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Aside from all the politics, just don't buy from Ubisoft. Period.

Good on japan to reject this crap.

Just the fact that they used Chinese architecture for Japan is a large middle finger to the Japanese as it is. Those two countries don’t get along as it is.

>"we have enough games with white guys as the protagonist" >make game set in japan >have black guy protagonist

here's a comment from native people there: "I am Japanese, I am writing this using a translator, please listen to me. First, I would like to talk about how Yasuke was treated in Japan. Yasuke's name does not appear in most history books, and for this reason he is treated as a fictitious entity that never existed. He does not appear in history textbooks for elementary, junior high, and high school students, and only those who have studied history at universities have heard of him. Even in the few history books that mention his name, it only says that he "served as a peasant and carried baggage. Everything about him is a fiction. He was tall, muscular, and strong, and Nobunaga, suspicious of whether his skin was his own, had his men wipe it to make sure. All of them are outright lies. And it is not even known if the Yasuke in the history books was a black Yasuke, because the name "Yasuke" is like John, a name that can be found anywhere in Japan! Also, Yasu came to Japan one year before Nobunaga died, Nobunaga had already almost unified Japan, how could he be a samurai without a war? And even a 10 year old Japanese could tell that he was not a samurai, because he had no family name. When we Japanese introduce ourselves, we say our family name and then our first name. This is because until the Meiji period (1868-1912), when equality among the four peoples was introduced, ordinary people were not allowed to have family names. In fact, some ordinary people have become samurai or feudal lords, such as Hideyoshi Toyotomi, who achieved greatness after Nobunaga, who rose from a mere peasant Tokichirou with his intelligence and courage to finally become Hideyoshi Toyotomi. And you foreigners often use the word "retainer", which is a mistranslation of the Japanese word "KASHIN". the original meaning of "KASHIN", is all those who work for the samurai family. A cook, a gardener, a maid, etc. are all KASHIN (retainers). In other words, those who support Yasuke are making a fuss based on a source of lies written by a black supremacist who cannot even read Japanese properly. Ridiculous. Yasuke was in the service of Nobunaga, so he fits the definition of KASHIN, and Samurai are KASHIN because they also serve Nobunaga, but that doesn't mean Yasuke is a Samurai! The reality is that Yasuke was like Nobunaga's pet or maid! We Japanese people will never forgive ubisoft's foolishness. Please let those who read this know how we feel."

They literally disrespected an entire culture with this game.

I am half Japanese. We were taught that Yasuke was real, but not a true Samurai. Japan made anime and shows about him for entertainment but apparently, the West took those as historical facts. A japanese male Samurai should have taken this role. No honor Ubisoft. Shame on you.

"evil cannot create, it can only corrupt"

"Gaming has enough white protagonists!" Then… why didn’t they just make the main character a Japanese man?

“Adult on child romances!?” AKA *DISGUSTING* There’s something seriously evil about these people. My goodness.

As a white person even I know the paper lanterns aren’t Japanese. That’s like thinking karate is a Chinese martial art. It’s not even complicated. I’m burnt out on assassins creed and ancient Japan games anyway.

Their decision to do this is pretty tone deaf and disrespectful, considering we recently had an asian hate crime wave perpetrated mostly by black males.

Ubisoft used to hire historians when making AC games....now ...they hire DEI...who have never read a history book.

What do games with white male protagonists have to do with this? Nobody wanted a white dude for Shadows. They wanted a JAPANESE man. Because that would make sense for feudal Japan.

I'm black and I don't approve of Assassin's creed Shadows because Yasuke wasn't a samurai. He might have been a bushi. In case you don't know, Bushi refers to any kind of warrior in feudal Japan. This includes soldiers, assassins, pirates, bodyguards, and yes, including Samurai. Samurai on the other hand are low ranked military Nobles who served higher ranked nobles called "Daimyo". Like many nobles, Samurai owned small portions of land and horses. Last time I checked, Yasuke didn't any of those. However, he did own a nice house, sword, and some armor, but that doesn't mean he was a samurai. Also, Yasuke only participated in one battle while serving under Nobunaga, which isn't very impressive if you think about it.

Stop giving Ubisoft your money, and remember no pre orders

I am so proud of Japan for rejecting this nonsense.

The Japanese loved Ghost of Tsushima, but they definitely hate this crap.

As an Asian American, I am very disappointed with Ubisoft and will not be purchasing anymore future games from them.

It's also amazing that this issue has bled over into wikipedia, with (last i saw) over 50 edits to make history fit a video game, and not the other way around. this whole situation is insane.

Dev : "Enough white men in other games" Bruh we wanted a japanese character in the japanese setting, you missed the entire plot

From Cleopatra to Anne Boleyn to this, there is no respect to our future, present, or past.

I mean Giles Armstrong literally said we have enough white people in games 😂 man IT'S SET IN JAPAN!!!! WE WANT JAPANESE PROTAGONISTS

Why are they shitting on themselves, when they’ve had TWO Well-liked black protagonists in Adewale and Aveline? They know how to do Black characters well, without shoehorning them into the story, so I’m baffled by the decision to just include a Black man, just because. What the actual fuck?

Yea the "female" protagonist of AC Shadows looks like a young Japanese guy in the trailer. Western studios are now incapable of making actual female characters.

The Woke Mind Virus is the worst plague that humanity has ever faced. And also the fact that Ubisoft went full tilt is sickening.

Ubisoft needs to get used to people not buying their games

Bankrupt Ubisoft

It’s beyond ironic seeing the people who constantly bleat about “cultural appropriation” getting mad when people are calling them out for doing it themselves. Absolutely laughable.

The real samurais reject their madness.

Im Japanese. My coworkers and I saw the trailer recently and we were talking about it during our lunch break. The entire office could probably hear us laughing 😅

Ubisoft screwed up the female protagonist as well; there was no such thing as a "female shinobi". Oh, there were kunoichis, but "shinobi" and "kunoichi" were two very different things. Female ninja (kunoichi) were trained in the art of deception, disguise, seduction, and subterfuge; they would disguise themselves as village girls, courtesans, or geishas and feed their superiors information. They would seduce their targets to get close to them and, if they had to kill, they favoured weapons such as hair combs with hidden blades, sharpened hairpins and poisons. All the stuff you see Naoe doing in the trailers? That was the domain of the "shadow warriors", the shinobi...the men.

Isn't the point of AC is to blend in? To be stealthy and not be noticeable? Yasuke is the ONLY African man in Japan and he's taller compared to any Japanese man. How is he gonna be working in the shadows when he's this noticeable?!

"He's denouncing his white skin for brownie points" is possibly the funniest pun in the history of unintentional puns

Many black friends may not understand how we Asians feel. I can give an example. It's like if Ubisoft released a new game where Asian people lead black individuals in the African American civil rights movement, but you can only play as an Asian man or a black woman.

Hiring a writer who writes Pedophilia books ... That definitely would not have backfired Ubisoft in the butt ... WHO? Who though it was FINE?! That is disgusting and disturbing, and that writer should be in jail. And how is it that a Black Man killing Japanese not considered RACIST?! Just because he is black? Yeh, that's not how that works.

Reject Ubisoft's racism/sexism against asian males.

I hope Japan completely boycotts this revisionist crap game

The black washing has reached peak absurdity now.

no nO NO , Guys let them cook I can't wait to see the scene where Nobunaga asks Yasuke to wash himself in front of everyone multiple times because They thought he is just dirty and lying about his color skin , Go ahead Ubisoft If you got the balls 😃

What gets me is that "representation" always ONLY means adding black or LGBT characters. At times other races are some time included, but usually as background characters. As a "person of so called color" myself, I don't ever understand the "representation" argument. Non white Latinos/Hispanics make up the next largest demographic in the USA, and it's growing exponentially. But never do I see any characters, especially historical figures, or or cultural figures (gods, heroes etc.) swapped out to be any other race but black. Anne Boyln turned black. Zeus and Achilles turned black. God of war had a black "norse" god. Black Vikings on TV, etc. Now a black samurai in the middle of 15-16th century Japan. Not to say there isn't some race swaps for hispanic, such as Snow White, but predominantly this pendulum swings only one way with "diversity." It's a controversial thing to say, but this "need representation" crap is mainly focused on African Americans, and blacks living in Western countries. They aren't pandering to actual Africans. No other race complains about this stuff. What's worse is that the few black people that understand that white liberals are simply checking boxes to fulfill a quota via pandering and token characters are viewed as so called self haters. I could not image what it would be like to tune in to a piece of media set within a non historically American continent setting, and seeing Mexicans running around in London or Norway. It's ridiculous!

As a white men, I already know this publisher hate me and don't want my business. So since I have respect for myself, I will not buy this game. I hope the japanese will see this the same way. Ubisoft clearly doesn't like japanese culture cuz they don't put up with that DEI bs. A japanese that respect their culture should not buy this DEI abomination. Ubisoft needs to lose millions with this or they will keep doing DEI bs.

I can’t wait to play AC Africa and the lead characters are a white body positive woman named Karen and a non binary disabled Asian person.

The character Naoe is not even historically accurate either. Kunoichi did not wear combat garb like male ninja did. Their job was to act as spies and assassinate men after they lured them to her bed.

Japanese gamer waits to play assassin's creed as japanese samurai Ubisoft: puts a black man

I’ve been an Assassins Creed player for YEARS. I’m done with the woke crap in their games. I’ve unfollowed, unsubscribed and will no longer play ANY Ubisoft games and will only play games from companies who do NOT follow all of this DEI crap. Enough is enough.

This DEI shit will stop when you stop giving them money. The solution is simple.

After 15 yrs waiting for an authentic feeling assassins creed set in feudal Japan… no words except why do these loser idiots get to have anything to do with these games?!?!

I truly wish Japan ban's this game in Japan. That would be the biggest F you to ubisoft ever.

I hope they lose millions upon millions on this game I'm so done with Ubisoft

So....did Ubisoft hire any Japanese consulting firms when making a game about japan? Going by modern times, they need an authentic firm, lest they be culturally appropriating...whats this? You cant culturally appropriate if you are black?!?

The biggest defense for this Blackwashing is "Assassin's Creed isn't historical because there's been Fantasy Stuff in all of them"... Like, At least these "Fantasy Stuff" make sense as its based off of the Country or Regions Culture, History or Mythology and the characters included can be given an easy "Suspension of Disbelief" treatment . This does not. Also the pricing for this game is too high. And all they've shown is an animated trailer. Not gameplay.

The amount of Yasuke "experts" coming out the woodwork is insane.

Assassin's Creed is a corpse that just won't die

So sad to see the Japanese people being shortchanged like this, they clearly don't deserve it 😢

I just wanted to play as a Japanese assassin lol.

Why do the think Assassin's Creed doesn't have any Black representation? Have they totally forgotten about "Freedom Cry" and "Liberation"?

We once fought a world war against people who separated people by race and tried to rewrite history. Now the same evil has taken hold in the world.

If us as 10yr olds didn't need to see our own skin colour or age as Power Rangers on screen because we had imagination. Its only narcissists who need to see themselves onscreen or people with no imagination.

I stopped playing Assassin’s creed after they killed Desmond. We had to get a modern day Assassins Creed with him as the playable character. Wasn’t that the point of going back in time?

Egypt sued Netflix for having a black Cleopatra in a show that claims to be "Historically Accurate". Could Japan sue Ubisoft for "cultural appropriation" as slander?

Not even surprised by this crap anymore.

Ubisoft used to be a good company. Now I don’t buy from them anymore.

No one should be excited for this franchise anyway. It died years ago.

Leftard Writer: "Everyone wants to see a positive representation of themselves. 🥰" Also Leftard Writer: *pens a positive depiction of adult/child sensual relationships* Kinda telling on themselves at this point, ain't they? 🤷‍♂️

I laughed at the 'we academics' part of the quote from that professor. Just because you are an academic who is into paedophilia, that doesn't automatically mean that all academics are into paedophilia.

Ubisoft literally wishes they were Abstergo, hijacking the popular perception of history and retroactively changing civilization progress for fun and profit. Problem is, instead of a few murderous parkour enthusiasts, they face the collective retribution of the Internet.

Does Ubisoft seriously think Asian and White are the same thing? "We didn't want the MC to be another white guy" Maybe make him Japanese then?

Someone tell IGNorant people in IGN that Yasuke was a lackey under Nobunaga Oda.

Yasuke's life: After the death of his lord, Nobunaga, he was the first to surrender to the enemy, and was spared execution because he was not a samurai. He left Japan with missionaries and returned to the path of slavery.

I'm Japanese, but I have no problem with Yasuke being the main character in fiction. The problem is what the developers say is historically correct. Developers are creating convenient images of people by using people for whom there are so few records that even researchers can only guess based on the historical background. It is the creation of history. Japan also features various historical figures in anime and games, but I've never heard a developer say that the figures of people for whom there are few records are historically accurate.

So one of the writers pretty much admitted Yasuke is there for woke reasons. This is going to end so bad for those investors lmao

Black hero, non-binaire sidekick and both of them will clear Japan from evil. I will not be suprised if the big evil boss is a straight white man and he is screaming rascist homophobic slurs in every cut-scene

HISTORIC FACTS: 1) Yasuke by official recording was a page or koshō/小姓 /page in Japanese. What would be similar to a squire, page in medieval times? Not near a samurai, or even a medieval knight. 2) He also had a short sword (wakizashi) given since he was not of the noble class, or high standing and for Yosuke owning a katana would be a crime without permission. (Katana was not a fast-made sword even today and was for the elite only. Taking a year or years to be made.) Besides low-quality mass productions known as kazuuchimono like WWII katana swords. 3) Oda Nobunaga already used sword hunt /刀狩/ katanagari ordering the seizure of swords and a variety of other weapons from civilians/farmers in the Sengoku period in 1576 because of problems with an Ikkō-ikki group causing problems and certainly enforcing that law on his allies. In 1588 Toyotomi Hideyoshi similarly enforced the same law for a second time. 4) An interesting fact is that Feudal Japan was stratified by using religions such as Confucianism, Buddhism, and Shinto keeping the society stable, and stratified. Lasting nearly a millennium with changes in 1543(The first European arrival) isolation till 1853 (The arrival of Matthew Perry and opening.) and the drastic changes of 1868 (Meiji era) and then 1945 (After WWII) in culture, society, etc. 5)Daimyo in the war between themselves in the Sengoku period set rules including those loyal to Oda on the swords, and tanegashima (matchlocks) gun, weapons with control, and rules. The castles even had weapon storages, and in typical bureaucracy, they were counted and controlled, even secured behind the lock and key in the castle weapon storages. Since daimyo lands were at risk of invasion from other enemy daimyos, they did allow certain weapon groups, for self-defence, for the military, and outside it with permission besides other daily things that could serve as weapons and also, in response to avoid rebellions from commoners, non-nobility of their lands. It would be double pressure if the daimyo army rebelled when another enemy attacked. Meaning, that the local populace got less dangerous weapons, as they controlled more deadly ones. 6)Also, there were already permits, laws, what kind of weapon one could wear by status, what colour, material, decorations, etc. Noting their status in society thanks to the influence of China, and to easily regulate society. Just like armour by their type and appearance noting who they were in the army. 7) Yasuke would not wear a Ō-yoro/大鎧/great armour as seen in the video as it was meant for high-standing humans instead of a similar, plainer Dō-maru/胴丸)/body wrap which was for low-class samurai and servants as he was of bushi/ 武士/ warrior class with no given surname. The difference was fewer components, (less flashy) with less weight and without the decorative markings, or colour of the higher-ranking military ranks. 8) The strange part of the video is that armour was worn only in wars, not every day as it would be like wearing a special OPS uniform for daily life and chores. It would draw attention even before he would receive the secret note. 9) Yasuke was certainly of a slave background under the Portuguese Empire as the slave trade started well before the 1500s with their outposts in India where he was picked by Jesuits as written by Jesuit Luís Fróis. Slavery did not exist in Japan and was given to Oda by them, implying that he was subservient to the Jesuits. 10) The records tell that he was in Japan for three years staying with Jesuits and Oda (15 months in service) with no further recording and had less experience in war. And it would be a stretch, even for modern humans staying in Japan with norms, or getting masterful in kenjutsu sword fighting taught at a young age. Well, he could use other weapons besides katana. 11) He was for certain a curiosity in a monoculture society and Oda Nobunaga. Just like Pochahontas to English, the first Incas, Aztecs to Spanish, Native Americans to French, etc. Most Africans in monoculture societies from historical records in English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese royal courts from slavery would get employed because of their appearance as a curiosity for guests of their employees, or end up doing tricks. Sadly it was quite common. 12) He was returned to the Jesuits after the death of Oda after a stint in prison after a capture. (Not committing a seppuku as common for samurai.) Maybe he was spared that, or he was not a samurai. 13)There is information by Jesuit Luís Fróis - Historia de Japam Volume 1 through 4 that he by assumption would receive the title of tono also as dono/殿 との comparable to "lord" or "master". However, it does not imply noble status, or even samurai class as it was a show of respect title like the English milord, German Wohlgeboren, Spanish-don, etc. It is below the title of -sama in honorifics in Japan's honorific titles. 14) He had a house, not land as mentioned in records (since he was not part of the nobility, or even local) and a stipend that was a fixed regular sum paid as a salary or as expenses to a clergyman, teacher, or public official as he worked as a page or servant. The house could be claimed back after his service, or given with land for him after service as it was common in that period.

Ubisoft will never learn from their mistakes.

This is an affront to Japanese history. Apparently, the only black man in Japan at the time is the greatest warrior of Japan according to Ubisoft. Sell Ubisoft stock this game will be another huge loss.

16th century conquistadors: we erased re wrote all of the history of central and south American countries to suits us 21ist century ubisoft: hold my beer

Yasuke was not a samurai. This is a historical fact. I am Japanese, and I am offended by WORK's use of other countries' cultural history to spread lies in order to proselytize WORK.

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

I find it hilarious that they have all these consulting firms to be culturally aware, only for the game to be bashed by the japense people for not being accurate down to the structure of the buildings.

The game could have been set in sub-Saharan Africa with the protagonist fighting against slavers.

This feels like Yasuke started out as the protagonist of the DLC series associated with AC Shadows. Some DEI consultants saw this and advised Ubisoft to bump the original Japanese main character and crowbar Yasuke into the main game.

Man, if you really want a god tier samurai game, then we have Ghost of Tsushima. If you want a god tier shinobi game, then we have Sekiro Shadows Die Twice. The worst parts of these games are better than anything modern Ubislop can crap out.

Games and entertainment coming out of Canada needs to be checked for woke, dei, and racist nonsense like this. They clearly hate Japanese male gamers. Like the greatest group to cater to and they missed them. How did no one at ubisoft not say hey we need to have a male japanese samurai.

i’m so glad we have people like you who are willing to use your channel to fight this crap, youre saying what so many of us are thinking but don’t have an audience. Thank you.

I loved every second of killing zombies in R.E 5 that just so happened to be black cause of the geographical location and yes I’m black.

Ubisoft is damaged goods now. Don’t even purchase the old school Rayman or Rabbid games.

Another example why a whole generation of people need to go back to school and actually take History class... #PaulKersey2024

wote with your wallets. don't buy this bs. Ghost of Tsushima is out on pc and it has already won game of the year. So that's my recommendation if you want a true to history (as true as it can) and a badass samurai swordplay. Edit: and btw the price is 59.99$ so you're also saving money (compared to Ubisoft bs).

YASUKE WAS NEVER A SAMURAI

This game has infuriated me. I made a comment about how they didn’t use an Asian protagonist when finally in Asia. So many people attack me for feeling insulted that my culture is literally being erased by a black man who was not even in any battles or training. Yasuke didn’t even know Nobunaga for more than a year. Yet he is a well honed trained Samurai in this game ? I could go on but this is upsetting for me. I have been waiting for Assassin’s Creed to go to Asia since Altair. The Chinese side scroller was disappointing. There is so much written history and they choose this black man to take place of Japan.

I've been done with Ubisoft for years (For reasons related to their greed), this now concretes my choice to boycott them as it adds yet another reason to avoid their products. What was so hard about just making the entire game cast/characters Japanese.

Anybody named Chadwick is not to be taken seriously.

I don’t know about you, but when I think of playing an Assassins Creed game in feudal Japan, I imagine playing an Asian guy, not a white one 😅😅😅

This will be awesome. On one hand girl boss can’t do no wrong on the other token black puppet can’t do no wrong. The wheel of victimhood is going to spin so fast you may just be able to harvest clean enegry from that game and save the world from global warming.

Of all the Japanese history and they find the non Japanese dude who happened to be around, unbelievable. The woke won't recognise it, because to them it only goes one way, but this is in itself racist. Anyway, If you are able, go buy Ghost of Tsushima to get the game this should have been. Vote with your wallet people.

Any time I hear “Let’s do better.” I immediately check out.

It starts with fictional renditions of history and ends with rewriting history books

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