Haters of Assassin's Creed: Shadows have grown tired of criticizing the game and have begun taking more decisive actions. As noted by the media, a petition demanding the cancellation of the action game's development appeared on Change.org in June.
The petition is written in Japanese by a user named Toru Shimizu. He complained about the disrespect towards Japanese culture and issues with historical accuracy. He also stated that the first European samurai was William Adams — his story was depicted in the series Shogun.
Recently, the lack of historical accuracy and cultural respect has been a serious issue regarding the upcoming game «Assassin's Creed Shadows» by game developer Ubisoft. The game is based on Japanese samurai and ignores the fact that samurai were a higher class of warrior class and should have been «gokenin» or servants of nobles. In fact, the first European to receive the title of samurai, William Adams (Miura Anjin), served Tokugawa Ieyasu as a 250 koku hatamoto.
"In this history, Ubisoft continues to misunderstand the nature and role of samurai. This is a serious insult to Japanese culture and history, and may also be linked to Asian racism. We call on Ubisoft to immediately cancel the release of «Assassin's Creed Shadows» and show sincere research and respect for Japanese history and culture.
At the time of writing this note, the petition has 25,000 signatures. Ubisoft has not yet responded to the incident.
Assassin's Creed: Shadows will be released on November 15 for PC, Xbox Series X/S, and PS5. It was previously reported that Ubisoft is working on remakes of several parts of the series.