Petition For Ubisoft To Cancel Assassin's Creed Shadows Hits 50K Signatures

A new petition to cancel the upcoming has reached 50,000 signatures. After many years of fans being extremely vocal in their desire for the history-hopping series to visit Feudal Japan, the announcement of — then called — was initially well-received. However, as more leaks emerged surrounding the title's story and protagonists — which were then confirmed in its first story trailer — there has been a fair amount of controversy, largely regarding the appearance of the African samurai Yasuke.

The Change.org petition by Shimizu Toru states, "" It then goes on to say that the game is "," suggesting its creators' intent may be "," before calling for the game's release to be canceled until Ubisoft shows ""

The original petition was written in Japanese, and the quotes used in this article came from Google's translation to English.

The producer of Assassin's Creed Shadows spoke with Screen Rant at Summer Game Fest to discuss what players can expect from the upcoming game.

From Leonardo da Vinci in to Queen Victoria in, Ubisoft has always sprinkled in historical figures across the series, but they were never playable until now. In the " featurette that accompanied ' story trailer on Ubisoft's YouTube channel, Yasuke is described as being the series' first playable character based on a real historical figure. The footage then states that he is someone new to the land, having arrived in Japan in 1579 before developing a relationship with the powerful Oda Nobunaga, which has been documented historically.

In, Yasuke seems to be invited to join Nobunaga's army and rise to the rank of samurai, becoming part of Nobunaga's inner circle, and this seems to be where he developed the more combat-heavy samurai skills shown in the gameplay footage. In real life, while it has been documented that Nobunaga was fascinated by Yasuke's appearance and did have him armed with a sword as he accompanied him, he may never have actually reached the rank of samurai, instead serving more as a kind