Thank you for watching! To sum it up, the discussions in regards to the creative decisions with Yasuke is a wholly different matter from the actual history that we can examine. To me, the gameplay/monetization in regards to Assassin's Creed: Shadows is more concerning than Yasuke. If you want more gaming content specifically, I do have a gaming channel you can subscribe to as well while this channel focuses more on history! www.youtube.com/@NefasQS | We also stream at twitch.tv/NefasQS

@StanViviLee

Ай бұрын

​​​​@WilliamLopshire you haven't played it yet. And with the amount of yapping you're doing regarding gameplay, it's safe to say you can't even afford the game when it comes out. How about you complain about that since it's valid to do so. Even the video author correctly points that out.😊

@StanViviLee

Ай бұрын

@WilliamLopshire I'm not even going to read anything past your first words and the return the same question to you. How are you going to be arrogant and say something like. "Gameplay isn't going to be good..." When you haven't even played the game. You could have shut up in the first place if you just gave yourself the advice you're trying to give me lmao. Play the game, then complain about gameplay if you don't like it. Otherwise, take your own advice and stop being ignorant.

@gamezonereactions8388

Ай бұрын

WEF ESG DEI BRIDGE WOKE LEFT💩💩💩

@dawsonjoseph5939

Ай бұрын

"Assassin’s Creed Shadows pre-orders are looking very strong. I don’t have the exact numbers yet, but no one in the know is disappointed with them." LOL.... looks like all you racist haters are FAILING. Can't keep a good game down!!!!! Can't wait to play on November 15th!!

@qobikwezi656

Ай бұрын

@@dawsonjoseph5939 I preordered the ultimate edition. All my friends have preordered too.

It's wild that the entire thing is just westerners trying to tell Japanese people how to feel.

@Hardline_Boss

8 күн бұрын

Who cares learn your history and stop hating on black people.

@thepeaceofbread9905

7 күн бұрын

@@Hardline_Bosswhos hating on black people? Can you stop trying to incite racism you bigot

@victorfromm9355

7 күн бұрын

History of the whole world unfortunately

@user-ku8zp6sv8e

7 күн бұрын

​@@Hardline_Bosswtf

@Tespri

7 күн бұрын

Japanese people dislike the trailer and a lot.

I thought everyone was “colorblind” and all that stuff?

@JOKINGANIMAL

24 күн бұрын

No, they just say that until they see a black person.

@LukaDonesnitch

24 күн бұрын

@@JOKINGANIMAL Oh, found my eyesight again. LOL

@kingbb7102

24 күн бұрын

@@LukaDonesnitchonly when it’s suitable gotcha. 😮

@redguy2489

20 күн бұрын

But Ubisoft is not. It's obvious that the SELLING POINT of the game is that he's black. Sorry. And they knew what they were doing making his counterpart an Asian woman instead of a man. Weve got a ghost of Tsushima at home looking ahh. Plus the mechanics of ac has transgressed far beyond its peak (ac unity) so most people are expecting what they've poured money into over the years which is rpg type. But yeah the glorification of blacks agendas is being pushed hard by white game developers w probably Asian gf projecting their collective unconsciousness. It's goofy as hell they are also late as hell. This is coming from a dark colored entity. I like yasuke and it meant a lot to me to see how the japanese elite accepted and saw different beings from a across the world capable of fitting in their class and society. I just don't like how him being black is the SELLING POINT. Reminds me of some drake shit. Edit, this would have competed with ghost if they made it miyamoto and yasuke despite the probable time difference. This just seems like they wanted to call dibs on yasuke which EVERYONE WANTS TO DO and we will probably see more yasuke related stuff in shows movies and games in the pronto future. Just seeing this ahead of time already irks me before it even happened

@truebruh2825

20 күн бұрын

Great comment

I appreciate what you’re doing here. Thank you very much. I love the fact that you are citing all your information that you’ve gathered, and doing a far more deep dive than what most people have done explaining the history of Yasuke.

@zzz-nu2re

3 күн бұрын

Metatron did a better anaylsis

If the first assassination of the game wasn’t my wallet I’d be interested.

@chengkuoklee5734

Ай бұрын

Easy, wait for year end sales or other special promotion.

@guilhermebranco8572

Ай бұрын

@@chengkuoklee5734 or make a real statement against Ubisoft's business practices and get the game for free through other means

@elitealice

Ай бұрын

Ubisoft + easy

@Apollyon6660

Ай бұрын

@@elitealice Don't you mean UbiLGBTQ+ after the recent announcement from Ubisoft? I personally have no issues with the LGBTQ+ community, but I don't want their ideals pushed onto me. I don't go around saying "Straight Pride" and pushing my ideals onto other people. I would like the choice and not have a game breaking emersion moments when my character suddenly flirts with another man (playing as a male character) as I do not usually play female character (if I have a choice). I also have an issue withs Yasuke as the main male character/protagonist. I don't care about Yasuke's history, he could be a gardener for Oda Nobunaga for all I care. I do not mind playing him as a standalone, side mission or telling the story of him in another game. But, this is the first game within the series out of all the Assassin's Creed games (13 of them I might add) in Feudal Japan where the male protagonist is not native to that setting of which I find it rather offensive and mis-representative for the Asian community. Not to mention, I can't even play as a male shinobi (ninja). I thought the whole premise of Assassin's Creed is about Assassins, ninja/shinobi are "Assassins", they use the art of stealth, deception, mis-direction and not mowing down people in heavy armour. And don't get me started with Naoe's male jawline, AI can't even detect if she's female. To add a nail to the coffin, the prices are (wands at the ready) "Ridiculous". Not to mention, add scarcity tactic by adding a pre-order special mission. I will rate this a "No pre-order out of 10".

@elitealice

Ай бұрын

@@Apollyon6660 not reading allat

What confuses me is that the AC franchise literally has canonical aliens, gods, and godesses. But add ONE black man and its unrealistic now? Common now lol

@trvpmusic2569

Ай бұрын

Yea this is a western cultural problem we are currently dealing with

@pboissie

Ай бұрын

@@trvpmusic2569white cultural problem, let’s not mince words here….no race of men has ever been preoccupied with hating other races on the face of this planet, they invented 99 percent of racial epithets that exist in this world, find the lie.

@lightfire3606

Ай бұрын

The issue is Not that simple. Its a collection of many cultural Problems. Be IT the alianation of the "White" Main Charakter. Because every TV Show movie or Game Studios wants to be woke you will Always See a Female Protagonist or AS a Side Charakter but the Main Male Charakter is Always black or diverse. AS an example the new. Star wars movies and Rings of Power. And Then you Got that AC Main Charakters never where real Befor. And this Shows that they wanted a diverse Charakter so Bad they picked yasuke to make it Happen because Else they couldnt have explained it in 100 years. So its the First time that they Pick an Historical Charakter AS the Main Charakter. And its AS i belive the First time that they Main Charakter does Not have the erhnicity AS from the Region the Game is playing. AS for example bayek is eygiptian. Ezio is Italien. Altai is Arab. Nordsmen in valhalla. People would Like a stand alone yasuke Game 100 times more then an AC Game with a Female Protagonist and insteat of a japanese Male Protagonist a black men. Again me and many Others would have Loved a yasuke standalone Game Just AS many Liked the Anime and Had No Problem with it. But IT doesnt fit Assassin's Creed

@marcusclark1339

Ай бұрын

simple answer: - its not "diversity" or some vain "moral" principle, its done ideologlically to push what they think is "progressive" mentality - which aligns to ESG/DEI - main writer has connection to Sweet Baby Inc, ESG firm - goes hand in hand with Ubi being one of their "partners" - done to gaslight audience into emotional validation which leads to bias for Ubisoft to defend them - used as a shield to any issue the game will have - used to deflect from $130 price point and Ubi+ own nothing subscription - afro centrism in western media to artificially make everything about black or "done by blacks" - wasted opportunity for japanese male lead, only reason female lead is there is brownie points on "strong female protagonist trope" which they can still get brownie points for - he's not a samurai and never was, there's no evidence to it anyone defending it is a dumbass, anyone saying the nay-sayers are racist is a dumbass and anyone pretending its "not a big deal" is one as well for not realizing social manipulation tactics and how obvious revisionist it is to do this and why media is shilling so hard for it right now (like IGN and WIki sites changing their post on Yasuke to align with it)

@tyrant7583

Ай бұрын

​@@lightfire3606 That's all BS! It's a F'N video game. It doesn't fit AC huh? Did the aliens fit then? What culture was they? Did you have a opinion about that? How about the fact that your character goes into a machine and time travels. Time travelers should have their own game because it's more realistic. Jesus Christ you people say anything.

Everybody is a desktop historian now... yet nobody has a problem with the pope being a templar... AFTER 1307

@l.j.galbreath3720

Ай бұрын

for real

@sandelemental6502

Ай бұрын

It's not about fiction vs non-fiction necessarily. It's about the pandering, tokenism and erasure of Asian males in Western media in favor of other demographics that need to be placated and championed incessantly by woke YTs. There's no reason to not choose a vastly more influential and notable Japanese samurai who trained for years, completely enthralled in the lifestyle, versus some marooned bodyguard of an Italian or Portuguese merchant or missionary or whatever that lived there for 3 years.

@2009heyhow

Ай бұрын

What are you on about? The Knights Templars pretty muched served the pope. That indeed didn't make the pope himself a Templar, but it makes perfect sense for a game studio to make him the final boss right?

@obiwanshinobi87

Ай бұрын

@@2009heyhow They didn't serve the pope.. especially NOT in that era.. Did you forget what happened to them in the 1300s.?

@sandelemental6502

Ай бұрын

@@2009heyhow Brother, I'm so sick of their bad faith false equivalencies and gas lighting lol "Actually, the Pope being a Templar is the same as some insignificant Sub-Saharan African jester being portrayed as a bad ass Samurai, overshadowing the innumerable native Japanese Samurai who spent their entire lives engrossed in the lifestyle. Versus the Pope somehow inconceivably being related to the Templar, who were actual catholic Knights, and not some shoehorned diversity hire serving the purpose to make black people feel good about themselves while, once again, erasing Asian males from media in the process. I don't understand why it's a crazy leap to associate the head of the Catholic Church with his underlings. They think fiction vs non-fiction is the crux of the issue, and not the cheapening of the real cultural affinity people might have with their ancestry. People love alternative history; they don't like erasure for the purposes of pandering to particular demographics and orthodoxies.

As a historian and a non-gamer, this added some much needed context, great video.

Love to see an intelligent person with research and non bias speak. Agreed on all points. Good video man.

@h4xagon909

Ай бұрын

fr. if they were doing it to be "woke" then they would've replaced a white person.

@j.i.k2.044

Ай бұрын

I feel the same way man

@mydloSA

Ай бұрын

Then watch metatron

@j.i.k2.044

Ай бұрын

@@mydloSA He said he loves to see actual intelligent people speak, not the biased Eurocentric people

@TacticalToast99

Ай бұрын

​@@j.i.k2.044well by that comment we can safely assume you're not an intelligent person

Good old fashioned American 🇺🇸 racism nothing like it.

@Scoring57

3 күн бұрын

They'll even go and make fake japanese profiles 😆😆. Dedicated to hating in unison. Not saying there can't be some japanese stating some kind of issues with the game, but I would bet anything that the vast majority making any type of argument that bares any resemblance to the ones these guys are making actually isn't japanese

@gusmacker919

3 күн бұрын

@@Scoring57A bunch of incels twiter gangsters on 4Chan. Racist nerds.

No one sees color until they remember that you exist, then they seem to remind you

The fact that people were hyped when is anime was coming but now it’s somehow completely different 😂

@daeith1233

Ай бұрын

Litteraly, but maybr it's just the anime community is more opened than the gaming one

@tyrant7583

Ай бұрын

​@@daeith1233 EXACTLY!

@bradstical86

Ай бұрын

The gaming community cry if a game has a female protagonist these days 💀

@jeromethompson3282

Ай бұрын

@@bradstical86facts

@FirebirdPrince

Ай бұрын

​@@daeith1233 I'd say gamers are just more vocal. It's not just this game, but pretty much any AAA game. You'll always run into angry ppl

Can we all just agree that Yasuke is a real historical figure, and that video game are for entertainment. And if you really want to worry about accurate historical facts you'll put down your video game controller and pick up a history book. I guess that's too much to ask for some trolls.

@V34035

Ай бұрын

Can we all just agree that there is a political group out there that can't stop putting their forced diversity ideologies out there? No one cares that he is black just some months ago an anime came out for the same person, and no one was hating on it. Look at the writers of this game and you'll get why ppl don't like it. (oh btw they just made both the characters gay, and no nothing wrong with them being gay, but again forced diversity, yeah so cool)

@KodachiC

Ай бұрын

@@V34035 This is literally the opposite of forced diversity. If anything Naruto and Bleach are more guilty of "forced" diversity.

@V34035

Ай бұрын

@KodachiC Ah yes Naruo is well known for its w0ke r*cist forced diversity like Cry Baby Inc, the maker of this game. My dude look at the writers of the game. There is a big difference between putting diversity and forced diversity.

@KodachiC

Ай бұрын

@@V34035 One of which is a Japanese woman. So Yasuke was "forced" into all the Japanese media he has been in? Let's get to it: You don't hate forced diversity. Just diversity.

@V34035

Ай бұрын

@KodachiC Ah yes back to trying to call ppl racist when they point out your delusion: Snow White. Queen Cleopatra. (btw they were going to get sued by Egypt for rewriting their history) Dear White People. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Velma. Rapunzel. THE WITCHER. Warhammer 40k. Etc, etc Is always funny how all of these shows had a white liberal far left left-blue-haired girl as director or writer. BTW that's the wirriters of this game as well, and is funny how she works with the most woke game industry out there Cry Baby Inc. The problem isn't that he is black the problem is that they're going to ruin a historical figure like they always have.

Idk why so many people trippin on this, imma be on my afro samurai shit getting that mf #1 headband

@Hargazer

29 күн бұрын

​@kickingbackpunchingcones4099 The fact that the focus is on the black guy and not the Asian girl should already make you doubt if the outrage solely comes from Asian gamers

@MystoRiot

29 күн бұрын

@kickingbackpunchingcones4099 yeah... bro is a real person did you not watch the video???

@KnotsOfWonders

29 күн бұрын

@@Hargazer Problem is Asian Males rarely get represented in Western Media, whenever they are, they are always portrayed as emasculated comedic characters.

@KnotsOfWonders

29 күн бұрын

@@Hargazer Problem is Asian Males rarely get represented in Western Media, whenever they are, they are always portrayed as comedic relief characters.

@KnotsOfWonders

29 күн бұрын

@@Hargazer Problem is Asian dudes rarely get represented in Western media, whenever they are, they are always portrayed as comedic relief.

Thanks for all the info, subbed

A genuine question. Nioh came out a few years ago featuring a white samurai and no one cared. I wonder why that was? Yaskue may or may not have been made a Samurai, but he WAS given weapons and Armor, servants and a home. For all intents and purposes, he might as well have been one.

@tatsuya2112

28 күн бұрын

I'll say this as someone who's effectively not a fan of the series, but i think your misunderstanding something on this about why the yasuke situation is such a problem. First off it's because he's a named historical figure who we know quite alot about as the protagonist (and likely, not a samurai or ninja, evidence points to him essentially being the equivalent to a flag bearer or butler), this is extremely problematic for the fanbase because it is obviously done for DEI purposes and gaming is a escapist hobby for most people, meaning they don't play games to be preached to about anything, hence why the backlash is so extreme, plus the fact it's the one assassin's creed game fans have been begging for for years, meaning ubisoft took their wishes and spat on them in the eyes of the fans, if the female kunoichi was the only playable character in the game, it probably wouldn't have had as much of a backlash, this is specifically because it's obviously pandering for dei points and will effect the story as well. Now on to nioh, first problem is nioh was a original game, william adams was a real person as well who became a advisor and samurai under ieyasu tokugawa but again this is a new franchise so there was no baggage against it (to be honest, nearly everyone in nioh is a historical person fyi, including the bosses, even the love interest's name is not historical, she seems to be based on william adams first wife along with a couple of sprinklings of other historically significant female characters of the period), second the japanese themselves did this one making it national choice, had assassin's creed shadows been made by a japanese team and put yasuke in it the furvor would likely not be as strong, third there were far more white people in japan during the warring states period than there were black people, i won't go into details about all of the seedy stuff that happened in japan during the warring states period but the idea of seeing a white male in japan in the late 1500's to early 1600's is not unheard of.

@Juicybignut00

28 күн бұрын

@@tatsuya2112 so case in point, its cuz hes black lol. got it.

@MeTaLISaWeSoMe95

28 күн бұрын

@tatsuya2112 and that's where I got you. If you knew anything about Nioh, you'd know it features Yaskue in it, as a samurai. Only difference was he wasn't a main character so no one whined. Also, how exactly do we know a lot about him? He's mentioned in a few texts, explicitly stated he was granted a sword, servants and a home... and then that's it. He disappears from the historical record meaning he fits as a protagonist perfectly. They can do whatever they want with him because after his service to Nobunaga ended, he dropped out of the historical record entirely. Also, when Nobunaga died he pretty much went on a warpath due to it. He was clearly not just a "baggage handler or servant". Come on man. We both know why you're really upset. The fact you directly stated that him being in the game is just an attempt at DEI directly tells on yourself.

@fernandodecarlosmalcher7977

28 күн бұрын

​@@tatsuya2112 lmao, assuming so many bs here, the guy really existed, if having a real character from history in your historic game is sjw, you might as well build a time machine and go complain to nobunaga for giving him a job, also love how you have absolutely no doubts about williams adams, but so many about yasuke, despite this being a video that clarifies he really existed

@tatsuya2112

27 күн бұрын

@@MeTaLISaWeSoMe95 Thought i could be cordial, you know just lay out the facts but that's not what you want it seems. First off i never told you where i stood on the argument or either series, i've never played a single assassin's creed game or nioh nor do i want to, only the reason for the argument and again, nioh was made by the japanese which gives it far more leeway than a western developed game when it comes to this, you also completely overlooked my main points for your pollical desire, assassin's creed has never used a historical figure as a playable character in the series, breaking with conventions, while it would have been obvious dei pandering if they had made the character black, it would have had less of a backlash on that alone, though the backlash is mainly, that they aren't using ethnically from the population that the game is based on, which is VERY important when your playing as a assassin, you know, someone who doesn't want to stand out, notice how no one is getting angry over the female protagonist, because she wouldn't stand out unlike yasuke which you could easily pick out of a crowd in the game. If i had my way i wouldn't have even made the game in the first place, japan is overdone but if your going to make it about ancient japan at least make it authentic, what i want to see is a AC game based in the songhai dynasty (west african, one of the least known empires in the world, would be interesting to see a game on it) or possibly the aztecs, i'm tired of hearing about AC honestly, i want a game from it that is actually innovative instead of copying every single other series pattern of using famous time no x, if i saw something actually innovative i'd give it a shot. Oh and you forgot something with your obvious trying to make this racial bias argument, no one has problems with either afro samurai or onimusha 3 as examples, because neither tried to push a political agenda, again for the last time, the problem with this is they used yasuke, for the first time in the history of the series they used a actual historical figure, my own take is that making him a assassin is insane, a warrior sure but if he's actually a assassin in the game it's utterly mind boggling because he sticks out, has obvious identifiying features and can be watched for as soon as he's known as a assassin, the first rule of a assassin is to not stand out, but that's irrelivant, said it before i don't care about the game in general.

I'm 34 years old. I've been a gamer all my life, and I've never once cared about the race of a protagonist. If the game is good and fun to play, that's all I care about.

@obrienjackson6907

Ай бұрын

You right that's what matters

@noob8

Ай бұрын

Your frontal lobe must be damaged 😂

@donquaviousdigglebottom652

Ай бұрын

I keep saying this I miss the times gamers just played games without complaining.. Lately everyone is a Kritique

@ernimuja6991

Ай бұрын

@@donquaviousdigglebottom652cuz games are sucking recently. And it shows what the execs are focusing on instead of writing good stories.

@qobikwezi656

Ай бұрын

@@ernimuja6991 Like which games? I can give you awesome releases right now. Get outta here man 😆😂

I found this video really great @CasparSpeaks. Helping in bringing some clarity amidst the fog. Really nice to know about the facts in this structured format. Please continue! 🍀

Thank you so much for this WOW I'm amazed I need to do more research 👍

Thanks for making this video very enlightening!

Thank you for this information! I've learned something new today

This was an excellent analysis. One of the most detailed I've seen.

Very informative, thanks for laying this all out.

Thanks for the very well put together video👍

I'm so glad you came thru with this to shut up all the people hating on this game. Setting the record straight for the haters.

Why is everyone bent up that ubi interpreted history slightly?? Theyve been doing this forever thats the point

@l.j.galbreath3720

Ай бұрын

For real

@bradstical86

Ай бұрын

​@@l.j.galbreath3720on god Assassin's creed is legit about alternate history

@l.j.galbreath3720

Ай бұрын

everyone bitching about a game that hasn’t shown no gameplay nor is it close to releasing yet like get ya panties out a twist

@bradstical86

Ай бұрын

Exactly Idc if they complain bc the gameplay ends up being cheeks but like damn it's just a character we know shit all about yet

@ckiddy_

Ай бұрын

It's because he's black lol

If people wanted accuracy in an AC game, they should play something else. Yasuke's story is very interesting no matter how it's told. I see more people who aren't Japanese offended by this than I see people who are Japanese. Matter of fact, THEY'RE the ones whose opinions truly matter. It's ridiculous to be outraged. Hell, I'm black, and let me tell you if there was a game set in another part of Africa and the main character was white, I wouldn't trip. Truth is it doesnt matter if they used a historical figure who is Japanese like Hatari Hanzo, it still wont be accurate and who knows what else we could do in the game to complain about it.

@marcusclark1339

Ай бұрын

simple answer: - its not "diversity" or some vain "moral" principle, its done ideologlically to push what they think is "progressive" mentality - which aligns to ESG/DEI - main writer has connection to Sweet Baby Inc, ESG firm - goes hand in hand with Ubi being one of their "partners" - done to gaslight audience into emotional validation which leads to bias for Ubisoft to defend them - used as a shield to any issue the game will have - used to deflect from $130 price point and Ubi+ own nothing subscription - afro centrism in western media to artificially make everything about black or "done by blacks" - wasted opportunity for japanese male lead, only reason female lead is there is brownie points on "strong female protagonist trope" which they can still get brownie points for - he's not a samurai and never was, there's no evidence to it anyone defending it is a dumbass, anyone saying the nay-sayers are racist is a dumbass and anyone pretending its "not a big deal" is one as well for not realizing social manipulation tactics and how obvious revisionist it is to do this and why media is shilling so hard for it right now (like IGN and WIki sites changing their post on Yasuke to align with it)

@inspirerise-ei1jt

Ай бұрын

stop talking nonsense. There is no point in making a game about the Zulu tribe with a white main char, I wouldn't play that crap like I wouldn't play a game with a Black samurai. When I'm playing a game I want to immerse myself in that world, when I play Scorpion I want to hear that scorpion voice, when I play a Zulu tribe char in a Zulu tribe surrounding and "Era" I want to hear that Zulu tribe accent and voice for the authenticity of the experience. What's the point in me playing a white Dutch dude in Africa ? It just seems off !

@spitflamez

Ай бұрын

@@inspirerise-ei1jtSo you have never heard of Tarzan, huh?

@inspirerise-ei1jt

Ай бұрын

​@@spitflamez What has tarzan to do with this ? Do you even know the story of tarzan ? Did you play any Tarzan game ? tarzan was a white kid that survived in the jungle,raised and surrounded by animals.Imagine playing a Tarzan game(in the jungle) and you have the main char a puddle cuz why not,he dropped from the airplane also, instead of playing tarzan, or the tiger,the bear or the snake. Did you hear about Mowgli ? Wtf comparison you made .lol

@ka-qn3ub

Ай бұрын

@@inspirerise-ei1jtif your not gonna play anyway then respectfully click of the freaking video we do not care 😂

How i see it as a black guy: The sole fact that the main reason he is black and that's all the populous really knows about him is a great thing. By him being a most mysterious character, the team has more leniency to make creative choices with his character while still holding basic information about him

@GodSmit

Ай бұрын

For sure. The video even states that not much if anything is known what came of him afterwards, and that said, will likely be used as the period in which they can spin a narrative for the game.

@zzz-nu2re

3 күн бұрын

Yet ppl are crying racism if u tell them the actual history. They want pro black fiction to be true just like the cleopatra 'docuseries'

Elephant in the room: Most ppl in the gaming community hate black so much they hate turning off the lights at night.

@k.tucker2011

16 күн бұрын

Lol

@TechNHC

15 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@Tespri

12 күн бұрын

Nah, they just hate forcefully implemented left wing virtue signaling.

@Avarice1203

4 күн бұрын

But they'd be hating themselves 🤔

This by far is the best video on the issue (better yet, non issue) of a black protagonist. There were no issues with white actors playing Moses/Othello. People just enjoyed the stories. Make a protagonist black in a video game and everyone loses their mind. It's too funny to be sad. Racist are coping hard for free.

There are very, very many more reasons to be mad about the direction that Assassin's Creed is going than trying to pretend a black samurai never existed. I feel very sorry for the people that try to keep wikipedia a reasonable resource. Really good summary and, I must admit, I like the we don't know his full story as a potential plot point. Probably not enough to buy it, unfortunately.

@Krabbypattystealer

Ай бұрын

This game is apparently set in 1579. A time where Yasuke had just arrived and was not a member of the samurai yet.

@kyuremthefrozen8539

Ай бұрын

or he can be a side quest story teller telling his story of being in feudal japan

@inotaishu1

Ай бұрын

the question is not whether he never existed but whether he was a samurai or not, because the evidence is so vague and unlike the mentioned Hideyoshi, he wasn't even in Japan for a long time, and especially not in Nobunaga's service. His lord was dead maybe 20 months after Yasuke entered his service. The safest thing to say in my mind is that Yasuke was his bodyguard and sword bearer, but even if he was made a samurai, he still would not have thought in battle like one because you cannot be trained this fast. And I agree there are more problems with this game than just that, even the inclusion of Naoe which follows the common western trope of preferring east asian women over east asian men. And if rumors are true, this was not supposed to be the original concept for the game. The original one featured three historical shinobi as the protagonists and they were all men. Which probably would have been the better idea. I think the game will still make money because of the brand recognition but it would have sold much better if they had stuck with the original concept. Or just do a game set e.g. in the Mali empire if they wanted another black "assassin".

@omegashenron8

Ай бұрын

@@inotaishu1 It shouldn't matter if he was a Samurai or not because AC main characters have always been fictional so even if he wasn't a samurai, them taking creative liberties shouldn't matter. I highly doubt those rumors of the original concept being to include 3 historical shinobi as protagonists because again, AC main characters have never been based on historical people that existed.

@inotaishu1

Ай бұрын

Then by your logic they should not have used "Yasuke" at all.

Great video and informative, thanks for sharing this

If you don’t like it you don’t have to buy it and play it, Simple…

@I_Dont_Believe_In_Salad

Ай бұрын

Don't come crying if the game fails. *Simple.*

@blackberry700

Ай бұрын

@@I_Dont_Believe_In_Salad Whether it fails or not has nothing to do with my point. I honestly could care less if it fails or succeeds. Like I said before if you don’t like the main protagonist, you don’t have to buy nor view any videos pertaining to the matter.

@BlackEagle352

Ай бұрын

Seems like you care by watching this video and spending time to comment and reply. And perhaps reply twice.

@robotpanda77

Ай бұрын

says the same snowflake that will be crying racism when it flops.

@chongxina8288

Ай бұрын

That’s good because people won’t

White people weren't mad when the game Nioh made the main character a white guy in Japan 😆

@reptilemark7346

Ай бұрын

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

@mrhop9022

Ай бұрын

Neither was I and I'm black but we already know what time it is

@nilodelmundo

Ай бұрын

First of your mother fucking RACIST to assume the "white people" are the only once that are made, a bunch of us Asian (not just the japanese) are also unhappy There have already been a bunch of black protagonists in AC adawale, that girl from ac 3 and bayek ( the father of the brotherhood) It's not fair for the first ever male Asian protagonist in a mainline game( Because there was one in the Indian chronicle) to be shafted like that. Not to mention if anyone has the right to share "samurai culture" it would be the japanese themselve. Mind you unlike With nioh and a bunch of japanese products with yosuke foreign products are more critically looked upon when dealing with their culture. That is why the ghost of Tsushima was highly praised . it was a game being developed by sucker punch that was based on the USA based on their culture. It wouldn't be as much as a success in Japan if say they made the mc white because it wouldn't have properly shown their culture AC also has to deal with it. It didn't help that Ac for all it's gimmicks have actively shown culture from people of that culture, Connor for example will be game ended if you hunted to much animals, Edward was a pirate who was originally from the British navy as a hired pirate, heck even in most Rpg like games in AC they show Egyptian culture with someone who is from Egypt, they show Greek from a Greeks perspective and even a viking perspective from someone who was a viking. People would naturally assume they choose to represent samurai culture a Japanese culture with a Japanese man. Yosuke himself also doesn't represent the japanese he was made mc to represent an entirely different group of people even do the game is focus on Japan and it's culture. Chosing yosuke as the mc was a horrible idea, it not only robbed the ability for the Japanese to represent their own culture. Like the Bushido code(which yosuke in game broke by betraying nobunaga) the most important thing to a samurai. all the while branding him as a samurai when clearly should have bean a ronin in the game. He could have been a side character (maybe mentor or dlc character)

@DesertGorilla

Ай бұрын

No actually it's" not" just white people the Asians fan base also complain about it.

@Tespri

Ай бұрын

Actually they were, there were plenty of threads and complaints. I for one did complain about it. But at least in Nioh character was actually based on historical samurai. Yasuke wasn't a samurai. The fact that he has no surname is evidence for it.

I literally just made a video wish i came across your video during research lmao. Great video really appreicate how informed you were.

@cosygoose1813

16 күн бұрын

Your video wasn't informative at all.

@ANDROIDAPEX

16 күн бұрын

@@cosygoose1813 someone who isn't interested in listening to reasoning telling me this means nothing.

@cosygoose1813

16 күн бұрын

​@@ANDROIDAPEXYou are literally not listening to reasoning.

Great video. I appreciate the information and insight.

Good job on the video, thanks for covering it 👍🏾

AA guy appreciate you taking the time out to speak on this matter. It’s 2024 and it’s sad we have to deal with this.

I subbed good stuff

Okay so I get what many says. Of course it’s a fiction, it’s a game. The guy did exist. But to what extent was he a warrior? We have no documents at all except that book from a foreign dude with lots filling in the blanks with speculation. The issue is that Ubisoft advertises the game by emphasizing “historical accuracy”. Though they retracted that by saying it’s mere fiction, you know that won’t cut it right? For us Japanese in regards to this game, we’ve been shoved a false history and was falsely advertised as OUR history. Finally when they got a back lash from people who know even a little bit of Japanese history, they retract that statement. Like no, they can’t end it at that. Oh and also the developer’s statement being like “Oh we couldn’t empathize with a Japanese character so we had to get “our own samurai”. Like wtf? Imagine a game dev saying we had to have a white character since we couldn’t empathize with a black character. They’d get cancelled to the ground. But I guess Asian representation is “abundant” so it doesn’t matter

The Japanese gamers are getting mad at seeing: Chinese lanterns, not about Yasuke.

@jayson1geek479

Ай бұрын

Thank you! It's only the white racist trolling

@kingpanther424

Ай бұрын

I saw this too but so many comments from westerners are claiming Japanese people are mad that Yasuke is the main protagonist

@LamiNalchor

Ай бұрын

@@kingpanther424 well, I haven't seen that. but they are mad because they wanted a Japanese character.

@jayson1geek479

Ай бұрын

@@kingpanther424 those are just racist people trolling! Japanese people are cool and real as hell!!! 💯💯❤️

@kingpanther424

Ай бұрын

I still think the game could be pretty cool with the story of Yasuke and Naoe

I finally found one sane person covering this topic. Thank you.

Great vid. For both the breakdowns and examples, as well as the concerns about the actual gameplay. I wish all the discussion about the game was as rational.

Amazing video, very informative

Thanks for your input on the subject.

Great video. Thank you! Have you, or could you, touch on how the concept of Bushido has affected this controversy? I understand that now many people are saying Yasuke couldn't be a real Samurai because he didn't follow their imagined version of Bushido. Such as being taken alive and not fighting to the death. However, I have read many other historians have pointed out that the most famous "versions" of Bushido are not from the time period of Nobunaga and Yasuke, but are instead a later Edo Period invention. Thoughts, good sir?

Naoe is literally the titular fictional assassin of the game just as every other AC game had native assassin's. I feel yasuke as much as he's a protagonist, he isn't the primary Assassin . Going way back to the announcement for codename red, the silhouette always showed the stealthy character. But thats just how view it anyway

@marcusclark1339

Ай бұрын

simple answer: - its not "diversity" or some vain "moral" principle, its done ideologlically to push what they think is "progressive" mentality - which aligns to ESG/DEI - main writer has connection to Sweet Baby Inc, ESG firm - goes hand in hand with Ubi being one of their "partners" - done to gaslight audience into emotional validation which leads to bias for Ubisoft to defend them - used as a shield to any issue the game will have - used to deflect from $130 price point and Ubi+ own nothing subscription - afro centrism in western media to artificially make everything about black or "done by blacks" - wasted opportunity for japanese male lead, only reason female lead is there is brownie points on "strong female protagonist trope" which they can still get brownie points for - he's not a samurai and never was, there's no evidence to it anyone defending it is a dumbass, anyone saying the nay-sayers are racist is a dumbass and anyone pretending its "not a big deal" is one as well for not realizing social manipulation tactics and how obvious revisionist it is to do this and why media is shilling so hard for it right now (like IGN and WIki sites changing their post on Yasuke to align with it)

@gamezonereactions8388

Ай бұрын

WEF ESG DEI BRIDGE WOKE LEFT💩💩💩

@terellkid1

Ай бұрын

“So a black man isn’t the primary protagonist after all, ok that makes it better 😮‍💨” That’s what you sound like 😂😂😂

@eternalchamp3882

Ай бұрын

she's exactly as real to yasuke with the exception being that she is based on an actual man. So she's not exactly a fictional character, she's only fictional because she was a man not a woman.

@matthieuwojcik6609

Ай бұрын

Given the dialogue between hum and Naoe, I wouldn't even say he's an assassin, but more templar aligned. Templars want order, Assassins want freedom, and we're talking about a historical period where neither was present. So makes sense they end up working together.

Thanks for the video bro🫡💯👍🏾

Thanks for the history lesson

No one cared about the historical accuracy until a samurai is black

@codyj6505

Ай бұрын

No, nobody cared until they made a protagonist not be the nationality of where the game takes place. People would've thought it was weird if we played a French dude at the height of the Italian Renaissance. People would've thought it weird if we played as a roman dude in AC Origins instead of an Egyptian. This is not that hard to understand, truly.

@quentincohen7847

Ай бұрын

Well first I was talking about how they’ve always played with the history it was never exactly how it went down in history so everyone wants to say Yasuke wasn’t a samurai he was just caring the samurai weapons. and dude we played as an Italian that traveled to Rome and Constantinople he wasn’t born there. It’s not that hard to understand that people can travel and that there’s still a Japanese protagonist

@anuma6217

Ай бұрын

@@quentincohen7847 Not really true, people were pretty disappointed when magical weapons and Final Fantasy characters appeared in Origins...

@inkchariot6147

Ай бұрын

Have you seen AC Valhalla?

@quentincohen7847

Ай бұрын

It was never spot on historically accurate which is my point what are y’all talking about? They’ve always played with the ideas the only thing that’s ever exactly how it was in history was the map we play the game

Caspar You've got really good pipes, you sound like a radio host. Where you in radio before? Thx for the share.

@CasparSpeaks

Ай бұрын

Thank you for your kind words! I have not worked in radio before, my primary fields of work were/are agro-industry & history and I'm also a voice actor as well and if you're in Delaware you MAY have heard my voice on one of the public radio channels once!

A white samurai is more acceptable I see. No issues when white people act as Samurai.

@theman6182

Ай бұрын

the tom cruise movie you’re referring to received heavy backlash when it released, but you probably werent born yet so you wouldnt know. An ASIAN samurai would be acceptable

@holdenmuganda97

Ай бұрын

@@theman6182what about Nioh? That game featured a white samurai and a quick KZread search of the comment section shows no problems with it or the historical accuracy (which no one ever cared about historical accuracy in video games before this). MGS3 is based in the Cold War and no one had a problem with the Boss being a woman or electrically powered Russian generals and walking tanks but somehow for THIS game everyone is a historian. Read a book if you want real history.

@Leontemplar-yt6ff

Ай бұрын

considering they were sailing across the planet with instant k weaponry creating prototype systems of flight in that time, sure it makes more sense.

@Leontemplar-yt6ff

Ай бұрын

@theman69 The Last Samurai is based on Eugène Collache and Jules Brunet, not some random with a few references that did nothing prominent for Japan in that era then disappeared, why don’t they make another African AC. Let the japs do their thing.

@BigDub24

Ай бұрын

​@@theman6182it didn't get nowhere near the amount of outrage yasuke is getting stop it and most of that movie was a lie

Great video

people when game has a futuristic community in the distant past: 👍👍 people when game has a black man in japan:😡😡

@qobikwezi656

Ай бұрын

White people are more offended than Japanese people. It’s not people per se, but white people 😅.

@covathetech

Ай бұрын

😂😂exactly 💯

@MrVad3r

Ай бұрын

they should have kept japanese main character in that native american AC game or white guy as main character in origins. see where this is going? fiction needs to be grounded in reality. there is reason why so many people hate new lord of the rings tv show while movies are almost universally adored. there is a pattern here and people know what it is. its just they are scared to point it out coz their social points might take a tumble :P i kinda think ubisoft knew they will divide the audience with this choice and they prolly felt like its free social marketing and went with it. they will just collect initial sales from suckers who will buy seasonal passes and shit and spend 200$ on this rehash garbage. thats my ted talk.. i go play my ghost of tsushima now.

@Tespri

Ай бұрын

people are upset since they wanted to play as japanese man in japan. Why deny them that?

@gymguy8780

Ай бұрын

​@@Tespri they are lot game of ancient Japan you a play native samurai play those

Thanks for this, brother. I've been looking for harder pieces of evidence to support Yasukes' existence and service.

Love the video and the explanation of history!! I really hope this game is a good one

whats your thoughts on shogun the series?

@CasparSpeaks

11 күн бұрын

Made a video for you on the topic! kzread.info/dash/bejne/op-ps9WEedSsYag.html

The real disgrace is not having Miyamoto Musashi as a main character.

@gregharper6382

Ай бұрын

Oooooo that’d be dooooopeeee

@rulerofkripsy9143

Ай бұрын

he wasn't alive until after oda death

@TacticalToast99

Ай бұрын

Or Hattori Hanzō who was both a Samurai and a Shinobi, so if they wanted a historical figure for the time period they could have gone with Hanzō and instead of focusing on two separate protagonists Hanzō could have fit the warrior and assassin role, honestly he would have made more sense then Yasuke

Impressive video. You earned this subscribe.

Great breakdown. Made me a subscriber.

Regardless of the true extent to which yasuke was a samurai, I think the concept of being black samurai in japan, which is a really homogenous country, could be done really well if ubisoft doesn't fuck it up

@ernimuja6991

Ай бұрын

he could've been another historical figure in the game that you interacted with to show that. Why is he a playable character instead? People know why and they don't like the reason.

@DaReal_Vasco

Ай бұрын

@@ernimuja6991dude no word of a lie you coming across as very bigoted. Yes so what if they include black people in media after decades of just media drenched with people of European descent. And even when black people were in media it was a clown and jokers of shows. What’s ur problem with me seeing someone who looks like me and saying that kind of cool . Yes I do understand sometime it’s a pandering in. Oh stupid to realise that but this is a person who has been in history. They just want to experiment and see how creative they be with it. About”we all know why that is” hella weird shit to say look at yourself in the mirror and check your implicit bias .

@soulessENERGY

Ай бұрын

​@@ernimuja6991I don't so explain it to me

@user-vw6bk4pb4l

Ай бұрын

@@ernimuja6991 You guys are hypocrites.😂Where were you when they made Nioh, white people in samurai Anime films or all those films and childrens books with white European people as Bible characters and ancient Egyptians? In Assasins Creed Origins the female playable character Aya is half Greek, where was the backlash?

@ernimuja6991

Ай бұрын

@@user-vw6bk4pb4l Nioh literally starts in England. It is the story of an Englishman. It would be really dumb for a Japanese man to start his journey from an English jail. There has been a consensus about the other stuff, you must've missed me in that consensus due to your assumptions about me. And Assassin's Creed Origins is set in Ptolemaic Egypt which had a substantial Greek population. Why wouldn't Aya be half Greek? Since you brought up Nioh, nobody cared because it is the story of an Englishman which makes it fine. But Assassins's Creed is the story of a culture. It has always been so and casting a man from a different culture in it as the main character naturally rubbed people the wrong way.

great video man thx for being sane

great video

I have looked into this before ever hearing of this game and Yasuke is a real thing there is even a black shogunate that existed before him. Yasuke was samurai and was in battle for what I have looked up

1.) Thank you for giving us more insight into this topic! 😁 2.) Honestly...with your voice you could read a grocery list and I'd subscribe! 🔔🙃😂

So because of Oda Nobunaga being dead and Yasuke having samurai status at the time... would that mean that he would technically be a ronin in AC: Shadows? I think that is insanely cool and interesting. On top of that, I think they are making him out to be the Templar side side as opposed to Naoe being a Brotherhood Assassin.

@barnettmcgowan8978

Ай бұрын

I agree. We know he outlived his Lord, so he would have to be a ronin.

@Chaoskoch

Ай бұрын

He was exiled after the capture of Nobunaga and since he was never a proper samurai to begin with he wasn't a "ronin" either.

What's wrong with a black samurai I mean we all Love the anime Afro Samurai so why the hate🤔🤔🤔

You did a great job breaking things down 🔥

@marcusclark1339

Ай бұрын

not really simple answer: - its not "diversity" or some vain "moral" principle, its done ideologlically to push what they think is "progressive" mentality - which aligns to ESG/DEI - main writer has connection to Sweet Baby Inc, ESG firm - goes hand in hand with Ubi being one of their "partners" - done to gaslight audience into emotional validation which leads to bias for Ubisoft to defend them - used as a shield to any issue the game will have - used to deflect from $130 price point and Ubi+ own nothing subscription - afro centrism in western media to artificially make everything about black or "done by blacks" - wasted opportunity for japanese male lead, only reason female lead is there is brownie points on "strong female protagonist trope" which they can still get brownie points for - he's not a samurai and never was, there's no evidence to it anyone defending it is a dumbass, anyone saying the nay-sayers are racist is a dumbass and anyone pretending its "not a big deal" is one as well for not realizing social manipulation tactics and how obvious revisionist it is to do this and why media is shilling so hard for it right now (like IGN and WIki sites changing their post on Yasuke to align with it)

@CasparSpeaks

Ай бұрын

Thank you! 🤗

Thanks for the informative video!

Good video, you deserve more subs and likes 👍🏾

@CasparSpeaks

Ай бұрын

I appreciate that!

Fun fact. All samurais were servants hence the character 侍

I saw a post where someone did extensive research on him in light of the reveal and the TL;DR was that: Yes, Yasuke was officially considered a samurai.

@aa.xviiii

Ай бұрын

who?

@forcommentpurposes

Ай бұрын

@@aa.xviiii me:)

@TacticalToast99

Ай бұрын

There is no historical document that refers to him as a samurai only as a retainer, which was commonly held by a Samurai but not always Also the fact he wasn't made to commit seppuku upon his lords death heavily suggests he wasn't a samurai

@nikhilnewse3318

Ай бұрын

@@TacticalToast99 He also didn't have a last name nor owned a land like Samurai do.

@Chaoskoch

Ай бұрын

Yasuke never received a title, nor land, nor payment. In fact, his very name "Yasuke" is all we know about him, since he was so irrelevant that his proper full name was never recorded, even though literally everything else was recorded in the court of Nobunaga, even the names of the lowliest servants.

The problem with the anti-woke crowd is that anything they don't like, they deem as woke and they will use any excuse or technicality no matter how ridiculous to justify their hate. Most of the people complaining aren't even going to play the game or even play the older games. I think Yasuke looks awesome tbh, just hope the improvements to gameplay are good.

@hyde5213

26 күн бұрын

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@alvarezah

25 күн бұрын

Yep, there are more people offended that a black man gets a roll at all than people who actually care about the history. It's not hard to hide. Matt Damon slays demons on the great wall of China as the greatest warrior ever seen by chinese people, cool. Last samurai, cool. Nioh, cool! Black man in Japan? The world is ending. Woke this. woke that. You can't make this up.

@ONEPEAKFRFR

24 күн бұрын

Facts

@ONEPEAKFRFR

24 күн бұрын

​@@hyde5213 typical

@LukaDonesnitch

24 күн бұрын

They litterally can't wrap their brain around Blacks existing other than in the roles of former slaves or gangbangers, so their brain explodes and they go full Nick Fuentes.

Great video and breakdown the context that you gave was very important for understanding titles and positions and how our perspectives are different than the actual traditions and culture that we may have opinions on

I'm not sure what the problem is. As I understand it this guy was a real dude.

@wkadalie

Ай бұрын

What about if they made an AC game in Africa...and you played as an Indian. That would never happen, because they'd respect the nationality. It's not about if it really happened....just not what we wanted. A black person would stand out like a sore thumb, could never be an assassin....so now they have to make it so that he's not one...to fit this unnecessary plot point.

@davidfreeman6251

Ай бұрын

@@wkadalie wasn't Alexander Hamelton a Scotsman? I'm pretty sure Hathem was an Englishman in America. I'm not sure anyone in Blackflag was born in the Caribbean. I'm sorry I just don't get it.

Gamers are mad because that’s what gamers do. They get mad.

@robster7787

Ай бұрын

Well when you take such an obvious opportunity and flip it for woke points, it shows developers are not making games for the gamers anymore, but for the stake holders. Basically they’re making things for the wrong interest group than the community that got them there in the first place. Its kinda what happened to Battlefield when they had Trevor Noah (a political comedian) reveal the BFV trailer.

@samokazem2211

Ай бұрын

@@robster7787 They do what Larry Fink tells them

@killerkyu8286

Ай бұрын

Yeah and wokist people create problems and don't really care about minorities

@Saiputera

Ай бұрын

I been mad too if my japanese cultures got black washing

@Jupa

Ай бұрын

@@Saiputerait’s not black washed though I’m suprised this is the first time people are hearing about Yasuke considering how many weebs exist.

Here’s my issue with it all. No one is clearly understanding what the problem is with yasuke in the game and unfortunately it’s left to people larping around online on both ends. The evidence actually leans more into no he wasn’t a samurai. He didn’t have 2 swords or a clan name which was something shared between all samurai all the way up to the end of their era. As for the retainer aspect it’s going over people heads what that actually is in terms of Japan then. Retainer in that period would have been something like the speaker of the house when the lord was away.That doesn’t mean he was automatically samurai. When it’s addressed on what a retainer is in history it’s stated a samurai COULD be a retainer but generally it was someone very close to the lord. The other thing is again the name. Samurai had 2 distinct identifiers that only people of their specific status had so that if us normies could know who they were and who they were with and their status. Samurai after earning the title had 2 names. A nickname a true family( a clan roots) name and a lineage name. It’s like a pimp named slit back…. Not even joking you gotta say the whole thing lmao.Also despite what people say only samurai were allowed to carry 2 swords. People say that’s not true but it is. What’s not true is the style of swords they carried. Wasn’t always a long and short sword. All these things yasuke lacked along with time to be samurai. And it’s wild how romantic people make samurai. Samurai were asshole murdering fuck heads and people wanna shoehorn him down to that status.

@barnettmcgowan8978

Ай бұрын

You seem to have an inaccurate understanding of what a Samurai was. First they were not monolithic through time, including what weapons signified them. Different types and lengths of swords were used by samurai over their long history. Two swords for example, didn't become the symbol of samurai until over decades after Yasuke's death, during the Edo period. You also have an inaccurate understanding of what a retainer was. The type of retainer he was, with property, a stipend, a sword with his master's crest and bodyguard duties, would be a samurai, and not anything else. Had you paid attention to the video, you would have been provided with ample evidence for why he clearly was a samurai. Your issue is that you can't conceive of a black samurai. It just doesn't sit right with your understanding of the world. That is a you problem.

@GodSmit

Ай бұрын

Interesting. In this video he talks about how the cultural circumstances for which someone is declared samurai is evolutionary over the era. Being that this period in time there was a lot of conflict and war, the circumstances for becoming a samurai must've been much more lenient as a result. Much like women taking on jobs while the men are at war (in the U.S during world war) because the times gave them little option, and much necessity for it.

@OmniPotentS001

Ай бұрын

@@barnettmcgowan8978 I don’t have a bad understanding of the history of my people. He wasn’t actually called retainer he was called bushi. Bushi can be described as a retainer. All samurai were bushi but not all bushi were samurai. There were 2 words specifically used for samurai which were Buke and saburai. The word samurai was coined much later after Yasukes time in Japan. As for the swords yes samurai had different swords up until 1601 when the it became common for samurai to carry a long and short sword however anyone from that time literally did carry a short sword. Also no one knows when or where he died. Shit they don’t even know if he was from Africa. You can read everything anyone knows in literally 2-3 mins flat. Nothing at all says he was anything more than bushi. Idk where you’re getting this he had a crest on his sword and stuff. Gonna assume you read Thomas lockleys made up shit. It was a single short sword a stipend and a home with servants. Nothing more. Same shit was given to Anjin miura

@dksoulstice6040

16 күн бұрын

​@@OmniPotentS001 Don't you just love how Barnett is incapable of debating an opposing viewpoint without making baseless accusations of you being racist? Lol. Ample evidence of Yasuke being a samurai. Good lord. The delusions of some people. Citing a Thomas Lockley novel when Lockley himself openly admits to speculating the vast majority of his book is the peak of ignorance. 0 concrete evidence exists that confirms he was definitely considered a samurai. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Anyone who claims this proof exists is lying. There is evidence to suggest he *could've* been Samurai. A lot of the people against this Yasuke business try to downplay Yasuke into being little no than a servant Japanese people laughed at. If Nobunaga made him bushi, for whatever reason, Yasuke was in fact not just some laughing stock slave/clown like some are claiming. He was clearly somebody of some significance. I honestly find it embarrassing that people need to explain why people would expect AC: Shadows to have the main male protagonist be Japanese. I've noticed the vast majority of the people whining about those who take issue with this Yasuke business are either being intellectually dishonest or are just genuinely ignorant/uninformed. None of them take into account Ubisoft's very overt DEI/representation agenda that they publicly proudly admit to. Or do these oafs just forget that nearly every major character in Far Cry 6 was a woman? The gaming industry in general, has seen a pendulum shift in this DEI business, especially with making more main characters Black and or women, for no reason other than to score real world ESG brownie points. A lot of people aren't fans of this new trend. Given this trend, Ubisoft's history of following this trend, and people have very valid reasons for being concerned about Ubisoft making Yasuke the main male lead. One point I notice a lot of people failing to address is that Ubisoft doing this goes against their own beliefs in representation. Why is Ubisoft refusing to "represent" Asian men by giving this game a main male protagonist that is Japanese? What did Asian men do to Ubisoft? They made sure to give Fujibayashi Nagato a daughter, even though I'm pretty sure his recorded family history is sketchy, why not give him a playable son? These people are looking at this from the most surface-level view possible, and coming to a definitive conclusion, with that conclusion mostly being baseless accusations of racism. I can see why there's a saying that the average person is an idiot. At the end of the day, Yasuke being samurai or not is moot for me. It's a cool thing to think about, and the idea does have potential. He was around in this time period, and could easily slot into this game. Japan has used him numerous times in games, anime and manga (This is not a 1:1 comparison some are falsely claiming it is, as Japan, unlike Ubisoft and Western developers, isn't consumed by DEI nonsense. It's like trying to compare Afro Samurai to this). They handle him better. And they didn't try to revise history of Yasuke when they did. The West has done so when Netflix made an animated show about him, and they're doing so now. This is not the same thing. Quite clearly.

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Naah, the fans are just busted This is the same franchise that has greek demigods and Norse Vikings fighting mythological creatures and monsters BUTA BLACK SAMURAI IS WHERE THEY DRAW THE LINE. BullShit

@l.j.galbreath3720

Ай бұрын

fr

@RAFAY_SHEIKH_47

Ай бұрын

Fr

@Leontemplar-yt6ff

Ай бұрын

Wrong people drawing lines ages ago, from ubisoft deleting your games, from switch up action adventure to rpg fantasy, from time savers and online only activity etc. yasuke is ubiflops shield.

@BradLad56

Ай бұрын

A footnote foreigner

@akira21cs

Ай бұрын

Exactly my point

They just cant imagine us being anything but a servant. Lord forbid we have a higher seat in nobletly

@Sporkonafork1

22 күн бұрын

Bruh Japan is homogenous

@AJGress

22 күн бұрын

​@@Sporkonafork1 The game takes place during the time the Portuguese arrived. They brought African slaves, servants, and retainers with them. Homogeneous sure, but if they're including the Portuguese Jesuits and merchants there's no reason not to include the Africans they brought along as well.

@ry-daprophet.b1461

22 күн бұрын

If the main guy was Japanese, great, if he was White that would be fantastic, if he's melanated WOW WOW WOW something is not right here, and his side kick is Asian 😂😂😂 oh boy they really mad.

@wayne47able

19 күн бұрын

​@@AJGressNot all of the Africans who came to Japan were slaves. Some were traders and sailors.

@Guy_007

19 күн бұрын

And we do actually, we just got our kingdom taken ... if you do your reaserch you'll find out ... we had our own nation ..

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holy f this guy's voice is awesome. This is asmr without even trying to be asmr

I try to give people the benefit of the doubt but it’s literally just racism .

All this controversy to distract people from the fact that Ubisoft is charging 130$ for a game that hasn't even shown gameplay.

@zeroskaterz92

14 күн бұрын

Gaslighting much? 130$ for the Ultimate Edition, not the Standard Edition. So many games have multiple editions and far more pricey than this.

@N_Tertainment7

12 күн бұрын

@@zeroskaterz92 and what is that extra money for? A few worthless skins and a battle pass for a single player game, Also just because another company charges more doesn't excuse the actions of this company. stop Glazing ubislop.

@N_Tertainment7

12 күн бұрын

@@zeroskaterz92 also Alzheimer's much? Repeating the same comment twice.

@zeroskaterz92

12 күн бұрын

@@N_Tertainment7 Are you dumb or something? Charging for additional content for single player game is nothing new. Even games like Witcher 3, Resident Evil series, Dark Souls trilogy, Elden Ring all have additional content with multiple editions to the game. Ubisoft ain't the only company that done this. Clearly you don't know wtf you're talking about and don't actually play video game for that matter. lmao

@zeroskaterz92

12 күн бұрын

@@N_Tertainment7 Are you inept or something? Charging for additional content for single player game is nothing new. Even games like Witcher 3, Resident Evil series, Dark Souls trilogy, Elden Ring all have additional content with multiple editions to the game. Ubisoft ain't the only company that done this. Clearly you don't know wtf you're talking about and don't actually play video game for that matter. Just yapping over something that you know nothing about. lmao

Super good video 👍

@CasparSpeaks

Ай бұрын

Thank you 👍

As you being an Asian yourself this is very meaningful to hear from you thanks for spreading the facts

@CasparSpeaks

25 күн бұрын

I do not think “historical authority” should be left solely up to the ethnic identity of whoever is presenting what when it concerns a topic. Scholarly work is vital in searching for clues and answers in the field of history no matter your skin tone or culture.

Thank you! It’s amazing how many people complain about Yasuke and assert that he wasn’t a Samurai but don’t know anything about how Oda ran his clan. They think, “Oh, He was a weapon bearer, that’s equivalent to a Squire. He was just an errand boy or pet.” They know nothing about how important that job was and forget that he was getting paid. They also forget that you don’t have to be from a prestigious family to be a samurai in Oda’s army. Hideyoshi was a peasant then a sandal bearer. Yasuke had a better position starting out than Hideyoshi. Great stuff man! Maybe this might inspire the naysayers to actually read a book and learn some words!

@tyfuego3721

Ай бұрын

Half of the anger seems misplaced, like if sucker punch made the next samurai ghost game with yasuke the judgement wouldn’t be this bad People are just losing faith in Ubisoft, AC direction is all over the place and the games feel like grinding and filler alongside the lackluster gameplay Most people already know their not gonna do the character justice so why use him it feels like their using his name for “clout”

@Chaoskoch

Ай бұрын

Yasuke never received a title, nor land, nor payment. In fact, his very name "Yasuke" is all we know about him, since he was so irrelevant that his proper full name was never recorded, even though literally *everything else* was recorded in the court of Nobunaga, even the names of the lowliest servants.

@dietrich8820

Ай бұрын

@@Chaoskoch citation needed. Weapons bearer was a title of a retainer which was a samurai. The Japanese recognised him as part of their history. His contemporaries wrote about him. Hell, even KZreadrs that study Japanese history site sources backing this. All of the information and academia is out proving that he was one. Now prove with academic rigour and research that he wasn’t. I’ll wait.

@dietrich8820

Ай бұрын

@@tyfuego3721 the not doing the character justice is not an argument these people are using. I get that they feel some kind of irritation for the times we are living in. They insert people in media pieces for inclusion when it doesn’t make sense to or they change history completely. Hell, America does this in academia for example ancient Egyptians being white or Netflix’s Cleopatra. They assert that as being the truth. With Assassin’s Creed though they are using an actual human in a fictional universe. People just need to grow up or make better video games themselves.

@crissdace8358

Ай бұрын

It's like saying someone in the military isn't a soldier because they mop floors or are cooks 💀

I mean no one vilifies white men for no reason. And this should go without saying but just be clear, NOT ALL WHITE PEOPLE ARE RACISTS. But there is a very clear history of a violent and racist hierarchy in the west that is upheld by and for white people. Going further within that hierarchy white woman are still second to white men. To say Yasuke is only in the game because he's black and therefore a white guy can't be in the game is insane. It implies that it would more natural for a white man to be in that setting. The West has a hard time seeing black history as anything more than slavery and rap music. It's also super disingenuous to act they like care about historical or cultural representation like they didn't have white folks playing Egyptians or Tom Cruise playing a samurai or Nioh for that matter. We bare knuckle box a pope, fight in tanks and use blood to time travel. But a black man with a katana is where we draw the line👌okay chief

@mr.lukecage7405

Ай бұрын

Makes no sense lol. Truth bomb though on your part.

@Blake-ld7mx

Ай бұрын

They be tripping bruh

@ergoproxx

Ай бұрын

play nioh

@Leontemplar-yt6ff

Ай бұрын

It really is tho, learn history, Marco Polo, Eugene, The Romans, Alexander the Great, the Portuguese, The Dutch etc. etc. I sent you your participation award & pat on the head via mail tho.try again.

@sandelemental6502

Ай бұрын

It's about the total erasure of the absolute most notable figures of the period, who obviously would have been Japanese (Asian) males as main characters. Also, Tom Cruise's character wasn't a Samurai you bozo. He wasn't the 'last samurai'. And his character still would have had a much greater impact than a marooned slave that lived as a lord's servant for 3 years. The imagery of Kan Watanabe's character having a dream of a white tiger to foreshadow the coming of some white man to Japan to train rebel Shogunate forces in the ways of modern warfare is cringe as shit though, I can't lie. I understand why the movie is seen as problematic, but it is based on a true story. Although the nationality is changed from French to American for American audiences.

Which link is the shinchuk kuki?

I honestly don't get what the fuss is about really

@marcusclark1339

Ай бұрын

simple answer: - its not "diversity" or some vain "moral" principle, its done ideologlically to push what they think is "progressive" mentality - which aligns to ESG/DEI - main writer has connection to Sweet Baby Inc, ESG firm - goes hand in hand with Ubi being one of their "partners" - done to gaslight audience into emotional validation which leads to bias for Ubisoft to defend them - used as a shield to any issue the game will have - used to deflect from $130 price point and Ubi+ own nothing subscription - afro centrism in western media to artificially make everything about black or "done by blacks" - wasted opportunity for japanese male lead, only reason female lead is there is brownie points on "strong female protagonist trope" which they can still get brownie points for - he's not a samurai and never was, there's no evidence to it anyone defending it is a dumbass, anyone saying the nay-sayers are racist is a dumbass and anyone pretending its "not a big deal" is one as well for not realizing social manipulation tactics and how obvious revisionist it is to do this and why media is shilling so hard for it right now (like IGN and WIki sites changing their post on Yasuke to align with it)

@smugnick5458

Ай бұрын

People do not like seeing blacks outside of their stereotypically designated spaces. Examples: rap, sports, dance, sidekick, comedy. You'll notice that a lot of people are saying they wouldn't mind him as a side character. This still puts him in a lower status role as sidekick. That's where people are comfortable seeing black men. I encourage you to study films from the 80s to mid 2000s and look at films with black male leads. More often than not, they are given direction by or straight up the side kick of a white man.

@2kx62

Ай бұрын

Him being black is probably the biggest motivation.

@GodSmit

Ай бұрын

@@smugnick5458 Would explain why at first he apparently wasn't real, then when he was real at least he wasn't a samurai, then when he was seen as a samurai now he's not seen as high ranking; there's always some sort of stipulation made whenever the figure is given any kind of credibility that aims to knock him down a peg.

@smugnick5458

Ай бұрын

@GodSmit yep you're spot on.

The same people having a problem with Yasuke are the same ones that have a problem with Mafia 3, according to them it was "boring". They don't want to admit that they say that because he was half Italian half black.

@ernimuja6991

Ай бұрын

You’re stupid if you think that.

@JesusChrist-vb8cq

Ай бұрын

yahudaputy875 loved mafia 3 an didn't care about any of that. Now this game is ubsoft an they are trash. I'll pass just because that simple reason alone. Lol

@zealootkim3813

Ай бұрын

as long as you are not playing as Yasuke but but also experiences Yasuke when he surrenders in battle and are being called slave it is okay for me.

@Tespri

Ай бұрын

It isn't him being black. It's about him being shoehorned even though he had no influence at all. And he was in fact glorified pet of Oda. If it was about racism people wouldn't want japanese guy either, but this isn't the case. People literally wanted to play as asian guy as ninja, and devs denied that by doing grand stand with politics.

@RenzaissanceTV

Ай бұрын

So its okay to chose the only black person in Japanese history, over a male Japanese character set in feudal japan, yeah makes sense, because that 1 black man is better than all of japan

If Ubi was gonna have a white Samurai, y'all would have jumped on them. The only reason you are okay with having a foreigner replace a Japanese Samurai is because that foreigner is black.

Imagine this. "An Asian man came from somewhere to England in the Middle Ages, and became a topic of conversation because he was a rare race. He couldn't speak English, but he was given the title of Earl and became a knight. The strongest knight in England was an Asian! This is not recorded, but it's true! The people of England worshipped Asian knights!" This is just an analogy, but who would believe such a story? Thomas Lockley, who wrote "Yasuke", said that he had checked with a Japanese history expert before writing, but in fact the Japanese history expert denied Thomas' statement. It was discovered that Thomas had written a lie to make money. Unfortunately, Yasuke was just a baggage carrier and not a samurai.

I hate being a gamer in this age. "Gamers" are so openly and loudly racist that I am annoyed because the majority of gamers aren't.

@YEY0806

12 күн бұрын

It's always hilarious how gamers actually think they have a better grasp of history than real historians 😂

@oru_malayaleezombie7329

10 күн бұрын

i hate it when people ask me if I'm gamer nowadays because of that stuff.

@zzz-nu2re

3 күн бұрын

I hate when pro black racist claim fiction as history then call u racist if u call them out

@The-Sniffer-Fox

3 күн бұрын

People are claiming people in Japan are supposedly criticizing it through KZread but they haven't went on to ニコニコ動画流星群 (niconico dooga) to see what these people in here are saying

@Scoring57

3 күн бұрын

reksraven Please, let's not make this "minority" argument again. Yes most dedicated "gamers" definitely are racist just like we see racists in many other areas and it's a problem that should be addressed not denied. Most people who would like to come across as more "reasonable" and non-racist will still take the same racist arguments without thinking about it or considering who they're getting it from and their motivations and use them. Or after it's become obvious that these arguments are motivated by racism, they'll still use them anyways expect with an 'i'm just looking at this objectively' tinge. I don't see this larger majority that has significantly differing opinions but just never speaks up. Unless you're talking about casual gamers, which that's not what most people mean by "gamers", and also they probably don't have an opinion on these things either way. It's not like they're silently disagreeing, they're likely not engaged in the conversations at all. But at the end of the day they will probably still listen to the opinions of racist gamers and other reviewers who will tell them this game is bad or that game is good, or in other media, this comic is bad or that movie is "woke" without checking it out for themselves. So in a way they can still be part of the problem.

Thank you for speaking on the actual documents that Yasuke are in🔥you brought up so many great points.

These people are like the lost causers how they switch up. First it was about him being a black man and existing in feudal japan, about how this was a slap in the face to japanese people and their culture. Some people were being rac*** and talking about d.e.i, but after finding out he did in fact exist and the war on that front was lost, now it's not about yasuke being black noooo, it's about him being portrayed as a samurai when he actually was just a retainer or glorified a pet, yeah ok.😒They even went and edited his wiki to say he wasn't one i heard, smh sad miserable people.

@mstr293

24 күн бұрын

The confusion started regarding Yasuke being a samurai because NOBDY knew if he did become one. He did get the "Bushi" title, though! Which is why I think he should at least be called a "Bushido" instead. "Samurai" and "Bushi" are sometimes used interchangeably or differently depending on the period.

Yasuke wasn't just any samurai, he was a hatamoto bannerman that served as a high ranking samurai as a close and personal retainer to lord oda nobunaga

is this the guy who does eso videos?

The need to classify a black man as a servant or slave is crazy lol The racist comments I've read on the trailer are very telling.

@xftjlas8296

Ай бұрын

He was gifted explain to me how you can gift another person unless they were a.........