Ubisoft Assassin's Creed Shadows ALL THE VIRTUE SIGNALLING With Yasuke The Black Samurai
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Apparently an ex Ubisoft employee who was working on this game said the original story and concept was completely different but had changed due to quote "infestation of DEI within the company"
Dei?
Oh wow. Someone said that? Must take it as a fact.
@@conradaster3764 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
@@skaro85 🤯
I'm sure someone's gradma confirmed he was indeed a samurai.
And she doesn't care what they tell you in school, they're WRONG!!
@@dantauche7917 Damn straight!
He was a koshō, a glorified servant to Oda Nobunaga, who made him perform tricks in parties
I’m Japanese and I know the history of my country Yasuke was a servant of Nobunaga and Nobunaga made a promise to Yasuke before nobunaga died and the promise was “i will carry yasuke as a friend and friend how got invited in my country should not be in the battle of my country and that’s not your business” and then nobunaga give it to him a boat to get back in his country and for what we know about yasuke he lived three years only in Japan. So it’s impossible to be a samurai for three years. (Sorry for the English I’m learning.)
@@kibayaiba3893 Your English is good and what you wrote is clear. Thanks.
Now a Imagine a game set in Africa and MC is Japanese man.
Imagine the studio would be cancelled and everybody involved would have their social(media) credit score set in the negative.
Never happen
They do it all the time with Egypt knowing the ancient Egyptians where black.
I'd prefer a Japanese game with a historic representation of that person. Just for salt and claims of poor representation.
@@marcelousneal4641 Lol no they were brown..
Ah, the sengoku period, when some of the finest swordsmen walked the planet, Miyamoto Musashi, Hattori Hanzo, Sanada Yukimura to name but a few that would be period correct; and this is what we get.....
Didn't Miyamoto beat a guy at a duel with an oar?!
@@SlagNasty Yup, Sasaki Kojiro ,a highly respected swordsman known as the "Demon of the western provinces"(after turning up a couple of hours late to wind him up) He carved a bokken out of the oar from the boat he rowed over in, then beat the dude to death with it
There are so many Japanese badasses they couldve chosen for a main character...but no, had to go woke
Playing as Musashi would be awful. The gameplay would just be showing up late to piss people off then killing them.
@@AProbablyPostman and the carving of oars!
Ubisoft checking those diversity boxes.
Not yet, wait till they come out and say he is gay and Oda Nobunaga is his lover. (:
That’s what it’s about.
I have played 6 AC games; I will not be playing this game. The male lead character that you have chosen will not let me suspend my belief in a game that's set in feudal Japan. I want to play as a Japanese male. The male character I know is based on a real person, but he wasn't a samurai, he was a retainer. Look, I just want to play a game set in a historical context with a male character that's believable of the time and period, otherwise I can't find that sweet, sweet immersion. Ubisoft, you will lose a lot of money on your fundamentally weak and wrong decision based on your choice for the lead male character. Better luck with the next AC.
Only way this failure of company called Ubisoft can earn money is through esg investment.
@@David-IsRightnotWrongwell he existed and there’s not exactly loads of evidence that he wasn’t fighting for Nobunga. Honestly doubt you have a big guy from Africa no one has ever seen and don’t use him to at least scare your enemies much less use him for battle
Well. We had the entire country of Egypt suing Hollywood Netflix for historical inaccurate a black woman as Cleopatra.
Maybe we can see Japan suing Obisoft, the birthplace of all wokeness.
There is two protagonist, one of which is a shinobi woman who was born and raised in Japan. She’s on the front cover.
@@Bryer_the_keeper yes of course. Strong female character.
They are asking for pre orders without even showing gameplay.... That's next level insane
That’s Ubiflop for you.
@@EllanaWolf ubislop
@@dtcomic1758 I like that name better
This practice is par for the course. Where have you been? lol
Typical Ubiflop
"you will own nothing and be happy"
The irony. These people complain that the west isnt culturally sensitive enough. Game gets set in feudal japan and they decide to make the main character black for western audiences. Despite the opportunity to explore japanese culture and history. I bet you fight "racist" samurai and they say something about the patriarchy.
Notice every culture has to be open to others and share but one?
No, this is not made for western audiences in general , only tiny part of it
Need a game where we play as a white African chieftain in Africa lol
@@Adam-sd2ow Yep. Israel.
No one tell him the game has two main characters and the real protagonist is the Shinobi female who grew up in Japan. And the black man is intentionally a foreigner.
Japan has the most iconic class of assassins ever. So instead of making a game about one of the ninja clans. They chose a African person who wasnt widely known about until 2 years ago and barely a footnote in all of Japanese history.
I mean there you go wasn’t known. Mixed with being used as tool of propaganda. So there’s enough tall tales told about him coupled with it just being legit interesting story to cover. Fish out of water let’s audience and the character learn more about the culture. From writer perspective yasuke is a perfect vehicle to tell a bad ass story. I get wanting Japan protag but the concept is just genuinely interesting. Most everything we know from that era is embleshed anyway. As long it’s not documentary think it’s fair
@rances4418 "yusuke" story for a game about assassins would be interesting if he did anything more interesting than be the court jester or house sitter.
There are so many Japanese badasses they couldve chosen for a main character...instead they went woke
There is literally a Japanese assassin as a main character. The game has two protagonist you can swap between and she’s on the main cover.
I like how all you idiots keep conveniently leaving out the fact that the other main character is Japanese 😭😭
When I saw the female main character looks so similar to the female main character in Star Wars Outlaws. I knew immediately this is going to be a signature state of the art woke bullshit.
Beauty is a Hate Crime now don't cha know?
Musashi Miyamoto would've been perfect.
Ghost Of Tsushima will have a third wave of incoming players when this comes out, and good for them. They'll have an authentic representation of Japanese history and culture that is respectfully and tastefully crafted, instead of this ESG tripe.
If there are that many historical inaccuracies, it's basically a fantasy game
This series has already turned from a slightly historically accurate to fantasy a long time ago
Leonardo Davinci didn’t make weapons for assassins, George Washington didn’t team up with a Native American assassin, there are no ancient artifacts that can control the minds of people, a middle eastern assassin didn’t make a gun in his hidden blade, and Ancient Greece and Norway didn’t have mythical monsters.
You literally fought mythological beasts in the past couple of games. It's not a history documentary. Go cry about something else
It's never been accurate, nor have they ever claimed to make historically accurate games. AC games are set in a certain period, *that's it.* There're a few details that make knowledgeable people go "Oh nice, I recognize that!", but that's about it.
Imagine being a Japanese guy who loves Assassin Creed and his countries rich history, and you're looking forward to the long awaited Japan set AC! ...and you get this........ This is all beside the fact that the cinematic are not as good as AC2 trailer and cut scenes! and thats what 12yrs ago?? and its does actually look or feel like an AC game. I was as big an AC fan as you could come across, havent bought an AC game since AC3
So you gonna ignore the fact that the other playable character is Japanese 😭😭
@@boxchevyrollinsince when do you care about facts?
@@boxchevyrollinI’m telling you man, these folks just want something to complain about😂😂
The main protagonist is literally Japanese, an assassin and is very clearly the focus of the story wtf are you on about.
@@vaper8824 the protagonist is based on Yasuke, who is most certainly not Japanese and not a samurai. Yasuke was only in country for about 3 years, and was a page and sandal bearer for Oda Nobunaga. He was allowed to carry a short sword only and wore no armor. When Nobunaga was betrayed, Yasuke wasn’t even granted an honorable death alongside his master, due to his status. He was given away to a church and that’s the last anyone heard of him.
like they shoved black people in a viking setting they just had to put them in japanese, why don't they make a game set in some part of africa and put them there, we know they wouldn't put a white guy in that setting unless it was a coloniser
This is how I know a black man took your girl😂 where was metal gear vengance based? And who was the main character of that game? Nobody complained😂 farcry 2 was based where? And who was that main character? No complaints with that either.
I just don't understand why this fad exists where they feel they have to insert black people everywhere and in everything. Sure, if it makes sense, no problem. But not in stories that are supposed to be historically accurate and are set before mass migration. Japan was Japanese, not black. Europe was European, not black. Sorry boys. Hopefully this is just a phase with companies and will pass.
@@tellempowda6015 clasic whatabouthism,i don't care or follow far cry or metal gear, also your first statement is wrong considering that there are like 10 black dudes in my whole country, i would have no problem if the game was set in southern part of us during civil war and you play as a black dude fighting for freedom of his people
What a insult to Japan .. Yasuke was a jester kept by the lord for amusement he was NEVER a Samurai .. Ubisoft you don't have any honor .. you could have done Hattori Hanzo he was known as an expert tactician and a master of sword fighting and helped in united Japan.. but no you wanted the sweet ESG points may you suffer the same fate as Kill the Justice League
and to black people its not afro samurai now that was a great show but this is just insulting and weak its like an old man putting teens clothing and putting a hat backwards and saying yo wassup my homies
Pandering to everybody....pleasing nobody.
Diversity is our strength, intelligence is our weakness
So what about black flag being set in Caribbean am from there yet am being represented by a white boy called Edward what's up with that?
@@barbarawalkes5582 are you stupid? Black flag is set in colonial/pirate times and you play as a welsh pirate.
@@xaviergriffin7101 great analogy
Ubisoft wants us to believe that a guy who spent a few years in Japan, was able to master the fine art of sword fighting, which is something that takes damn near a decade to do and thats just to be fully proficient. This is why they started training as young boys. At this point this is Assassin Creed Stolen Valor.
Thanks Ubisoft. For admitting all of your Creed Games are historically inaccurate
We’ve known that since at least 2018 when they introduced the female protagonist in Odyssey and proclaimed all their games would have female protagonist from know on. It was especially funny that they started this off with an Ancient Greek scenario, when Greek culture had about taliban levels of women’s rights.
So you actually thought they were historically accurate???..omg!
They were never historical accurate lmao
@@tyler328for real. They at least tried to be historically adjacent in the earlier games to weave the assassins in.
@@eocampo34 Exactly. I remember when they wouldn't put a crossbow in AC1 because it didn't exist yet. The earlier teams tried. The later teams are a bunch of woke whackadoodles that don't know what they're doing besides pushing DEI in everything.
Funny how in mirage set in India, all the culture people names had to be absolutely perfect because God forbid we upset them. But Japanese just gets thrown under the bus with the one random black historical figure instead of actual historical names and people from Japan
Do you remember when Assassin's Creed was lauded for its devotion to historical accuracy? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Let’s ignore the literally thousands of Japanese born male Samurai. Instead we will use the single Black person who ‘may’ on a good day have been a Samurai🤦♂️
No "may" about it. He was sold off after Nobunaga died.
Not even on his best day
@whoistonyredgrave1478 also putting Ninjas on the same level of skill as Samurai is marvel brained. They were not. And by most accounts also dishonorable scum.
That reveal was a literal laugh out loud moment for me. Like, are Japanese men really that over represented in video games that they need to be replaced?
Anyone notice how the stories about how this Yasuke character as actual samurai have changed from fiction to fact? And all within the last 3+ years.
You should notice.
They could have just be honest about Yasuke.
But no…..
1: was never a Samurai
2: they put him in the wrong time period
3: Ubisoft and their price bundles, sweet mother of Jesus!
Yasuke has been featured in media produced by japan, and even they recognize him as a samurai most of the time. It seems to be everyone else that seems to care whether or not he was actually samurai or not.
@@saycheese121 only media I saw with him was when Netflix asked mappa to animate him
I haven't seen anything else
@@dtcomic1758 there was a japanese made game he was in I believe called "samurai warriors" or something where they portrayed him as such. And I believe hes been featured in a few manga
@@saycheese121 a lot of characters in samurai warriors aren't actualy samurai
@@DjunisBRE I understand that, but if that's a game made in japan and japan recognizes the dude or portrays him as a samurai in stuff they make. Why is it an issue when america does the same thing?
This is real cultural appropriation.
Mr. H you must remember that black people built Japan just as they did London
They apparently also built Stone henge lol.
They built Buckingham Palace, House of Commons, London Bridge 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Oh, and they built all of America, a country their descendants are now intent on destroying.
Don't forget America. They built the US. It wouldn't be here if it weren't for them. Also, every historical figure that did anything good was black.
Have you guys read the book “Ancient & Modern Britons” by David Mac Ritchie ? Definitely should give it a read.
Was thinking about getting it until I saw this now I'm done. Thanks for saving me money 🤣😂
Assassin Creed: Welfare Kangz and Queens Edition.
I’m Japanese and I know the history of my country Yasuke was a servant of Nobunaga and Nobunaga made a promise to Yasuke before nobunaga died and the promise was “i will carry yasuke as a friend and friend how got invited in my country should not be in the battle of my country and that’s not your business” and then nobunaga give it to him a boat to get back in his country and for what we know about yasuke he lived three years only in Japan. So it’s impossible to be a samurai for three years. (so sorry for the English I’m learning.)
If he is "The first", who is second?
"All of them. They waz!!!"
Next week media outlets and creatures: Yasuke was the idol of the Japanese, he controlled Oda Nobunaga and taught the Japanese everything they know!
Womp womp
FromSoftware had a great take on Feudal Japan in Sekiro.
And Sucker Punch with Ghost of Tsushima
SEGA with Like a Dragon Ishin?
10 years ago we wouldn't care. Now we're sick of it.
Because 10 years ago, it would've been done as an interesting story, now it's done to appease activists who demand quotas get filled.
As documented in the Nobunaga family history, Yasuke was a sword bearer. Basically a servant akin to a squire or a Porter, who would tend to Nobunaga’s armor and weapons, etc. the word for Samurai, 武士, never appears in conjunction with Yasuke’s name. Of additional note, the modern statue of Yasuke often depicted in social media was quite obviously made by someone who not only did not know Yasuke’s history, but who also was ignorant of Samurai culture. The statue shows dreadlocks. Had Yasuke been a Samurai as the myth states, he would have had a chonmage (丁髷), which was not a fashion choice, but a necessity in order to properly wear a kabuto (兜, 冑) helmet. Anyway, sword bearer, not Samurai, but an interesting tale nonetheless.
i guess Ubisoft flew to close to the psnder stone again
So stunning. So brave. So fearless.
Yup
Lol
I haven't said anything on the subject on twitter because all I see is people throwing around "bigot" or "racist".
i hope their esg bribes are worth the lack of revenue
Yasuke arrived in Japan in 1579, met Nobunaga in 1581 and left Japan in 1582. What are the chances they'll make Yasuke a war veteran of like 5 years in the game?
NOPE... There was never a Black Samurai... Not one, not ever..
Yasuke
We will begin with the fact that Yasuke was a real person, he did exist, he was of African descent and he was put into the service of Oda Nobunaga. This is fact, and is not disputed.
What is disputed are all the revisionist stories of Yasuke as a great warrior, as having been awarded Samurai status, and earning respect of the Japanese people and other Damiyo that he encountered in the service of the Oda... THIS IS NOT FACT.
Romantic stories of the famed Black Samurai are nothing more than fables no more real than the futuristic comic book land of Wakanda.
Recent books by authors such as Thomas Lockley provide a plethora of speculation portrayed as fact, typically referencing historical documents and then interpreting them in a way to fit the narrative that sells books.
However we won’t go to far into the motivations of authors and commercialization of romantic stories, these have their purpose and remaining true to the historical records is rarely one of them.
Here is a high level overview based upon known recorded facts...
Yasuke arrived in Japan in 1579 in service of the Italian Jesuit missionary Alessandro Valignano, who had been appointed the Visitor (inspector) of the Jesuit missions in the Indies (East Africa, South and East Asia). He accompanied Valignano when the latter came to the Kyoto area in March 1581 and his appearance caused a lot of interest with the local people.
According to Histoire ecclésiastique des isles et royaumes du Japon, written by François Solier of the Society of Jesus in 1627, Yasuke was likely from Mozambique however this is not confirmed.
When Yasuke was presented to Oda Nobunaga, the Japanese Daimyō thought that his skin must have been coloured with black ink. Nobunaga had him strip from the waist up and made him scrub his skin. These events are recorded in a 1581 letter of the Jesuit Luís Fróis to Lourenço Mexia, and in the 1582 Annual Report of the Jesuit Mission in Japan, also by Fróis.
These accounts were also published in Cartas que os padres e irmãos da Companhia de Jesus escreverão dos reynos de Japão e China II (1598), normally known simply as Cartas.
"When Nobunaga realized that the African's skin was indeed black, he took an interest in him."
According to a Japanese accounting of Yaskue states: "On the 23rd of the 2nd month [23 March 1581], a black page came from the Christian countries. The man was healthy with a good demeanour and Nobunaga praised Yasuke's strength.
Some say that Yasuke could speak or was taught Japanese, and it is stated Nobunaga enjoyed talking with him. However, it is more likely that a Jesuit missionary translated for them, in order to control the dialogue as they were not ones to miss an opportunity to interact with Nobunaga in order to advance their mission.
Reportedly, Nobunaga's nephew gave him a sum of money at this first meeting, for his travels, and on 14 May, Yasuke departed for Echizen Province with Fróis and the other Christians.
During this trip, they met local warlords such as Shibata Katsutoyo, Hashiba Hidekatsu, and Shibata Katsuie, They returned to Kyoto on 30 May.
At some point, although when is not exactly clear, Yasuke entered Nobunaga's service.
Yasuke was also mentioned in the prototype of Shinchō ki owned by Sonkeikaku Bunko , the archives of the Maeda clan.
According to this, the black man named Yasuke was given his own residence and a short, ceremonial katana by Nobunaga. Nobunaga also assigned him the duty of weapon bearer (much to the annoyance of actual samurai)
Here is where the facts morph from what is known, to what is "wished for"...
Nobunaga had a propensity for the unique, and he was particularly interested in all things foreign. Clearly he was fascinated by Yasuke, and this was documented to be to the chagrin of many of his top generals such as Akechi Mitsuhide, who is reported to have been disgusted by the site of Yasuke, and saw him as nothing more than a wild beast.
After the Battle of Tenmokuzan, Nobunaga led his force, including Yasuke, and inspected the former territory of the Takeda clan. So people make the assumption that Yasuke actually fought in this battle, and that he donned Samurai armor and fought valiantly as a samurai hero.
Fact check: A sword bearer stays behind with the general camp, near to the lord, they don't go out on the battlefield, and there is ABSOLUTELY POSITVELY NO RECORD OF YASUKE FIGHTING IN ANY BATTLE!
There is also NO RECORD of Yasuke receiving martial arts training, or use of the Japanese sword, either when in the service of Nobunaga or the years prior.
The truth is that his time with Nobunaga was limited, as they first met in 1581 and Oda Nobunaga was dead a year later. This is hardly enough time for Yasuke to be trained to be the great warrior all the Waukanda dreamers want him to be.
Yasuke as a Samurai?
Sadly, for either commercial purpose, or some social equity rationale, some people attempt to equate Yasuke as a non Japanese Samurai in the same way the English sailor William Adams (Pilot) was later viewed.
However Adams was actually presented Samurai status, and there is no record of Yasuke being bestowed similar Samurai status. The FACTs are that Oda Nobunaga made him a servant for a few months.
A few months... not a lifetime of service dedicated to serving his lord, ready to give his life in the service of the Oda.
Another fact that is clear; Yasuke was kept around as talking piece, an oddity for Nobunaga to show off, much in the same way he enjoyed irking other Daimyo by showing them Azai Nagamasa's gold plated skull.
Fate of Yasuke
They say that Yasuke was present at Honnoji and took part in the fighting that lead to Nobunagas death.
However it is recorded that perhaps only a single individual from the Oda survived the Honnoji incident and it wasn't Yaskuke.
Yasuke was alleged to have been taken by Mitsuhide troops soon after the Honnoji incident, but Akechi had his men return him to the Christian missionaries stating that you don't kill the beast, for the fault of his master.
Was he an Honorable Samurai?
Despite modern romanticized versions of Yasuke, if he was this great Samurai some would have you believe, then it stands to reason that he would have either fought to the death at Honnoji, or at the very least he would have committed Seppuku.
Nope.... didn't happen.
Or if he was an honorable Samurai like the 47 Ronin, at the very least he would have begged to join Hideyoshi in the fight against Mitsuhide and gotten revenge.... don't you think?
Nope, didn't happen
All that is known about the fate of Yaskue , is that he was seen with the Christian Missionaries after Nobunagas death and reportedly fled the country soon after.
So while people may attempt to romanticize the story of Yasuke to suit their agenda, the truth is that such blatantly false attempts to rewrite history are pure revisionism and nothing more.
Faking history because it makes you "feel good" does nothing but a disservice to all students of the culture, the Japanese nation and the historical record.
There was no black samurai, no great Yasuke, no hero.... just a man who was a victim of circumstance and the times he lived in.
they are using the fantasy version of the character. In real life he was just a slave the Japanese bought and died a dishonorable death. All this fantasy of him being a samurai is make believe
I still regret buying assassin creed valhalla. Where we got a black blacksmith, in old time Norway.
Took me totally out of the game, and made me not even get past the tutorial.
This seem even worse.
That's the last one I bought🤣 Game wasn't worth the price I paid.
Last one I played was Origins and that was awful. I gave up a long time ago
Last one I bought was Odyssey since I love the Ancient Greece setting. What ruined it for me was how they set up the XP in the game, enticing you to buy XP with real money. Ubisoft is a greedy shell of what it once was. Black Flag was their peak and it’s been downhill since
Lol the game has magic but just seeing a black person was enough to "take you totally out of the game" ..very telling
@@joshypolo Yes. It tells that I have no problem imagine how magic works in a game with magic.
But a alone black man, without any family he can come form, so he have to have traveled from Africa to Norway, and chose not to live in any of the better countries to live in, in between. Takes me out of the game.
That you do not see the problem with this, say everything about you. You do not consider the characters in the game, as character. And theirfore do not think of their background. But, then, you do not think, at all.
They’ve even changed the Wikipedia for Yasuke 😂 there’s before and after showing what they removed.
After Dying Light 2 and Alan Wake 2 I’ve learned to not to get my hopes up.
I hope the BlackRock money dries up at some point so these decisions will hurt these companies more. Appealing to the African American gamer is not a good idea to actually make money, they’re probably a fraction of the player base. Just another attempt to demoralize the population, been happening with movies and games for years.
Yasuke was a sword bearer not a samuria and was only in japan for 3 years.
Samurai is a caste by blood.
That's not true at all. You could be adopted and become samurai which happened alot. Why are haters spreading lies and not the facts.
@@NZOMV nope. A noble could be adopted by another Noble.
Ask japanese
That speak English.
Y’all know the AC plays loosely with the actual events of history.. I think with his story since not much known he’s will be used to talk a different story that they want to tell.. if both was black then I’d be like WTF BUT I’m with it.. I’ve been playing as white ppl in most my games so you can be a black man for one game as a dark colored man
Yes! Ubisoft shows us again the peaks of moral high-groundery. In other words - Rock bottom has a basement, folks!
Yasuke was a fun character to fight with and against in Nioh 2 though. Good game, recommend giving it a try. Nioh 1 too, if you wan't another, fantasy version of William's story.
It turns out that all samurai were black, you just have to ask the people who know the TRUTH.
The same people complaining about fantastic portrayals of Samurai are the same people who love Ninja Scroll
Thanks for making this video. Awesome haircut you have
In reality, he wasn’t a samurai, a servant, a impressive exotic display for his master to show off.
My Mrs loves these Games i would still buy it for her!!👍🏻👍🏽👍🇬🇧🇬🇧
So much virtue.
It's blatantly obvious since George Floyd how fake and knee jerk all this is.
The Nazi Tried to Rewrite History as well funny that
Bro... I grew up LOVING martial arts films of all kinds (due to my dad's taste in all sorts of films) and the ninja films, samurai films, all of them were so cool. Never would I think a black person would ever be in that environment as a ninja, shogun, samurai... whatever. This ish is getting ridiculous at this point. What's wrong with keeping historical tales within the culture they were derived from? I could care less about 'representation'...as I don't need to be pandered to. Sigh... this stuff is getting insufferable. Not interested in this Assassin's game as I used to buy them regularly.
8:16 yea this hits on the head...
While it prolly is DEI meddling; Yasuke, while not a samurai, was a vassal. In other words, a man who received land from a feudal lord in return for homage and loyalty.
_A black man was taken on as a vassal by Nobunaga-sama and received a stipend. His name was decided to be Yasuke. He was also given a short sword and a house. He was sometimes made to carry Nobunaga-sama's tools_
_The black man understood a little Japanese, and Nobunaga never tired of talking with him. And because he was strong and could do a few tricks, Nobunaga took great pleasure in protecting him and had him roam around the city of Kyoto with an attendant. Some people in the town thought that Nobunaga might make him as tono_ (a lord)
source: the italicized passages are from the records of the Society of Jesus of Japan, where wikipedia got the info/
Be wary of wiki source. There's been apparently a war to edit wiki in order to "legitimize" the modern propaganda regarding Yasuke. If you don't know anything about media manipulation, you'd better start doing your homework. You're decades late, if not lifetimes late.
@@little_dandelion dei maybe dumb, tho in this case those 2 passages are from the organization descended from those who brought him to japan in the 16th century.
土地なんてもらってないぞあいつは
@@server2009 土地ではないかもしれないが、彼には家が与えられた
Just remind people that Nobunaga was known for "being into men" and that he had a "relationship" with a former page Mori Ranmaru as well. So probably that's why he wanted Yasuke so close to him.
It's not only pleasing African Americans. It's to please all the African Westerns that also are all over UK and Europe.
Also i would think that Samurai were like Nobles in Europe with these titles. Or it was like their emperor elite military title given to the people.
Even being Ninja was like life long journey to train and become one while you would never become one when you start to learn the art of fighting and train when you were adult.
Never mind that this is in an era where normal human life time was like 40-50 years. So when you were like 30 then you already were a old man
The DEI approach says everything you need to know.
It won't be as good as ghost of tsushima,
but you're an "ist" if you point that out.
I'm black and in no way do I feel this is for me
It's clearly 100% for the world economic forum who invented the dei policies black rock enforces
Glad you can see it. These are highly privileged mostly white people who see black people as children they need to lead, always, these things are lazy knee jerk blatant choices to distract people.
Can't wait for a game about that cook Henry the 8th called a cow that one time.
Finally an assassin creed game set in futal japan about ninjas and samurais and this is what we get.
So, just how is a tall, muscular black man going to blend in as an assassin in feudal Japan? I can just see this character sneaking around in the game whilst the much smaller Asian characters pretend not to see him. Now, they could have put him into the game as what he actually was, namely a curiosity in the household a high ranking Japanese nobleman. Where they could have stitched him into the game as a significant character and given him an arc as a friend and confidante of the main character. That would have been interesting and more historically accurate, even though some license would still have been needed. But no, Ubisoft have to burnish their ESG/DEI credentials and force him into the MC slot.
In an age where identity is everything It's ironic that supporters of this game will say it's suddenly unimportant to have your identity attacked. it seems there are are "important" and "unimportant" identities.
I can’t wait for assassins creed Um-Bongo in the Congo, should have ample representation
And how exactly does putting a character from Mozambique pander to Black Americans 😭
Ubisoft is a fucking joke.
Considering that Valhalla went off the rails of any historical accuracy and was deep into the pop culture stereotypes of vikings and Scandinavian culture, this was only a matter of time. Especially since Ubisoft is partnered up with Sweet Baby Inc.
AYE MAYNNN WE WUZ SAMURAI AN SHEITTTTTTT
Looks like I'll be saving my money again, thanks Ubisoft.
Ubisoft love that black rock money 💰
At the end of the day it's a fantasy action video game & this shouldn't really matter...
The game itself might be great!... ~
( But as Assassin's Creed incorporates historical elements...
I feel it's extremely important to honour the past regardless of how modern society chooses to interpret it for fictional stories & that means accuracy where possible... ~
Particularly for documented people within those time periods... ~
Misinterpreting & changing history to fit narrative is problematic... )
It's almost as if they're very selective and have an f you attitude to white men but pander hard to everyone else, some more than others.
I’m in Japan for 2 weeks Mr H…Tokyo is incredible
Pantry Coyote in Chiba, enjoy this restaurant and pay it forward.
Agreed. Been there twice. Enjoy your time there.
Should check the Ubisoft Japan upload of the trailer. There's at least a one hour video right there.
Pity they couldn’t do an assassins creed game based on Ghezo and maybe some people might be educated
They could've made the assassin a Portuguese Jesuit who has to avoid being caught by the Shogunate, knowing he'll be murdered or tortured in the most brutal ways, odd how historical cruelty against certain groups goes ignored but with others it's 24/7 victimhood
They've basically admitted if you were black in Japan you were safer than Christian Europeans.
The nioh character in the ps4 game was William
It will be interesting to hear this dudes voice
Always wanted to play as Johnny Somali in Japan. Yipee.
You can find Yusuke was likely just a sword holder for the real samurai. Like a servant.
Ngl we’ve never had a yasuke game. He would be cool to be a DLC or a side character I wouldn’t give him much spotlight tho. I don’t look to AC for historical accuracy it’s more about the theme of the time period they chose
Keep going with Berserk, I see you have first 3 Deluxe editions, but the story around then reallly picks up and evolves it’s so awesome the arch’s coming up lol
This should been a sequel to a main Line all Japanese game you know with actual japanese protagonist. Then we are good, but come on hard to blend in.
Nothing screams sneaky Japanese assassin like a tall black man who kills people with a mace wearing armor. Also I remember that one lady from Sweet Baby Inc bragging about putting a transgender main character Japanese Assassin Creed so I'm assuming that's the female protagonist.
It's called a Kanabo/kanobo (not sure on spelling). They were literally invented to counter armour because it became clear swords don't cut metal.
Is that why the female looks like a boy in the trailer?
@@Feetism I thought samurai armor was made out thick clothe and bamboo covered in hard lacquer with maybe some metal plating.
The main Protagonist who is very clearly the center point of the game and story is Japanese and is an assassin. Yasuke isn’t obviously. And the game will have two different play styles. Stop bitching the game isn’t even out yet.
how can yasuke can blend in when he assassinate someone, his big and only black man in japan, he will get identified so fast 🤣
When you think of the Zulu you don't think it's a bunch of Asian's running around, This will be the death of Assassin's Creed.
Whelp, at least this saves me money on"renting" this from Ubisoft.
0:37 It's YAS-SKAY. The thing you have to remember about Japanese pronunciation is that u is almost always silent in Japanese names.
Let's hope Ubisoft hemorrhages a lot of money for this.
I think it's more notable that this game was in development when the animated show "Yasuke"(2021) came out either by coincidence or mandate and likely caused script changes for brownie points.
There is also absolute garbage pricing right up there with Star Wars Outlaws $70(base, incomplete) to $130 with trash access, season pass, and paywalled content for a single player game on live service only.
Where is my Yasuke game? Ninja Gaiden style with Afro samurai swag fighting demons and monsters and stuff. Nobody plays AC games anymore 😢😢
Would've been great as DLC.
I was skeptical BEFORE seeing the trailer because i know at this point AC do generally glorify history... but imo it's frustrating with Yasuke due to his history already being SUPER fabricated and glorified.
Sick of the he was real argument, as if that somehow means it's still not pandering done deliberately for that representation.
There are some references, but he is just a “page.”
the entertainment industry as a whole needs to pull their heads out of their created history, and start to amend for all the abuse and horrible things they are guilty of over the years. The 1915 film "Birth of a Nation" was a huge triumph for hollywood. To bad it's the first film account of the myth of the lost cause. A lot of black Americans died from violence stirred up by the false narrative of that "award-winning" movie.
Because of the way films were distributed back then, I'm pretty sure this caused the the Red Summer of 1919 in which there was so much KKK violence whole black towns were basically destroyed and ignored by the media.
Let's not even talk about their history of covering up CSA.
I don't need DEI training, Hollywood needs an HR department with teeth to keep the rich predators at bay.
Well this is the company Kim Belair got got her start in, did anyone expect anything else from Ubisoft given they're the reason she has any notoriety to begin with?
Japan is one of the most closed countries in the world even now so why would it be any different 500 years ago ?
At the time they were even more closed up country then they are now.
Probably the DARKEST Assassin’s Creed game yet!
Hahahahahaha! I knew this was going to get backlash. It's quite obvious why Ubisoft did this.
That's what they want you to worry about the character not that its going to be a seasonal game that's going to cost $130
Pandering and over pricing can both F off.
Is it really that serious? I just want a good game🤷🏾♂️