‘Yasuke became the obvious choice for us to put in the game’ — Assassin’s Creed Shadows art director on the series’ ‘first historical protagonist’ one year post launch

• Assassin’s Creed Shadows art director Thierry Dansereau has discussed the game at a recent
• He explained why the historical figure of Yasuke was chosen to be one of the game’s protagonists
• “It gave us the opportunity to play and view Japan as a foreigner, like most of our players,” he said

Assassin’s Creed Shadows is officially one year old, and art director Thierry Dansereau reflected on why his team featured the historical samurai Yasuke as a protagonist at an event held to celebrate the mark the game’s anniversary.

“Yasuke is the first historical protagonist that the Assassin’s Creed games have,” he said. “We did that because Yasuke, from the historical knowledge that we gathered, [was] close to Oda Nobunaga, who is one of the main characters of the game.”