Tag: Yasuke
Japanese Politician and New Song Highlight Unease Over Assassin’s Creed Shadows
The people of Japan are really pissed about Assassin’s Creed Shadows, and I don’t just mean the gamers. We’ve seen backlash since the trailer was released, with plenty of Japanese comments online criticizing the game for its portrayal of Yasuke, a historical black man who was a vassal for Nobu...
Read MoreJapanese Gamers Start Petition to Cancel Assassin’s Creed Shadows
It’s been a rocky road for Assassin’s Creed Shadows since the first trailer was released. The reveal that one of the game’s two leads – and the only male lead in a game series that, let’s not kid ourselves, is geared towards guys – was a black man, as opposed to Japanese, rubbed many th...
Read MoreJapanese Reenactment Group Says Assassin’s Creed Shadows Stole Their Flag
The hits just keep on coming for Ubisoft and Assassin’s Creed Shadows, although it’s hard to feel bad for them because they keep doing it to themselves. A Japanese group called the Sekigahara Teppo Corps, or Sekigahara Rifle Corps, a group that reenacts the Battle of Sekigahara and other histori...
Read MoreJapanese Gamers Not Happy With Assassin’s Creed Shadows
Despite games journalists’ insistence that it’s only racist Americans who have a problem with Assassin’s Creed Shadows, evidence is piling up that Japanese gamers are not happy with the depiction of their culture either. During Monday’s Ubisoft Forward presentation, the company unveiled an e...
Read MoreUbisoft’s Stock Drops as Games Journalists Defend Assassins Creed Shadows
The video game industry is taking hit after hit lately. On May 15, 2024, Ubisoft released a trailer for Assassins Creed Shadows, the next in the long-running franchise centered on Japanese history and culture that will be released in November. The trailer was met with controversy and frustration ove...
Read MoreNaoe, the Female Lead of Assassins Creed Shadows, is a Stand-In as Well
The forced DEI in Assassins Creed Shadows doesn’t end with Yasuke. (Is “forced DEI” an oxymoron?) Yesterday, the trailer for Assassins Creed Shadows revealed that the two lead characters in the game – which is set in 1500s Japan and is about the samurai and shinobi (ninjas) – were a blac...
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