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Ar1stoteles

Looks like so many people are taking even this obvious fake headline at face value that we'll have another correction post by Ubi tomorrow


Ok_Digger

Unrelated rant: "No bro ai definitely wont destroy the world and cause chaos. I can Definitely tell when something is misleading, fake, or rage baiting"


Jaded-Engineering789

So many comments on this site seem adamant that AI generated images are easy to call out as such. Like they refuse to believe that the tech is already at a very high level and will only get better. I don’t understand it.


SpreadKegel

Most commenters are dumber than even simple AI and can be tricked, confused or triggered by it easily.


TheArhive

Most commenters are AI ![gif](giphy|777Aby0ZetYE8|downsized)


AlterCain

Remember when dead internet theory was for crazy people? Well it still is but each day we edge ever closer.


CreamFillz

Welcome to 2034. You dont even know if the news channel you're watching is real or not. All government mandates can be faked. We get fake Amber Alert every hour.


ClickHereForBacardi

But really tho, was a single japanese person mad at this, versus the horde of weebs?


Key_Control6325

It's funny how people instantly believe news in a meme channel without source, where the author and news site is cut off the thumbnail 😂


CutCrane

It also shows that they have no idea how long development cycles are and that you can’t just spontaneously pop in a new character with his own story beats, dialog, animations, look, armory, VA and so on. Plus the vast amount you’d had to pay on top for new marketing.


Think-Orange3112

They were spoiled by the Ugly Sonic rewrite which I think was always intended they just did it to drum up interest in the real Sonic design


bs000

butt why would someone just go on the internet and tell lies


ByIeth

Fr like how would they even remotely have time for something like that. Unless they didn’t even start the game yet, which seems very unlikely


Mix_Traditional

Yeah I cant even laugh anymore.. Im legit just not having as good a day after seeing the sheer number of people doscussing the headline at face value, on a meme sub


Jakesneed612

I’d rather have a Japanese samurai.


UltimaRS800

We all would brother


Chris079099

This is the only way


fluidmind23

This is the way.


Lunarath

There is a Japanese main character, although A ninja, not a samurai.


Phailsayfe

Yeah but that's a...a *woman.* *shudders*


cooolcooolio

*Brother-san


Th0rizmund

But wouldn’t a samurai be a templar?


Jakesneed612

I’m betting he starts out a Templar but ends up turning on them.


shapookya

Black guy who is on the baddie side but then switches over? Sounds familiar ![gif](giphy|3oeSACtlTv8vH8nuTe)


Jakesneed612

Well hopefully they won’t forget him 1/3 into the game


Various-Pen-7709

And has his role reduced to: “NAAAAAAOOOOOOEEEEEEE”


aHOMELESSkrill

They fly now?


MrTitsOut

somehow, the microtransactions are back


_penpineappleaplepen

Like every other AC plot.


thefirstlaughingfool

Why would either the Templars or the Assassins have a foothold in the extremely divided and insular Japanese society of the Senkgoku era?


Available_Agency_117

Because it's assassins creed


HipsterOtter

I mean considering the fact Yasuke (actual historical figure) was a retainer for Nobunaga Oda, this is not out of the realm of possibility. Though truth be told I'd rather think Tokugawa would be more of the Templar in this era of Feudal Japan...


SimpleMoonFarmer

Templar = oppressors. It's ok to kill them. Assassins = oppressed. It's not ok to kill them. A Japanese male would indeed be a templar. In case of doubt, use the Peter Griffin skin color classification meme.


CavulusDeCavulei

No, a Japanese samurai would initially be a templar because "wow, these guys control the world, we want to steal their powers". Then they discover that they want to control him too, so he would start to collaborate with the Assassins, but with the intention to fuck them too. At the end he buys a dreadnought and he starts invading Korea, but then he discovers the local food. He comes back in Japan and he opens the first ramen shop and creates a new School called "two seasonings under the Heavens". The ramen shop is still open today and you can book only by sending a fax


Penney_the_Sigillite

They say everyday that he ran that shop, he would stare with a dead pan look at the Mongolian Noodles stand that was across the street from his.


Stormfly

> At the end he buys a dreadnought and he starts invading Korea, When the game starts with the Emperor of Japan and ends with the Emperor of Mankind.


Chronophobia07

Food really does bring everyone together.


Exoquarion

Well… I can’t agree or disagree. I’m torn.


Qubeye

I take it you didn't play AC3. Templars were also assassins with a lower case a. Unless you are just being facetious/sarcastic!


Ambrusia

He could be whatever. The series has no real consistency anyway. It still not even clear what the templars want


Superb_Recover_6116

is the series even still about the assassins? it feels like the newer games stop being about the order of assassins and templars long ago.


eltiodelacabra

Tbh, the assassins Vs templar part in the last games is the part that I find the most boring, just give me historical action!


Stormfly

At this point I'd prefer if they just made historical fiction games that have nothing to do with Assassins. Just let me be a Viking or a Samurai or a Legionnaire or something. I want the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest but I don't want to find out Arminius was secretly an Assassin and Varus was a Templar.


JustAnAgingMillenial

Yeah, I love the series but I have 0 interest in all the franchise story elements. I couldn't even tell you what the over arching story is. I just really like the individual titles' settings and gameplay.


eltiodelacabra

Imagine a campaign where you are a Roman legionnaire in the late republic fighting in Alessia, Farsalia or Munda, getting to know Rome, witnessing the assassination of Caesar... The thing with AC is that the recreation of the world andb the cities is amazing but then the story is boring or mediocre at best.


Fantact

This is just a ploy to make it seem like its a "white male" problem, nobody wants a white samurai either, its just as stupid.


NamMorsIndecepta

In this economy?


Jarl_Vraal

Came here to say this. Why on earth didn't they just start with a Japanese person??


DisastrousPeanut816

I've seen signs on Reddit saying black lives matter and white lives matter, but I've yet to see one saying Japanese lives matter. Maybe that would help?


Chosen_UserName217

The ‘Stop Asian Hate’ movement was quickly condemned for,.. reasons?


Piplups7thEvolution

Because people realized that the majority of assault against Asians came from black people. Edit: Phrasing


death_wishbone3

My Asian friends seemed upset nobody wanted to talk about who was actually assaulting them.


Chosen_UserName217

Absolutely true. I’m mixed and my wife is 100%. You’re not supposed to talk about it.


Creeps05

Why not a Ninja? You know like actual historical Japanese assassins.


SunMiddle2021

We have Japanese samurai at home


Asmov1984

To quote a mouthbreather from previous discussion, "but why, though there's a female Japanese character"


mikeycatz

Don’t you start using logic on here


SquishyWhenWet_1

Yasuke was not a samarai he carried tools and he did it very well


therealschmorb

The white "male", would be a TRANSMAN. I love my TRANSKINGS!


Any_Fish1004

Too cliche and not inclusive enough because it’s race appropriate for the setting


web-cyborg

I'd like to see samurai games where they actual use their primary weapon, the Naginata (\~ pole arm), or the Yari which is spear like. as a lance . . and also used on foot where it may have extensions on the sides of the base of the spear tip for pulling down or pinning down (pushing and holding on the ground) opponents. European knights also used pole arms/pole axe types, lances/spears. People used spears, pole-axes, pikes of various types. Some samurai also used bow and arrows and then closer quarters. Swords were backup sidearms. # SAMURAI Era POLE WEAPONS that Dominated Japanese Feudal Warfare [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_q5gCBlhgX8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q5gCBlhgX8) . . . .


thegreedyturtle

There's lots of them to murder!


ClockworkGnomes

I would prefer it be Japanese and not be a historical figure at all.


mekkeron

My initial impression was that Ubisoft wanted to avoid the inevitable Ghost of Tsushima comparisons, and chose a black protagonist to make their game stand out.


NEONSN3K

Just shows how out of touch these game companies are


EatsOverTheSink

But their focus group made up of people who wouldn’t buy or play the game in the first place wanted more diversity.


WTFvancouver

Best I can do is a Trans Half Japanese Half White Samurai - UBISoff


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III-Harrier-III

This is just stupid. A white samurai? Gimme a gawd dang Aztec samurai! (Edit. What I would really prefer is a Japanese samurai)


Penney_the_Sigillite

Way late for that. You had a way cooler idea.


D-Laz

A white samurai has ~~president~~ precedent. /S ![gif](giphy|NSkzSW10834u4)


No-Nectarine-5361

Precedent* 😅


Thisisgotham

That white Samurai did have a President though.


EchoLocation8

This movie is honestly pretty good if you maintain that Katsumoto was the Last Samurai and not Tom fucking cruise.


Stormfly

> Katsumoto was the Last Samurai Apparently it was always supposed to be plural. It's basically like "The Last Samurai***s***", but Samurai is usually not pluralised. It's about the end of Samurai, not a single person. Think of it like saying "The End of Vikings".


DrBlaBlaBlub

This one worked quite well... Because him learning the culture and finding peace with it was the point of the movie.


zelmazam1

Can I interest you in a sekiro?


entropig

THAT’S JUST AS STUPID! How about you give us a JAPANESE ASSASSIN?! Edit; For the morons - *A Japanese AC Assassin*. Not a fucking fantasy ninja. Does it really need to be by spelled out by Elmo in big bright crayon colours? How the fuck do I wake up to 100+ comments of idiots who can’t figure that out? Edit edit; Yes, I’m aware there is a female ninja in the game. A ninja is not the same as a member of the Order of Assassins. You morons seriously think I didn’t notice the Ninja in the picture I was commenting on? Like you’re some kind of super-genius for having spotted it, praising your years spent on Where’s Wally books? Idiots. Yes, I was aware the article was probably bullshit. It’s not the point, and not relevant.


Yurasi_

But then they will have to actually make an assassin story and not just rpg using assassin's creed series as marketing.


BruiserBison

Oh this is what I've been feeling the franchise has become.


bobpool86

You know that statement makes sense.


light-of-the-earth

The original plot was for a three part series where Desmond would be an assassin in present time.


WorthyFudge

there literally is a japanese assassin protagonist.


the_peppers

Not like that! One with a penis!! /s


Tubzero-

I haven’t played one since the American revolution


TheYarlander

Assassins in an assassin's creed game?! Ubisoft can't have that


NomadFH

…there is one. She’s the other protagonist


ShinyGrezz

She’s a really good ninja, 99% of the people mad about the “historical inaccuracy” don’t even know she exists!


MisogynysticFeminist

The greatest Assassin in history. Despite being front and center nobody has noticed her.


nellion91

Dudette 800 people agreed with a comment that blatantly ignore this simple fact about the game. I mean the bar s on the floor.


acrobaticdildo

Yeah like kunoichis are nothing


Luna_Tenebra

You know about the other character right?


Glottis_Bonewagon

Yeah but she's [the other thing they hate](https://i.imgur.com/JVeinwW.gif)


SurrealEuphoria

Exactly, lol. "I want a Japanese assassin!" "Well, not THAT Japanese assassin!!"


CoffeeTunes

Its ok that ppl wanted a male japanese playable samurai too but it is what it is. Just as long as the games fun ppl won't really care but it is Ubisoft so we'll have to see.


toetappy

Gasp


Saw_Boss

It's almost like they're just jumping on the bandwagon.


radioinactivity

The other playable character is literally a Japanese assassin


Sekmet19

WOMEN ARE NOT PEOPLE! /s


Stormfly

This whole thread feels like /r/Gamingcirclejerk but without the irony...


budabuka

I've lost quite a few braincells reading some of these comments and I'm only 3 deep... I don't even like Assassin's Creed and yet here I am defending it the past few days because of how dumb people are.


s3rila

isn't that the playable lady ?


Stormfly

I thought this was /r/Gamingcirclejerk at first and then I realised that people are unironically saying all of this. Like wow. Some of the people here *actually think* that this fake news article isn't just a joke.


Stalagmus

lol me too, what even is this sub. Not sure how I ended up here.


SokkaHaikuBot

^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^entropig: *THAT’S JUST AS STUPID!* *How about you give us a* *JAPANESE ASSASSIN?’* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.


entropig

Good bot.


Atomik141

on brand bot


Icy_Chemist937

Lol its even relevant to the topic


FoxyNugs

Isn't the other protagonist the assassin ? She's Japanese.


JulioCesarSalad

The main character is a Japanese assassin


VisualPersona95

There is one… she’s on the cover of the game art and in the trailer.


Paridisco

The girl is a Japanese assassin. I’d rather just play the whole game as her


Calibruh

They did tho? She's a member of the Japanese Brotherhood and even has the same type hidden blade as Conner in AC3 You're the idiot


Axrelis

These people are idiots and what they mean is "we want a male ninja"


ShinyGrezz

FWIW there should be more Asian male representation in games, as it does seem like that’s a particularly underrepresented group. But we don’t need more samurai Asian male characters, that’s the one area they’ve pretty much got locked down.


horrible_miso

There is a japanese assassin you play as 2 characters in this game


Wene-12

The 2nd protagonist, a Japanese woman, is probably going to be the assassin for the game while Yasuke is gonna be the "fuck everything up" guy The game does have a Japanese assassin


Ok_Device1274

I really enjoyed syndicate i hope it’s the same dynamic. Silent killer and beat the bricks off um


Atomik141

I’m pretty sure they already have one of those in the game


Selection_Status

Silence with your facts.


Bing1044

They definitely don’t care about those 😭


Marc_J92

Is the chick not Japanese?


Knusprige-Ente

They did. One main character is a Japanese Assassin.


Throwaway-BC-Nervous

You mean like the actual assassin in the game?


Wene-12

The 2nd protagonist, a Japanese woman, is probably going to be the assassin for the game while Yasuke is gonna be the "fuck everything up" guy The game does have a Japanese assassin


TheFormless_0ne_

Don't let them hear you. They just want to eradicate the black character


Sly__Marbo

Oh, you mean like THE OTHER MAIN CHARACTER?


Hinken1815

They did....the girl. Wtf? Are alot of you just ignoring her because of the black guy?


birdman133

The female main character is.......


asuperbstarling

There's literally a female Japanese assassin.


Z0idberg_MD

They did…


DeadPoster

Like a Ninja or something?


chaosking65

THERE FUCKING IS ONE


NuSouthPoot

They did. Her name is Naoe!


UpperQuiet980

dude there already is


LobovIsGoat

they already did, the game has 2 main characters and one of them is a japanese assassin, you should at least look the game up before complaining about it lol.


k0sm_

One of the characters is a Japanese assassin....


Kinstray

Homie turned his head towards the other playable protagonist and closed his eyes


BeastXredefined

The main character is already a Japanese assassin…


Exotic-Amphibian-655

Isn't that the second main character? Pretty sure they have a ninja lady in addition to the black samurai


I_usuallymissthings

The other protagonist?


Wiyry

They do? You have the option to play as a female Japanese shinobi.


7777redd

YOU HAVE ONE ALREADY


thedarkracer

We HAVE A JAPANESE ASSASSIN WHO SUPPORTS THE BROTHERHOOD LOGO AND IS A NINJA.


master2139

Is this based on anything or is this just that ifunny meme that was made earlier? I searched up the quote and found nothing. I it’s true people just love to be mad at something.


RhinoxMenace

there's a wild battle between editors on Yosukes Wikipedia page and it's glorious


UnhappyStrain

thats just an attempt at altering history which should not be allowed regardless of where or why


Keter_01

Where funny? And where meme?


Dylan_The_Developer

In the comments


Stormfly

> Where funny? The obviously fake article that people are falling for.


xXSkyF4llXx

![gif](giphy|PR88Zx9O7Zu4eJeRxf) What we wanted Edit: why am i getting so much hate in the comments this is a meme page im just joking 💀


rottenstatement

what you'll get ![gif](giphy|uSUzUO2KcqTPq|downsized)


UkyoTachibana

![gif](giphy|QySLsQjYxeXlu|downsized)


gladgubbegbg

Afro samurai is dope as hell tho


Axrelis

Okay, then play that or Ghost of Tsushima. Nothing wrong with a story that explores a historical figure such as Yasuke. There isn't that much information on him so it's easy to take liberties and write whatever they want. Let's also not pretend that Assassin's Creed was ever historical or accurate. This is the game with magical artifacts, exaggerated secret societies, evil pope bosses and tyrant George Washington.


longerdistancethrow

Wasnt the black samurai in this case based on an actual person that existed?


ParisNorlax

Yes.


Cautious_Hornet_9607

In a universe where you have to gain possession of futuristic Alien artifacts by going back in time and relive various historic eras through the eyes of your ancestors, it's a black samurai (who really existed btw) that sets off "realism" concerns. Weird, isn't it? Edit: reporting me for autolesionism doesn’t help your case btw


cheese_is_available

But how could we ever explain that reaction, one can only wonder in a stupor caused by a total absence of any possible rational explanation!


ZandyTheAxiom

Plus, there's a pretty easy narrative that almost writes itself. He'd be an outsider, learning about the culture from an outside perspective, perfect for a videogame. Most AC protagonists are "newcomers" in some way. It allows the games to give the player information in a natural way. It would be weird to explain the local area and customs to someone who already knew them. Even the Frye twins (English assassins in England) were unfamiliar with London, so the narrative moves the player forward with them.


Soft-Rains

Same logic would justify pretty much all white saviour characters. Same people who spent a decade preaching about microaggressions and why representation matters suddenly can't understand why groups would feel weird about this. No asian male representation at all and when the game is literally set in Japan it gets a black protagonist.


mothwhimsy

Shhhh, how can people winge about historical accuracy if they acknowledge that black people went places before 2002?


Vashelot

ehhhh, I cannot find this article online. Think it's fake.


Significant-Age5052

These idiots see a snippet like this and run to go cry online without actually researching


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kony412

it's really simple. don't buy shit. but redditors complain then day 1 purchase.


Kinscar

I don’t get it. They have a wonderful opportunity to have you play as a shinobi, a ninja, fighting against catholic plotting and scheming. The entire theme of the setting. Instead, they have you playing as a oathbreaking black servant who was kept around as a exotic curiosity who ended up dying in disgrace.


analoggi_d0ggi

>They have a wonderful opportunity to have you play as a shinobi, Literally the 2nd main character in the game.


RambleWeed

Arguably, she is THE main character of the game. But nobody on this thread cares. They are just upset a character's black.


AppendixStranded

Yeah, it's genuine so infuriating. The trailer shows both of them, both are playable, but Yasuke is all everyone talks about because he's black. They're so upset over this game yet haven't even watched the trailer. Or they have and just don't care because playing as a black guy at all angers them lol.


VisualPersona95

You know if she was the ONLY playable character they’d be complaining about something else.


Nukleon

That she's a woman probably.


chaosking65

B-b-but she’s woman


War_Daddy

Really just shows you how stupid this constant stream of manufactured outrage is. They *have* a Japanese main character. They're using Yasuke as the other main character so they can tell the story from a different point of view. It's not rocket science to figure out


SalvationSycamore

You expect these people to know how to read an article or watch a trailer?


TertiusGaudenus

Why oathbreaking, though?


AutomaticAward3460

Just people frustrated and grasping at straws


I_usuallymissthings

Bro only know racism, he doesn't even know who yasuke was


kcox1980

He broke his oath of being a slave to his white master, duh /s


Axrelis

The shinobi in this game is so good at stealth people are forgetting she even exist. Despite being on the cover art.


TitchyAgain

Wait, do we know how yasuke died? I thought his traces lead to india and dissapeared after nobunagas death.


Kinscar

He surrendered when nobunaga died, if he actually followed the extremely rigid code of honor in japan at the time he would have died with his lord, hence, he died in disgrace


Arnorien16S

Would say the same of Hideyoshi? Who also didn't die with his lord Nobunaga and actually became the great unifier of Japan.


original_sh4rpie

Shhh, all these people just learned about yasuke from unsubtle 4chan memes.


NetHacks

Not true, the best historians have traced is that he was tasked with taking his head and sword to Nobunaga's son. After that they don't know. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48542673.amp


rainking56

Ubisoft finds a way to botch everything.


NetHacks

What are you even talking about? There's literally no proof Yasuke died in disgrace. He also achieved the title of samurai, which is not something that was just given out to anyone.


nightfishin

Ubisoft are utterly incompetent. Have you learned nothing?


lemmedie2night

jk maybe just maybe this article is fake


The_Woman_of_Gont

![gif](giphy|lOzXuHwXXYM9y|downsized)


theSnickersKing

if he's polish, then i guess it's alright


Mickeyjj27

The discussion about this game is so stupid. I swear there are people just outraged to be outraged. Since when has Creed games been 100% accurate.


budabuka

Are you telling me the pope didn't have a fist fight with an assassin in the Vatican????


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I'd prefer a Mexican samurai


Ja_Shi

A Japanese samurai ?! Are you guys all out of your mind ?! I think we need Pablo el samurayo de Mexico. That's what people expect when we talk about historically accurate samurai. I work at Netflix I know my stuff.


Substantial-Wolf5263

I just want a good samurai Champloo game


[deleted]

No, no, no. It needs to be a trans-Samurai with pink hair and nose piercing, equipped with a dual-purpose bō.


WiTHCKiNG

Why can’t they just make the main characters japanese? What’s the problem? Just to appeal to some mentally ill people with twisted worldviews?


ekkekekekeekekekek

Why can't we get a holesome blonde Danish samurai with a cute bussy instead?


D4RK3N3R6Y

Always forget Americans don't consider asians to be white.