The controversy isn't stopping Ubisoft, as the petition to cancel Assassin's Creed Shadows continues to gain momentum, now surpassing 50,000 signatures.
CULTURAL MURDERERS! AC: Shadows Petition Reaches 50,000 as Japanese Gamers Demand APOLOGIES from Ubisoft!
This Change.org petition (translated by Google) accuses Assassin's Creed Shadows of "cultural disrespect" towards its black samurai co-protagonist Yasuke. It goes so far as to portray it as "a grave insult to Japanese culture and history" and predicts that the game "may lead to racism in Asia."
"The game is based on Japanese samurai and ignores the fact that samurai were a higher class of warriors and should have been "gokenin" or servants of nobles. The first European to be given the title of samurai, William Adams (Miura Anjin), served Tokugawa Ieyasu as a 250 koku hatamoto," petitioner Shimizu Toru says. "In such a history, Ubisoft continues to misunderstand the essence and role of samurai."
With the next goal of 75,000 signatures, the petition urges Ubisoft to “immediately cancel the release of Assassin’s Creed Shadows and show sincere research and respect for Japanese history and culture.”
