Japanese users want to cancel the long-awaited Assassin's Creed Shadows
One of the most anticipated games by the community is Assassin's Creed Shadows, the new installment of Ubisoft is finally set in Japan, a place that fans of the saga have been waiting for for years. However, it seems that not everyone is happy since the Japanese have started a petition to cancel the game due to its lack of historical rigor. At least that is what they base their opinion on; they agree that it is not a good representation of Japanese history and they do not want the title to be published in the end.
A while ago, the game decided to show a new trailer showing its location and how good Japan looks in this installment. However, none of that seems to have pleased the Japanese, since their request for cancellation already has More than 35,000 signaturesHowever, Ubisoft has done a really great job with Assassin's Creed Shadows, so it's really hard for them to decide to cancel it out of the blue.
This is the attempt to cancel Assassin's Creed Shadows
This has started through Change.org, the most well-known website for making petitions and collecting signatures from thousands of people. It has been there where the Japanese community has united to try to prevent the game from coming to light and of course, just below these lines you will be able to see what the main reason for this is. In addition, some of the comments on the petition also They refer to Yasukeit seems that his appearance in the game causes quite a bit of rejection among the Japanese.
Assassin's Creed Shadows has been seriously criticized for its lack of historical accuracy and cultural respect. The game focuses on samurai, ignoring the fact that samurai are the upper echelons of the samurai class and are supposed to be “gokenin” or servants of nobles. In fact, William Adams (Anjin Miura), the first European to be given the title of samurai, served Tokugawa Ieyasu as a hatamoto with a command of 250 koku. Throughout this story, Ubisoft continues to misinterpret the true nature and role of samurai. This is a serious insult to Japanese culture and history and can also be linked to Asian racism.
As you can see, the Japanese petition is really clear, they want the title cancelled and it seems that the collection of signatures will continue until they achieve their goal. An objective that by the way, seems to practically impossible to achieveWe'll be keeping a close eye on what happens and, above all, to see if Ubisoft has anything to say about this attempted cancellation. In the meantime, it seems that in a few months you'll be able to enjoy a fairly large map set in Japan. In fact, it will be a similar size to Origins.
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