Culture Assassin's Creed Shadows Is Already Being Called "Woke" And "Disrespectful" - Assassin's Creed Shadows' two protagonists are getting the abuse we all sadly expected.

Assassin's Creed Shadows is already being labeled as "woke" and "disrespectful" following its announcement trailer, primarily due to main characters Naoe and Yasuke, the latter of whom is historically considered Japan's first black samurai.

Ubisoft has finally lifted the lid on the next mainline Assassin's Creed, revealing that Assassin's Creed Shadows will be available on November 15 later this year. While we didn't get any gameplay, we did get a lengthy cinematic trailer going into the backstories of the game's two main protagonists, Naoe and Yasuke. Naoe appears to be a Shinboi from the Japanese provinces, while Yasuke is considered to be Japan's first black samurai, and came into contact with several prominent figures in Japanese history.

That means Assassin's Creed Shadows will center around a woman and a black man, and some people on social media have reacted with exactly the kind of behavior we have come to expect nowadays whenever a protagonist isn't a straight white man. In the replies of Ubisoft's announcement tweet, you don't have to look very hard for people decrying the game as "woke" and "disrespectful", with a sprinkling of DEI in there for good measure.

Assassin's Creed Shadows' Yasuke Is Somehow "Disrespectful" To Japan​

Most of the vitriol revolves around Yasuke, with some people taking issue with the fact that they're being made to play as a black man in a Feudal Japan setting, despite the character being a key figure in Japanese history. Some claim that it's inappropriate for Ubisoft to have someone who isn't native to the country as one of the main characters, though I don't think these same people take issue with the fact that the incredibly Welsh Edward Kenway was sailing around the Carribean in Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag.

You've also got some stating that Yasuke wasn't actually a samurai, but was a retainer to Oda Nobunaga, and that this somehow "disrespects" Japanese culture. However, people are already pointing out Yasuke was Nobunaga's Kosho, which is essentially the bodyguard or personal servant of a general or lord and is considered a samurai in Japanese history. Just because Yasuke didn't belong to a Samurai clan, it doesn't mean he wasn't one.

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[Safir]

He was more like Oda's pet black friend.

Nobunaga had two retainers he called "Monkey" and "Dog". Monkey was a commoner and got to rule Japan for a while. Dog, a samurai, didn't manage to climb as high but his descendants lived and got to be powerful daimyos (he picked the losing side in every post-Honnoji conflict but his badass wife shamed victors into sparing the clan). It wasn't bad to be Nobunaga's pet.

 

[FILTH Tourist]

Again, a historical figure of which just enough is known about is perfect fodder for historical fiction. The problem is with retards holding up stories of dubious authenticity as the real unvarnished truth and What Actually Happened.

He would have worked a lot better as a side character acting as a spy for the assassins keeping tabs on Nobunaga's dealings with the Templars and passing info to the protagonist. Fits his role in history a lot more, they get their diversity points, and less people would be pissed off at it.

 

[Kankichi Ryotsu]

despite the character being a key figure in Japanese history.

What is this nigger talking about. Yasuke was a footnote of a footnote, a slave brought by the Portuguese that caught the eye of warlord Oda Nobunaga and took him under his care. Nobunaga just saw him as a novelty and even thought he was just dirty. He accompanied Nobunaga until he was betrayed by a retainer. Once Nobunaga was assassinated, Yasuke disappears completely. He was never a samurai and he didn't do anything of note.

 

[Sinner's Sandwich]

A story about a black guy in feudal Japan could be interesting.

In the real world, possibly. However on Kiwifarms you will just get a bunch of angry stickers.

 

[Montalbane]

In the real world, possibly. However on Kiwifarms you will just get a bunch of angry stickers.

The real world is gay and retarded and no
A nigger in japan by itself wont be interesting or fun.

You need a little something called a compelling narrative and interesting gameplay loop

 

[Spud]

Going after the US for this is barking up the wrong tree.

What do you mean? The main export of modern America these days is niggers.

 

[CharlesBarkley]

What do you mean? The main export of modern America these days is niggers.

French have an obsession with them. Something about large butts and the possibility of buttsex drives French people wild.

 

[Spud]

French have an obsession with them. Something about large butts and the possibility of buttsex drives French people wild.

I think they've gotten use to being bent over that it's manifested as such.

 

[Well Intentioned]

In the real world, possibly. However on Kiwifarms you will just get a bunch of angry stickers.

It's why I qualified it with a 'could.' But this is the subforum where it's 50/50 if people replying to an article actually read it. I probably wouldn't play a game like the one I described, but there is potential for something interesting.

The real world is gay and retarded and no
A nigger in japan by itself wont be interesting or fun.

Yup, and that's what this game is more or less.

The 'stranger in a strange land' shit has been done over and over, whether it's stuff like Tom Cruise and the Last Samurai or Afro Samurai.

It's that the approach to it here is blatant pandering for good boy points and manufactured 'controversy.' Much like the female Ghostbusters movie, Madam Web, etc, etc, etc.

You need a little something called a compelling narrative and interesting gameplay loop

Yup, and since we're talking about Current Year gamedev the first is out and since it's Ubisoft, the second is out, too.

 

[bango skank]

Going after the US for this is barking up the wrong tree. The company behind this game is French and the main developer of the game is out of Quebec.

It seems everyone but Americans are working on this game.

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Maybe it’s ironically americentric of me, but I feel like most media produced by western countries in current year are so influenced by American culture and mores that it doesn’t make a difference if it’s some french-spewing canuk that writes the slop instead of a Portland dangerhair, it’s still just regurgitated American propaganda.

 

[Chin of Campbell]

Thank God the masters of the mundane and mediocre are here to make a worse version of the already "just pretty okay" Ghost of Tsushima featuring Nig the Nog, several years after the fact.

Who is this for? GoT was already the Japanese Assassin's Creed and it was way better than anything Ubisoft has put out for quite a while. I can't imagine this will have much of an audience (that isn't just blind and retarded fanboys, if those still exist for Ass Creed).

 

[Carmen The Aids Rabbit]

 

[The Nothingness]

Tenchu, Ghost of Tsushima, Sekiro and already exists. This FRAUD of a game deserves to be treated like the propaganda-laced poor imitation that it is. Ignored and shat on.

And there is also this game:

 

[DoomsdayElite]

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[FierceBrosnan]

It's why I qualified it with a 'could.' But this is the subforum where it's 50/50 if people replying to an article actually read it. I probably wouldn't play a game like the one I described, but there is potential for something interesting.

I'd play the hell out of something like that, actually sounds fun and compelling.

Honestly what Ubisoft is doing is antagonistically anachronistic. They knew people would be pissed off about Yasuke's portrayal being historically inaccurate and immediately fell back on the "oh no those heckin' racists are mad" when anyone called Ubisoft out.

He would have worked a lot better as a side character acting as a spy for the assassins keeping tabs on Nobunaga's dealings with the Templars and passing info to the protagonist. Fits his role in history a lot more, they get their diversity points, and less people would be pissed off at it.

^^^ This. Could've weaved some narrative about Yasuke being a double agent working in the shadows and it would have worked 1000x better than pulling a We Wuz™.

 

[Broadside]

D-DID YOU KNOW THERE WAS A BLACK SAMURAI??!! A HECKING BLACK DUDE BECAME A SAMURAI DID YOU KNOW? DID YOU???!!

When are these fuckers gonna shut up about Yasuke the nigger?

 

[ZazietheBeast]

^^^ This. Could've weaved some narrative about Yasuke being a double agent working in the shadows and it would have worked 1000x better than pulling a We Wuz™.

There is a reason why they can't be creative and ties right to the Left can't meme. To be a wokie, you need to place your worldview through a Marxist lens. Anything not approved by your Communist priesthood, which is everything, its how you wind up with people who made good writing back in the day, such as Kevin Smith and Russel T Davies, make absolute shit now. Indoctrination.

Writing is also ultimately why woke works are easy to detect. They no longer have the subtlety that defined works with an agenda back in the 90s.

And there is also this game:
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Now I gotta play this game.

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The Fool of Owari really is the best boy. For extra irony points, Nobunaga is a huge Westaboo hence his push for matchlocks and importing of Western goods.

D-DID YOU KNOW THERE WAS A BLACK SAMURAI??!! A HECKING BLACK DUDE BECAME A SAMURAI DID YOU KNOW? DID YOU???!!

When are these fuckers gonna shut up about Yasuke the nigger?

As woke is quite literally a religion, never. Not until their monuments are toppled, their priests subdued, and practice brutally suppressed. Kinda like what the Japanese did to Christian Missionaries during those old Samurai days.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

And there is also this game:
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Also the Way of the Samurai games.

 

[stupid frog]

I liked the first few games. I know they're repetitive and cliche, but I had fun. Sad to see the series Sweet Baby'd.

 

[HodgePodgeRogerDodger]

I just don’t get why Jews love black cock.