Assassin's Creed Shadows lead shuts down "attacks driven by intolerance" over the game's Black samurai and woman warrior, condemns "personal attacks" against devs
Yasuke's presence in Japanese history is fact
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Côté discussed the history of the Assassin’s Creed franchise and the importance of Assassin’s Creed Shadowsduring a BAFTA talk which was freely availableto watch online today, November 1, and will be posted toYouTubein the near future. On Shadows specifically, to put it succinctly, Côté has seen this controversy and isn’t having any of it.
“Staying true to history means embracing the richness of human perspectives without compromise,” he says near the end of his presentation. “For example, in Assassin’s Creed Shadows, we highlight figures both fictional, like Naoe, a Japanese woman warrior, and historical, like Yasuke, the African-born samurai. While the inclusion of a Black samurai in feudal Japan has sparked questions and even controversy, Naoe, as a fictional character, has also faced scrutiny for her gender. …
