{"id":298354,"date":"2025-03-19T03:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T10:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=351310"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:08:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:08:06","slug":"the-creative-director-of-assassins-creed-shadows-defends-the-inclusion-of-yasuke-the-black-samurai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-creative-director-of-assassins-creed-shadows-defends-the-inclusion-of-yasuke-the-black-samurai\/","title":{"rendered":"The creative director of Assassin&#039;s Creed Shadows defends the inclusion of Yasuke, the black samurai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With less than a day until its global launch, Ubisoft is generating high expectations around Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows, the new title in the iconic franchise, which is expected to sell millions of units in its first months. <strong>This installment stands out for the choice of Yasuke, a historical black samurai, as one of the protagonists<\/strong>, which brings a unique and mysterious cultural perspective to the game&#8217;s narrative.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An interesting, intriguing, and mysterious character<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jonathan Dumont, creative director of the project, explained in an interview that the choice of Yasuke was not random. <strong>&#8220;The unanswered questions about his life made him an interesting and intriguing protagonist, full of mystery,&#8221; he noted<\/strong>. The story of Yasuke, a man lost between two worlds, offers a different perspective that can serve as a bridge between the West and Japan. This allows players to explore more deeply the cultural implications and historical events surrounding this fascinating character.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first analyses of Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows highlight that, visually, it is the most impressive title in the saga, achieving improved gameplay that reaffirms the fun and challenge of stealth. However, <strong>it has been noted that the story does not always manage to capture the player&#8217;s interest, which could be a weakness in a game that seeks to engage its followers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Assassin&#039;s Creed Shadows - Tr\u00e1iler CINEM\u00c1TICO con subs en ESPA\u00d1OL | PlayStation Espa\u00f1a\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y3Bzx0tBzBY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite its imminent release, <strong>the title has generated controversy due to its censorship in Japan, resulting from an evaluation system that has raised concerns about creative freedom<\/strong>. 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An interesting, intriguing, and mysterious character Jonathan Dumont, the creative director of the project, explained in an interview that the choice of Yasuke was not random. &#8220;The unanswered questions about [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":298355,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[2255,6611,4193,8226,1076,7714],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-298354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-assassins-creed","tag-assassins-creed-shadows","tag-japon","tag-jonathan-dumont","tag-ubisoft","tag-yasuke","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298354"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308740,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298354\/revisions\/308740"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298354"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=298354"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=298354"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=298354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}