Assassin's Creed Shadows
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UBISOFT
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9/27/2024
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Assassin’s Creed Shadows, a highly anticipated game in the Assassin’s Creed series, has been embroiled in several controversies. The game takes place in feudal Japan, a time and place that's been highly anticipated for years by gamers who love the Assassins Creed series.
One of the first controversy of AC Shadows was Yasuke.
A lot of defenders immediately went into "You are racist!" mode when the truth had little to do with racism. First, Assassin's Creed has never made the protagonist a playable char. That's just how it always worked. You interacted with historical characters in a historically accurate time period.
Players initially where complaining about playing a historical char. It has always been about playing in a historically accurate time with a fictional protagonist. but the defenders wanted to act like is was a push against DEI because Yasuke was black. In doing so they actually forced it to become a gripe about pushing DEI into a game that was about the Japanese history and people. Gamers in general are not dumb people, no matter how much people want to push that narrative.
Yasukie was heavily researched by 10's of thousands of gamers and proven to have never have actually been a samurai. While researching is was discovered people where actively editing and modifying Wikipedia to reflect the claims that Yasuke was 100% a samurai and "trust me bro" It still reflects that to this day, revisionist histories. Many Japanese historians state there is only 3 pages of history on him. Yasuke served Japanese daimyō Oda Nobunaga one of the most important feudal lords in Japanese history between 1581 and 1582.
Gamers started pouring over the history of Japan and researching Yasukie.
Accusations that the Japanise Historian UBIsoft used, Thomas Lockley, lied about most everything and was apparently accused of being the one editing the wikiepedia to reflect his historical "fiction":
Before long the people of Japan started to hear about the discourse and started chiming in as well:
Some fans have criticized the game’s depiction of Japanese culture, claiming that the buildings resemble Chinese architecture rather than Japanese. Additional comments included some concept art errors but concept art is well... concept art.
A lot of defenders immediately went into "You are racist!" mode when the truth had little to do with racism. First, Assassin's Creed has never made the protagonist a playable char. That's just how it always worked. You interacted with historical characters in a historically accurate time period.
Players initially where complaining about playing a historical char. It has always been about playing in a historically accurate time with a fictional protagonist. but the defenders wanted to act like is was a push against DEI because Yasuke was black. In doing so they actually forced it to become a gripe about pushing DEI into a game that was about the Japanese history and people. Gamers in general are not dumb people, no matter how much people want to push that narrative.
Yasukie was heavily researched by 10's of thousands of gamers and proven to have never have actually been a samurai. While researching is was discovered people where actively editing and modifying Wikipedia to reflect the claims that Yasuke was 100% a samurai and "trust me bro" It still reflects that to this day, revisionist histories. Many Japanese historians state there is only 3 pages of history on him. Yasuke served Japanese daimyō Oda Nobunaga one of the most important feudal lords in Japanese history between 1581 and 1582.
Gamers started pouring over the history of Japan and researching Yasukie.
Accusations that the Japanise Historian UBIsoft used, Thomas Lockley, lied about most everything and was apparently accused of being the one editing the wikiepedia to reflect his historical "fiction":
Before long the people of Japan started to hear about the discourse and started chiming in as well:
Some fans have criticized the game’s depiction of Japanese culture, claiming that the buildings resemble Chinese architecture rather than Japanese. Additional comments included some concept art errors but concept art is well... concept art.
Assassin's Creed Shadows Stolen Art
A Japanese historical re-enactment group, Sekigahara Teppotai, discovered that Ubisoft had used their custom banner in Assassin’s Creed: Shadows concept art without permission. The flag was featured in two pieces of concept art, which were later removed from official channels.
Ubisoft apologized to the group and agreed to stop using the flag in promotional materials, except for its inclusion in the Collector’s Edition art book. Despite the apology and compromise, Ubisoft refused to remove the stolen artwork from the Collector’s Edition art book, citing that the files had already been deleted.
A Japanese historical re-enactment group, Sekigahara Teppotai, discovered that Ubisoft had used their custom banner in Assassin’s Creed: Shadows concept art without permission. The flag was featured in two pieces of concept art, which were later removed from official channels.
Ubisoft apologized to the group and agreed to stop using the flag in promotional materials, except for its inclusion in the Collector’s Edition art book. Despite the apology and compromise, Ubisoft refused to remove the stolen artwork from the Collector’s Edition art book, citing that the files had already been deleted.
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Stealing Zoro’s sword from the popular anime and manga series One Piece.
Ubisoft was also accused of stealing Zoro’s sword from the popular anime and manga series One Piece for a pop-up display at Japan Expo. The sword was mistakenly attributed to Yasuke, a protagonist in Assassin’s Creed: Shadows.
Ubisoft was also accused of stealing Zoro’s sword from the popular anime and manga series One Piece for a pop-up display at Japan Expo. The sword was mistakenly attributed to Yasuke, a protagonist in Assassin’s Creed: Shadows.
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Assassin’s Creed Shadows caused a significant backlash emerged in Japan, with many people expressing discontent over the game’s historical inaccuracies and cultural misrepresentations. The controversy centered around the game’s depiction of feudal Japan, with critics arguing that Ubisoft failed to accurately portray the country’s architecture, mannerisms, and cultural practices.
Once again the defenders tried to call this out as a lie, that westerners where using Google translate to push anti DEI rhetoric and once again they where wrong. In fact the public outcry, Japanese politician Satoshi Hamada called for an investigation into the game’s inaccuracies, citing concerns over the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and a lack of research by Ubisoft. While the Japanese government has not yet officially launch an investigation, Hamada’s criticism sparked a national conversation about the game’s historical inaccuracies.
Ubisoft subsequently apologized in Japanese for causing concern among Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Japanese fans, stating that the game was continually evolving until launch to perfect inaccuracies like flags and architecture.
Conclusion
The controversy surrounding Assassin’s Creed Shadows in Japan serves as a reminder of the importance of cultural sensitivity and historical accuracy in game development. While Ubisoft apologized for the inaccuracies, the incident highlights the need for greater attention to detail and cultural awareness in the creation of historical fiction games.
Once again the defenders tried to call this out as a lie, that westerners where using Google translate to push anti DEI rhetoric and once again they where wrong. In fact the public outcry, Japanese politician Satoshi Hamada called for an investigation into the game’s inaccuracies, citing concerns over the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and a lack of research by Ubisoft. While the Japanese government has not yet officially launch an investigation, Hamada’s criticism sparked a national conversation about the game’s historical inaccuracies.
Ubisoft subsequently apologized in Japanese for causing concern among Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Japanese fans, stating that the game was continually evolving until launch to perfect inaccuracies like flags and architecture.
Conclusion
The controversy surrounding Assassin’s Creed Shadows in Japan serves as a reminder of the importance of cultural sensitivity and historical accuracy in game development. While Ubisoft apologized for the inaccuracies, the incident highlights the need for greater attention to detail and cultural awareness in the creation of historical fiction games.
There is one last screwup for the road.
The One leg Torii. I am going to go against the grain on this as it is likely just another screw up but not as big of one that people are making it out to be.
The One leg Torii. I am going to go against the grain on this as it is likely just another screw up but not as big of one that people are making it out to be.
A lot of people are claiming that this is The Sanno Shrine, located in Nagasaki, Japan. It is the one-legged torii gate. Noted for still standing after the atomic bombing on August 9, 1945.
That makes this a pretty serious laps of judgment if true. I do not believe this to be the case. I think somebody googled Torii and found this lesser known one.
I think it is more likely this Torii. In their research they found it and thought that it looks cool. I do not know where it is and there are very few images I can find that say anything about it. I don't even know its location. But... it looks like what they made.
This is the Maaki Torii (間あき鳥居) The only information I did find states that it is a very unique torii gate, which is divided into two and that you can open up your fortune as the space overhead is open.
If you know more feel free to email me @ dontexpectareply@gamergate2.org LOL Yes the email address is real.
This is the Maaki Torii (間あき鳥居) The only information I did find states that it is a very unique torii gate, which is divided into two and that you can open up your fortune as the space overhead is open.
If you know more feel free to email me @ dontexpectareply@gamergate2.org LOL Yes the email address is real.
