As a Japanese person, I’ve waited for AC to adapt a Japanese story, so I can play an epic story of a SAMURAI in Japan. Now in current year, we don’t get a samurai but a forced diversity character that’s not a samurai, OR Japanese. For context; the real historical Yasuke met Nobunaga for a year, then was sold back to the Jesuits and never obtained a rank as a samurai.
As a Japanese person also, I just lol when I see this. Of all the notable historical people, samurai, shinobi, warlords, etc they pick the one black guy. Because of course they would lmao
>game set in the Holy Land, play as a Syrian man >game set in Italy, play as an Italian man >game set in the American Colonies, play as both a British and Native man >game set in the Caribbean, play as a Welsh privateer >game set in France, play as a French man >game set in England, play as English twins >game set in Egypt, play as an Egyptian man >game set in Greece, play as a Greek man >game set in Norway and Viking-invaded England, play as a Norwegian man >game set in Iraq, play as an Arab man ... >game set in Feudal Japan, play as an African man
Exactly, it's stupid. If he was DLC that would've been pretty cool but just seems kinda racist and pandering. Why not just make an African setting is my question? Like imagine playing as like a member of Shaka Zulu's tribe or something badass.
My girlfriend is Japanese. I talked to her about this game today and asked how she felt about it. She said she was not angry, but thought it was disrespectful to Japanese people. She also said it's become a well-known American thing to take a main character and turn it into a different race for no reason.
I seen a few Asian people on Instagram and Facebook said how they get sideline in their own game and that its disrespectful. 1 guy on Facebook said he knows yasuke was a real person. But he was a retainer and not samurai and that Ubisoft only picked him as the main character for oblivious reasons. He even got mad they put white people in that new shogun show. But all of these got the same type of replies.... And that's them being called racist
Miyamoto Musashi or Hatori Hanzo would have been faaaaar better choices, both figures are surrounded by myth and actually fit the bill for legendary assassin duelist types. Fuck off ubisoft.
Muzashi was also known to ambush people and fight dirty and unusual. Perfect for an Assassin Samurai hybrid similar to the Spartan Assassin of Odyssey, or Egyptian warrior assassin of Origin etc.
@@SmoothCode Funny thing is when it first came out it actually was called "DIE" but I was too on the nose with what they wanted so they had to change it to DEI later.
Yep a lot of boats going to japan in past in 1800's and then their was christian sect or caholic but i forget which one and they were kicked out and some english bloke helped japan people make their own guns so thats how they got empowered with guns.
They probably think "if everyone is black then there won't be any racisim." By this point they have already disrepect every other race by ingoring their existience.
@@Elimba78Japanese kinda been making matchlock gun since sengoku period though, they bought or took it from Portuguese merchant that got ship wrecked reverse engineer and manufacturing it since. Oda Nobunaga was the one who adopted gun into his army.
Game set in Japan > Oh wow, a Japanese MC?!?! Ubisoft: No. We picked the one black guy we could find, ignoring 99.9% of the population, and we also made him a Samurai even though he never was.
@@ValentinNeacsu99 You don't get the point. It's not about making it a big deal. People probably don't give a crap about the story anyway. Itsabout the Intentions of Ubisoft Forcing this Image of diversity in the dumbest ways possible. Specially when it absolutely makes no sense why a Black man would be the main character of a Samurai game in Feudal Japan.
@@ValentinNeacsu99the fact that people like you have no problem with disrespectful forced diversity speak volume on the level of wokeness we have achived in society. You are probably the biggest fan of rings of power and the new witcher serie😂 just a fanboy eating everything big corporates put out
William Adams (Miura Anjin) was an English navigator who sailed with a Dutch trading fleet to the far East and landed in Japan in 1600. He became a vassal under the Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu, was bestowed with a title, lands and swords, and became the first SAMURAI from England......a white Englishman
It's almost as if these DEI racists completely forgot that black people actually come from Africa and that Africa has it's own set of cultures, nations and history.
Not to mention hundred of indigenous Australians which date back over 60,000 years of history and culture over hundreds of different peoples and communities
They could make an AC in Africa. But I bet it'll never happen. And I know they made the Egyptian one, but everyone calls that one the Egyptian AC and not the African AC.
Exactly. Blacks were in Japan during the 16th century but since this will probably be a trending discussion, content creators will milk it for what its worth
Well, didn't you know Africans created the Japanese culture and civilization? In fact, didn't you know Africans created all the cultures and civilizations of the world except the African ones??
Ubisoft: let's ignore literally dozens of historical Japanese male warriors and make a game about 1 guy who wasn't even a samurai and lost his first battle then was captured and shipped off..and throw a chick in there and make her gay. Easy DEI money 👍 Edit Lol! Japanese people are pissed with a lot saying they finally understand what cultural appropriation is 😂. This guy isn't even popular in Japan. He's only widely praised outside of Japan. Japanese players are not happy
@claverol1 It's a South Park reference. In the episode, Kathleen Kennedy (Cartman) ruins all new Disney films by asking the team to "Put a chick in it, and make her gay, and lame".
Imagine having assassins creed as a series, you finally have it be set in Japan with the rich history and lore of ninjas, with historical figures like Hattori Hanzo, its like they have the baseball ball on the stand or whatever and all they need to do is swing, but instead they decide, "Nah I'm going to have a female ninja and black samurai."
historical ninja/samurai well represented in japanese media? naaah lets pick some pet slave of oda. At this point i feel like they just hate making money
Tbh the female Shinobe was already rumored since 2021 and it being assassins creed and them being fictional was not surprising. But they using for the first time a historical character in there game and them choosing someone from colour while there are many more legendary samurais they could have chosen for example Musashi Miyamoto.
I never cared about what race a character is in games until the past 5 years. I only started caring the the past 5 years because of the reason they do it, it seems like I'm being preached to or having DEI rammed down my throat. The point he said "if the game is good you will still play it" - No I won't, if it is woke I won't go near it, there are too many other great ways I can spend my time so I don't need to put up with that.
People who bring up The Last Samurai and Tom Cruise clearly misunderstood the point of the movie. Tom Cruise's character is not the last samurai. Ken Watanabe's chracter is.
Also that story focuses on the clash between western culture embarking onto the formerly isolated feudal Japan. That culture clash IS the focus. Meanwhile Yasuke is a black dude that stayed in Japan for a couple of months and had literally zero impact on Japanese culture -yet modern culture activists love circlekerking his presence because he sticks out like a nail their eyes -and low and behold, they all carry hammers.
The devs probably creamed their pants when they discovered about this Yasuke guy, a real black men in 1600's Japan, they thought they would be able to push their agenda without people complaining.
As an Italian, I loved to see Ezio and the games with him in many italian cities. I feel sad for those japanese gamers who waited for a game with a japanese character but they are given a black guy with dreadlocks wearing a samurai armor.
Damn dude, yeah it's tragic. I guess the people wanting to play a Japanese character this game will have to settle for the *checks notes* playable Japanese character.
As a fellow Italian feels like deal with it don’t care it’s a game if you let this get to you that hard deal with it and cope it’s no where close to a big deal
@@sheluvscj8288 is that suppose to be some kind of consolation prize ? At least there is a Japanese woman. It's still slap in the face to have an insignificant black dude to be a main character in the feudal Japan in one of the more significant period of Japan. If you need a token black guy, he could easily been an NPC to advance to plot.
Ubisoft: "We need a black protagonist for this japanese inspired game." "Shouldnt they be japanese to fit the setting? Or maybe we could set a game in South Africa around the time of Shaka-Zulu" "Nah, there was a black guy in Japan once, lets do that."
To be fair tho nobody really gives a fuck what gender or colour the character is aslong as the gameplay is good and ppl that care about it r just weird tbh its their game they make it however they want who cares if its a blue guy or a white guy ac never rlly had historically accurate characters anyways apart from side characters bro
Not only that but they choose someone whose name literally means "Across Help" or to say foreign servant 弥助. He was only in Japan for about 15 months or less, was initially liked by Nobunaga for the color of his skin, thought it was a tattoo and forced him to scrub his skin to see if it would rub off. When Nobunaga died, he was called a slave and an animal and sent back to the Jessuits. Obviously they're going to go the route that maybe Yasuke is on the run after Nobunaga's death in this game, and maybe that's how we end up using him to avenge his daimyo but I mean.... Wasn't Nobunaga seen as a tyrant? Unless they make Yasuke switch sides during the rebellion but then who the hell is he fighting if Nobunaga lost.
Everybody really wanted an Assassins Creed game set in Japan for a LONG time because the AESTHETIC of the region at that time and AC as series and what it is about just fit like a glove. Everybody when thet pleaded with Ubi to make an AC set in Japan imagined playing as a covert japanese ninja who also happens to be an assassin. Or imagine if all ninja's were actually Templars and they could use the same tactics as you do for the first time in the series history. THAT is what people had in their heads when they thought "AC in Japan". Not a black samurai going around and clubbing other samurai over the head. It's like if they inserted random black and asian people in Kingdom Come 2 that takes place in 15th century Bohemia AND made you play as one. Even if you had historical documents to prove there were some black people in the region, it's not representative of what that region was like in general and ruins the fantasy of going to that time period and immersing yourself in that world.
"THAT is what people had in their heads when they thought "AC in Japan". Not a black samurai going around and clubbing other samurai over the head" Thankfully there is literally a japanese playable assassin for you if you don't like going around clubbing other enemies over the head like literally every single other AC game included.
@@mr.jayjay2401 AC was known for historical accuracy outside of the things they changed to make the story work. That's literally part of the appeal. That you get to play a game that properly repersent cool time periods in history.
Correct me if im wrong, but this is also the first time they use a historical figure as a main playable character. As far as I know, all the previous AC game's protagonists were original characters, and the historical figures were NPCs you would run into throughout the game. It makes it even more obvious that they are doing this for brownie points.
His historical evidence is not very well known. Might as well not exist honestly. While he may not have been a Samurai according to many, the japanese wikipedia states he is. Even so, he is a killer for hire and probably picked up the armor somewhere. Not like it matters it's a fuckin fantasy game
@@bedinor You trust wikipedia? look at the edits, japanese historians themselves have said he wasn't a samurai, there are zero historical texts calling him one, the letters the mention him which is where every account of his existence come from, letters, refer to him as a servant or slave. Japanese attractions have labled him as a samurai to attract foreignors and get their money, nothing more
They won't make it. Because the main draw of an AC game is exploring an ancient and remarkable civilization full of architecture, innovation, mythology, and interesting people. Would AC developers want to make game that's set in Africa? They won't because they are real racist and not the one who's bashing the game for having a black samurai.
@@sfguzmani They also can't make it in Africa because there is no "remarkable civilization full of architecture, innovation, mythology, and interesting people".
@@benitocamela174 he WAS a samurai: look up what a retainer is in the Japanese (not European context). If Yasuke was a direct retainer of Nobunaga (one of the greatest Samurai Warlords in Japanese History) HE. WAS. A. SAMURAI. Doesn’t matter what happened afterwards or how successful he was personally. If he was assigned the post of a samurai, he was a samurai.
@@charlethemagne5466 look up what a retainer is in the Japanese (not European) context. If Yasuke was a direct retainer of Nobunaga (one of the greatest Samurai Warlords in Japanese History) HE. WAS. A. SAMURAI. Doesn’t matter what happened afterwards or how successful he was personally. If he was assigned the post of a samurai, he was a samurai.
"Yasuke (Japanese: 弥助 / 弥介, Japanese pronunciation: [jasɯke]) was a man of African origin who served as a retainer to the Japanese daimyō Oda Nobunaga for a period of 15 months between 1581-1582, during the Sengoku period, until Nobunaga's death in the Honnō-ji Incident. Yasuke is the earliest known African to appear in Japanese historical records, though his confirmed period of stay in Japan was relatively short - about three years, from 17 August, 1579 to 21 June, 1582"
It did had some weird side mission you trail some wife’s husband and found out that he was cheating on her with some dude. Quest felt very tied in last moment to appease ESG.
Ghost of Tsushima felt like a love letter to Japanese history and culture even if it wasn’t 100% accurate. This just feels like another desperate attempt by Ubisoft to win back what little fans they still have left.
@@ToxicVex267 Tell you the truth though Japan themselves dont make anything historically accurate and very off the wall. But they dont race swap. Other than that check out any storyline of their so called history in movies, anime, manga. Most if not all is totally wacky off the wall shit.
Yeah a modern colonizer that is after African resources, dont matter the cost. Using their poverty and hunger to accomplish exploitative agreements. Would be fun since this is the only way asians were present in African history.
You know Yasuke isn't *the* main character, right? He's one of two, the first one introduced being Japanese. And if they made yet another game that takes place in Africa, with two main characters, one being black and one being asian, would that be bad?
@@halosaft Yes. And stop trying to diminish what is being done here. It's sickening. This is BLATANT Cultural Appropriation and BLATANT "Black washing".
Japan has one of the most prominent histories on the planet that involved individuals/ whole clans trained in stealth, sabotage, assassination, and subterfuge. And for the first iteration of a game in this setting, we cast aside most of that potential for the sake of subverting audience expectations? I have no idea what Ubisoft is trying at this point, or is the outrage they're farming just a marketing ploy? At this point, players who want their fill of AC in Japan, just indugle in the many titles that beat Ubisoft to the punch. Ghosts of Tshushima,Sekiro, Nioh, etc
That's kind of the point though. The game is going to be played mostly by Assassins Creed fans. They need a selling point to set it out from the games you listed, because they don't have as good gameplay. So it seems like they are going with the uniqueness of a story around Yasuke as an MC. This way people who are like "hmm, I've always thought Yasuke was kinda cool, it's interesting that I can play him in this game, maybe I'll give it a go"
At the end of the Day its a game i will still buy it and play it bc i enjoy assasins creed games. If assasin creed valhalla had the mc as a englishman or like an arab i could not care less i as a swedish man
"Who should we get to be our master assassin?" "Oh, the only black dude in Japan. You know, so he literally can't blend into crowds and sticks out like a sore thumb everywhere he goes." Seriously, are they going to get rid of that mechanic or what lol?
Yeah, if it weren't an Assassins Creed it would be a more believable scenario. As in "what if there was a black dude and they actually gave him a chance to prove himself".
I mean if you look at the way the story is going to be played, if you choose to play as him you are not playing for stealth, his kit and abilities are directed towards just fighting not assassination. They say this very clearly in their trailer breakdown.
Yasuke was in a powerful position during the times of him being with Oda Nobunaga, so i'm sure people wouldn't really bat an eye if there were to see him.
Trust me there are a lot of them, there ia this channel call lunar squardon or sth and it is fill with people cannot wait for the new starwar game and even pre order that 130$ one just for the ship skin.
@@LordRegexYT he wouldn’t even be commenting on it if he didn’t lol, I’ll wait for actual gameplay and totally not paying for that bundle, $70 keep it or refunding will depend on the game.
The first non-Japanese samurai was Korean. The second was William Adams. Yasuke was, at most, a retainer and at best a spectacle for Nobunaga. Nobunaga never wrote about him, not once, not even a poem, and Nobunaga wrote poems about EVERYTHING that happened in his life. Being that the AC games at least tried to stick to historical fact, Ubisoft making Yasuke a samurai is a joke and Wikipedia editors desperately attempting to retcon that fact to adhere to Ubisoft's vision is a travesty.
Japan is next front in the culture/DEI war- the conspiracy folks have known it for a while, us normies are just getting exposed to it. Everyone seems to be missing the point: they are using a 'black' man to insert THEIR opinion on Japanese culture- this is not a historically-accurate version of Yasuke, this is 21st century samboism: what white people think a historical black man thought/acted/behaved like.
@@DendoSupreme Wikipedia DID say he was just a retainer but then in the eve of the trailer some editors tried to change it to say he was a full-blown samurai (with a fief!), and some brave souls kept reverting it until it was locked. This is why Wikipedia is not a trusted source (nor, for that matter, is Encyclopedia Britannica, who without any evidence whatsoever describes Yasuke not just as a samurai but as a bodyguard and a soldier and even as Nobunaga's second who cut off his head after he commited seppuku). Absolutely ridiculous.
@@Pitchguest Lol, I checked the Encyclopedia Brittanica article and wtf was that. The amount of assumptions they make about the guy's life without any evidence whatsoever is crazy.
in historical fact, Oda Nobunaga hated assassination, he only used force, guns and negotiations. he openly said "assassination is cowardice." meny times on records.
Correction- ALL samurais, who followed Bushido hated it cause this behaviour would dirty their pride and would be loathed by their ancestors after death - similar logic to Valhalla in north.
All samurai hated that because as a Samurai you need to fight with honor even if you know 100% that it will be your death and if you dont and come back, there is only one way out and that is seppuku.
This is just objectively wrong. Samurai and any major Japanese figure form the time actively participated in assignations, wether through actually doing it or ordering someone else too. This include Oda, how do you think he conquered so much of Japan? He was a tactical genius and used methods like assassination to pressure his enemies.
@@wisteriaotaku No questions about hiring ninjas or others to kill someone - the question about doing that themselves - the poisonings was considered shamefull act from the perspective of truefull bushido followers. And Oda could have other officials who would do it instead of him, even without his knowledge.
@@ishspringer A legend? He was just a servant of Oda Nobunaga. Yes, he fought trying to protect his master, but that's what servants are supposed to do
...they CLEARLY migrated there after those pesky Swedes, Scandinavians & Netherlanders ran them out of their ancestral home/took it over - back when all black people had blue eyes... (This was an obvs sarcastic reference to an ACTUAL Gov't funded "documentary" from up there which obviously went over well with the citizens, for those unaware/WTF?!?'ng on this comment)~
Here are the facts: Yasuke arrived in Japan in 1579 in service of the Italian Jesuit missionary Alessandro Valignano. 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. 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. "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 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, 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 change to a more fantasised version of events: 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 armour and fought as a samurai hero. A sword bearer (Yasuke) stays behind with the general camp, near to the lord, they don't go out on the battlefield, and there is no record of Yasuke fighting 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. Yasuke as a Samurai: Now 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 a 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. Despite modern 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 but instead 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. 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 change 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. In fiction i believe it is 100% fine to take these liberties but the amount of people who believe these stories as fact is shocking
This is their attempt to make a fantasy game out of real life historical figures. But yeah, games should stick to games with character customization if they want to avoid headaches. lol
Yasuke being in the game as a cool character you meet would totally make sense. But centering the story around him when this is the first time AssCreed finally gets to this era....yeah thats just mad disrespectful to Japan, and it makes me wonder if Chinese investors pushed for this direction or not 😂
the investors don't care about the game itself they care if the millions of dollars they put into the studio will actually make them money this time (it wont)
The problem doesn't come from the fact that the main character is black, it's the fact that they're using him to get woke points because this is Ubisoft.
They could’ve not been lazy and made a Japanese game with Japanese and maybe an African/ Americas based game with Black main. Why they do it this way is just lazy writing and research imo😅
Exactly if DEI didn't exist and there wasn't a constant push for this type of stuff then i would even care about this character. But it's the culture surrounding this, that I know this was just for brownie points and pandering.
Little known fact, Yasuke actually invented Japan and he was the first Samurai ever. We just didn't know about it all these years but thanks to internet historians, the world will finally be enlightened about Yasuke's impressive feats. We wuz literally everything.
Female assassins are documented in the 17th century Bansansukai, which fits this time period. They were assassins and infiltrators. They are also mentioned in 2024s SHOGUN series on Disney/Hulu (great show by the way) which strived to be historically accurate.
@@EvolKulture Geisha's were known to be used sometimes in assassination. And there were a few female shinobi's of note I think. But they werent "warriors". They were spies essentially. It was rare to be a fighter.Alot of people hear ninja and think assassin, and thats just not correct. Also the sengoku jidai was a 16th century thing not a 17th century thing. But doesnt change the earlier point that shogun isnt accurate lol.
For years we wanted a AC game based in Japan historically. Ubisoft went straight with the “black samurai myth”. The point of all of this, is they had TONS of options with legendary shinobi and samurai but they went right to the black samurai. My one friend is from Japan and his father still lives in Japan, I heard the news from him and he was so disappointed with the “black samurai myth”. He actually said that it is racist from Ubisoft. How can you hide or blend in if your are the ONLY black person in a samurai gear in Japan?? I know that AC is not historically anymore and more like a historic fantasy but this is just ridiculous😂
I know right they could pick character like Fuma Kotaro or Hattori Hanzō that famous for this Assasins creed ... why yasuke ? tbh i really want Yasuke game i mean like William adams in "Nioh" thats awesome right. But a fkn ubisoft must pick this "Yasuke" character and ruined it, fkn ubisoft man.
Is ok with me personally till the Japanese can get their story right abt ww2 and stop worshiping war criminals at there shrines I'm not sure how much I want their history to be celebrated in a way they can enjoy I think its fine for American games to just use their country as a setting. like a place we can just use most Americans never learn enough Japanese history cause while most interesting stuff in history was happening japan was hiding in their room as a nation. because of this u can do what u want with the setting cause only weebs and people from japan will correct u and japan didnt effect the outside world much in 1600 so u can do whatever bc the historical conscious of us doesn't even register 1600s japan
That would actually be cool if they had shang chi playable as another of two main characters besides some black dude in a wakanda game. but i get what ur point is and i agree...
@@connoc5078 Lol you really think people would be fine with that. No. They'd be asking why not have another black character. Though reality is hard for people of your persuasion.
Nah Tupac isn't dark skined enough, they should hire an even darker skin guy. If they make a movie about Will Smith childhood, they need to cast Idris Elba. /s In fact, I genually like Idris Elba as an actor and his movies and would be ok if they decided to cast him for Ciri/Cirilla. Might as well make it funny if it's gonna be ridiculous behind the scenes.
Yasuke was a real historical figure named to Nabunga's inner circle of samurai and who people at the time actually wrote about, givnig great praise to his prowess as a warrior. Your analogy is broken because this does not represent a situation in which the race of someone has been changed. GO READ INSTEAD OF BELIEVING EVERYTHING ANGRY LIARS ON RUclips ARE SAYING IN THEIR "CLICK HERE PLEASE BECAUSE I'M SAYING WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR" VIDEOS.
Tom Cruise was not the last samurai. That was kinda the point of the movie and what made it so good. The movie wasn't about Tom Cruise, it was about what we see of the last samurai through his eyes.
@@jambolambas not at all lol, the whole point was Tom Cruise who plays as an advisor in Japan was watching the end of the last samurai era. Algren, the character tom cruise, doesn't want the samurai to be destroyed like the native americans were. There's no real argument you can provide to prove Tom Cruise is the "last samurai" edit: It definitely has parts of white savior added to it no denying that, but no doubt it's homage to the end of an important era in Japan lmfao.
I did watch the movie at the time it was released, and I was pretty upset, trying to whiteface japanese history is pretty bad but thats hollywood right? white men are heroes even if they are inside another culture history
@@jambolambas The movies title "Last Samurai" doesn't refer to Algren, played by Cruise, but to Moritsugu Katsumoto and his men, played by Ken Watanabe, who reminds of Saigō Takamori.
Did people really miss the whole point of The Last Samurai.... Tom Cruise isn't the last samurai, he is witnessing the last samurai and telling the story... WTF. Are people really this daft?
it's funny how idiots keep saying that Yosuke was a retail is a samurai rank when he never used samurai armor or weapons. He practically wore a ridiculous outfit and only carried Nobunaga's weapons. He had minimal training because he had to fend for himself to protect his daimyo. If you don't believe me, read Nobunaga's novel. Not to be offensive, but Oda considered Yosuke his clown.
When Nobunaga was killed it seems Yasuke stood up to fight for his Lord's honor only to be told he is not worthy of battle by some general and was deported from Japan
damn thats crazy, imagine the show Shogun also being based on real life characters and events and also doing their own thing by adding to it and still being good.
@@SesoKoza-ut4bd Yeah, Yasuke's life story seems more tragic than what people try to make it seem, they want to force this idea of Yasuke being a honorable samurai with legendary status when he wasn't even relevant in Japan, he served Oda Nobunaga for a few months, so he didn't even receive proper training to become a samurai. It's mind boggling how people want to push this false narrative.
What pisses me off about the AC franchise and those behind it, is that they "believe" it has happened in real life and that the rest of us are idiots and bigots because we know what is really going on.
Yasuke was no more than a vassal or servant of Oda Nobunaga. He is mentioned sparingly, and never as a warrior. There are no records of his military career, no evidence he even entered combat. Its especially disrespectful to Japanese culture because there are dozens of Japanese samurai and ninja who could've been chosen for this game, and instead they decide to pick a man who is literally the 'token black guy' during the period he is known from.
Yeah there is barely any info on him and if he was a sword bearer, he would not have seen combat. Sword bearers were usually kids that carried the swords around outside of battle. When Adams was awarded samurai status, the contemporary sources shouldn't shut up about it, cause it was a foreigner becoming a samurai. But not a single mention of Yasuke becoming samurai? That says enough.
Let’s ask a Japanese person if it’s offensive, we don’t need some random are the internet to be offended on their behalf lol. I think it provides an outsiders perspective which will add a lot of depth to the story. You could see that little girl being shocked by him.
The real problem is Ubisoft waited too long. Now we've gotten Ghost of Tsushima, Sekiro, Rise of the Ronin, Wo long, all kind of recently. What were they really going to do to stand out?
Yasuke served Oda Nobunaga as soldier. Yasuke was not a Samurai, but a weapon bearer. I.e. he was allowed to wear a weapon, but he was not granted the status Samurai, nor was he a nobility (which requires Japanese blood). This is a common mistake. Yasuke came to Japan with the Nanban slave traders (Portuguese). They sold him to Oda Nobunaga who accepted him as slave. He granted him the status of an weapon bearer, which resulted in a rather good position for Yasuke.Yasuke served Oda in some battles unti the Honnō-ji Incident. The Honnō-ji Incident was the assassination of Oda Nobunaga at the Honnō-ji temple in Kyoto on 21 June 1582. Nobunaga was betrayed by his general Akechi Mitsuhide during his campaign to consolidate centralized power in Japan under his authority. Mitsuhide ambushed the unprotected Nobunaga at Honnō-ji and his eldest son Oda Nobutada at Nijō Palace which resulted in both committing seppuku. After Nobunaga was defeated by by the Samurai lord Akechi Mitsuhide, Yasuke was captured and likely killed by his troops. Akechi Mitsuhide allegedly called him a non-human animal. Akechi Mitsuhide, next to many others, disliked any foreign presence on the Japanese archipelago. Additionally, Akechi Mitsuhide disliked Oda Nobunaga, who disrespected the imperial court and did not pay as much interest in protecting traditional Japanese values as others, especially Akechi Mitsuhide. Akechi Mitsuhide After this, no historical mentions of Yasuke exist anymore. While some suggest that he was deported from Japan, most suggest that he got killed.
The information says that he actually was kicking some ass and was ensured his safety if he surrendered. Akech dehumanized him but we don't know what came of him after, could be he did keep his promise and deport him. We don't know his true fate. Could be he actually escaped captivity and left the country on his own terms too.
Im sorry, but can you site your sources. From what I researched he was initially Oda’s servant, Oda took a liking to him and made him his RETAINER. Majority of retainers, if not all, were Samurai and provided military support. So that’s why most assumed he was Samurai. Unless you can provide some sources that can prove otherwise.
Thing is, why do we even need a Samurai? The most fitting thing for an assassin is definitely a ninja. I don‘t know why they didn‘t just pick one of the most obvious historical people for an assassin. Hattori Hanzō, probably the most famous Ninja of all. And there were many more famous Shinobi in that era. Yasuke really existed, but it kinda breaks the immersion of the game when you’re not playing a Japanese person, especially as Assassins are meant to blend in with the people. No offense, but being one of the rare non-Japanese people probably isn’t helpful if you want no attention
@victortorres7793 if he's not he got no right to have sword and would be executed. There's no reason to pretend it's nothing different then politics and they don't care about historical accuracy.
"samurai"が初めて英語として確認されたのは1727年のことである Term "Samurai" in the english speakers first arrived at 1727. Wiki To start with, the term meaning of Samurai, is different before and after Edo period. After Edo, because it became much more peaceful age, decreasing the overall average number for warriors need, Samurai became a term to entitle all Bushis. But before changing, including the game setting period, "Samurai" specifcly meant "Higher ranks among Bushi" closer to that of "Daimyo", basically meant like "Baron" in Western Caste systems. Bloods are important, or it had to get acknowledge by upper caste, or even nobles' recognitions to become one. Did Nobunaga have the right to make him a "Bushi"? Yes, and which he might have done so, ,, only if Yasuke went through the same traing process for average Bushi ranks also did taking on average about 8 years. Yasuke stayed in Japan about 3years, probably, if not even shorter since Nobunaga died after 2years he met Yasuke. Now had Nobunaga made him a "Samurai"? -Absolutely not. That would have meant a mockery on all of his non-Samurai Bushi subordinates. Even if he participated in a war and had killed every single enemy leaders, the highest he could achieve would have been "Bushi" rank. Also very simple quick question that I had of the series. "Why is the main character anot assasin, when the title is literally Assasins's Creed?" Samurai or Bushis are basically Western Knight . Kunoichi's good, why isn't the partner Ninja? I don't think Samurais landed surprising attack on citizen, middle of day under the sun お天道様の下.... Also Japan has been angry, YES. But not actualy about the main character. I mean it doesn't quite make sense ofcourse, but no one accepts it anyways. So that isn't the point we waste our time. It's a simple facts about misinformation of our cultures. Below are for any UBI members if you are watching this. 1. Samurais would have to Seppuku(Suicidal Stomach Cutting, Harakiri), after killing citizens without officially recognized correct reasoning. Which is basically brought to judicial ranks. 2. Tsuru(Cranes, White Birds), Susuki(Gracillus, Yellow plants), Sakura(Cherry blossoms, Pink flowers), Denen(the farms), cannot co-exist due to different seasons they are available to watch. These represents our respects toward 4 Seasons we have and climate change we appreciate. Unless there are Storyline reasoning please be careful more. It basically shows your lack of research. 3. UBI mentioned that the graphics are self made plus AI. Very well checked. hmm Our fellow Japanese have found 3 official stolen photos which requires licence to use, all of them not even realising they were infiltrated license( which one of them was checked later the PV). Trucks and Guardrails in faraway background, ,, like , right we Japanese were so advanced that we had Automobiles about 400 years ago. Oh and the farms they use, it's from Myanmar. wo, racist? lol 4. UBI japan actually apologized to Japanese users. Thank you to them. But the point they apologized are off the point, and what most of us want is an apologize from the genuine UBI, to appeal toward every customers among the world, that you actually apologized for mocking our cultures. Otherwise how do we know if anyone else won't do the same thing later? Imean UBI's impact is huge, other company might start something similar. 5. UBI actions are trolling and Japanese Internet Society already started to make it a new meme. Once it starts to be a toy in Japan, believe me, it'll be used in every trolly way you could imagine. SO please do have a respect toward our bowing Culture, and make an actual good game IF you call the game is based on Historical Facts. I honestly like the series. I do respect your challenge of global equality achievements. But like we do, Please have more understanding toward us too.
Didn't she lead countless peasants to their death because she was a lousy commander. Pretty sure if it wasn't for Gilles de Rais constantly bailing her out of loosing battles, she would've died way sooner.
GTA San Andreas had CJ one of the most loved black main character, similar with GTA 4 BOGT. They were received well because they ACTUALLY belonged to the setting and it made sense. Here Ubisoft are just trying to force black character who does not belong in this setting. If they wanted to make their own story, they shouldn't have used Yasuke as an example which completely defeats the purpose for making it a 'real' historic reference. They could have easily integrated him as a side character with good amount of story for the wokeness, but making him a samurai and taking the spotlight from an actual Japanese born samurai is simply unfair for the Japanese culture.
Asian Ninjas did exist though, should've just made her the protagonist. Could've like British AC 1 male 1 female ninja each of them using different tactics suited to their different builds or personalities.
Apparently DEI doesn't force diversity in games or narrative, only in who they hire (None of the DEI requirement documents talk about diversity outside of employment). DEI doesn't cause wokeness, woke employees cause wokeness. The reason so many games are 'progressive' is because so many people in the industry are 'progressive'
Tom cruises in Last samurai was not the last samurai. It was the man who took him in who was the last samurai. It’s actually pretty damn respectful to that period.
We all know Tom was an army advisor, which is correct since Satsuma, Choshu, Tosa domain westernised a lot. And they need westerner who know their stuff to teach Imperial Army. The real last samurai was Saigo Takamori in that movie.
And peoples still watched the movie cause IT'S TOM CRUISE All this drama is just because seeing woke everywhere to get you more click we don't even know about the story yet The black samurai was said to be a giant and he seem to be played as a berserker and I'm all for that
Yasuke was never a samurai. He was nothing more than a room decoration for Nobunaga. "Hey guys, look what came to me from abroad! It's super exotic!" Nobunaga even ordered Yasuke to take a shower and rub himself to prove that his skin was indeed that color. Can you imagine the East at that time treating Yasuke in the way they are trying to romanticize? Even today, some Eastern countries have problems with black people. Disney knows this more than anyone. Just look at how Disney tried to hide all the black characters when promoting their films in China. 😏 No, Nobunaga never made Yasuke a Samurai. The sword that was given to Yasuke wasn't even good for cutting bread. The only thing about this Yasuke that makes sense with the real Yasuke is his size. He was huge indeed. But he didn't have this modern fashionable hair. What makes me laugh out loud is the number of Wikipedia experts defending Ubisoft, pretending they care about the AC franchise and pretending they always knew about Yasuke's existence. It's hilarious. Let's just pretend we don't know why Ubisoft does this. The real intention behind this black protagonist and a Japanese female protagonist. This Japanese ninja woman (kunoichi) who, BTW, will make the game completely ignore historical figures like Hattori Hanzo for example. And that Sweet Baby Inc is not behind all of this. Let's pretend Ubisoft didn't just do the same thing in the latest Prince of Persia game. Replacing the Persian protagonist, already established since 1989, with a black character (who BTW also has a modern fashionable hair, what a coincidence, right?) And finally, let's pretend this AC wouldn't be a pile of manure with or without a Japanese male protagonist. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I mean... the best thing to do right now is just ignore the existence of this and any game that Ubisoft will release. Stop talking about Ubisoft. The company embraced wokerism a long time ago. They don't care about good games anymore. If they are ignored, the company will die. And at this point we are at, that would be the best thing that could happen. I no longer see salvation for companies like Ubisoft.
Nothing in this video claimed he was a samurai. Lots of retainers/soldiers gain armor from killing an enemy. Yasuke being 6'3 or whatever killing some 5'7 manlet with nice armor isn't a far stretch. Most japanese racism started with the Rising Sun dictatorship.
@@m.j.e.5245 Ahh yes, a pet that only carry swords somehow get armor from battle even though there's no record of him participate in any. Whatever help with your delusions i guess
It's said in multiple sources that it is not clear what happened to Yasuke after his master Oda died, so why the fuck are people complaining that he was not a samurai? He is the perfect character for Ubisoft to write their own story, since WE DONT FUCKING KNOW what happened to him. People just read the first chapter of Wikipedia and go off at Ubisoft for no reason at all. Pisses me off.
I have no complain about the character being black or based on historical figure. I am angry about the pricing strategy, the price is getting up and up but very little promising brough by Ubisoft themselves. They just take down the Ubisoft subscribe option and let us choose one of the package charges with an expensive price especially the ultimate edition cost 130 dollar, which is unacceptable.
THANK YOU! This is straight price gouging and with other companies moving to subscription based models, seeing ubisoft pull this shit is a slap to the face
Hidden history: Yasuke created Japan, the Japanese people, & language. He first arrived on Honshu in the late 1500s after a long swim all the way from Wakanda. There was nothing on the island but vegetation & wildlife, so he used his Melanin Magic to spawn people. As a University of Yakub graduate, this was a simple feat. However, these people who would come to be known as the Japanese did not inherit his Melanated complexion, as this was the source of his great power & sharing it would weaken him. Yasuke was lonely, but his mama didn't raise no fool. He wasn't about to hand out power to just anybody, even his own little creations. Well, you know, in case they stepped outta line & he had to smack a ho down. Due to the lack of melanin, the people turned out a bit yellow. They had black hair with almond shaped eyes. They weren't very diverse at all. In fact, he would often say how they all look alike! Yasuke would teach his people the Japanese language that he invented all by himself. After all, He wasn't just powerful, he was a scholar, too. There was no limit to what he could achieve. He gave them civilization: science, medicine, self-defense training, & laws. His newly created people revered him, erecting many statues in his likeness & monuments of worship. Yasuke chose his 7 most loyal servants & made them samurai. They were special elite warriors, but of course, Yasuke was the first & most special of samurai. He invented them, after all. Yasuke forged the legendary katana, Masamune. When the great kaiju Godzilla attacked Japan, it was Yasuke who singlehandedly drove him back to the depths of the ocean using the amazing blade. Japanese society prospered for hundreds of years, but then the White man arrived. The Whites clearly envied Yasuke, his power, & his people. They bombed Japan into oblivion causing mass devastation. Sadly, even Masamune & Melanin Magic were no match for this weaponry. They destroyed Yasuke, erased him from the memories of his people, & rewrote the entirety of Japanese history leaving him as a mere footnote. The Japanese mostly forgot about Yasuke, diversity was no longer their strength. They became homogenous & xenophobic, taught to reject anyone of Yasuke's ilk. But now, thanks to some very brave, subversive Westerners, his true story can finally be told & Japan will be reintroduced to their glorious hero: Yasuke: Black Samurai™
The Last Samurai movie wasn't saying Tom Cruise was the last samurai. It was a story about the Last Samurai MEN who he fought with against modern imperial Jaoan
It was a cool movie, but did exactly what you're standing against. It was revisionist American propaganda. Swapped the good and bad guys as America loves to do.
@@reinchansthe american aid, and westerners being there, introducing better canons and firearms is accurate. They made a fictional story around the premise, to sell to Americans, in a time where "cultural appropriation" wasnt invented yet. One is fiction, one is forced ideology.
@@pepinlebref7585 you wanna talk about historical accuracy buddy let's do it we all know damn well that Leonardo DaVinci never ever modified hidden blades for assassin's lmao 🤣 guess what tho in ac he did you know why simpleton? Because it's a game and there is a such thing as creative freedom or are you not intelligent enough to understand the meaning of creative freedom
Imagine not having a Japanese man be the MC of a feudal Japan game. This is the equivalent of casting Mansa Musa as a Inuit. It's mindboggling. The historical figure the Black MC was based on was kept around like a pet by Nobunaga due to basically amused racism.
You have Ghost of Tsushima for that. I can't wait for how Ubisoft applies their AC Troupes in this title. A dash of interracial love between Assassin and Templar
There is so many things wrong with this announcement: 1. Obviously one could make the argument they picked Yasuke due to DEI despite historical inaccuracy 2. Some people trying to rewrite Wikipedia due to a video game trailer to hide the fact that there is no evidence of him being a samurai 3. It falling victim to the culture war means that the discussion has diluted to people defending the game mostly out of victimization and citing racism 4. The drama has distracted people from Ubisoft outrageous prices and always online policy 5. Japanese people are also angry at the trailer therefore hardcore defenders labeling them as white adjacent rather than minority and it is becoming a queen Cleopatra situation
@@kingleoverse it's still weird that the one and only black guy in Japan can do stealth in public and can blend in with people even if his armour is not used, where a blue eye child is considered to be purged/shunted to death in Japan
there are so many samurais to make a game based on, and of course they chose the black one. you literally cannot make this shit up LMAO Westoids are truly something else.
99.99% of the population in that historical period were Japanese Ubisoft decided to take advantage of the fact that a black person had once arrived there and create a black samurai who was not actually a samurai.
The u is almost silent, simply carrying the s from one stressed syllable to the other. It is essentially reduced to something similar to the English shwa, or what every vowel not part of a stressed syllable is reduced to in English. As an example, it can be pronounced similar to the si in possessive. If nothing else, like so many Japanese names pronounced properly, it sounds pretty freaking cool.
@@bbtv3961 bro bro you completely missed the point bro cant wait for the african AC that features a 7 foot white viking protag that goes around getting all the african women pregnant, gonna be a banger bro, you'll love that right bro
@@Ourlovers yeah because it's the same logic, you are playing a game about Japan why can't you depict the main character as Japanese. In this case they claim historical accuracy but at the same time decided to ignore all the Japanese figure prominent in that era.
@@rimasto3692 Just say you are racist. its okey. its still a fictional game. and there are many exampels Ac its not historical accurate. Jack the Ripper. Pope ect.
If Yasuke was an npc you could interact with and you played as a Japanese man and the Japanese chick that will be in this game this very likely would have been one of Ubisoft’s best selling games in the AC franchise.
@Biostar96 Everyone would've been only complaining about the price if the male character was Japanese. Because he isn't, they're complaining about two things at once
@@barronhelmutschnitzelnazi2188 That still wouldn't make it a good enough game to be the best selling Ubisoft title. Gameplay still matters no matter the price or MC.
@Biostar96 Japan was probably the most requested outside of pirates. To ruin it this way is a big slap in the face to their player base. It might sell OK, but with what Ubi spends on games not sure if it will be profitable. Ubi will probably end up getting bought out after the losses.
If they wanted to have an African main character so badly , why didn't they make the game in Africa in the first place... Morocco or Mali or Late Egypt would have been perfectly awesome.
Notice how in almost every form of modern media they would have someone black replacing the lighter skin positive figure character, practically piggybacking off of the previous character's success, but not once have they ever done anything that was actually based in Africa? It's like it sends a message that we Black folk were everywhere and everything (at the expense of other figures in fiction and history) except Africa. Not just black people either, but every other minority. And when they actually do come out with something, the DEI aspect has made the very notion of culture so politically charged and toxic that is very hard to actually find some appeal in it. 10 years ago a game like AC shadows would have actually been fun, but the current culture makes it damn near impossible to find it fun because nowadays is just forced diversity shoved in our faces. Especially when they start going into Wikipedia to change history like they did with this game not too long ago. Either way, I just don't care if a game is good or not anymore. If I see DEI nonsense, I'm bolting the other way. Point blank.
Same here even if it's a good game i have moral values i hold and will not support this stuff i only want to play white characters as i am a racist and come froma family of SS members so since 1937 we have our own values.
Without meaning to be nasty about this: what interesting stories are there, in Africa? What great deeds, great cultures, great men, great philosophies? You need a bit more for a story than "unknown local man killed his neighbours with a spear, stole their cattle, and burned down their huts".
Tom Cruise gaslit the media and made the whole movie about him when it came out, because he's a racist psychopath, and if not for him they would have never gotten the production off the ground. Ken Watanabe is the last Samurai, Tom Cruise was next to the last samurai, not one of them, not even close.
“There is not a real situation where a woman can beat 3 guys as an assassin” Kassandra being part Spartan and part ISU can beat up about 5 Xena’s. So how many Xena’s can beat up guys? PS don’t pay more than $70 bucks for this game please. All dlc will be free or super cheap eventually. Never pay for more anymore
Yeah, asmongold really just showed that his problem with her is that she is a woman when he said that. None of the other AC protagonist would be able to beat up a bunch of armed men at the same time in real life yet he doesn't have an issue with those. And then suggesting they picked yasuke because he is black and not because he is a popular character in japan and in general.
Asmon hit the nail on the head: it's the lack of escapism afforded by this 'forced' inclusion. If you want to immerse yourself in feudal japan, you're gonna wanna embody someone genuinely from that time and place, not some exceptional case of someone who doesn't fit into the 'typical' conditions of that time.
29:49 hello Mr. Asmongold I’m Japanese and if you really want to know what we think of AC shadows game compared to ghost of Tsushima, ghost of Tsushima was a good game and Japanese people really liked the game because of the accuracy of everything in the historical event in Tsushima Island and to be able to play the game specifically in the time period. That’s why Japanese people likes the game. But we Japanese think AC shadows is involved with sweet baby Inc so that’s why there is no historical accuracy of this game we feels lost in this piece of art of the game because we don’t know where we can place as a Japanese player in this specific historical event, but there is no historical event because it is all made and the Japanese female protagonist doesn’t looks like a Japanese woman but she looks more like a Vietnamese or Korean and the male protagonist, we wish to play as famous Japanese Shinobi, or warrior at that specific period of time like hattori hanzo (服部半蔵) sarutobi sasuke (猿飛サスケ) etc etc and that’s why we don’t like it and we don’t understand why they took yasuke as a representation of the Japanese historical video game. (I’m really sorry for my English I’m just learning.)
@@zenotoxic3761 yes my friend and i know as a japanese person i understand what is meant to be cultural accurate because the name naoe that's even not a japanese name i don't know where they take the name but it feels weird and she is event not looks like japanese person she looks like liu kang swap gender.... or mulan And that's why we don't like it.
It no longer matters whether Yasuke was a samurai or not. Everyone wanted to fight as a Japanese samurai in a game set in Japan. UBI did not realize that it was just that simple.
@@Ash_Hudsonwhy lie. He was the retainer to the lord of Japan. Basically he was the head of the presidents detail. You can be mad about Ubisofts decisions but don’t get butt hurt about history
As a Japanese person, I’ve waited for AC to adapt a Japanese story, so I can play an epic story of a SAMURAI in Japan.
Now in current year, we don’t get a samurai but a forced diversity character that’s not a samurai, OR Japanese.
For context; the real historical Yasuke met Nobunaga for a year, then was sold back to the Jesuits and never obtained a rank as a samurai.
You need more likes. I feel your pain my brother.
Yep, same. This is a big fucking slap to the face. So tired of this shit.
There's so many games where you can play as a samurai in feudal Japan lmaooo
What about the girl is she more accurate?
As a Japanese person also, I just lol when I see this. Of all the notable historical people, samurai, shinobi, warlords, etc they pick the one black guy. Because of course they would lmao
>game set in the Holy Land, play as a Syrian man
>game set in Italy, play as an Italian man
>game set in the American Colonies, play as both a British and Native man
>game set in the Caribbean, play as a Welsh privateer
>game set in France, play as a French man
>game set in England, play as English twins
>game set in Egypt, play as an Egyptian man
>game set in Greece, play as a Greek man
>game set in Norway and Viking-invaded England, play as a Norwegian man
>game set in Iraq, play as an Arab man
...
>game set in Feudal Japan, play as an African man
We wuz samurais
>game set in constantinople/istanbul, play as an italian man
>game set in Feudal japan, play as an African man + play as a japanese woman
😱
Fck there were that many AC games?!
Exactly, it's stupid. If he was DLC that would've been pretty cool but just seems kinda racist and pandering. Why not just make an African setting is my question? Like imagine playing as like a member of Shaka Zulu's tribe or something badass.
>next game set in Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution, play as transgender Latinx in a wheelchair
My girlfriend is Japanese. I talked to her about this game today and asked how she felt about it. She said she was not angry, but thought it was disrespectful to Japanese people. She also said it's become a well-known American thing to take a main character and turn it into a different race for no reason.
There was a real black samurai in Japan
Hmmm I'm curious. Ask her how she felt when the Japanese put that same black man as a samurai in two of their games as a boss fight. Nioh 1 & 2.
@@cameronleventis7 Where and when? They where ultra racist to blacks back those days.
Yall cry too much.
I seen a few Asian people on Instagram and Facebook said how they get sideline in their own game and that its disrespectful. 1 guy on Facebook said he knows yasuke was a real person. But he was a retainer and not samurai and that Ubisoft only picked him as the main character for oblivious reasons. He even got mad they put white people in that new shogun show. But all of these got the same type of replies.... And that's them being called racist
Miyamoto Musashi or Hatori Hanzo would have been faaaaar better choices, both figures are surrounded by myth and actually fit the bill for legendary assassin duelist types. Fuck off ubisoft.
yeah it sucks, Musashi was not even born in Yasuke's time period. I was hoping for a cameo atleast.
What about Sasuke Sarutobi tho
Muzashi was also known to ambush people and fight dirty and unusual. Perfect for an Assassin Samurai hybrid similar to the Spartan Assassin of Odyssey, or Egyptian warrior assassin of Origin etc.
True. Also Yasuke fought one battle and surrendered.
@@Nez949 so set it in Musashi's time? Id have to look through some of the history of when he was alive but it would've made for a way better setting
You know what’s a good trait for an assassin? Being the most identifiable person in the whole country - some Ubisoft dev
"Anything special you noticed about the murderer?"
"He was black"
"That's it boys, we got him"
With a little boy or female hahahaha
That is the most ridiculous part. The scene where he is just chilling and no one notices him, yeah very likely in 16th century Japan.
MIIILES !! THE BLACK ONE!!
Bruh, I'm sitting there watching, because I'm black, and I'm thinking, "what the hell, if this cat doesn't stick out like a sore thumb"
"D E I = Dead Entertainment Industry" - Random Gamer 😂😂
🔥🙌
"D E I" = DIE
@@SmoothCode
Funny thing is when it first came out it actually was called "DIE" but I was too on the nose with what they wanted so they had to change it to DEI later.
D - didn't
E - earn
I - it
The racism is jumping out of people 😂😂😂 I love that they're so upset. Definitely gonna buy it.
Don't play Ubisoft games. Easiest problem to solve
Yeah I'm done with Ubisoft. But not because of Shadows.
I stopped touching ubisoft after AC3 they did my boy so dirty. AC2 was the last "good" game Ubisoft released since
A pirate's life for me
Yep.
Your wisdom knows no bounds.
I myself find this game very insulting, because in the game Assassin's Creed: Shadows there wasn't a single instance of Shadow the Hedgehog.
my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined
I don't care what they tell you in school
Cleopatra was a Samurai
Not just any Samurai, a Black Samurai
LOOOOOL
😂
Sighs smh…. Here we go again… Wyt ppl gon be wyt ppl smh. You’re proof positive of that, like clockwork smh
@kalelnaseer what?
Whatever you think = wyt.
People shaking your head?
What are you talking about? The translation in Spanish is crazy
So this is the "cultural colonization" they were talking about.
Yep a lot of boats going to japan in past in 1800's and then their was christian sect or caholic but i forget which one and they were kicked out and some english bloke helped japan people make their own guns so thats how they got empowered with guns.
It’s been done to America and now they’re moving on to other cultures lol
They probably think "if everyone is black then there won't be any racisim." By this point they have already disrepect every other race by ingoring their existience.
@@Elimba78 This is set in the Nobunaga period tho, mid to late 1500's which was also when gunpowder was truly introduced to feudal Japan.
@@Elimba78Japanese kinda been making matchlock gun since sengoku period though, they bought or took it from Portuguese merchant that got ship wrecked reverse engineer and manufacturing it since. Oda Nobunaga was the one who adopted gun into his army.
Game set in Japan > Oh wow, a Japanese MC?!?!
Ubisoft: No. We picked the one black guy we could find, ignoring 99.9% of the population, and we also made him a Samurai even though he never was.
the fact that people care about it that much is insane ngl
@@ValentinNeacsu99 If people didn't care about it they wouldn't have made the MC black ngl, why do you care so much?
@@ValentinNeacsu99 You don't get the point. It's not about making it a big deal. People probably don't give a crap about the story anyway. Itsabout the Intentions of Ubisoft Forcing this Image of diversity in the dumbest ways possible. Specially when it absolutely makes no sense why a Black man would be the main character of a Samurai game in Feudal Japan.
@@ValentinNeacsu99the fact that people like you have no problem with disrespectful forced diversity speak volume on the level of wokeness we have achived in society. You are probably the biggest fan of rings of power and the new witcher serie😂 just a fanboy eating everything big corporates put out
@@ValentinNeacsu99 the fact that people there cared enough to change history to make it fit is insane ngl
William Adams (Miura Anjin) was an English navigator who sailed with a Dutch trading fleet to the far East and landed in Japan in 1600. He became a vassal under the Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu, was bestowed with a title, lands and swords, and became the first SAMURAI from England......a white Englishman
It's almost as if these DEI racists completely forgot that black people actually come from Africa and that Africa has it's own set of cultures, nations and history.
Not to mention hundred of indigenous Australians which date back over 60,000 years of history and culture over hundreds of different peoples and communities
They could make an AC in Africa. But I bet it'll never happen. And I know they made the Egyptian one, but everyone calls that one the Egyptian AC and not the African AC.
Exactly. Blacks were in Japan during the 16th century but since this will probably be a trending discussion, content creators will milk it for what its worth
Well, didn't you know Africans created the Japanese culture and civilization? In fact, didn't you know Africans created all the cultures and civilizations of the world except the African ones??
Nevertheless its still part of Africa. @@talkingtakotaco8611
Ubisoft: let's ignore literally dozens of historical Japanese male warriors and make a game about 1 guy who wasn't even a samurai and lost his first battle then was captured and shipped off..and throw a chick in there and make her gay. Easy DEI money 👍
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Lol! Japanese people are pissed with a lot saying they finally understand what cultural appropriation is 😂. This guy isn't even popular in Japan. He's only widely praised outside of Japan. Japanese players are not happy
Congratulations you could be an Executive in today's Gaming Industry.
where do they say she is gay? Lol
@claverol1 It's a South Park reference.
In the episode, Kathleen Kennedy (Cartman) ruins all new Disney films by asking the team to "Put a chick in it, and make her gay, and lame".
Modern audience😂
@@simonsei1262 Ah Lmao hahaha okay thanks
Imagine having assassins creed as a series, you finally have it be set in Japan with the rich history and lore of ninjas, with historical figures like Hattori Hanzo, its like they have the baseball ball on the stand or whatever and all they need to do is swing, but instead they decide, "Nah I'm going to have a female ninja and black samurai."
historical ninja/samurai well represented in japanese media? naaah lets pick some pet slave of oda. At this point i feel like they just hate making money
@@lootmaster1337 ow they love money from that ESG shit xD
Tbh the female Shinobe was already rumored since 2021 and it being assassins creed and them being fictional was not surprising. But they using for the first time a historical character in there game and them choosing someone from colour while there are many more legendary samurais they could have chosen for example Musashi Miyamoto.
Automated investments follow ESG scores. Blame that
I might be wrong but i think that the ninjas back then had males and females. It wasnt just fighting it was alot of spionage
I never cared about what race a character is in games until the past 5 years. I only started caring the the past 5 years because of the reason they do it, it seems like I'm being preached to or having DEI rammed down my throat.
The point he said "if the game is good you will still play it" - No I won't, if it is woke I won't go near it, there are too many other great ways I can spend my time so I don't need to put up with that.
People who bring up The Last Samurai and Tom Cruise clearly misunderstood the point of the movie. Tom Cruise's character is not the last samurai. Ken Watanabe's chracter is.
It's extremally different story altogether too. Guy was literally officer/mercenary for hire to kill/force to surrender native japanese.
Exactly ,Tom cruise character was just fortunate to have the honor to meet katsumoto that was the last samurai as you said.
Also that story focuses on the clash between western culture embarking onto the formerly isolated feudal Japan. That culture clash IS the focus. Meanwhile Yasuke is a black dude that stayed in Japan for a couple of months and had literally zero impact on Japanese culture -yet modern culture activists love circlekerking his presence because he sticks out like a nail their eyes -and low and behold, they all carry hammers.
that's actually not true. "Samurai" in The Last Samurai is plural. it was the last group of Samurai
They did not see the movie also William Adams was a real samurai.
Ubisoft game in 2024. Yeah I’ll pass on this one.
2024? Props for hanging in there this long 😵💫😵💫
You dont want to explore history as Johnny Somali?
@@gho5tblaz349Haven’t been holding on since 2018
Indeed
Same.
The devs probably creamed their pants when they discovered about this Yasuke guy, a real black men in 1600's Japan, they thought they would be able to push their agenda without people complaining.
Lol I feel like that what is going to happen AC 4 remake make Mary Read gay or Trans
This is so racist " cultural appropriation " STOP ASIAN Hate !
What is their agenda?
Problem is - this guy is not even a real
@@B5014-y8r HE IS REAL, its just that he wasnt a samurai. if you dont believe me then search it up on google or youtube
As an Italian, I loved to see Ezio and the games with him in many italian cities.
I feel sad for those japanese gamers who waited for a game with a japanese character but they are given a black guy with dreadlocks wearing a samurai armor.
Damn dude, yeah it's tragic. I guess the people wanting to play a Japanese character this game will have to settle for the *checks notes* playable Japanese character.
As a fellow Italian feels like deal with it don’t care it’s a game if you let this get to you that hard deal with it and cope it’s no where close to a big deal
@@Itsklutzybb sure let's have AC2 remake with black citizens everywhere in italy and a Chinese pope and an Indian guards for your immersion
You still play as an japanese woman,and if you really wanted that,PLAY GHOST OF TSUSHIMA,way better game
Anyways?
@@sheluvscj8288 is that suppose to be some kind of consolation prize ? At least there is a Japanese woman.
It's still slap in the face to have an insignificant black dude to be a main character in the feudal Japan in one of the more significant period of Japan. If you need a token black guy, he could easily been an NPC to advance to plot.
johnny somali back in japan with a vengence
Underrated comment right here 😆
@@Kretek
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Yasuke is the only black guy in japan and is now myth status because he's the only way to insert diversity.
The DEI Trojan Horse
We gotta scour the history books for the first white guy in Africa so we can get some sick Zulu warrior games where we play as a white guy.
I agree with the panthering points, but yasuke wasnt the only black guy in japan at the time.
@@DmadPs nope, he's the only one. recorded.
probably other blacks got 6 feet underground since they not japanese.
Do a little research. You're so wrong and driven by confirmation bias it's hilarious.
Ubisoft: "We need a black protagonist for this japanese inspired game."
"Shouldnt they be japanese to fit the setting? Or maybe we could set a game in South Africa around the time of Shaka-Zulu"
"Nah, there was a black guy in Japan once, lets do that."
To be fair tho nobody really gives a fuck what gender or colour the character is aslong as the gameplay is good and ppl that care about it r just weird tbh its their game they make it however they want who cares if its a blue guy or a white guy ac never rlly had historically accurate characters anyways apart from side characters bro
Not only that but they choose someone whose name literally means "Across Help" or to say foreign servant 弥助. He was only in Japan for about 15 months or less, was initially liked by Nobunaga for the color of his skin, thought it was a tattoo and forced him to scrub his skin to see if it would rub off. When Nobunaga died, he was called a slave and an animal and sent back to the Jessuits. Obviously they're going to go the route that maybe Yasuke is on the run after Nobunaga's death in this game, and maybe that's how we end up using him to avenge his daimyo but I mean.... Wasn't Nobunaga seen as a tyrant? Unless they make Yasuke switch sides during the rebellion but then who the hell is he fighting if Nobunaga lost.
Why not? It's just fiction.
Doing this to about a country that suffered two atomic bombs is disrespectful and out of touch
@@klord-is9ftfirst they had the bombs, now they have the blacks 😂😂
Everybody really wanted an Assassins Creed game set in Japan for a LONG time because the AESTHETIC of the region at that time and AC as series and what it is about just fit like a glove. Everybody when thet pleaded with Ubi to make an AC set in Japan imagined playing as a covert japanese ninja who also happens to be an assassin. Or imagine if all ninja's were actually Templars and they could use the same tactics as you do for the first time in the series history. THAT is what people had in their heads when they thought "AC in Japan". Not a black samurai going around and clubbing other samurai over the head.
It's like if they inserted random black and asian people in Kingdom Come 2 that takes place in 15th century Bohemia AND made you play as one. Even if you had historical documents to prove there were some black people in the region, it's not representative of what that region was like in general and ruins the fantasy of going to that time period and immersing yourself in that world.
"THAT is what people had in their heads when they thought "AC in Japan". Not a black samurai going around and clubbing other samurai over the head"
Thankfully there is literally a japanese playable assassin for you if you don't like going around clubbing other enemies over the head like literally every single other AC game included.
you play AC hoping for historical accuracy? lol
@@mr.jayjay2401 AC was known for historical accuracy outside of the things they changed to make the story work. That's literally part of the appeal. That you get to play a game that properly repersent cool time periods in history.
Correct me if im wrong, but this is also the first time they use a historical figure as a main playable character. As far as I know, all the previous AC game's protagonists were original characters, and the historical figures were NPCs you would run into throughout the game. It makes it even more obvious that they are doing this for brownie points.
Just looked it up and you’re right. He’s the first historical figure used as a main playable character.
@InfamyJunkie they really gave the male japanese population the middle finger.
@InfamyJunkie yup he should've been a supporting character that also is badass like napoleon from ac unity
His historical evidence is not very well known. Might as well not exist honestly. While he may not have been a Samurai according to many, the japanese wikipedia states he is. Even so, he is a killer for hire and probably picked up the armor somewhere. Not like it matters it's a fuckin fantasy game
@@bedinor You trust wikipedia? look at the edits, japanese historians themselves have said he wasn't a samurai, there are zero historical texts calling him one, the letters the mention him which is where every account of his existence come from, letters, refer to him as a servant or slave. Japanese attractions have labled him as a samurai to attract foreignors and get their money, nothing more
I can't wait for Assasin's Creed Congo Played by the Vietnamese/Chinese dude.
the sub-saharan adventures of mansa musa's gay lover, a non-binary eskimo
They won't make it. Because the main draw of an AC game is exploring an ancient and remarkable civilization full of architecture, innovation, mythology, and interesting people. Would AC developers want to make game that's set in Africa? They won't because they are real racist and not the one who's bashing the game for having a black samurai.
Ironically those will be exclusively black africans and they'll call it "diverse"
i'm vietnamese, i would play that, we are deadly in the jungle xD
@@sfguzmani They also can't make it in Africa because there is no "remarkable civilization full of architecture, innovation, mythology, and interesting people".
Ubisoft found the single black man to ever live in Medieval Japan and they immediately made him a serial killer. Nice. Tipical Ubisoft.
he was a samurai to be fair, but they should’ve made a japanese main character
@@drmrguy2he wasn't a samurai, tf are you on about?
@@drmrguy2 he wasn't a samurai, just a retainer.
@@benitocamela174 he WAS a samurai: look up what a retainer is in the Japanese (not European context). If Yasuke was a direct retainer of Nobunaga (one of the greatest Samurai Warlords in Japanese History) HE. WAS. A. SAMURAI. Doesn’t matter what happened afterwards or how successful he was personally. If he was assigned the post of a samurai, he was a samurai.
@@charlethemagne5466 look up what a retainer is in the Japanese (not European) context. If Yasuke was a direct retainer of Nobunaga (one of the greatest Samurai Warlords in Japanese History) HE. WAS. A. SAMURAI. Doesn’t matter what happened afterwards or how successful he was personally. If he was assigned the post of a samurai, he was a samurai.
"Yasuke (Japanese: 弥助 / 弥介, Japanese pronunciation: [jasɯke]) was a man of African origin who served as a retainer to the Japanese daimyō Oda Nobunaga for a period of 15 months between 1581-1582, during the Sengoku period, until Nobunaga's death in the Honnō-ji Incident. Yasuke is the earliest known African to appear in Japanese historical records, though his confirmed period of stay in Japan was relatively short - about three years, from 17 August, 1579 to 21 June, 1582"
Wikipedia fake news.
Some say three months
I didn't read on there anywhere describing him as being homosexual.
What is this article supposed to express? There was some African retainer named yasuke who was not a samurai?
Yeah, I already knew that.
Ghost of tsunama did it better already years ago and didn’t need to get their dei score up
It did had some weird side mission you trail some wife’s husband and found out that he was cheating on her with some dude. Quest felt very tied in last moment to appease ESG.
Ghost of Tsushima comes out on PC tomorrow, BTW.
Ghost of Tsushima felt like a love letter to Japanese history and culture even if it wasn’t 100% accurate. This just feels like another desperate attempt by Ubisoft to win back what little fans they still have left.
people being covertly gay during that time period is perfectly accurate to reality
@@ToxicVex267 Tell you the truth though Japan themselves dont make anything historically accurate and very off the wall. But they dont race swap. Other than that check out any storyline of their so called history in movies, anime, manga. Most if not all is totally wacky off the wall shit.
I hope Assassin's Creed Africa has an Asian male as the main character. That would be fair.
Yeah a modern colonizer that is after African resources, dont matter the cost. Using their poverty and hunger to accomplish exploitative agreements. Would be fun since this is the only way asians were present in African history.
You know Yasuke isn't *the* main character, right? He's one of two, the first one introduced being Japanese.
And if they made yet another game that takes place in Africa, with two main characters, one being black and one being asian, would that be bad?
@@halosaft Yes.
@@halosaftYea because it's dumb.
@@halosaft Yes.
And stop trying to diminish what is being done here. It's sickening.
This is BLATANT Cultural Appropriation and BLATANT "Black washing".
They had the opportunity to go with the legendary shinobi Hattori Hanzo and co. And they blew it with DEI
yeah the legendary is casted away for DEI
The rivalry between Hanzo and Fuma would have been a legendary game.
@@djn6962Bro, one could be an assassin and the other a Templar I feel like templars have taken a backseat as of late.
Or a completely new and fictional Japanese character like they always did with the main characters?
@@wolver53 exactly. Most well known people are used as side characters in assassin's creed, the main protagonist is always made up
Japan has one of the most prominent histories on the planet that involved individuals/ whole clans trained in stealth, sabotage, assassination, and subterfuge. And for the first iteration of a game in this setting, we cast aside most of that potential for the sake of subverting audience expectations?
I have no idea what Ubisoft is trying at this point, or is the outrage they're farming just a marketing ploy?
At this point, players who want their fill of AC in Japan, just indugle in the many titles that beat Ubisoft to the punch.
Ghosts of Tshushima,Sekiro, Nioh, etc
That's kind of the point though. The game is going to be played mostly by Assassins Creed fans. They need a selling point to set it out from the games you listed, because they don't have as good gameplay. So it seems like they are going with the uniqueness of a story around Yasuke as an MC. This way people who are like "hmm, I've always thought Yasuke was kinda cool, it's interesting that I can play him in this game, maybe I'll give it a go"
At the end of the Day its a game i will still buy it and play it bc i enjoy assasins creed games.
If assasin creed valhalla had the mc as a englishman or like an arab i could not care less i as a swedish man
"Who should we get to be our master assassin?"
"Oh, the only black dude in Japan. You know, so he literally can't blend into crowds and sticks out like a sore thumb everywhere he goes."
Seriously, are they going to get rid of that mechanic or what lol?
Whos a foot taller than everyone.
Yeah, if it weren't an Assassins Creed it would be a more believable scenario. As in "what if there was a black dude and they actually gave him a chance to prove himself".
I mean if you look at the way the story is going to be played, if you choose to play as him you are not playing for stealth, his kit and abilities are directed towards just fighting not assassination. They say this very clearly in their trailer breakdown.
Yasuke was in a powerful position during the times of him being with Oda Nobunaga, so i'm sure people wouldn't really bat an eye if there were to see him.
@@sean4796 Looks like you have 100% the game already. No need to buy it twice
Whoever still preordering Ubisoft games is a huge L
Some will buy the 130 dollars edition
Trust me there are a lot of them, there ia this channel call lunar squardon or sth and it is fill with people cannot wait for the new starwar game and even pre order that 130$ one just for the ship skin.
It's just the same ol' normies who keep these soulless corporations in business, if it wasn't for them, things would look much different.
@@nopputhihk848can i know where is it? I wanna show some “love”
Just lots of normies with no standards.
Just remember the "Woman King" movie. Full blown slavers suddenly Hollywood shows them like some kind of honorable warriors
It's was so hilarious. And then they depicted in the movie like these women fighters fought against slave trade. Like come on!!!
The African or Arab (the largest ever) slave trade are some things Hollywood would never dare cover these days
doof. lol
@@mesicek7 Well the women fighters certainly did fight. And got their asses handed to them by the real liberators. The French completely owned them.
@@nuke2099The French really used to whoop ass
Assassin's Creed Grove Street
Another game for the 'ignore' list.
I'll be looking forward to this game. I'm just curious how this games gonna turn out. Besides, you DO care.
@@LordRegexYT he wouldn’t even be commenting on it if he didn’t lol, I’ll wait for actual gameplay and totally not paying for that bundle, $70 keep it or refunding will depend on the game.
@@LordRegexYT no refunds, ok?
@@LordRegexYTyes people care and ignoring it is part of steps need to be taken to get Japanese history involve Japanese heroes.
not even hv to put ubi's game in xx list , they aint considered from the beginning.
The first non-Japanese samurai was Korean. The second was William Adams. Yasuke was, at most, a retainer and at best a spectacle for Nobunaga. Nobunaga never wrote about him, not once, not even a poem, and Nobunaga wrote poems about EVERYTHING that happened in his life. Being that the AC games at least tried to stick to historical fact, Ubisoft making Yasuke a samurai is a joke and Wikipedia editors desperately attempting to retcon that fact to adhere to Ubisoft's vision is a travesty.
Japan is next front in the culture/DEI war- the conspiracy folks have known it for a while, us normies are just getting exposed to it.
Everyone seems to be missing the point: they are using a 'black' man to insert THEIR opinion on Japanese culture- this is not a historically-accurate version of Yasuke, this is 21st century samboism: what white people think a historical black man thought/acted/behaved like.
wiki says he was a retainer for 3 years, top commentor says hes a japanese fellow and says it was only one. not that bad ion terms of falsities lol
@@DendoSupreme Wikipedia DID say he was just a retainer but then in the eve of the trailer some editors tried to change it to say he was a full-blown samurai (with a fief!), and some brave souls kept reverting it until it was locked. This is why Wikipedia is not a trusted source (nor, for that matter, is Encyclopedia Britannica, who without any evidence whatsoever describes Yasuke not just as a samurai but as a bodyguard and a soldier and even as Nobunaga's second who cut off his head after he commited seppuku). Absolutely ridiculous.
@@Pitchguest Lol, I checked the Encyclopedia Brittanica article and wtf was that. The amount of assumptions they make about the guy's life without any evidence whatsoever is crazy.
A retainer is a form of Samurai
in historical fact, Oda Nobunaga hated assassination, he only used force, guns and negotiations.
he openly said "assassination is cowardice." meny times on records.
Correction- ALL samurais, who followed Bushido hated it cause this behaviour would dirty their pride and would be loathed by their ancestors after death - similar logic to Valhalla in north.
All samurai hated that because as a Samurai you need to fight with honor even if you know 100% that it will be your death and if you dont and come back, there is only one way out and that is seppuku.
*Many ffs.
This is just objectively wrong. Samurai and any major Japanese figure form the time actively participated in assignations, wether through actually doing it or ordering someone else too. This include Oda, how do you think he conquered so much of Japan? He was a tactical genius and used methods like assassination to pressure his enemies.
@@wisteriaotaku No questions about hiring ninjas or others to kill someone - the question about doing that themselves - the poisonings was considered shamefull act from the perspective of truefull bushido followers.
And Oda could have other officials who would do it instead of him, even without his knowledge.
its funny how black, sexuality and woman are the seal of approval for games in twitter nowadays, like bruh.
Assasins Creed Japan:
Playable Characters : Yoko Ono and 50 Cents
ahahah
Assassin's Creed Crimers
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Ramu Tokashiki and Lebron James
@@jeremymain7303 13%/80%
The fact they overlooked Miyamoto Musashi for a black guy of no renown is insulting.
A black guy of no renown? Yasuke is a legend
Just swap Hatori Hanzo with yasuke,
@@ishspringer A legend? He was just a servant of Oda Nobunaga. Yes, he fought trying to protect his master, but that's what servants are supposed to do
@@MangoesMan10 He was a retainer, not a servant.
@MangoesMan10 I mean are we not talking about him so many years later?
As a Japanese man I don’t feel included in western video games but whatever.
You got Ghost of Tsushima. And it was a good one so you got that at least.
So one game and that's it? I mean come on. You get his point it's a game about his own country.... @@vagabond4576
@@vagabond4576 that is true, that’s a great game. I was mostly just joking anyways. I just play games, I don’t really think about that sort of stuff.
Lmao true. The Japanese get two roles. Samurai and bad guys in WW2. Hey but at least the super under represented blacks get another role.
Because Japan loves to include Western culture in their media so much...
Imagine paying $130 to play Fentanyl Floyd in a ninja game LMFAO
There’s the racist
@@rodneyjones6851 wE wUz SaMuRaI cuhh
I love all people. Ubisoft are the real racists for erasing Japanese history and people
Or OJ Simpson if Nicole was a Japanese girl 😂
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Says the salty mayo boy😂
Cant wait to see some black old man in the future saying all the samurais in Japan was black 😂
I don't care what you say my grandma said samurai and ninjas are black.
@@Kingronthegreat such respected people in a xenophobic country were not of their descent. lmao
We wuz kingz
...they CLEARLY migrated there after those pesky Swedes, Scandinavians & Netherlanders ran them out of their ancestral home/took it over - back when all black people had blue eyes...
(This was an obvs sarcastic reference to an ACTUAL Gov't funded "documentary" from up there which obviously went over well with the citizens, for those unaware/WTF?!?'ng on this comment)~
The Ainu
Next Assassin Creed will be based on Shaka Zulu timeline and the main playable character will be Benjamin Franklin confirmed.
I'm South African and this is hilarious 😂
Benjamin's gains lightning powers
I hate Ubi, but I'd still play an AC game as Ben Franklin.
South African is owned by the British anyways
Here are the facts: Yasuke arrived in Japan in 1579 in service of the Italian Jesuit missionary Alessandro Valignano. 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.
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.
"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 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, 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 change to a more fantasised version of events: 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 armour and fought as a samurai hero.
A sword bearer (Yasuke) stays behind with the general camp, near to the lord, they don't go out on the battlefield, and there is no record of Yasuke fighting 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.
Yasuke as a Samurai: Now 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 a 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.
Despite modern 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 but instead 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.
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 change 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.
In fiction i believe it is 100% fine to take these liberties but the amount of people who believe these stories as fact is shocking
Wokeness gonna kill game industry doing it already way successfull
revisionism in a fiction ?
i studied many japan history books never heard of it till wikipedia so i take it with a grain of salt
I read all of these line, great.
What about Sakanouye Tamaramaru .... just because this guy says it's Yasuke doesn't mean it's actually Yasuke
none of this would be an issue if the idiots at ubisoft just created character customization lmfao
This is their attempt to make a fantasy game out of real life historical figures. But yeah, games should stick to games with character customization if they want to avoid headaches. lol
Yasuke being in the game as a cool character you meet would totally make sense. But centering the story around him when this is the first time AssCreed finally gets to this era....yeah thats just mad disrespectful to Japan, and it makes me wonder if Chinese investors pushed for this direction or not 😂
I thought the same thing. He probably would of been a favorite for people if we could meet and help him
I remember playing Nioh and doing a sidequest and appeared and I was like "oh I know this guy,cool" but making a full game around him?
Chinese investors? Blackrock doesn’t seem Chinese to me
@@billkar6479 same shit with a different coat of paint
the investors don't care about the game itself they care if the millions of dollars they put into the studio will actually make them money this time (it wont)
The problem doesn't come from the fact that the main character is black, it's the fact that they're using him to get woke points because this is Ubisoft.
They could’ve not been lazy and made a Japanese game with Japanese and maybe an African/ Americas based game with Black main. Why they do it this way is just lazy writing and research imo😅
Exactly if DEI didn't exist and there wasn't a constant push for this type of stuff then i would even care about this character. But it's the culture surrounding this, that I know this was just for brownie points and pandering.
facts
Sweet Baby Inc also work on this
…So the problem comes from the fact that the main character is black, don’t cope your mind out, this is just wokist fanfiction
Little known fact, Yasuke actually invented Japan and he was the first Samurai ever. We just didn't know about it all these years but thanks to internet historians, the world will finally be enlightened about Yasuke's impressive feats. We wuz literally everything.
Wow! That's amazing! I never knew that! Thanks for sharing the actual facts!
Yea and also women are supposedly just as strong as men
Oh, boy. People gonna assume this is serious
@@yuujin2490I can only hope the majority aren't that stupid 😂 but I fear I'll be disappointed
It's like "no matter what they tell you in school, Cleopatra was black"
Female assassins are documented in the 17th century Bansansukai, which fits this time period. They were assassins and infiltrators. They are also mentioned in 2024s SHOGUN series on Disney/Hulu (great show by the way) which strived to be historically accurate.
That show isnt accurate... Hollywood doesnt do historical accuracy.
In the game you have the Option to Play a Female Japanese Samaurai.
So atleast there's a Shred of Reality.
@@OGTheDemon then read about the female assassins yourself and don’t take the shows word for it
@@EvolKulture Geisha's were known to be used sometimes in assassination. And there were a few female shinobi's of note I think. But they werent "warriors". They were spies essentially. It was rare to be a fighter.Alot of people hear ninja and think assassin, and thats just not correct. Also the sengoku jidai was a 16th century thing not a 17th century thing. But doesnt change the earlier point that shogun isnt accurate lol.
For years we wanted a AC game based in Japan historically. Ubisoft went straight with the “black samurai myth”. The point of all of this, is they had TONS of options with legendary shinobi and samurai but they went right to the black samurai. My one friend is from Japan and his father still lives in Japan, I heard the news from him and he was so disappointed with the “black samurai myth”. He actually said that it is racist from Ubisoft. How can you hide or blend in if your are the ONLY black person in a samurai gear in Japan??
I know that AC is not historically anymore and more like a historic fantasy but this is just ridiculous😂
I know right they could pick character like Fuma Kotaro or Hattori Hanzō that famous for this Assasins creed ... why yasuke ? tbh i really want Yasuke game i mean like William adams in "Nioh" thats awesome right. But a fkn ubisoft must pick this "Yasuke" character and ruined it, fkn ubisoft man.
When has AC been historically accurate???
@@paulkearney6716up until Syndicate a lot of the people in the games were real and actually existed at those time periods.
Is ok with me personally till the Japanese can get their story right abt ww2 and stop worshiping war criminals at there shrines I'm not sure how much I want their history to be celebrated in a way they can enjoy I think its fine for American games to just use their country as a setting. like a place we can just use most Americans never learn enough Japanese history cause while most interesting stuff in history was happening japan was hiding in their room as a nation. because of this u can do what u want with the setting cause only weebs and people from japan will correct u and japan didnt effect the outside world much in 1600 so u can do whatever bc the historical conscious of us doesn't even register 1600s japan
Some of you way over do this. They’re probably just separating themselves from Ghost of Tsushima having characters that look and feel to him.
Imagine if they made a Wakanda game featuring Shang Chi as the protagonist. Blue hairs would picket fence the game studio.
That would actually make sense so you don’t make sense
That would actually be cool if they had shang chi playable as another of two main characters besides some black dude in a wakanda game. but i get what ur point is and i agree...
You mean if they made Shang Chi the protagonist alongside A wakandan character, though analogies are hard for people of your persuasion.
@@connoc5078 Lol you really think people would be fine with that. No. They'd be asking why not have another black character. Though reality is hard for people of your persuasion.
That would actually be really cool, nice idea 🤙🏽
Imagine Shang chi and a wakandan as the two main protagonists 🙌🏽
Let's cast an Asian guy to play Tupac in a movie.
Sounds like a fair trade to me.
put sum respec on his name
Nah Tupac isn't dark skined enough, they should hire an even darker skin guy.
If they make a movie about Will Smith childhood, they need to cast Idris Elba.
/s
In fact, I genually like Idris Elba as an actor and his movies and would be ok if they decided to cast him for Ciri/Cirilla. Might as well make it funny if it's gonna be ridiculous behind the scenes.
I would be the first to watch it 🙌🏾
Yasuke was a real historical figure named to Nabunga's inner circle of samurai and who people at the time actually wrote about, givnig great praise to his prowess as a warrior. Your analogy is broken because this does not represent a situation in which the race of someone has been changed. GO READ INSTEAD OF BELIEVING EVERYTHING ANGRY LIARS ON RUclips ARE SAYING IN THEIR "CLICK HERE PLEASE BECAUSE I'M SAYING WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR" VIDEOS.
I couldn't imagine being Japanese and getting hyped for this, only to see the main guy isn't even Japanese 😂😂😂
Oh They Hating On It Fiercely. Check the Ration on the Official Japanese version of the Trailer 😂
Tom Cruise was not the last samurai. That was kinda the point of the movie and what made it so good. The movie wasn't about Tom Cruise, it was about what we see of the last samurai through his eyes.
Samurai in plural has no s
@@jambolambas not at all lol, the whole point was Tom Cruise who plays as an advisor in Japan was watching the end of the last samurai era. Algren, the character tom cruise, doesn't want the samurai to be destroyed like the native americans were. There's no real argument you can provide to prove Tom Cruise is the "last samurai"
edit: It definitely has parts of white savior added to it no denying that, but no doubt it's homage to the end of an important era in Japan lmfao.
@@jambolambas You didn't watch the movie, you want want to talk shit
I did watch the movie at the time it was released, and I was pretty upset, trying to whiteface japanese history is pretty bad
but thats hollywood right? white men are heroes even if they are inside another culture history
@@jambolambas The movies title "Last Samurai" doesn't refer to Algren, played by Cruise, but to Moritsugu Katsumoto and his men, played by Ken Watanabe, who reminds of Saigō Takamori.
Did people really miss the whole point of The Last Samurai.... Tom Cruise isn't the last samurai, he is witnessing the last samurai and telling the story... WTF. Are people really this daft?
Yes, yes they are
That movie was sooo good
the movie was still ass cheeks, and i saw it in theaters.
@@slippynipz Hey, that's fair, i like it. But you are free to not like it. I feel people either like that movie or not, its got this strange effect
So they were telling a unique story, just like this game is trying to do.
it's funny how idiots keep saying that Yosuke was a retail is a samurai rank when he never used samurai armor or weapons. He practically wore a ridiculous outfit and only carried Nobunaga's weapons. He had minimal training because he had to fend for himself to protect his daimyo. If you don't believe me, read Nobunaga's novel. Not to be offensive, but Oda considered Yosuke his clown.
im crying
When Nobunaga was killed it seems Yasuke stood up to fight for his Lord's honor only to be told he is not worthy of battle by some general and was deported from Japan
damn thats crazy, imagine the show Shogun also being based on real life characters and events and also doing their own thing by adding to it and still being good.
he wasn't even during the edo period which the game is based off of
@@SesoKoza-ut4bd Yeah, Yasuke's life story seems more tragic than what people try to make it seem, they want to force this idea of Yasuke being a honorable samurai with legendary status when he wasn't even relevant in Japan, he served Oda Nobunaga for a few months, so he didn't even receive proper training to become a samurai. It's mind boggling how people want to push this false narrative.
What pisses me off about the AC franchise and those behind it, is that they "believe" it has happened in real life and that the rest of us are idiots and bigots because we know what is really going on.
Yasuke was no more than a vassal or servant of Oda Nobunaga. He is mentioned sparingly, and never as a warrior.
There are no records of his military career, no evidence he even entered combat.
Its especially disrespectful to Japanese culture because there are dozens of Japanese samurai and ninja who could've been chosen for this game, and instead they decide to pick a man who is literally the 'token black guy' during the period he is known from.
Yeah there is barely any info on him and if he was a sword bearer, he would not have seen combat. Sword bearers were usually kids that carried the swords around outside of battle.
When Adams was awarded samurai status, the contemporary sources shouldn't shut up about it, cause it was a foreigner becoming a samurai. But not a single mention of Yasuke becoming samurai? That says enough.
He was a retainer. Not a samurai but Oda did trust him.
Square Enix cleaning up in the West explained.
He was appointed Kosho and also it says, on wiki at least, that he was fighting for Oda's heir
Let’s ask a Japanese person if it’s offensive, we don’t need some random are the internet to be offended on their behalf lol.
I think it provides an outsiders perspective which will add a lot of depth to the story. You could see that little girl being shocked by him.
The real problem is Ubisoft waited too long. Now we've gotten Ghost of Tsushima, Sekiro, Rise of the Ronin, Wo long, all kind of recently. What were they really going to do to stand out?
Two of those are dark soul games...rise is 🗑️😂...and ghost is the only good one...how does A.C even compare to those games I can't🤦🏼♂️
@@SuperCasperman i mean everyone has their preferences personally i love soul like games
Wu long sounds good actually. Ghost of tsushima is amazing.
@@israel4506 best if you play co-op
Uh ever heard of a game called nioh, based on the first irish samurai? ah well nvm you wouldnt get it.
Yasuke served Oda Nobunaga as soldier. Yasuke was not a Samurai, but a weapon bearer. I.e. he was allowed to wear a weapon, but he was not granted the status Samurai, nor was he a nobility (which requires Japanese blood). This is a common mistake.
Yasuke came to Japan with the Nanban slave traders (Portuguese). They sold him to Oda Nobunaga who accepted him as slave. He granted him the status of an weapon bearer, which resulted in a rather good position for Yasuke.Yasuke served Oda in some battles unti the Honnō-ji Incident.
The Honnō-ji Incident was the assassination of Oda Nobunaga at the Honnō-ji temple in Kyoto on 21 June 1582. Nobunaga was betrayed by his general Akechi Mitsuhide during his campaign to consolidate centralized power in Japan under his authority. Mitsuhide ambushed the unprotected Nobunaga at Honnō-ji and his eldest son Oda Nobutada at Nijō Palace which resulted in both committing seppuku.
After Nobunaga was defeated by by the Samurai lord Akechi Mitsuhide, Yasuke was captured and likely killed by his troops. Akechi Mitsuhide allegedly called him a non-human animal. Akechi Mitsuhide, next to many others, disliked any foreign presence on the Japanese archipelago. Additionally, Akechi Mitsuhide disliked Oda Nobunaga, who disrespected the imperial court and did not pay as much interest in protecting traditional Japanese values as others, especially Akechi Mitsuhide.
Akechi Mitsuhide
After this, no historical mentions of Yasuke exist anymore. While some suggest that he was deported from Japan, most suggest that he got killed.
The information says that he actually was kicking some ass and was ensured his safety if he surrendered. Akech dehumanized him but we don't know what came of him after, could be he did keep his promise and deport him.
We don't know his true fate. Could be he actually escaped captivity and left the country on his own terms too.
One correction, Yasuke was not killed by Akechi. Instead he was captured and handed over back to the Jesuits.
Damn, I wanna play Onimusha again now...
But, yes, 100% & VERY well said~
@@taddad2641 Thank you always open to learn more.
Im sorry, but can you site your sources. From what I researched he was initially Oda’s servant, Oda took a liking to him and made him his RETAINER. Majority of retainers, if not all, were Samurai and provided military support. So that’s why most assumed he was Samurai. Unless you can provide some sources that can prove otherwise.
Miyamoto Mushashi having ties to the assasins would have been way cooler
for you maybe.
We could've had Hanzo Hattori as protagonist, dammit Ubisoft
YES, ffs what a missed opportunity
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Ask the Ghost of Tsushima folks to make a game about him. IJS.
What’s that guy name from vagabond I think he was based on a real person
ngl.. i imagine hanzo as the next assassin creed protagonist.. but ubisoft blow it away..
Thing is, why do we even need a Samurai? The most fitting thing for an assassin is definitely a ninja.
I don‘t know why they didn‘t just pick one of the most obvious historical people for an assassin. Hattori Hanzō, probably the most famous Ninja of all. And there were many more famous Shinobi in that era.
Yasuke really existed, but it kinda breaks the immersion of the game when you’re not playing a Japanese person, especially as Assassins are meant to blend in with the people. No offense, but being one of the rare non-Japanese people probably isn’t helpful if you want no attention
They wouldn't pass up an opportunity to include a black main character.
Or You can go with Musashi Miyamoto story tide his dueling and trickery he was famous for with assassin's plot.
@victortorres7793 if he's not he got no right to have sword and would be executed. There's no reason to pretend it's nothing different then politics and they don't care about historical accuracy.
@victortorres7793are you blind or did you not see him literally kill like 4 people while dressed in full samurai attire?
@victortorres7793 he had a samurai armor..
Nothing screams "Feudal Japan" like a black samurai
Who fkn cares bruh 🤡🤡🤡🤡
@@Fulldrag7802a lot of people, evidently bruh 🤡
@@343Filmsa lot of right wing weirdos, who cares
@@343Filmsa lot of right wing gammons
@@snarf2400 Is that why so many Japanese people have been vocal about their discontent?
"samurai"が初めて英語として確認されたのは1727年のことである
Term "Samurai" in the english speakers first arrived at 1727. Wiki
To start with, the term meaning of Samurai, is different before and after Edo period.
After Edo, because it became much more peaceful age, decreasing the overall average number for warriors need, Samurai became a term to entitle all Bushis.
But before changing, including the game setting period, "Samurai" specifcly meant "Higher ranks among Bushi" closer to that of "Daimyo", basically meant like "Baron" in Western Caste systems. Bloods are important, or it had to get acknowledge by upper caste, or even nobles' recognitions to become one.
Did Nobunaga have the right to make him a "Bushi"? Yes, and which he might have done so, ,, only if Yasuke went through the same traing process for average Bushi ranks also did taking on average about 8 years. Yasuke stayed in Japan about 3years, probably, if not even shorter since Nobunaga died after 2years he met Yasuke.
Now had Nobunaga made him a "Samurai"? -Absolutely not. That would have meant a mockery on all of his non-Samurai Bushi subordinates. Even if he participated in a war and had killed every single enemy leaders, the highest he could achieve would have been "Bushi" rank.
Also very simple quick question that I had of the series.
"Why is the main character anot assasin, when the title is literally Assasins's Creed?"
Samurai or Bushis are basically Western Knight . Kunoichi's good, why isn't the partner Ninja? I don't think Samurais landed surprising attack on citizen, middle of day under the sun お天道様の下....
Also Japan has been angry, YES. But not actualy about the main character. I mean it doesn't quite make sense ofcourse, but no one accepts it anyways. So that isn't the point we waste our time.
It's a simple facts about misinformation of our cultures.
Below are for any UBI members if you are watching this.
1. Samurais would have to Seppuku(Suicidal Stomach Cutting, Harakiri), after killing citizens without officially recognized correct reasoning. Which is basically brought to judicial ranks.
2. Tsuru(Cranes, White Birds), Susuki(Gracillus, Yellow plants), Sakura(Cherry blossoms, Pink flowers), Denen(the farms), cannot co-exist due to different seasons they are available to watch. These represents our respects toward 4 Seasons we have and climate change we appreciate. Unless there are Storyline reasoning please be careful more. It basically shows your lack of research.
3. UBI mentioned that the graphics are self made plus AI. Very well checked. hmm Our fellow Japanese have found 3 official stolen photos which requires licence to use, all of them not even realising they were infiltrated license( which one of them was checked later the PV). Trucks and Guardrails in faraway background, ,, like , right we Japanese were so advanced that we had Automobiles about 400 years ago. Oh and the farms they use, it's from Myanmar. wo, racist? lol
4. UBI japan actually apologized to Japanese users. Thank you to them. But the point they apologized are off the point, and what most of us want is an apologize from the genuine UBI, to appeal toward every customers among the world, that you actually apologized for mocking our cultures. Otherwise how do we know if anyone else won't do the same thing later? Imean UBI's impact is huge, other company might start something similar.
5. UBI actions are trolling and Japanese Internet Society already started to make it a new meme. Once it starts to be a toy in Japan, believe me, it'll be used in every trolly way you could imagine.
SO please do have a respect toward our bowing Culture, and make an actual good game IF you call the game is based on Historical Facts.
I honestly like the series. I do respect your challenge of global equality achievements. But like we do, Please have more understanding toward us too.
Someone need to tell that one chatter that Joan of Arc is quite famous for never unsheathing her sword
God guided her to victory and the corrupted church murdered her for it.
@@zerotodona1495 From everything I’ve heard, you’re probably right
He better put Tomoe Gozen or Nakano Takeko instead as examples of women who actually fought on battlefield.
Didn't she lead countless peasants to their death because she was a lousy commander. Pretty sure if it wasn't for Gilles de Rais constantly bailing her out of loosing battles, she would've died way sooner.
@RyanKSimmons Joan of Arc was white and French
GTA San Andreas had CJ one of the most loved black main character, similar with GTA 4 BOGT. They were received well because they ACTUALLY belonged to the setting and it made sense.
Here Ubisoft are just trying to force black character who does not belong in this setting. If they wanted to make their own story, they shouldn't have used Yasuke as an example which completely defeats the purpose for making it a 'real' historic reference. They could have easily integrated him as a side character with good amount of story for the wokeness, but making him a samurai and taking the spotlight from an actual Japanese born samurai is simply unfair for the Japanese culture.
It is racism against the asian culture.
I still love CJ, wish the new GTA games felt as cool as that one did back in the day.
Weren’t yall complaining about the gta 6 trailer
@@Fourfoir4 you are so cute ignoring all facts and then strawmanning every argument in these comments. you learned that on twitter didnt you? :)
people hated CJ when that trailer came out lmao nice historical revision of the facts
All i wanted was a dwarf assassins creed protagonist, but i guess ubisoft isn't progressive enough yet 😂
Imagine how hilarious the parkour would look 😂
It's little person A-Whole
😂
@@Siboshi WTF are you insulting them for?
They are short...but you call them A-whole?!!!
like WTF
@@SiboshiNo, an actual literal dwarf like Gimli or Mario.
3:21 average bus ride for asians in boston
black guy + asian chick protagonist wombo must be the DEI funding meta. Ubisoft's farming, lol.
Asian Ninjas did exist though, should've just made her the protagonist. Could've like British AC 1 male 1 female ninja each of them using different tactics suited to their different builds or personalities.
Next cod you play as a furry
Cheap DEI fund
Apparently DEI doesn't force diversity in games or narrative, only in who they hire (None of the DEI requirement documents talk about diversity outside of employment). DEI doesn't cause wokeness, woke employees cause wokeness. The reason so many games are 'progressive' is because so many people in the industry are 'progressive'
Do you guys smell them burning esg funds? Its a fucking bbq.
Tom cruises in Last samurai was not the last samurai. It was the man who took him in who was the last samurai. It’s actually pretty damn respectful to that period.
It is also just more "faithful" to the period, Japan was actually opening up to the rest of the world at the time so its more believable.
Lol that movie was hot garbage. Not historically accurate at all. This game is probably more accurate
The last samurai is plural. it was the last group of men who fought the incoming power
We all know Tom was an army advisor, which is correct since Satsuma, Choshu, Tosa domain westernised a lot. And they need westerner who know their stuff to teach Imperial Army. The real last samurai was Saigo Takamori in that movie.
And peoples still watched the movie cause IT'S TOM CRUISE
All this drama is just because seeing woke everywhere to get you more click we don't even know about the story yet
The black samurai was said to be a giant and he seem to be played as a berserker and I'm all for that
Yasuke was never a samurai. He was nothing more than a room decoration for Nobunaga.
"Hey guys, look what came to me from abroad! It's super exotic!"
Nobunaga even ordered Yasuke to take a shower and rub himself to prove that his skin was indeed that color.
Can you imagine the East at that time treating Yasuke in the way they are trying to romanticize? Even today, some Eastern countries have problems with black people.
Disney knows this more than anyone. Just look at how Disney tried to hide all the black characters when promoting their films in China. 😏
No, Nobunaga never made Yasuke a Samurai. The sword that was given to Yasuke wasn't even good for cutting bread. The only thing about this Yasuke that makes sense with the real Yasuke is his size. He was huge indeed. But he didn't have this modern fashionable hair.
What makes me laugh out loud is the number of Wikipedia experts defending Ubisoft, pretending they care about the AC franchise and pretending they always knew about Yasuke's existence. It's hilarious.
Let's just pretend we don't know why Ubisoft does this. The real intention behind this black protagonist and a Japanese female protagonist. This Japanese ninja woman (kunoichi) who, BTW, will make the game completely ignore historical figures like Hattori Hanzo for example. And that Sweet Baby Inc is not behind all of this.
Let's pretend Ubisoft didn't just do the same thing in the latest Prince of Persia game. Replacing the Persian protagonist, already established since 1989, with a black character (who BTW also has a modern fashionable hair, what a coincidence, right?)
And finally, let's pretend this AC wouldn't be a pile of manure with or without a Japanese male protagonist. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I mean... the best thing to do right now is just ignore the existence of this and any game that Ubisoft will release. Stop talking about Ubisoft. The company embraced wokerism a long time ago. They don't care about good games anymore. If they are ignored, the company will die. And at this point we are at, that would be the best thing that could happen. I no longer see salvation for companies like Ubisoft.
Nothing in this video claimed he was a samurai. Lots of retainers/soldiers gain armor from killing an enemy. Yasuke being 6'3 or whatever killing some 5'7 manlet with nice armor isn't a far stretch. Most japanese racism started with the Rising Sun dictatorship.
They didnt nust pick up battlefeild pick ups my guy, especially fitted armor@m.j.e.5245
@@m.j.e.5245 Ahh yes, a pet that only carry swords somehow get armor from battle even though there's no record of him participate in any. Whatever help with your delusions i guess
Lot of words. Don’t care
It's said in multiple sources that it is not clear what happened to Yasuke after his master Oda died, so why the fuck are people complaining that he was not a samurai? He is the perfect character for Ubisoft to write their own story, since WE DONT FUCKING KNOW what happened to him. People just read the first chapter of Wikipedia and go off at Ubisoft for no reason at all. Pisses me off.
I have no complain about the character being black or based on historical figure. I am angry about the pricing strategy, the price is getting up and up but very little promising brough by Ubisoft themselves. They just take down the Ubisoft subscribe option and let us choose one of the package charges with an expensive price especially the ultimate edition cost 130 dollar, which is unacceptable.
THANK YOU! This is straight price gouging and with other companies moving to subscription based models, seeing ubisoft pull this shit is a slap to the face
@@parisbower6939 Ubisoft is fucked!!!
Hidden history: Yasuke created Japan, the Japanese people, & language. He first arrived on Honshu in the late 1500s after a long swim all the way from Wakanda.
There was nothing on the island but vegetation & wildlife, so he used his Melanin Magic to spawn people. As a University of Yakub graduate, this was a simple feat.
However, these people who would come to be known as the Japanese did not inherit his Melanated complexion, as this was the source of his great power & sharing it would weaken him.
Yasuke was lonely, but his mama didn't raise no fool. He wasn't about to hand out power to just anybody, even his own little creations. Well, you know, in case they stepped outta line & he had to smack a ho down.
Due to the lack of melanin, the people turned out a bit yellow. They had black hair with almond shaped eyes. They weren't very diverse at all. In fact, he would often say how they all look alike!
Yasuke would teach his people the Japanese language that he invented all by himself. After all, He wasn't just powerful, he was a scholar, too. There was no limit to what he could achieve.
He gave them civilization: science, medicine, self-defense training, & laws. His newly created people revered him, erecting many statues in his likeness & monuments of worship.
Yasuke chose his 7 most loyal servants & made them samurai. They were special elite warriors, but of course, Yasuke was the first & most special of samurai. He invented them, after all.
Yasuke forged the legendary katana, Masamune. When the great kaiju Godzilla attacked Japan, it was Yasuke who singlehandedly drove him back to the depths of the ocean using the amazing blade.
Japanese society prospered for hundreds of years, but then the White man arrived. The Whites clearly envied Yasuke, his power, & his people. They bombed Japan into oblivion causing mass devastation.
Sadly, even Masamune & Melanin Magic were no match for this weaponry. They destroyed Yasuke, erased him from the memories of his people, & rewrote the entirety of Japanese history leaving him as a mere footnote.
The Japanese mostly forgot about Yasuke, diversity was no longer their strength. They became homogenous & xenophobic, taught to reject anyone of Yasuke's ilk.
But now, thanks to some very brave, subversive Westerners, his true story can finally be told & Japan will be reintroduced to their glorious hero:
Yasuke: Black Samurai™
That was beautiful and it's historically accurate, like black Cleopatra
This reminds me of Yakub and the creation of the races.
I remember my grandmother saying to me: "I don't care what they tell you in school, the first samurai was black!"
Im bawling out😭😭😭
@@MarxMaster69 I was waiting for that when he mentioned his mama
The Last Samurai movie wasn't saying Tom Cruise was the last samurai. It was a story about the Last Samurai MEN who he fought with against modern imperial Jaoan
Which is completely wrong in every aspect of historicalaccurate
People should take its as fictional
It was a cool movie, but did exactly what you're standing against. It was revisionist American propaganda. Swapped the good and bad guys as America loves to do.
@@reinchansthe american aid, and westerners being there, introducing better canons and firearms is accurate. They made a fictional story around the premise, to sell to Americans, in a time where "cultural appropriation" wasnt invented yet. One is fiction, one is forced ideology.
ever heard of a game called nioh? Turns out we used an irish dude before.
@@reinchansit was based on a real french soldier tho so do ur research
I remember how people bitched that a western studio made ghost of tsushima. These are the same ppl defending this cultural colonialism with shadows
japan censers our stuff all the time
@@smokedbeefandcheese4144 what does that have to do with anything I said?
to be fair both sides are kinda hypocritical. that’s basically true for everything
My guess is they are catering to gamers with deeper pockets , newer business models . But only if it’s worth it .
Ubisoft: We removed the crossbow because its historically inaccurate.
Also Ubisoft: Black samurai in 1600 Japan.
Your not very smart are you?
Yasuke was a Real historic person so your whole comment their just fell apart there bud god I'm surrounded by simpletons
@@ADdheartattack2608 he was not a samurai. And let's be real, cherry picking the one guy that fits your agenda in a whole population is not random
@@ADdheartattack2608 You're*
@@pepinlebref7585 you wanna talk about historical accuracy buddy let's do it we all know damn well that Leonardo DaVinci never ever modified hidden blades for assassin's lmao 🤣 guess what tho in ac he did you know why simpleton? Because it's a game and there is a such thing as creative freedom or are you not intelligent enough to understand the meaning of creative freedom
Imagine not having a Japanese man be the MC of a feudal Japan game. This is the equivalent of casting Mansa Musa as a Inuit. It's mindboggling. The historical figure the Black MC was based on was kept around like a pet by Nobunaga due to basically amused racism.
What?
People forgot about Nioh, apparently.
Nice Google search historian.
@@KingKRool91 Nioh doesn't try to depict historical figures and historical events in a somewhat realistic way like AC does, not even CLOSE.
You have Ghost of Tsushima for that. I can't wait for how Ubisoft applies their AC Troupes in this title. A dash of interracial love between Assassin and Templar
There is so many things wrong with this announcement:
1. Obviously one could make the argument they picked Yasuke due to DEI despite historical inaccuracy
2. Some people trying to rewrite Wikipedia due to a video game trailer to hide the fact that there is no evidence of him being a samurai
3. It falling victim to the culture war means that the discussion has diluted to people defending the game mostly out of victimization and citing racism
4. The drama has distracted people from Ubisoft outrageous prices and always online policy
5. Japanese people are also angry at the trailer therefore hardcore defenders labeling them as white adjacent rather than minority and it is becoming a queen Cleopatra situation
its a video game there no such thing historical accuracy wake up
@@kingleoverse it's still weird that the one and only black guy in Japan can do stealth in public and can blend in with people even if his armour is not used, where a blue eye child is considered to be purged/shunted to death in Japan
@@firdanharbima6997 lol using logic in a video game
''theres no evidence of him being a samurai'' yes there is, he was a retainer, who were samurais
You forgot that math is racist & that's why Asians are being called "white" (only way to force that narrative), but otherwise prettymuch, yeah~
"Its not historical its like fan fiction" YES THATS THE POINT THATS ASSASSIN CREED AS A FRANCHISE
literally 99% of all games ever made or will be made
there are so many samurais to make a game based on, and of course they chose the black one. you literally cannot make this shit up LMAO
Westoids are truly something else.
There never was a black samurai. A Japanese lord kept a black guy around as a novelty.
Westoids lmao. I’m so using that term in the future now XD
@@ElewIVguess we'll be basing it on anime now since it's going to be myth only
@@ElewIV yeah you're right, i got that wrong
@@ElewIV lol he even sold him back
Africans in Japan during Sekgoku Jidai period were never samurai,only servers or slaves to the portugese fleets
99.99% of the population in that historical period were Japanese
Ubisoft decided to take advantage of the fact that a black person had once arrived there and create a black samurai who was not actually a samurai.
Keep in mind he was only in Japan for around 18 month
@@pikachuattack542 unfortunately he did not become an official samurai unlike William Adams.
@pikachuattack542 Because he wasn't a Samurai. He never obtained that title. He was a retainer and a page.
he was a servant,... that means hes a king in Ubisoft's eyes
Welcome to 2024.
The u is almost silent, simply carrying the s from one stressed syllable to the other.
It is essentially reduced to something similar to the English shwa, or what every vowel not part of a stressed syllable is reduced to in English.
As an example, it can be pronounced similar to the si in possessive.
If nothing else, like so many Japanese names pronounced properly, it sounds pretty freaking cool.
After years we FINALLY get a Japanese assassins creed game and we have to play as a black person instead of Japanese…
There are literally 2 main characters the Japanese woman bro.
dont buy it, pirate it and wait for a mod replacing to the token tea party sword caddie with a real japanese guy
@@bbtv3961 bro bro you completely missed the point bro cant wait for the african AC that features a 7 foot white viking protag that goes around getting all the african women pregnant, gonna be a banger bro, you'll love that right bro
@@professorfroopynoopers1171 this comment was so dumb and random
@@professorfroopynoopers1171 Then go play fucking ghost of tsushima, dude
From all of Japan history of ninja and samurai, they've chosen a lady and a black man...
Brainrot
Intresting did you say the same thing when Nioh came out? when it was a white guy as a samurai?
@@Ourlovers yeah because it's the same logic, you are playing a game about Japan why can't you depict the main character as Japanese. In this case they claim historical accuracy but at the same time decided to ignore all the Japanese figure prominent in that era.
I challenge you to look up Sakanouye
@@rimasto3692 Just say you are racist. its okey. its still a fictional game. and there are many exampels Ac its not historical accurate. Jack the Ripper. Pope ect.
If Yasuke was an npc you could interact with and you played as a Japanese man and the Japanese chick that will be in this game this very likely would have been one of Ubisoft’s best selling games in the AC franchise.
I don't even buy AC games anymore and I was gonna give it a try. Now I saved 120 bucks! Thanks Ubi!
I very much doubt that would make that much of a difference.
@Biostar96 Everyone would've been only complaining about the price if the male character was Japanese. Because he isn't, they're complaining about two things at once
@@barronhelmutschnitzelnazi2188 That still wouldn't make it a good enough game to be the best selling Ubisoft title. Gameplay still matters no matter the price or MC.
@Biostar96 Japan was probably the most requested outside of pirates. To ruin it this way is a big slap in the face to their player base. It might sell OK, but with what Ubi spends on games not sure if it will be profitable. Ubi will probably end up getting bought out after the losses.
If they wanted to have an African main character so badly , why didn't they make the game in Africa in the first place... Morocco or Mali or Late Egypt would have been perfectly awesome.
They should do that as well. Would be awesome.
"Assassin's Creed" is no longer the product.
"Diversity and Representation" is now the product.
Notice how in almost every form of modern media they would have someone black replacing the lighter skin positive figure character, practically piggybacking off of the previous character's success, but not once have they ever done anything that was actually based in Africa? It's like it sends a message that we Black folk were everywhere and everything (at the expense of other figures in fiction and history) except Africa.
Not just black people either, but every other minority. And when they actually do come out with something, the DEI aspect has made the very notion of culture so politically charged and toxic that is very hard to actually find some appeal in it.
10 years ago a game like AC shadows would have actually been fun, but the current culture makes it damn near impossible to find it fun because nowadays is just forced diversity shoved in our faces. Especially when they start going into Wikipedia to change history like they did with this game not too long ago.
Either way, I just don't care if a game is good or not anymore. If I see DEI nonsense, I'm bolting the other way. Point blank.
Well, that's just NOT true...
...a simple glance at the villain's roster in 99% of them these days will show a PLETHORA of white characters~
@@blemishednicely8402 Yeah because its okay to make blacks the heroes and whites the villains /s
@@jamesherman3750
PRECISELY.
Remember, don't be racist or hateful...the people making modern media already have it covered~
Same here even if it's a good game i have moral values i hold and will not support this stuff i only want to play white characters as i am a racist and come froma family of SS members so since 1937 we have our own values.
Without meaning to be nasty about this: what interesting stories are there, in Africa? What great deeds, great cultures, great men, great philosophies? You need a bit more for a story than "unknown local man killed his neighbours with a spear, stole their cattle, and burned down their huts".
Tom cruise wasn’t the last samurai ffs. He saw the last samurai fall in battle why do people get this so wrong
Because they never watched the movie
Comprehension is at a all time low now a days
Tom Cruise gaslit the media and made the whole movie about him when it came out, because he's a racist psychopath, and if not for him they would have never gotten the production off the ground. Ken Watanabe is the last Samurai, Tom Cruise was next to the last samurai, not one of them, not even close.
Because the title is confusing and they didn't watch the movie.
They don't realise that the plural of samurai is samurai
“There is not a real situation where a woman can beat 3 guys as an assassin” Kassandra being part Spartan and part ISU can beat up about 5 Xena’s. So how many Xena’s can beat up guys?
PS don’t pay more than $70 bucks for this game please. All dlc will be free or super cheap eventually. Never pay for more anymore
Yeah, asmongold really just showed that his problem with her is that she is a woman when he said that. None of the other AC protagonist would be able to beat up a bunch of armed men at the same time in real life yet he doesn't have an issue with those.
And then suggesting they picked yasuke because he is black and not because he is a popular character in japan and in general.
Asmon hit the nail on the head: it's the lack of escapism afforded by this 'forced' inclusion. If you want to immerse yourself in feudal japan, you're gonna wanna embody someone genuinely from that time and place, not some exceptional case of someone who doesn't fit into the 'typical' conditions of that time.
Assassins Creed: Johnny Somali Edition
That’s what the japanese protagonist is for genius
29:49 hello Mr. Asmongold I’m Japanese and if you really want to know what we think of AC shadows game compared to ghost of Tsushima, ghost of Tsushima was a good game and Japanese people really liked the game because of the accuracy of everything in the historical event in Tsushima Island and to be able to play the game specifically in the time period. That’s why Japanese people likes the game. But we Japanese think AC shadows is involved with sweet baby Inc so that’s why there is no historical accuracy of this game we feels lost in this piece of art of the game because we don’t know where we can place as a Japanese player in this specific historical event, but there is no historical event because it is all made and the Japanese female protagonist doesn’t looks like a Japanese woman but she looks more like a Vietnamese or Korean and the male protagonist, we wish to play as famous Japanese Shinobi, or warrior at that specific period of time like hattori hanzo (服部半蔵) sarutobi sasuke (猿飛サスケ) etc etc and that’s why we don’t like it and we don’t understand why they took yasuke as a representation of the Japanese historical video game. (I’m really sorry for my English I’m just learning.)
Your English is very good.
@@reapperism thank you very much kindly 😉
If sweet baby had a hand in this it would explain a lot. I still want my 70$ back for suicide squad
@@zenotoxic3761 yes my friend and i know as a japanese person i understand what is meant to be cultural accurate because the name naoe that's even not a japanese name i don't know where they take the name but it feels weird and she is event not looks like japanese person she looks like liu kang swap gender.... or mulan And that's why we don't like it.
@@zenotoxic3761 I'm sorry you lost your money. Really
It no longer matters whether Yasuke was a samurai or not.
Everyone wanted to fight as a Japanese samurai in a game set in Japan. UBI did not realize that it was just that simple.
Play any other samurai game 💀
@@matthewmonroe665Yea like ghost of Tsushima
Womp womp samurai still badass who gives a fuck what color their skin is
@@mcm4rr Yasuke isn't a samurai though. Sorry to burst your bubble. He's a fraud.
@@Ash_Hudsonwhy lie. He was the retainer to the lord of Japan. Basically he was the head of the presidents detail. You can be mad about Ubisofts decisions but don’t get butt hurt about history
I do not consider myself a smart person, but not having social media and quitting gaming are my smartest moves ever