Nvm that Yasuke was a real person.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke
The character is based on Yasuke (a real person) and he’s a playable character in the new Assassins Creed set in feudal Japan.
Could they have made the character a Japanese man? Sure. That is a valid complaint. I think Yasuke is also fine considering his story.
Wait, people are losing their shit over the historical accuracy of Assassin's Creed ? Did they miss the part where the entire franchise revolves around some DNA magic, or the "apples of Eden" stuff ? Or whoever Borgia pope with literal magical powers we fought in AC2 ?
AC has always been about (somewhat loose) historical accuracy of the setting, ie, places, buildings, culture, etc. They take tons of liberties with characters and "realism"
... It's a valid complaint to ask that a historical African man be represented as a Japanese man? How?
Do you mean they should have used literally any other historical figure or even a fictional character, as long as it was a Japanese person? There's a second playable character who is Japanese.
But she's also woke. We can't have that.
I don't think there's any shortage of Japanese samurai protagonists in games. From a representation standpoint I don't think there's any issue... And Yasuke is an interesting character that's worth exploring. There's enough mystery to his story that he fits perfectly into an Assassin's Creed game imo.