Only Yasuke can move thesewith his brute strength, so if the player finds one as Naoe they'll need to swap characters or, if in a restricted area, come back later.

Embodying Yasuke is to play a game that’s first and foremost about fierce combat, something Tsushima is fondly remembered for and Assassin’s Creed often criticised over.

Minimally, Yasuke should be able to reach all viewpoints on his own. It's annoying to run out of hostile territory, reload as Naoe, then run back into the area and climb to the viewpoint.

Yasuke’s career in service of Nobunaga was short-lived. In the year following their first meeting, the daimyō was betrayed by one of his own generals. On June 21, 1582, ...

Yasuke is one of two playable characters in Assassin’s Creed Shadows, but you won’t gain access to him until hours into the story. Here’s how to unlock Yasuke.

Yasuke's weapons: Long Katana, Naginata, Kanabo, Teppo, and Bow. All of Yasuke's melee weapons, particularly the Naginata, can handle lone and multiple enemies and he uses Tamahagane to upgrade them.

Yasuke joined Nobunaga during the last months of the feudal lord’s unification campaign. “His strategy was to impose peace by force of arms,” Lockley says.

Dartmouth Professor Sachi Schmidt-Hori was asked by game company Ubisoft to consult on the script for its game "Assassin's ...

The representation of Yasuke in our game is an illustration of this.” Kazuma Hashimoto, a Japanese consultant and translator in the video game industry, said the reception of Assassin’s Creed ...

Yasuke is the first of the two protagonists you play as during the prologue, but after that you won't see him for several hours. You'll be running around as Naoe with no word on what Yasuke's up ...

Ubisoft’s marketing describes Yasuke as a samurai, but it’s unclear just how holistic that label is in Shadows’ take on historical fiction.While the version of Yasuke seen in Shadows clearly ...

How to switch between Yasuke and Naoe. Fortunately, once Yasuke and Naoe join forces, switching between them couldn’t be easier. Simply head the equipment screen in your main menu and you’ll ...