Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ protagonists are perfect and here’s why | Kaser Focus

Ubisoft officially revealed its latest Assassin’s Creed title, Shadows, earlier this week. The new game is set in Sengoku-era Japan and stars two protagonists: Iga-born shinobi Naoe, the fictional daughter of real-life ninja Fujibayashi Nagato; and Yasuke, retainer to Oda Nobunaga and the first AC main character to be based on a real person. According to the development team, the dual protagonists are intended to offer two different experiences. Personally, I love them both and think they could elevate the game to new heights.

Naoe and Yasuke are both characters who offer different perspectives on feudal Japan: Yasuke, that of an immigrant of high status and Naoe, that of a village-born woman. I’m pleased to see both of them as the leads is because I think they can make Shadows something it might not be otherwise: Interesting. Fans have been asked Ubisoft to make an AC game set in feudal Japan since the series first launched. It seems like such a gimme — stealthy heroes who do their work from the shadows, traffic in information, consist of people from every strata of society and do their best work in times of cultural and political unrest.