‘Yasuke was the obvious choice for us to put into the game’ – Assassin’s Creed Shadows art director on the series’ ‘first historical protagonist’ a year after launch

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

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

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