Ubisoft released a lengthy statement regarding Assassin’s Creed: Shadows, which included an apology for some content in the game’s promotional materials that “caused concern to the Japanese community” and a reminder that, you know, Assassin’s Creed games Aiming to take some creative license with history.
You can read the statement in full via the tweet below, which was posted via the official Assassin’s Creed account and is handled by the Shadows development team. If you’re wondering if this is another chapter in the rather bullshit about whether Yasuke is actually a samurai in real life, this has suddenly become a very important question for many of the white people who have attended since he was revealed to be the protagonist of Dark Shadows Since taking a jiu-jitsu class and now thinking they’re an expert on Japanese culture, the answer is – at least in part – yes.
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First of all, Ubisoft reminds everyone who thinks that if you somehow brought Blackbeard back to life, he would tell you how wonderful your time with Edward Kenway was, Shadows, like all Assassin’s Creed games, “First and foremost” it’s meant to be, in this case, a “fun video game” that’s “a compelling historical novel set in feudal Japan.”
So, there you go, your plan to submit this as a paper for a history module in college has been scuppered by those idiots who just love complaining about Yasuke. However, before we reach out to him, Ubisoft did acknowledge and apologize for “some of the content” in a statement. [its] promotional materials,” which “aroused concern in Japanese society.” It did not specify what those contents were.
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Ubisoft went on to say that “all gameplay footage shown so far is in development and the game will continue to evolve until release.” Based on the constructive criticism we have received, we will continue to work until we get this game into your hands. -Beyond. It also asks people not to criticize those working on the game, both internally and externally.
By the way, it’s Yasuke now. The statement had almost an entire slide dedicated to the chatter surrounding him being portrayed as a samurai, with Ubisoft admitting it was “a matter of debate and discussion” and saying he was chosen because of his “unique and interesting life” that makes him The perfect choice to be the protagonist of an AC game set in feudal Japan. It is worth noting here that several historians, including Yu Hirayama, stated that the historical evidence they reviewed showed that Yasuke was a samurai.
So, that’s it. If you want, you can go rewatch the original reveal of AC Shadows now and reminisce about a time when people didn’t have to be reminded that it was actually a video game.
