WhileAssassin’s Creed Mirage is being talked about again with its 1.0.5 update, it is the next main episode of the license which is once again the subject of rumors. Assassin’s Creed Codename Redsuch is its current official name while waiting for better, must transport us to the era of feudal Japan, will make us embody a real shinobi, will reuse the open world role-playing game formula established by Origins then subsequently developed by Odyssey And Valhallaand will be the first project of the hub Infinity. It will also benefit from post-launch monitoring for several years. That’s all we officially know about him as of September 2022. Recently, a leak gave us our first look at the heroine, coming from a screenwriter who is part of the development team. There is little doubt to be had on this side, especially since the visual has everything to be an illustration for social networks or others. Where it becomes more vague and requires taking a grain of salt is the information reported by Tom Henderson, although his leaks passed on the license have been proven to be truthful on numerous occasions. The most recent mentioning the modern period in which the “meta history” would take place, while another dating from September mainly spoke to us of the two main characters and it is precisely them who still interest us now.
It’s always via InsiderGaming that Tom Henderson reports this from his sources, the visual accompanying his article and reproduced above is not official, but uses a very beautiful illustration by the artist Anthony Azekwoh mixed with the red background of the teaser which accompanied the announcement of the game. It represents Yasukewhich is precisely at the heart of this rumor. Indeed, until now, it had been reported that the male samurai that we would play would be a black-skinned African refugee and therefore inspired by this historical character who actually existed. Twist stud who saw himself coming from miles away, we should definitely play Yasuke. This would be a first, since until now, the Assassins, Templars, Those we don’t see and other Eagle Carrier were only fictitious, even if they crossed paths with celebrities of their time, friendly or to eliminate them.
Besides, a little aside, Yasuke might not be called that in game since it’s a name given to him by Nobunaga Oda when he brought him into his service. The fact that its origins are unclear would easily allow Ubisoft to rework his history and this is precisely what is reported, namely that she would have been rewritten to align with the game’s plot and the direction it will take. It would begin with a tragedy on a slave ship who would be attacked and of which he would be the only survivor, his companion also perishing during this tragedy. Rescued, he would then be transported to Japan where he would learn the way of the samurai from Nobunaga.
The female shinobi would be called herself Naoe and is said to be the daughter of the legendary Nagato Fujibayashiconsidered to be one of the three largest jōnin of the Iga clan, the other two being Sandayū Momochi and Hanzō Hattori, whose character has already appeared in the mobile game Assassin’s Creed: Memories. To see if its appearance will be preserved or not. Naoe would be seeking revenge following the death of her father. Additionally, at the start of the game, the two protagonists would be fierce enemies, but would eventually ally themselves because of their desire for the unification of Japan.
Among the historical figures who would appear, in addition to those already mentioned, there would be Mitsuhide Akechi, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, his wife Kōdai-in, Oichi Oda who is one of Nobunaga’s sisters or even Yoshiaki Ashikaga. Well, as long as Nobunaga is present, declaring that all the other famous characters from this era will be included is not risky.
These rumors obviously raise the question of how the narrative will be handledbecause the presence of two enemy playable characters reminds Assassin’s Creed Odysseywhich only allowed you to play one (Kassandra is as a reminder the canonical heroine despite everything), although this time they would therefore have different origins. And sincerely, for an episode set in Japan, playing the local heroine would be much more interesting and logical. Brief, wait & see like always.
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