Assassin's Creed: Shadow's choice of Yasuke, a black samurai, as the male protagonist and a female ninja as the female protagonist, is causing a storm in the teacup: it has been strongly criticized by Japanese players.
According to statistics, there are only 2,600 YouTube likes for the Japanese version of the trailer for "Assassin's Creed: Shadow", but more than 24,000 dislikes. Such a disparity highlights the unflattering nature of Assassin's Creed: Shadows.
At the same time, the Ubisoft English channel has more than 400,000 negative reviews
Ubisoft Japan YouTube Channel player message below:
calvinyeung443: So Ubisoft is telling us that Asian/Japanese men don't even deserve to be the protagonists of Japanese/East Asian stories? And a black character who was not important in Japanese history became the savior of the Japanese people? This is very disrespectful to the Japanese people
MR YOIYO: I usually have a slight sense of discrimination against people who claim to be politically correct, so I don't often agree with them, but it really disgusts me, and I think Asians (especially men) are a priority in their "diversity" agenda. Obviously the ranking is very low, why used to be the protagonist of people from all over the world, but once set in Asia, the protagonist became an African man or woman? In an origin story set in Egypt, the main characters are definitely of African descent. I thought that the Asian stage had finally shifted to Japan, and it seemed that they were very focused on the image of "strong women", but didn't they need to consider the choice of Asian men?
user-jj5nb5gb5b: I've decided to buy Ghost of Tsushima! Thank you
User bn10053: It's ridiculous that people who want to use Asian protagonists in games set in Asia are called racists. Asians are once again being ignored.
cosuke230: This is the stage of Japan! I'm happy, but the main character is not Japanese. Moreover, they wanted him to be a "great man who accomplished great things"...... The scary thing is that even historical facts can become irrelevant if you lean towards political correctness.
Nurukopop: Ubisoft seems to be saying that there are historical facts about the Black Warriors, but in reality they are just servants, so that's not true. This is completely disrespectful to Japan.
Retronofyucha: I'm French, and I wholeheartedly support all of us in Japan! What Ubisoft has done to your culture and history is unacceptable! Japan, like other countries, deserves a Japanese assassin!
valsvoicevault: the setting is Italian → The main character is Italian The setting is French → The main character is French The setting is the United States → The main character is an Indian (Native American) The setting is Greek → The main character is a Greek The setting is Scandinavian → The main character is a Viking and the setting is a Japanese →? ? ?
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