea party. Did that actually happen? Yes. Did the assassins take part in it? No. However you could still learn about the Boston tea party. The characters also follow the same pattern, such as da Vinci. It is much the same thing with Yasuke in this game. He was a weapon bearer, not a samurai. But making him a samurai in game is not a huge stretch, so they did it. It is BASED on history, but not 100% accurate. That’s how it’s been marketed, that’s how it’s been since ac1. They never said Yasuke was portrayed accurately.

[@ShaggyRogers1]

​@@ApsmneShsbshuyou keep repeating the same comment, but also conveniently ignore that they have literally been including "exploration and historical touring" as a literal game mode starting with Origins. They literally have dozens of codex entries to go around and unlock in Mirage that are literally just blurbs about historical facts. Ubisoft has literally claimed multiple times that Shadows had "historical experts" signing off on it and that it was "historically authentic". It's only now that Ubisoft is trying to fall back on "it's fiction", as if that excuses the blatant repeated copyright infringement and insulting the entire Shinto religion by using a Torii gate as a decoration of their "Japan Expo" booth. Repeat: Ubisoft had a both at a convention purely aimed at Japanese media and deliberately insulted the biggest domestic religion of Japan by using their sacred architecture as booth dressing.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

@@ShaggyRogers1 origins also included f*cking gods… mirage did also. They never once said the game was 100% accurate, and instead said it was based on history. I’m well aware of the Tori gate situation, and idgaf. It doesn’t affect the game in the slightest, and if someone did the same thing with a cross, I wouldn’t care either. People are just snowflakes.

[@ShaggyRogers1]

@@ApsmneShsbshu Dude, you can stop trying to defend the billion dollar company like your life depended on it. It's a known fact that the series has ALWAYS attempted to be historically accurate with the game environment, since the originals. They consulted with people that have actually performed archeological digs in Iraq for Mirage. They painstakingly recreated Rome so accurately that a veteran player could navigate actual Rome in 2024 from landmark to landmark. Meanwhile for Japan, they directly insult the Japanese people by claiming they consulted "history experts" before just ripping off of Chinese architecture, using a blatantly falsified historical figure as the main character, and respect the culture of Japan so much that they think Geishas existed in 16th century Japan and used a sacred symbolic religious gate for convention booth decoration. All you are doing with these comments is pointing out your own blatant bigotry.

[@DarkMatter-97]

​ @ApsmneShsbshu Your account was made 5 days ago and your name is just a bunch of random letters. I'm guessing you made a new account so you could shill for Ubisoft without having to own it.

[@takutakutakkunn5498]

As a Japanese, let me just say this. Thank you Sucker Punch. You guys did a really good job. You went to Japan, did a lot of research, brought up the facts, and then put them into the game. Playing your game really made me nostalgic for what Japan must have been like back then. Thanks Sucker Punch, I want to give you all a hug and a good job. UBI Soft?　Forget it.

[@tr1bes]

I like reading history and Ghost of Tsushima gave me a historical insight of what was going on. They recently found Chinese ships used by the Mongols for the invasion of Japan between Korea and Japan. On one find is a grenade outer shell from that time period. Not only that, but the Mongols also try to invade twice and twice the Tsunami devastate the fleet.

[@HansWurst1569]

Yeah respect! Ghost of Tushima wasnt perfect but atleast they put in a lot of care and efford to mix game and authenticity. Even Ghost had quite a few innaccuracies but it never felt like they wanted to push something with it. Thats why it feels so good! Because you can see the passion and respect they have

[@majdalmohanna3038]

aucker punch did their homework, instead of relying on a history fiction book, i bet you can romance guys with this dude

[@therealfriday13th]

​@HansWurst1569 Oh but they DID push something. They pushed "this is a game set in a fictionalized feudal Japan."😅

[@paulsteward9582]

Ubisoft tried to copy Sucker Punch success, clearly they add DEI into the mix

[@NikolaBevanda]

You see something similar happend to Witcher on Netflix. They took books and games based on Slavic folklore. And made bunch of people black and gay and bi. And afterwards they were confused.

[@ze-ph9774]

It hurt itself in its confusion.

[@nickh4354]

And cleopatra. And Joan of Arc.

[@JessieJoseph-y1w]

And vikings

[@zenoxDD]

im black myself and i dont understand why companies do shit like this

[@mako8091]

​@@zenoxDDthey're pandering to the woke mob for brownie points.

[@SD78]

In the Wikipedia article, Thomas Lockley is STILL the primary (and only) source for Yasuke being a samurai.

[@brave8191]

125.1 million people living in Japan yet Ubisoft never tried to contact one for the lore

[@jolang8022]

Ubisoft knew but DEI is necessary

[@ryana5435]

Ubisoft literally advertised this game as “a piece for fixing the hole in Japan’s history”, that’s why Japanese bros are mad

[@codinghusky5196]

Honestly they didn't have to. They could've made the protagonist a genderless blob of space goo named Kat-e which can transform into random Japs and cats and trees and do mad parkour and no one would've minded AS LONG AS THEY DIDN'T COME OUT CLAIMING "hey guys; this is actual history". I mean NONE of the native cultures NEVER minded any hollywood or similar bullshit in the past because heck, we ALL knew it's just fin games and make belief. Nobody thought Hollywood wanted to indoctrinate the world into thinking Cleopatra was from London by casting Elisabeth Taylor; the Greek never said a word about The rock being Hercules, and China didn't protest over The Great Wall being rescued by WHITE Hollywood stars in a MOVIE MADE BY THE CHINESE THEMSELVES. Because NOBODY went out of their way to actually claim this was ACTUAL HISTORY. Or that stories need updates for "modern audiences" eg "your traditional German fairytale now needs to be browninated".

[@Aedrion-]

Wrong, they did work with Japanese people to get the feudal time-setting right. Then of course some woke suit said to make the protagonist black and so here we are.

[@TungiMartyn]

125.1 million people living in Japan, and not one gives a shit about a fictional game depicting a black man as the main character 🤷‍♂

[@みそそんそん]

正確に日本人の怒りを理解して下さってありがとうございます。 一人の日本人として心から感謝致します。 何人もの日本人が指摘していますが、私達は別に黒人だろうが白人だろうが誰がこのゲームの主人公でも我々日本人は構わないのです。 フィクションなのであれば。 1.「日本の歴史を正確に学べる」と何度も何度も宣伝していたのに嘘ばかりの偽の歴史を日本へ押し付けていること。 2.日本で黒人奴隷が流行っていたと何のソースもなく嘘の歴史を広められていること。（これは直接UBIではなく、トーマスロックリーの著書とWikipediaですが。） 3.上記を指摘すると何のロジカルな理由もなくDEI支持者から"Shut up racist"という返答のみ返ってくること。 4.挙句の果てに「これはフィクションなのだから熱くなるなよ」と謝罪にもなっていない声明を出してくること。 私はこれらが本当に心の底から許せません。 自国の歴史を歪められて世界中に喧伝されることに抗議をするとracistなのですか？ どうやら私が知らない間にracistの定義は変わったようですね。 それなら私はracistで構いません。 DEIが酷いと聞いてはいましたが、ここまでとは… 貴方達欧米の方々がこれほどまでに邪悪な集団と何年も戦っていたことに敬意を表します。

[@menaceiwill1]

As someone from Europe I am sincerely sorry, Japanese history is amazing and should be accurate. Much love. From u.k

[@0715andy]

Supporting from Taiwan :3/

[@RYUSHIR0]

I have never had the opportunity to meet my family in Japan, despite having grown up outside of the country. Yet, i still find the recent actions of Ubisoft to be highly offensive.

[@kurtz6666]

English: "Thank you for accurately understanding the anger of the Japanese people. As a Japanese person, I am sincerely grateful. Many Japanese people have pointed out that we do not care if the protagonist of this game is black or white, as long as it is fiction. 1. They repeatedly advertised that we could learn about Japanese history accurately, yet they are imposing a false history on Japan. 2. They are spreading a false history that black slavery was prevalent in Japan without any sources. (This is more related to Thomas Lockley's book and Wikipedia than directly UBI.) 3. When we point this out, DEI supporters respond with nothing but "Shut up racist" without any logical reason. 4. In the end, they issue a statement that is not an apology, saying "It's just fiction, don't get so worked up." I cannot forgive these actions from the bottom of my heart. Is protesting the distortion of our country's history and its widespread promotion around the world considered racist? It seems that the definition of racist has changed without my knowledge. If so, I am fine with being called racist. I had heard that DEI was terrible, but not to this extent... I respect you Westerners for fighting against such an evil group for so many years."

[@Troupe_Master]

You are not Japanese you literally used Google translate to make this the way you typed this makes no sense😂😂

[@mrensayne]

"The last Halo game made was Halo Reach". Laughed then cried shortly after...

[@Chickensea10]

Spartans never die, they're just missing in action

[@nathanquinn8273]

😅😢

[@woodsgump]

What do you mean? There’s Infinite 😎

[@Licherous]

Shitfinite

[@JacobBite]

@@woodsgump Infinite playercount and the next 10 years of Halo

[@WazeAr]

"It just a game" - a guy who don't even realize that Ubisoft claim twice it was Japan historical accurate. "We’re showing real historical figures, such as Oda Nobunaga and a lot of events that happened during that time, so you’re not only playing in feudal Japan, but learning about this fantastic time period." - Game Director Charles Benoit during interview with XBox team. Another one from podcast.

[@こじろー-f4j]

トーマスロックリーさんはSNSから逃亡しましたがその裏で今もブリタニカを編集しています。 本当に怖い。 日本人以外の方達もこの悪行に気づいて声をあげてくれて嬉しいです。

[@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914]

thing about the wrong placed hip hop music is Ubisoft is a France company and the Quebec francophone studios in montreal develop it... (at least if japanese rap legends DOS MONOS were the musicians here) in the 1990s IAM ( i am) the france hip hop band made lots of Samurai Rap music, so many people at Ubisoft Montreal and France loved iam japanese themed hip hop hence the connection

[@purplenurp5590]

Yeah normal people here out west are so sick and tired of this cringe woke junk

[@parabalani]

Cry harder

[@BliTzeDGames]

​@@parabalaniYasuke wasnt a samurai. You cry harder.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

@@BliTzeDGamesthat literally doesn’t matter because he is in the game.

[@liam_smith_65536]

As a Japanese, I have one question : Why didn't UBIsoft hire real experts of Japanese history who is Japanese and could read periodic Japanese language used in primary souces ???

[@huynhyurivanvladamir7978]

No DEI pushing and diversity that why

[@ComradeCommissarYuri]

Because they really do not care

[@WalnutWarrior7]

Because real historians wouldn't have promoted their message enough. Real history is inconvenient when you want to promote a specific narrative.

[@henkdachief]

why would they

[@mabimilkers5348]

Normal people don't dedicate their working life to rewriting another countries history. You're seeing a state actor getting caught in their propaganda operation. Watch Yuri Bezmanov explaining subversion, it explains why America is woke and now it's happening to Japan.

[@vincesiy1403]

Yasuke was never a samurai. Thomas Lockley just wanted to invent that to make himself more popular by hyping it up.

[@flaviusiacob1558]

Well, i guess he got what he wanted. Popularity

[@Jackhjj6]

販賣黑奴數位版本

[@mabimilkers5348]

Normal people don't dedicate their working life to rewriting another countries history. You're seeing a state actor getting caught in their propaganda operation. Watch Yuri Bezmanov explaining subversion, predicted the events in America 50 years ago.

[@EndertheWeek]

He might have been a Samurai but that only means he was an honoured retainer. It doesn't mean he was a warrior . . . . and managed to master Japanese weapons in a few months. That assumption is completely and utterly racist because it shows a complete ignorance of Japanese history.

[@DjLuCKyCHaRM]

No he was not ​@@EndertheWeek

[@johngiesen5361]

Yasuke was real, but was never a samurai, he literally carried weapons for a real samurai, yasuke was a glorified golf caddy... only studied history and specifically Asian history for the past 6 years so what would I know...

[@mikankan-y1h]

Japanese fans initially complained that Ubi had stolen their images. But then Ubi's president posted a statement on the company's website, claiming that the protesters were racist. That's pretty brazen for a thief, don't you think? I don't think there is anyone who wouldn't be outraged by this. Ubi should have made it clear that they had discriminated against Japanese people and treated them as racists, and apologized. To begin with, few people in Japan complain about black people. Remember that Afro Samurai is a Japanese anime. Their complaints are about Yasuke's status and disrespect for Japanese people.

[@HSE331]

not to mention this is being used to create the narrative that Japan started the african slave trade

[@danielwinchester4759]

Wasn't afro samurai made by samuel jackson because he was a anime nerd?

[@talkingtakotaco8611]

I mean the stratagy works here in america. Call someone racist and its like grabbing a mario invincibility star.

[@HSE331]

@@danielwinchester4759 no? he just voiced it. It was already a japanese manga before jackson knew what it was. and it was produced into an anime by japanese.

[@手水舎-k1r]

I am Japanese. I know many people are unhappy that black people are the main characters. But I didn't care if black people were the main characters. The sensibilities of Japanese and foreigners are too different, so I thought it would be fine if Yasuke included a scene where he asked questions from a foreigner's point of view and Japanese characters answered them. However, the recent disturbance denied Yasuke's original history and made him angry because he felt like he was trampling on Japanese culture and history. If you're going to treat me like that, don't use Yasuke again. Quit using Japan as your subject. Works set in Japan are made by only Japanese people, so please leave them alone. It makes me want to say that.

[@jutah2501]

このゲームの争点は３つ。一つは主人公に日本人をキャンセルして弥助が使われたこと。 しかしこれは日本人はほとんど争点にしていない。おそらく今回の問題で怒っている日本人全体の２割か３割であろう。 怒っているのはおおよそ日本人以外だが、日本人はDEIの被害にほとんどあってないのでこれは自然の流れといえる。 ２つ目は専門家から監修を受けたと主張しているが、実際には日本の歴史的文化とかけ離れているところである。はっきり言って正しいところを探すのが難しいほど間違っている。 怒っている日本人のほとんどが争点にしているのはこれ。 これは動画のとおり現在日本では弥助のバックストーリーの捏造問題に発展している。そしてそれ以外にもマップ、オブジェクト、NPCの造形、もう一人の主人公である奈緒江に関するすべてにある歴史的不正確さも含まれる。 現状奈緒江について誰も注目していないのであえて書くが、彼女は当時存在しなかったもので構成されている。名前のネーミングルール、服装、武器などだ。 ほかにも当時、現代の人々が思い描く忍者は存在しなかった。冷静に考えてほしいが、あのような「私は忍者です」と全身で主張するファッションでどうやって秘密裏に仕事をしようというのか。 ３つ目は権利問題。大量に著作権侵害を行っている点である。数が多すぎて例を挙げるのが困難である。誰が怒っているかは関係なく、はっきり言ってこれは犯罪である。 もうこのゲーム売るの止めたほうが良くない？

[@eulerleonhard4769]

Literally speaking, it is too hard for us Japanese to ignore / accept this game. too many disputes involving with us.

[@henkdachief]

yeah i dont care

[@elliexir9091]

I’m pretty sure that the same thing could be said about Valhalla, but as a Swede I don’t see any point in being upset about it. I do feel like they should have chosen a Japanese protagonist for this game, though.

[@xaevius5319]

not that i disagree with any of your points but the "fashion of an assassin" point that it screams "im a ninja" well.... asassins have been wearing clothes that scream "im an assassin" since the very beginning of the series, its been memed on too. for people that have there creed supposedly be "hide in plain sight" they sure do wear clothes that make them stand out

[@RiSK907]

I'm just so grateful that, miraculously, Americans weren't the ones who did this. It was Ubisoft Quebec so Canadians made this garbage, aside from Lockley who wrote that fictional 'African Samurai' book passing as history, he was British. Finally we didn't make a mockery of ourselves for once.

[@jmaitland5709]

Since Ghost of Tsushima was mentioned, fun fact about it, it is the best selling non-Japanese game in Japan. In an interview with the games developer, a Japanese historian even said that the setting felt so authentic he would recommend it to students learning history. That's what happens when a Western developer actually cares about Japan enough to do their research and put some passion into the project.

[@ISGAMINGFORNERDS]

Ghost was a boring movie Sony game with boring characters repetitive open world just like Ubisoft games and unskipable cutscenes I’m good

[@jmaitland5709]

@@ISGAMINGFORNERDS Cool story bro

[@ISGAMINGFORNERDS]

@@jmaitland5709 yup never forget that you like Sony slop games

[@jmaitland5709]

@@ISGAMINGFORNERDS Never even played it. Please re-read the original comment I made and consider the context. If that fails you try learning English first.

[@ISGAMINGFORNERDS]

@@jmaitland5709 I read your crybaby comment I’m just reminding you that ghost as a game sucks you know the purpose of games is to play them not learn a history lesson and ghost failed at the most important part cope about it

[@05ostry]

Imagine that people who created Ghost of Tsushima made game with fiction names because they didnt want to offend anyone. Then we have Ubisoft which literally spits on Japan history by saying that you can learn from this game an "accurate" history

[@supermelonbread]

As an Asian American male, it's annoying. We (Asian males) always get sidelined or made into asexual side characters in western media. Sure there's plenty of Asian male protagonists in Eastern media and Japanese games. But it's pretty rare for Asian males to be featured in AAA western media where Asian females are already pretty prevalent especially in movies and tv shows. This DEI stuff only seems to be in favor of certain minorities and Asian males aren't minority enough for them. The one time an Asian male protagonist suits the setting, they make up an excuse to have an African character instead when the entire franchise used characters that were native to the setting.

[@xavierhouston4650]

How can a Human be asexual?

[@runawaystudent14]

Not about you, stay out

[@varnix1006]

​@@xavierhouston4650 by making them sexless nerds in media.

[@dubstepXpower]

Yeah humans are not asexual. ​@@xavierhouston4650

[@bruh-bn3ni]

yup. DEI and liberals see blacks as having more "oppressed political power" so they keep being propped up. why would it be that historical figures and redheads in media are replaced by blacks but not other ethnicity which have way less representation? they're all hypocrites

[@bernardobastos5996]

The problem here is that Ubisoft wants to have their cake and eat it. They want to push the "Historical Authenticity" of the game while at the same time claiming the game was never intended to be historically accurate. They will literally bounce between both arguments depending on circumstance.

[@Neognostic-pk5wu]

We'll call it Schroedinger's Samurai.

[@Darth_Bateman]

Oh, so this is where the goal post is now. You guys found out that Ubisoft has been saying "This is a work of fiction" and now you claim that Ubisoft has been trying to push "Historical authenticity" Buddy, the game is and always has been a work of fiction that plays with history to tell interesting stories. The fact that you nimrods keep changing your arguments around this with such zealotry... So you can avoid saying :"I just don't want a black man on the front of my game" is annoying.

[@kmfxotic1512]

​@Darth_Bateman I just don't understand why they think assassin's creed has ever been historical

[@JasonGNasty]

Yeah the setting has to be historically accurate it’s in Japan doesn’t mean the story of the characters within it haves to be(exactly) there’s little information about Yasuke which give room creative story telling

[@jcola477]

Wasn't the whole idea of the animus telling 'how history really happened? Also, the issue isn't a black person on the cover of a game, it's a black person on the cover of a SAMURAI game. That's like being in tribal Africa, and having your main protagonist be Nordic.

[@mirasolovklose3888]

Obviously, Tom's grandmother saw Yasuke changing Japan's history. She was also the friend of the African Grandma who saw black Cleopatra.

[@gustavabensberg4260]

Wasnt Caesar also black?? Nvm every noteworthy guy or woman from back then was black.

[@ryand.3858]

@@gustavabensberg4260they wuz kangs!

[@settratheimperishable7800]

“Oh uh did you know that there was a black samurai in feudal Japan?” “Source?” “I made it the fuck up.”

[@にゃん両備にゃん]

ああ… 西洋の皆さんはこんな邪悪な悪魔達と何年も戦い続けてたのですね。 我々日本人も一緒に戦います。 ありがとう。

[@MisterGreis]

Just keep an eye on Capcom and such, they're signing up for similar shenanigans.

[@HorusHerotic]

👏❤️🇬🇧

[@jacooosthuizen3593]

Great words brother.

[@LordSillyGoose]

Welcome to the team!

[@DarttheLegend]

Before this, Assassin’s Creed has NEVER had an actual person/historical figure as a playable character, they’ve always been inserted into a narrative with historical figures as side characters. Like you said it wouldn’t have been a problem if he was just a character in the game.

[@creamyusbport4647]

couldn’t have said it better myself

[@geoffreygavalia1832]

Well, if I'm following what they're saying in this editorial... they still haven't featured a REAL person in history;)

[@tanushshetty5588]

Would Jack the ripper count as a historical character?

[@Some2somewhere]

​@@tanushshetty5588 Jack je ripper was a character so shrouded in mystery that makes him basically a fictional character. And they could have done that with yasuke, a random retainer of Nobunaga with basically no history and create a completely different story from that sham historian.

Yes, it would. He’s blk. Not even the most women company would be seen doing this a hand full of years ago. Because it’s ridiculous no you have them in everything.

[@Lodgiefitness]

The funniest part is that Thomas has changed history more than Yasuke.

[@MOONSAILOR-cle0]

うけるw

[@notinthemoodfornames8033]

my grandpa has changed history more than yasuke cos he changed it exactly 0 being basically just another grunt, and probably saw less combat due to his "zoo animal" status.

[@niccosalonga9009]

​@@notinthemoodfornames8033 You didn't get the joke, did you?

[@MxA-98]

For me it's not about historical accuracy, it's the fact that EVERY assassins creed game before that had protagonists who were from the place the story was set. It pisses me off that they are still going forward with this bullshit.

[@vibez2806]

Blsck flag had a Welsh dude not a Caribbean native

[@Interference22]

The funniest part is that the interview that lauds Shadows for its accuracy isn't the first time a game director has said how the series strives for accuracy and authenticity: similar words are said about Origins in a piece for The Guardian. Heck, a lot of articles racing to their defence have claimed they're accurate. The MOMENT the backlash reached the Japanese parliament they wrote a statement saying "we don't aim for accuracy," like they thought nobody would notice the completely contradictory stuff they were saying weeks prior. As for the academic mentioned, I had a hilarious realisation when looking into Yasuke: Lockley is the source of virtually everything about him online. I'm reading a completely randomly selected article about him, notice the author mentions an academic in the third person, awkwardly explains they ARE that academic.. Jump to the author byline aaand.. it's Lockley again! He's writing an article about himself!

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

The opening screen of assassins creed states “inspired by historical characters and events, this work of fiction…” A lot of people don’t seem to understand the term “inspired”. In ac3 you participate in the Boston tea party. Did that actually happen? Yes. Did the assassins take part in it? No. However you could still learn about the Boston tea party. The characters also follow the same pattern, such as da Vinci. It is much the same thing with Yasuke in this game. He was a weapon bearer, not a samurai. But making him a samurai in game is not a huge stretch, so they did it. It is BASED on history, but not 100% accurate. That’s how it’s been marketed, that’s how it’s been since ac1.

[@zaroko8105]

​@@ApsmneShsbshu​​@ApsmneShsbshu alright that excuses thier advertising and campaign marketing of calling it historically factual then

[@erikmac182]

@@ApsmneShsbshu You can defend this

[@Interference22]

@@ApsmneShsbshu Small problem: that ISN'T the same sentiment they express in those interviews; it's the opposite and that's the whole point. They triumphantly claim accuracy when they want to promote part of the game - as they were doing with Yasuke until recently - and then pull out the "well, it's a work of fiction!" when it suits them, even when it's the exact same part of the game being discussed.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

@@zaroko8105 they never said the game was factual. In fact they said they made up Yasukes story.

[@macdhomhnaill7721]

As a lifelong Sengoku Jidai enthusiast and student, I cannot believe this is happening. I wish Lockley and all those at Ubi who have been complicit in this malicious revisionism the absolute worst. This is sickening.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

The opening screen of assassins creed states “inspired by historical characters and events, this work of fiction…” A lot of people don’t seem to understand the term “inspired”. In ac3 you participate in the Boston tea party. Did that actually happen? Yes. Did the assassins take part in it? No. However you could still learn about the Boston tea party. The characters also follow the same pattern, such as da Vinci. It is much the same thing with Yasuke in this game. He was a weapon bearer, not a samurai. But making him a samurai in game is not a huge stretch, so they did it. It is BASED on history, but not 100% accurate. That’s how it’s been marketed, that’s how it’s been since ac1.

[@lukasmelric3789]

​@ApsmneShsbshu they have to say that to not be sued. Nice copy pasta btw

[@thalesofmiletus6162]

@@ApsmneShsbshuyeah, but that doesn’t make his point less valid. People were excited for a Sengoku assassins creed. “but it’s just a game” is such npc behavior. Fans can still be disappointed. People can still feel insulted. Just because you don’t have standards doesn’t mean others don’t. Stupid things are still stupid, no matter how much you try to screech about reality in your own corner of existence.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

@@thalesofmiletus6162fans can feel however they want. However when you cite false information as your reason, and then try to convince other people based on the same false information, that’s when it becomes a brainwashing scheme.

[@xavierhouston4650]

@@ApsmneShsbshu It is a huge stretch, which is why they should’ve given him something more low profile like being an Assassin or some kind of information gatherer for the Assassins. Something low profile for the Assassins.

[@kwerby3285]

I am actually kind of bothered by their music choice. Eastern culture has many unique instruments with very foreign sounds which would be intriguing for a western audience. But instead they chose to make the music into a hip hop beat. It’s honestly so patronizing.

[@Lunk42]

It's very stereotypical and r a c i s t. "Black people love hip hop don't they? We should just play hip hop music when Yasuke's in combat" when Yasuke wasn't even African American he was just African and obviously hip hop didn't exist at the time. Like they didn't think to maybe make a mix of African music with East Asian music? That would have made alot more sense. Reminder also that the Ubi team that made this is all white people lmao.

[@Mytinymeatlit]

I met so many African Americans in Africa type beat

[@zuriyel5368]

Yeah. Every trailer that features a black guy has hip hop music in it. Even Gladiator 2.

[@Madmancer]

Hip hop music was originally from the bronx, usa. And now in the game they stereotype it and put it as African representation music lmao

[@whysoserious4274]

@@Lunk42don’t forget that hairstyle seen it a few times on many different games.

[@nathanhopkins2480]

Eivor = fictional Altair = fictional Bayek = fictional Edward kenway = fictional Arno = fictional Shay = fictional Jacob frye = fictional Evie frye = fictional Ezio = fictional Alexios and kassandra = fictional Aveline = fictional Desmond miles = fictional Connor kenway = fictional Haytham kenway = fictional Adewale = fictional Basim = fictional We finally get a game set in Japan Yasuke = find the one black guy that was there and make him gay!!!

[@braggadocious9756]

I'm sorry, but the the warlord who ruled over all Japan was infact cleopatra, my grandmother told me, she was there.

[@KaiserAfini]

"Wrong, it was Ibn Batuta, and he employed Santos Dummond as a samurai. Source: trust me bro."

[@aturner488]

And you have every right to say that without being censored by the goverment, well in free countries anyway

[@manurr5287]

@@aturner488 why you would stop there and why don't you just scam the entire west into believe it and retcon an entire culture and the traditions of poeple of that places.....

[@ASUPARA-monster5]

If it's a joke, it's a perfect score of 100.

[@mehmetvursavas5922]

Did she tell you if Cleopatra was black?

[@nico-tama-saburou]

問題を取り上げていただきありがとうございます。 弥助は異邦人でユニークな存在なので、何度か信長の物語に出てきました。 出てこない作品も多数あります。 気がつくと、知らない所で日本人を超える伝説のスーパー・サムライになっていました。 日本人としては困惑しています。 翻訳しやすいようシンプルに書きました。 ありがとうございます。

[@takeomasaki1813]

Remember when Tekken (The most popular fighting game of all time) had black character for no fucking reason to represent Chinese martial arts Wing Chun ? Now the Japanese know how it feels

[@shadowsketch926]

@@takeomasaki1813 having a single martial art being represented is different then having a part of your history being mishandled by foreigners, for foreigners.

[@takeomasaki1813]

@@shadowsketch926 What’s the difference ? I believe it’s the same disrespectful of their culture and beliefs between this company

[@cya4310]

@@takeomasaki1813日本は金髪で犬連れた忍者を20年前にゲームに登場させてるんだぞ。イップマンが尊敬すべき人なのは理解してるよ。その詠春拳使いがブルースリーの実績を乗っ取り史実だとゲーム会社が世界に喧伝し、正義を名乗りながら一般の中国人を惨たらしく痛ぶっていたら教えてくれ。

[@takanaka7010]

そもそもUbiが史実をベースにしたフィクションですと言っても その史実がまず間違っているのがほぼ確実なのがまずいんだよね 基礎工事がボロボロの壊れた土台の上に出来たフィクション そして弥助という黒人を使うために無理やり史実キャラを主人公に添えたのも あからさまにアジア人は彼らのDEIポイントにはふくまれていないというギャグ フランスでのアジア人差別の苛烈さを知っていればなぜUbiがアジア人は差別しても問題ないのかと考えているのかは明白だ

[@IranOutofUserNames11]

Also, in the United States there has been a large increase since 2020 of hate crimes on Asians perpetrated by the black community in cities. So Ubisoft making a game where you’re a black guy killing hundreds of Asians is in exceptionally poor taste.

[@comradetovarish7823]

Asians aren't considered a minority in general.

[@music79075]

France discriminates against Asians? I've never been to France.

[@Volvith]

Translation (Google translation is bad): _"First of all, even though Ubi says it's a fiction based on historical facts, the problem is that the historical facts are almost certainly incorrect. It's like fiction built on a broken foundation with shoddy construction._ _Furthermore, the forced inclusion of a historical character as the protagonist just to use Yasuke, the black man, is blatantly ignoring Asian people in their DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) points, which is a joke._ _If you know how severe the discrimination against Asians is in France, it’s obvious why Ubi thinks it's okay to discriminate against Asians."_

[@Volvith]

Never give up on your ancestry. Never let them walk over your history. Never allow them to take away your pride. Never let them in.

[@streetside2833]

I genuinely do not understand why Ubisoft would pick Yasuke, the first time they've ever used a real historical person as a main character too...what other reason did they pick him other than the fact that he's black? Is he known for winning any special battles? Was he a master swordsman? Was he a rebel? Was he highly decorated? Like what other reason did they choose him specifically other than him being a black samurai because that is his only claim to fame. Then we find out he probably wasn't even a samurai, he was maybe just the sword holder. It's just odd when you think about it like that. This game would have legitimately been the easiest slam dunk for Ubisoft. People have been asking for this game from them for years, their top franchise's game mechanics are all built for this time period but some way some how they still manage to absolutely crap themselves. All they had to do is make it one character guy or girl and make them a ninja Assassin character. It could have been a slam dunk but no, they decide to use Yasuke and they used him in most of their marketing even though there's another character 😂

[@captainlockes2344]

They just wanted to push their DEI agenda at the expense of the Japanese people.

[@iXSIKOBOIXi]

The reason Ubisoft can't get away with this is that this is the same company who's game was so Autstically accurate (in a good way, for once) in AC Unity that when the Notre Dam burned down, they used in-game references to rebuild it. It was so accurate and true to life that it was a perfect 3D Model to use when rebuilding the Notre Dam. This same company is trying to rewrite Japanese history to fit western political standards, and is fucking up a lot of the historical architecture among other things. Most of the Architecture they're using in the game is Chinese, no Japanese. Yet that company wants to just say it's fans being racist? Nah. Ubisoft is the one being racist.

[@andyvirus2300]

Notre Dame* but yeah

[@Kozuu7]

That's what happens when you let go of the people who cared about the game and history in general in exchange for DEI hires that only care about their identity politics.

[@monarchdoge1330]

unity was trash tho

[@golem_of_sin5874]

@@monarchdoge1330 Thanks for sharing your opinion that is totally relevant to what OP was talking about. Your voice is very unique and matters a bunch. I appreciate you not providing any context behind your criticism.

[@schmushschroom3873]

Remember, they fired like thousands of employees in these past few years. Bet none of them that made or care about Notredame were left. Or was told to stfu by higher up who want the social cred

[@Stevo.100]

A black guy attacking asians? Ubisoft just wanted to make the most realistic game possible!

[@Vking666]

😃

[@Isidore22]

Wow, lol. You would be a great guest on 'K*ll Tony'

[@Stevo.100]

@@Isidore22 I don't know what that is, but in the case that your message is sincere I have no desire to be a public figure lol :) I just like to make funny comments every now and then.

[@chadwolf3840]

Lmao

[@seven9557]

ture

[@hplms]

Shinchō Kōki A black man of about 26 years old came, he was as black as a cow and looked healthy and strong. Nobunaga was happy to see rare things from various countries. Ietada nikki Nobunaga took Yasuke with him on his conquest, he was 182 cm tall. This is the complete history of Yasuke in Japan.😅

[@moomah5929]

Reminds me of the children's show where the narrator always read two stories, a long and a short one. The short one was always the same and was as follows: The Large Dwarf There was a dwarf that was 1.80 metres tall. The End

[@ShaggyDabbyDank]

Now give me the history of Altair and Ezio.

[@ArleckA]

Imagine lying when literally anyone can just pull up the Shinchokoki at any point in time and look at the records themselves.

[@jonbaxter2254]

Clearly, he was the lichepin of Japan's modern history! Because it doesn;t say he wasn't...

[@MisterWebb]

@@jonbaxter2254Lynchpin

[@Loukious]

At the @1:28 mark you see Sojiketz claim that "He was a real person in history, He Became a Samurai" Wrong. He was NEVER a Samurai. He never donned armor as he never would have been allowed. He was a RETAINER for Nobunaga. He was more of a curiosity and a kind of threat that can be used, due to his size. He was like a foot soldier. He was NEVER a Samurai and the fact that people still believe that Bullshit (that he was a Samurai) that was made up by people defending Ubi. The fact you have Japanese historians literally saying "Hey this is historically wrong".

[@gosuprime]

They could have made the MC a guy like Musashi, a literal legendary Japanese samurai who won like 60 duels, and had a dual sword style. He was literally made for the AC Japan game. And they blew it.

[@tsuna111]

dont worry chinese mc will be the new mc on AC tribals in africa

[@yungzhe]

Hattori Hanzo is literally THE guy they needed for AC:Shadows. The dude is a samurai AND a ninja. And also alive during the 1500s, the time period which Oda Nobunaga was alive.

[@weeboftheleft5113]

Miyamoto Musashi would be about.....-5 at oldest when the game takes place. He was only 16 when he fought in Sekigahara, which was the battle between Toyotomi and Tokugawa well after Nobunaga was dead. He was born 5 years AFTER the game takes place.

[@damgful]

Now it's suddenly ok to use historical characters as the playable character? What happened to that argument? It's so easy to spot you guys' true colors. At least be honest and admit what your actual problem is instead of creating all these insincere arguments. No, I'm not accusing anyone of racism, either.

[@brosno5252]

​​@@damgfulHe said "could" of, as in if they were going to go the whole, historically real playable character, route, which they did, they could have done it properly. "You Guys" lol. You can just say you have a political bias man, but you cannot say that the people you're referring to don't have valid complaints.

[@victorzoela7879]

DEI defenders: "It's a game, it's not supposed to be realistic it's a fantasy" Ubisoft: "Learn and experience the realistic history of Japan" I understand that it's an opinion you can have that it's just a game but they literally advertised it as historically accurate.

[@OVOgooner]

Even if they say its not accurate, its still damaging how the masses perceive history. Most people get their history from movies, games and shows, not books or documentaries.

[@cococock2418]

No, dei defenders were out in full force trying to tell people he was factually a samurai.

[@rycs16]

@@cococock2418 One dude went so far as to rewrite wikipedia posts to make it seem like he had always been accepted as a Samurai in historical fact.

[@Akaaj3]

​@willhavel4525 to the victor goes the spoils... including lore. Historical fallacies saturate the planet's recollection of history and folklore. To even assume one has an accurate recount of any historical lore piece that presumably occurred beyond 500 yrs and attempts to use it as evidence is hilarious and outright disappointing.

[@ChiquitaSpeaks]

@@cococock2418​​⁠ I’m a sun tanned individual I understand the flaws in woke modern DEI and think the game can be reasonably presented and think it’s dum ppl feigning raycis for acknowledging the history he wasnt a legit samurai

[@Blitzcst]

Here’s the truth: the only excuse Ubisoft had for making the protagonist black in a game set in feudal Japan was “he was a real historical figure.” That was the only way to avoid justified DEI backlash, which they knew would come when they chose their protagonists solely for DEI. When it all turned out to be fake, the only way to save face was to insist “guys guys it’s all fiction, it doesn’t matter. Why are you taking this so seriously? If you don’t like it you’re racist.” It’s possibly the clearest-cut example of the vapid virtue signaling dominating western entertainment companies.

[@DaBlaccGhost]

The whole controversy was astro turfed to ignore the fact they want 140$ for a game to sell you more dlc later for a single player game.

[@HI-cc6jf]

そのロジックも日本人には通用しない。元ネタが歴史改竄本である限り、嘘の歴史をばら撒く行為の共犯だから、ひたすら反論するでしょう。

[@madkitty2801]

@@DaBlaccGhostis it really going to be 140$?

[@-joker2010]

they sure be trying so hard to dominate entertainment companies lol😅. while japanese media infiltrates all entertainment medium with anime.

[@x2may374]

We always knew it was fiction.. assassins creed is always fiction the previous game was set in ancient ATLANTIS lol

[@kqilim]

That's why people always said dont use source from wikipedia.

[@Se-du7sh]

I hate people who say "It's just a game" like yeah, but if it doesn't matter that much to you that he is in the game then it shouldn't matter if he's not in the game either...

[@ryana5435]

These people are double standards, Ubisoft literally advertised this game as “a piece for fixing the hole in Japan’s history”

[@megumin9967]

Check Genshin Impact now LMAO these DEI got wrecked by China so bad they're crying in bird land.

[@spazco8669]

people who say that dont care who's in the game. it's a character in a game about ancient aliens ffs.

[@HelloYersoGae]

people who don’t like this version of the game want to argue and change things for a game they weren’t going to buy anyway

[@memorexdrc]

I absolutely despise that passive aggressive "why do you even care?" mentality. Whoever asks that question must care so much about the perceived problematic nature of whatever the thing used to be such that they're compelled to change it.

[@metalninja2474]

all of this could have been avoided if they stuck to their usual formula: playing as a fictional character crossing paths with historical figures and inserted into important historical events, but they couldn't help themselves in forcing the player to be the most obscure black man in Japanese history - we could've just entered the court of Nobunaga and maybe had a sparring session with Yasuke or something, but no.

[@Valkyrie0010]

They had to make him gay too. For absolutely no narrative reason whatsoever.

[@ShaggyDabbyDank]

@@Valkyrie0010 Besides the fact that in historical Japanese Text within the country Yasuke's preference for men.

[@IamJustA]

Or they couldve just kept Yasuke as a playable character and just said that the game is fictional with real historical figures

[@n4m31355h4dow]

And when he fight they put rap music

[@jesustyronechrist2330]

Exactly! Ubisoft could've totally used a made-up black character! But nooooooooooooooooooooo... Someone was too married to the idea of having Yasuke be the playable character that they didn't see how it could be problematic. If Yasuke was an NPC, it would be fine. But the fact we play as a real historical character? It now becomes in bad taste.

[@Quelloli1]

The problem isn't the game. It isn't Lockley's book nor the publicity stunt surrounding it either: no one seriously gives a fuck about the historical accuracy of entertainment fantasy. The problem is the academic publication itself, the Wikipedia page edit and the Britannica citing Lockley as source. There has been 0 peer review on what he has said regarding Yasuke as a samurai as far as I know. Ubisoft just blew the casket open.

[@ff7522]

They rewrite lots of history in the name of "progress". Almost everything they use as evidence for their worldview is fake

[@gamble777888]

Yes, but why did they have to do those things? If the main character was ficitonal it would be fucking outrageous and blatantly offensive making him black, so they had to find a way to justify that decision. Notice how ZERO former AC protagonists were based on real people. Yasuke needed to be based on a real person and there needed to be at least some historical justification for his inclusion, or his inclusion would have been completely indefensible. Of course, it still is, but now they can at least argue on the basis of historical evidence rather than actually be honest about why they did what they did.

[@drewskimachine]

@@gamble777888Exactly this. They wanted a black samurai, and to make the main character a fictional black samurai would have been cultural appropriation. What to do? Oh, just make him Yasuke, that way it’s only second-degree cultural appropriation since he actually existed. Nobody would care if a Yasuke game came out, hell, most would probably play it. Ubisoft wanted to use him first, and decided to shoehorn him in Assassin’s Creed. Their first and only historical main character. It’s glaringly obvious.

[@Quelloli1]

@@gamble777888 I'm sure of that, I'm not certainly defending a policy of virtue signalling that tries to hold some historic ground. The point that I was trying to make is that the real issue here is the validity of the academic material the game stems from. The game itself will be forgotten soon enough, but Lockley's publications stood firm and were cited on reputable outlets for a substantial period of time without any serious peer reviewing. That is the main problem with this whole story, and the main reason why it's being brought up in parliament: it can actually cause lasting damage.

[@gamble777888]

@@Quelloli1 Yes, that is a great point.

[@ichigonubetube]

People have been waiting years for a japanese assasins creed, and woke people never fail to try to blackify everything.

[@Synical02]

blackify? The only potentially wrong thing was he may or may not be a samurai He was a real person in Japan that's it

[@ichigonubetube]

@@Synical02 Thats like the core of his character. Whats the point? Why not just make an japanese character, why not choose one of the other millions of japanese individuals? Like seriously... what are the odds that this random black dude, selected to be a main character? Its blatant. He literally has a history that can be summed up in a paragraph, he has no historical relevance, the only reason he was used, was because they wanted a black MC, and the only way to do it is to use someone from history, even if their insignificant. Its disgusting.

[@everybodylovesrayman467]

@@ichigonubetube they do have a Japanese character. There are two protagonists. It seems everyone keeps forgetting of her existence

[@Roxas-ph3te]

​​@@everybodylovesrayman467That's true, but why do you have to shove in a black dude in old Japan? A culture that was 99% japanese at the time. Proper representation should have them have both a japanese man and woman as the MCs. If Yasuke was a side character it would be fine but blatant diversity propaganda has made this mess of what should've been one of the best AC games in history. It's like Blqck Panther, I don't want to see a white MC in Wakanda.

[@jesseparrish1993]

"So, there was this black guy...." Broadway show, video game, movie, animated series...

[@longiusaescius2537]

Oy vey

[@alemswazzu]

Exactly, it's actually quite racist to see how infantile and helpless these people are treated.

[@NoahToledo-xo5pj]

There was a lot of odd people under Oda Nobunaga, including the man himself, Yasuke isn't as stand out as they think he is.

[@educatedfool5121]

@@longiusaescius2537 Shut it down!

[@JasonGNasty]

This is not attacking they culture or traditions or even changing their history Ubisoft never said “THIS IS THE MOST HISTORICALLY ACCURATE GAME BASED ON JAPAN HISTORY “ if they did that would be a problem but since we know Assassins creed is a video game that never really had historical accuracy I don’t see the problem here they did apologize for misrepresenting the flag and certain things but not Yasuke plus there’s little information on Yasuke which allows room for creative fictional story telling

[@majortom4467]

For the record, it's not Yasuke that took Oda Nobunaga's head. It was a retainer named Mori Ranmaru, who's believed to be Oda's lover. He took Oda's head during Honno-ji incident on Oda's command, so it wouldn't fall into betrayer's hand and set the place on fire, burning Oda's body. (some source said that he didn't took the head, he just burn the temple) There is no record about what he did to the head, but Mori Ranmaru committed seppuku (performing honor suicide). So that diluted whitest of white man you can imagine steal someone's tragic historical moment, painted and replaced it with his black man fantasy and tell the world it's the fact.

[@NousagiCaptain]

People that say “It’s just a game” are intentionally ignoring all of the out of game stuff thats going about Yasuke. Some guy gaslit the west into believing some black guy was a war hero with historical impact in Japan. Meanwhile most Japanese people are like: “ Who??” Lol

[@sarastagnitto3159]

Yeah but again it’s also just a game (: plus the game is way too far into development so

[@dislexyc]

Has everyone forgot when they fought a fucking minotaur in AC Odyssey?!

[@ronelapeguero]

@@dislexyc the thing is a minotaur is more aligned with the culture portrayed in the video game than a black samurai that feels shoved down consumers' throats.

[@joshuagutierrez592]

​@@dislexyc The difference is Yasuke was a real guy in history, comparing that to a minotaur in one of the most unrealistic Ac games is foolish.

[@TRPDK]

Funny that back in a month or two these people were saying that he's a real samurai and you're a racist if you say otherwise, now they're saying it's just a game, it's fictional

[@mamihashimoto1429]

Thomas Lockley came to Japan in 2000. He initially lived in Tottori prefecture and taught English to elementary school children. His Wikipedia user name is Tottoritom, most likely because he used to live in Tottori.

[@perrinayebarra]

Only one way to solve this. Next game you play as a gay Japanese man who traveled to Africa and became king of the Zulus.

[@hihijetstar]

Let's make it French.

[@Finkaisar]

That way it would be racist, but when its the opposite its ok, somehow

[@OG21020]

@@hihijetstar And that the Japanese built all the beautiful palaces in France. 😁😁

[@patrickboian8545]

We Wuz Kangz and rice.

[@Hath.0]

These people don't care about that, they only care about money. The only way to correct this shit is to not buy these games, media, etc.

[@Existing_Echo]

I went to high school with an Afro centrist who truly believes the samurai, Vikings, and Aztecs were black, and the Japanese, whites, and Hispanics took and rewrote black history 🤦🏽

[@mr.joedirt8583]

I know a guy like that. He believes the most ridiculous theories.

[@Hath.0]

WE WUZ KANGZ!

[@nyankomew]

Was his name Craig, had a crazy coworker like that

[@jaimeruiz7837]

It’s because they refuse to look into their own spear chugging history.

[@xxklesx1]

American crazy people are just a other level of crazy. Never heard "we wuz kangz" and "aliens build the pyramide" outside the US :D

[@nvalidwerdz1078]

Most popular stealth killer franchise goes to the birthplace of the ninja. Main character is a black guy with a baseball bat and the soundtrack is hip-hop...

[@seanguinn]

And they made him gay lol

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

Seems the ninja protagonist is so good at blending in you forgot about her.

[@ndubuisiamadi]

​@@ApsmneShsbshuYea shit's hilarious. The actual assassin which is the main character is pretty much non existent.

[@chrisanderson1-66]

​@@ApsmneShsbshuthere were no female Ninja

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

@@chrisanderson1-66 there were no magical popes, and gods either, but they somehow found their way into assassins creed. Also there were most likely female shinobi as there is a word for them, and they would have been very good for poison and spywork.

[@MH44444]

Why don't they just have a character creation system in their games like so many others? That would make everyone happy. Have the "default" character be a more historically accurate one, but allow players who really want to change it change it.

[@TheNameCannotBeFound]

''It's just a game'' Sure, and it's just a TV Show, or just a movie, or just a book, or just the fucking Bible. Just consume and don't fucking question anything. Can't think any further than that.

[@Xfushion2]

_Don't ask questions, just consume product and then get excited for next product_

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

The fact that you base your opinions off a KZbinr that has multiple streaks of not showering for over a month just shows how sad the world has become.

[@BaldChimpanzee]

101% truth here

[@PSYMEDIC]

It is just a game though. It's not some political warfare, just old man at Ubisoft trying using forced diversity to max profits. No artical, no comment and no controversy is going to change their mind. If you want to hurt them than you have to go after the only thing they care, money. Vote with your wallet. Not that you are going to miss out anyway on a Ubislob Assassins Creed game.

[@xavierhouston4650]

No one that actually cares about the game would communicate “it’s just a game”.

[@さこきち宰相]

未だにアサシンクリードについて怒っている人は白人だけで日本人は怒ってないと思っている人がいるんだね。 日本人が怒ってないならUBIが日本語で声明を出す必要ないんだから、そこらへん考えれば日本人が怒ってないってのが嘘って理解できるだろうに。

[@Azuciea]

In the West, there has been a massive effort to promote black people as the master race.

[@randomgreyalien4835]

People should understand that this is not really about the game. The main focus was on Yasuke's story being falsified by Thomas Lockley and others.

[@cookingrabbitty]

Also now black people in tiktok had 100% trust this and keep shouting about Japanese try to cover Black people history.

[@DarkXessZ]

A lot of Ubisoft Defenders never look at it in a perspective of asking why or what the hell is going on. When many people started asking these question the true face of what Ubisoft is doing with this game is revealed. They didnt create this game out of passion or turn it into a masterpiece as GoT did, it's a Virtue Signal project. It's a soulless game, which anyone can tell they didnt put effort into making and hike up the price to 70$-130$ to scam their users.

[@randomgreyalien4835]

@@cookingrabbitty lmao, that's dumb 🤣

[@GeorgeMonet]

It is about Ubisoft being racist and making the Samurai male protagonist black instead of Japanese because they are racist against Caucasians and Asians.

[@Relugus]

​Might be because Tsushima already did a Japanese protagonist.

[@Ronin.97]

Really a shame how long the AC community and fans have waited for a Japanese themed AC game only for it to be this garbage and now we likely won't get another Japan themed game again or for a very long time. I hope modders can find a way to fix this for us fans.

[@Roxas-ph3te]

Modders can't fix a game this fucked plot wise and potentially gameplay wise. Ubisoft chose the worst game to drop the ball with. If they had aced it, it would've been up there with the Ezio trilogy. Now, I'm just glad Ghost of Tsushima is around because that's a real samurai game, not this crap, and this is coming from an AC fan who's played almost all the games.

[@Ronin.97]

@@Roxas-ph3te the only fix modders can do is cosmetic like changing yasuke into a japanese man. still won't be good enough but something I guess.

[@Roxas-ph3te]

@@Ronin.97 Yeah I guess that's ok, we'll have to see whether the gameplay, ambience, story are good though. Ghost really put the bar high so we'll see what AC can do but I don't have much hope, it looks like they've been slacking and honestly since Odyssey I've not seen any real improvements in the AC games.

[@Ronin.97]

@@Roxas-ph3te Exactly Ghost of Tsushima set the bar way too high even just graphically. This AC game like you said doesn't seem any better than Odyssey hell these videos only made me want to go play Odyssey not this lol. Real shame but this is what 50-90% of media feels like nowadays just disappointing. Failed opportunities etc

[@Roxas-ph3te]

@Ronin.97 It's funny you said that because watching the trailer, I got the urge to play Odyssey as well 😂 Even though as an AC game (plot wise) Odyssey wasn't great, I found it fun to play as just a game. It genuinely felt like an Odyssey. I'm not sure I'll get this kind of feeling from this game because, as you said, Ghost exists. If I want to play as samurai, I'd play that instead of this AC.

[@asmodeusr1578]

Even having the female ninja makes no sense. Kunoichi were a thing - they 100% existed, and had a VERY distinct and specific role as shinobi. Male shinobi did most of we would consider "ninja" infiltration. Kunoichi existed more in the roles of modern spies - they became part of their target organization, and were activated when needed. Otherwise, they were handmaidens / courtesans / housewives, et al. They weren't combat fighters, they were embedded intelligence and assassins. Ubisoft has no idea what they're doing here.

[@currywurst2434]

Yeah, but thats not feministic enough for the woke west....

[@paulodelima5705]

Shinobi is a job. Some had training for this kind of job others didn't. They were Spies. Kunoichi is a modern word that did not existed during Nobunaga period.

[@RedBarbaronGG]

They used Thomas Lockley "trust me bro" History about Japan as background without even fact check it. You can't expect them to have idea about what they're doing. They don't care about any of that, as long as it's about black, that's enough for DEI.

[@tamagoh4839]

It could be they aware Kunoichi exist, but DEI refused to recognize "Gender" exist. Also what Kunoichi did on history was pretty political "Incorrect".

[@untetheredmeow7497]

Kunoichi as female ninja didn't exist. I forgot the name of author, but it was a fictional role created in the Showa era.

[@Yoshioka124]

From now on, he will be known as "Yasuke, the legendary samurai that ended Ubisoft's entire legacy".

[@tr1bes]

I think other companies see this as an example of not what to do. Don't mess other countries historical fact.

[@asterixandobelix195]

​@@JasonGNasty Not disrespecting their culture? If that were truly the case, why was a Black male cast as the protagonist to represent samurai culture in feudal Japan? What was the purpose of his inclusion as the central figure? Who were they aiming to impress?

[@christopherscott8272]

This is the way...

[@zztopwildman9104]

I hope so

[@erronblack308]

@@JasonGNastyyeah sticking a black African into samurai Japan while listening to hip hop. Lol yeah nothing wrong with that. Not racist at all. Screw off.

[@jdranetz]

There is a reason James Clavell fictionalized the names in his novel Shogun. While loosely based on history, it differed enough that the work would have received negative criticism in Japan. Japan takes the representation of their history and culture seriously. I think the tipping point was Lockley's claims and the fact the Japanese text versions in his writings did not match the English text. Which you have pointed out. He thought he could hide his revisionism history from its entire host nation. That is just down right insulting.

[@John_1-1_in_Japanese]

It's true that Shadows just had the misfortune of being the straw that broke the camel's back in terms of the "historical invasion" angle. It's the most viral and visible retelling of the Yasuke myth yet when people were already frustrated with this black power fantasy being injected into real history. It's not even Ubisoft in particular that people are angry with but the Yasuke story itself.

[@adianblabla]

As someone who just finished Ghost of Tsushima and Iki expansion, I don't think Shadows will come even slightest close to how good it Ghost of Tsushima is.

[@davidkymdell452]

First time I've ever cried in a game....not just once, but twice. That part where his "nanny", for lack of a better word, takes you through that side quest and then she dies....fuck man, it was like watching my gran die all over again on the screen or something. That was some amazing story telling.

[@korokiri8575]

Sucker punch actually makes game that they cared about consistently, and it shows! I rmb when Ghost of Tsushima was on trend, ppl from inside&outside of japan really flock to tsushima island because they had great experience with the game and curious about the island 😭 It prob confused the locals for a while because they never had that kind of attention as a tourist place, must've help with their economy a lot hence they invited the director of the game to be the Brand Ambassador of the island

[@eythemischief4148]

Its so good 🤌

[@gamble777888]

When's the last time Ubi has actually made a great game? It's been over a decade.

[@eythemischief4148]

@@gamble777888 Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown was great.

[@DovashiFuku]

Yeah "It's just a game", the problem is they have their own "experts" insisting that Yuske is a real black samurai, instead of saying it's fiction.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

The opening screen of assassins creed states “inspired by historical characters and events, this work of fiction…” A lot of people don’t seem to understand the term “inspired”. In ac3 you participate in the Boston tea party. Did that actually happen? Yes. Did the assassins take part in it? No. However you could still learn about the Boston tea party. The characters also follow the same pattern, such as da Vinci. It is much the same thing with Yasuke in this game. He was a weapon bearer, not a samurai. But making him a samurai in game is not a huge stretch, so they did it. It is BASED on history, but not 100% accurate. That’s how it’s been marketed, that’s how it’s been since ac1.

[@aahzmandiaz2767]

Experts, that are referencing themselves as source, basically all fan fiction, falsifying history. Great job, UBISOFT. Outstanding.

[@ganggang3788]

Wait...who said it was real life? You think AC series is historically accurate? 🤣🤣

[@zaroko8105]

​@@ApsmneShsbshu​​@ApsmneShsbshu @ApsmneShsbshu alright that excuses thier advertising and campaign marketing of calling it historically factual then

[@tvsavery666]

The movie Texas Chainsaw Massacre said it was based on a true story but if you're not an idiot you knew it never happened. Touch grass.

[@georgiludiev7569]

Actually, Yasuke is behind the scenes mastermind. He ruled Japan for a few years, then he found One piece and became the Super Saiyan.

[@tetsuo3k]

Got the best Stand, too, is what I heard.

[@jonbaxter2254]

Well we have no proff he wasn't, so clearly he was the super genius behind Japan's transition to modern day...

[@samblack5313]

He also played WR for the LA Rams.

[@BreatheManually]

Also heard he walked on water and turned water into wine. Sadly he died but he lived.

[@razzledaz8146]

There where speculations that he was a harem protagonist, he had intimate relationship with his childhood friend that was also a muscle tomboy, a loli vampire that's tsundare and a goddess that is known by many as aqua. (´^ω^`)

[@bruhmoment6921]

6:45 he's actually jewish not "white"

[@Marquis_Facade]

I’m surprised they haven’t deleted this yet. Thanks for naming the ***.

[@bruhmoment6921]

@@Marquis_Facade yeah usually it’s instantly deleted 😂

[@fmillz]

I’m black, and a gamer. I think this is unbelievably stupid of Ubisoft. It’s 100% forced, woke, race baiting, DEI, nonsense. You can’t honestly look at this game and at the very least ask yourself, ‘but.. why’.. It’s just unnecessary and doesn’t fit. Every AC character has conveniently and correctly matched the setting the game took place in. There’s no need for some random, one off, black guy to be the main character in a samurai-era feudal Japan. There’s been millions upon millions of real and genuine Japanese people that they could’ve used. Like I said, this whole thing is off putting because it feels like nothing but forced race pandering.

[@j.ebburts8393]

On their defense, Yasuke was a real story from a man of African origin that served Nobunaga, head of the Oda clan, in the late 1500s around the final phase of the Sengoku period.

[@altair3232]

@@j.ebburts8393 so he should had become an easter-egg, side character we meet at some point in the story, and not the main character.

[@rickyismyuncle4485]

@@j.ebburts8393 The problem is, there is a big difference in being a low servant and a legendary samurai. lol There is just not enough information to confirm any theory actually.

[@Mei-hz5cy]

I think some Jp cc said that they don't think Japanese people would care that much if it's just historically incorrect in a legendary black samurai. But the cultural accuracies were so bad (like, 3 seasons in one scene, wearing stupid armor in town, everyone bowing down when he passed like he's some kind of god) they hated it. 😂 So much for intensive consultancy with actual historian 😂

[@camil3545]

​@@j.ebburts8393 rather than defense, that is a major crux of the issue, every other AC protagonists is an original creation, why even change that formula?

[@felipeanprieto]

This isn't the first time Ubisoft has done this. In AC 3, the part where you explore Brazil is not only completely incorrect in terms of culture and setting, but they also hired Portuguese people from Portugal to dub instead of Brazilian voice actors, which is basically hiring British people to dub Americans.

[@frenchfriedbagel7035]

Wait, when are you in Brazil in AC 3?

[@radityapoerwanto7018]

​@@frenchfriedbagel7035 modern day mission. Tbf, no one cares about the modern day mission

[@syntaxoid]

@@radityapoerwanto7018 I sincerely doubt that the devs who worked on the modern day missions ever cared much about them.. no one has ever played the series for that element of it

[@pinetreepizza]

Sorry bud that's a farcry (get it?) from being the same thing

[@geilanaleuznal8924]

"Good Day My Fellow Sir, what a fine day for Guns and Freedom isn't it?"

[@The_jungle_boy]

What people don’t seem to see is that we aren’t upset about the character being black because of racist ideals (maybe some, but not everyone), rather because of recent events. The last few years we’ve seen act after act of black washing characters and woke agendas, and going into this we expected to play as a Japanese male. After the reveal it was just one of those “oh boy here we go again” kind of moments.

[@zatanas]

The worse of all is Japanesse people are mad and they can be mad for whatever reason they want, is their culture, if they are how they are, who are we to tell them don't be like that? wanna start a war or mayme colonized them? so many great samurais histories, 47 ronnin, Musashi Miyamoto, Japan edo feudal, so many great things but they decided to bring as a main character a character not well recognized by japanneses c'mon

[@S0n0fG0D]

A japanese samurai in a stealth based game in Japan. Yeah I'd pass. That's been done way too many times. You want that so badly? Go play GoT.

[@SoulJAHJustICE609]

How is it actually woke if it's incorrect or wrong in such a way that the whole world is asleep on it ? It's funny because those who usually slam ' Wokeism ' , are the most awake. They have the facts.

[@Theboatmserfgsd]

The wokeness forces us to take these things into consideration if all the other games that went hard on diversity sucked a pattern is being made I can’t ignore

[@tremapar]

Yes exactly. I'd have been irked the same amount if he were white or Latino. This isn't about who the main character is; rather it is just another example of Asian males being pushed aside or being treated second class on Western media.

[@manguymanfellaman]

I like Asmons intergalactic read. "Like editing a wikipedia page and citing it as a source for your project" Its EXACTLY what he did

[@neoduke007]

For those interested, I did look into Japanese sources about Yasuke and the consensus among Japanese historians is that Yasuke did exist in the form of a slave who was given to Oda Nobunaga by the Portuguese missionaries that owned him. He was an armed bodyguard for the Portuguese missionaries and Oda Nobunaga was fascinated by him and the Portuguese thus gave him over to Oda Nobunaga to improve political relations. Beyond that not much else is known about Yasuke. The only factual history is that he was a slave/entertainment/bodyguard for Oda Nobunaga but beyond that not much else is documented about him. There is one painting of Yasuke that is factual and is confirmed to be Yasuke the one where he is wrestling as a demonstration for Oda Nobunaga and that's about it Personally I've always been suspicious about Yasuke as the other foreign samurai always made big waves amongst Japanese historians/documentarians of the time era. The famous one being of course William Adams, there are so many different primary sources that documented pretty much all aspects of William Adams life in Japan. But for Yasuke there is very little which tells us that beyond being a slave or bodyguard for Oda Nobunaga he wasn't that widely known about in Japan and didn't do much else in Japan. His life also was probably pretty tough as he was basically a slave all his life and honestly the real story about Yasuke as a slave with a horrible life would be a thousand times more interesting than this historical fictional that Thomas Lockey has made up

[@Native_Creation]

I'm not sure which source it comes from, but I read that he became a vassal (also the case with William Adams). In that case it would be a semantic difference in regard to whether he was a "samurai". But it does seem likely he could have been a bodyguard and vassal.

[@sykocaine]

Sure thing bub

[@Frantisek_Bobisud]

Why So big lies? You look into nothing. Japanese historian said He was samurai.

[@TheMarch327]

​@@Frantisek_Bobisud What is a samurai. Do you think samurai is just a title or position?

[@neoduke007]

@@Frantisek_Bobisud link one that does, I was unable to find any sources calling him a samurai except those that reference Thomas Lockley For example if you look up the Encyclopedia Britannica page for Yasuke it mentions multiple Japanese historians as the "source" but you then flip to the author of the Britannica page.... surprise surprise.... Thomas Lockley..... Then if you actually look up the historians he references and google translate their original works. So the papers by Ōta Gyūichi and Matsudaira Ietada they refer to a slave. Not a samurai and not even a vassal All the English sources that refer to Japanese historians are all written by Thomas Lockley. Yet the Japanese sources don't say what Lockley claim they say and no Japanese sources nor historians provide much more detail about Yasuke beyond the fact he did exist but as a slave/bodyguard

[@Cyanoblades]

It takes decades to be a skilled with a sword. Most Feudal Japanese started training as kids. There's no way a foreigner is going to pick up a sword and be able to kill any trained samurai.

[@robenriven]

there is a reason why he was a no one. Yasuke is only known by people that study japanese history in a very deep level, you cant get anything about this in normal documents because no one cares. He wasnt a samurai, he was no one

[@SuperCasperman]

​@@robenrivenhe was though 😂🤦🏼‍♂️

[@PiscesAustrinus]

@@robenriven Its even on the air if he was a samurai or not, but thats not really the important point. Its the same thing as being the owner of a company and puting your son on the payroll with a supervisor title, the guy might be a supervisor...but if it hasnt ever had education about that company or what it does its just a supervisor in name, same thing its for yasuke, it "might" be a samurai but only in name, i hightly doubt the guy knew about all the education, tradition, training and things that are needed to be a true samurai.

[@scarletsletter4466]

I agree, but the historical evidence states that Yasuke was huge. He was a spectacle, an outlier. So that’s why he’s not a good choice for samurai game. It’s like if an ancient Viking travelled to Mongolia he would be 20% taller & heavier (maybe more) with much bigger frame. So he’s not a good choice for a game about Mongolian battle tactics

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

@@scarletsletter4466 he seems like a pretty good fit for a huge spiked club.

[@vegavak]

YASUKE: THE FIRST BLACK VIKING JARL

[@sikkableeat5614]

Das Rite Krakkka

[@nagasako7]

A Japanese company should make game about Joan of Arc and make Joan a Mexican Man 😅

[@Grandpabeatdown]

​@@sikkableeat5614 yea just let the racism flow

[@lordcrusader861]

@@Grandpabeatdown its funny

[@lordcrusader861]

@@nagasako7 that would actually be hillarious

[@lionprime9658]

more fun is when you read more in edit history in wikipedia

[@morsorcus8152]

The saddest part is anyone looking at actual sources knew this was bs from beginning. Not a single original source show s yasuke as anything more than an interest of Obunagas because he was big and black. There's a painting showing him wrestling. That's the only combat we know he was involved in. There is no sources that say he fought in or on a battlefield. He was only in Japan for three years and only knew Obunaga for 2. Before that he came from Christian missionaries. It's so insane to think he was a samurai or anything more than a paid servant of Obunaga.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

Good thing it’s a fictional game, and not real life.

[@morsorcus8152]

@@ApsmneShsbshu then why didn't they use a fictional character? Dang you really didn't think at all before posting did you?"

[@チャーちゃん-c4y]

The sumo painting was painted around 1605. Yasuke's stay in Japan 1582. There is no record of who the people in the painting are. 弥助の肖像画は一枚も存在していません。

[@morsorcus8152]

@@チャーちゃん-c4y your 100 percent correct. It's considered possibly Yasuke due to the proximity of his stay in Japan and the painting and I was trying to be as generous to the other side as possible, while still showing how ridiculous it was to claim Yasuke a samurai. But to be clear you are 100% right and we don't know for sure who is in the painting.

[@pehclark7256]

The funny part is since he came with the CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES Yasuke is Gay????? just because he wrestle???? Thomas should write for hollywood. He is that lame.

[@ボートマン-o7f]

Thank you for creating the video, Bro. As a Japanese person, there is something I want to share with you all. We welcome both "black samurai" and "white samurai." The term "cultural appropriation" is a recent concept in Japan. We feel happy when people outside of Japan enjoy our culture. If anyone calls it "cultural appropriation," it's likely someone outside Japan saying it. However, this case is different. When it was announced that the protagonist of Assassin's Creed is Yasuke, Japanese fans felt more disappointment than anger. Some might have been upset, asking, "Why make him black?" This reaction is understandable. We were excited that the setting would finally be Japan, only to find out that the protagonist isn't Japanese. But if Ubisoft decided this, we have no choice but to accept it (if we want to play). Japanese developers also create games set in Western countries. So, we have no intention of complaining about minor inaccuracies (though there seem to be many). As for copyright infringement, it's certainly not good, but we're not focusing on that here. So, what are we most upset about? It's the possibility of fiction being accepted as historical fact. This is especially dangerous when large companies with influential video games do it. We hope Japanese culture is accurately represented to the world. By the way, thanks to you, I learned that Ubisoft's development team is predominantly white. I had assumed there were more people of color involved. Looking at the current state of Western entertainment, I wonder what the creators are so afraid of.

[@yoohootube12]

thanks

[@music79075]

They are afraid of Reality and accountability.

[@Trohl-]

Gaijin is gaijin 🤷‍♂️

[@kennys9644]

@@Trohl-gayjin*

[@JasonGNasty]

This is not attacking they culture or traditions or even changing their history Ubisoft never said “THIS IS THE MOST HISTORICALLY ACCURATE GAME BASED ON JAPAN HISTORY “ if they did that would be a problem but since we know Assassins creed is a video that never really had historical accuracy I don’t see the problem here they did apologize for misrepresenting the flag and certain things but not Yasuke

[@icehockeylover189]

I can definitely understand Japanese irritation over this. Ubisoft, clearly, didn't consult Japanese historians in regards to the characters and storyline. Ubisoft marketed the game as historically accurate which it isn't, based the story around a character who isn't Japanese and is a controversial topic within the Japanese zeitgeist. Honestly, as a black man, I find it rather pretentious, that every time a black character is involved in something, they roll out the hip hop. You know, us dark skins, do actually enjoy a wide variety of music and believe it or not, some of us don't even like hip hop or rap. Yes... crazy, I know. When I put myself into the shoes of a Japanese person, and try to understand their perspective, I see this as being the same as Ubisoft creating a "historically accurate" game about African culture but them having the main character being a Japanese guy or a white guy. If that were the case, I think I'd be pretty annoyed too. Ubisoft really screwed up on this one.

[@Lighthammer18]

The only black friend I have I met at a metal concert. In a sea of pasty white metalheads he definitely stood out. And no I'm trying to avoid black people, there just aren't a lot of them where I live.

[@Native_Creation]

It's the corporate-branded and packaged version of "inclusivity", which is the issue with a lot of major Hollywood studios these days (eg; Disney).

[@shin-ishikiri-no]

While I personally wouldn't be annoyed by an Asian or white protagonist in a game taking place in Africa (I don't think race itself should be a limiting factor to fictional stories) I do think the fabrication of history is a problem. Thomas Lockey almost seems to be intentionally driving a wedge between Asians and blacks. Also, I completely agree about the hip hop = black people BS. I have zero interest in hip hop or rap and am more into electronic music. It's so irritating to be branded as a "hip hop human" it's so annoying. This DEI stuff is only generating more racism.

[@TheMarch327]

Maybe they consulted real Japanese historians, but apparently historical facts didn't support their designs, so they preferred to believe something less true.

[@Kippynms]

@@shin-ishikiri-no I think the problem comes in with the tradition. If the game wasn't "samurai" focused, any race should be fair to have as a protagonist. But samurai's are historically mostly Japanese, so it would make sense to have a Japanese protagonist if he was a samurai. The game was obviously targeted towards a western audience that think it may be "cool", and not Japanese who may care for historically accurate. I agree though, a lot of people making fair points, but you can feel a lot of passive racism being fueled by this. Ubisoft is just creating problems.

[@Loukious]

As I said when they announced he was gonna be in the game I thought "Oh cool, he's probably gonna be the connection to the Assassins'. That makes sense, he was a curiosity for Nobunaga's era. He was also viewed as a lesser by the Samurai. Perfect person that could overhear the conversations that go on in Nobunaga's castle. He can keep tabs on the Japanese version of the Templar knights in this game. Then when they announced he was the male protagonist and they claimed he was a Samurai I was like "Fuck they got ahold of Lackey's shitty ass takes"