{"id":2065642,"date":"2024-05-17T17:29:12","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T17:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/2065642\/"},"modified":"2024-05-17T17:29:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T17:29:12","slug":"assassins-creed-shadows-trailer-reaction-the-truth-about-yasuke-the-black-samurai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/2065642\/","title":{"rendered":"Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows Trailer Reaction &#8211; The TRUTH About Yasuke The Black Samurai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ETeuxTqwzS4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nOn this video we are watching and reacting to the trailer of Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows. This trailer has created a lot of controversy and backlash with people attacking and insulting each other over the protagonist being a Black African man. What is the real history about this? Let&#8217;s talk about it. <\/p>\n<p>Link to my Patreon page! Check it out!<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.patreon.com\/themetatron<br \/>\nLink to the trailer<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Assassin&#039;s Creed Shadows: Official World Premiere Trailer\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vovkzbtYBC8?start=4&#038;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><\/p>\n<p>Many people are getting really upset about this game, particularly in Japan as Japanese gamers are feeling left out when compared to previous Assassin&#8217;s Creed games which always features a protagonist from the same are as the setting. <\/p>\n<p>Even though these feeling as absolutely justified, it&#8217;s also important to not overswing and reach incorrect conclusions such as some people mentioning that there was never a Black African man in Feudal Japan, which is historically incorrect. <\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s talk about Yasuke, let&#8217;s watch the trailer and see if the way they represented him in this game is in any way coherent with the historical record and most importantly let&#8217;s ask the hardest question of all&#8230;Was Yasuke a samurai? <\/p>\n<p>#assassinscreedshadows #assassinscreed #ubisoft<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this video we are watching and reacting to the trailer of Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows. 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