Assassin’s Creed Shadows Makes a Huge Blunder by Adding Watermelon in the Game, Fans Claim

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Assassin’s Creed Shadows Makes a Huge Blunder by Adding Watermelon in the Game, Fans Claim

Ubisoft can’t seem to make anyone happy lately as Assassin’s Creed Shadows gets even more backlash online. There are a couple of new reasons this time and the biggest one right now is because of a screenshot of the game that was recently posted online. The screenshot shows Yasuke on a “leisurely stroll” in what seems like a marketplace in town, but there are some glaring problems according to fans.

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Did the studio do any research at all? | Image Credit: Ubisoft

In Yasuke’s “leisurely stroll,” we see watermelons in the scene while cherry blossom trees are blooming in the background. This shouldn’t be possible if you consider how seasons work in Japan. Once again we must question Ubisoft’s commitment to historical authenticity because this just seems like cultural insensitivity.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows can’t stop making mistakes

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And we’re all here to call them out. | Image Credit: Ubisoft

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/X account @_L3vi3/ASSASSIN’S CREED NEWS posted a picture of Yasuke, the protagonist of AC Shadows, alongside watermelons and cherry blossoms. This is historically and agriculturally impossible because watermelons were introduced to Japan during the Edo *******, long after the game’s timeline. On top of this is the fact that cherry blossoms bloom in spring, while watermelons are summer fruits.

FYI, watermelons
>are never seen in the same season as cherry blossoms (summer vs spring)
>didn’t reach Japan until the Edo *******, long after the Sengoku *******

But Ubisoft HAD to include watermelons for the legendary forgotten ****** samurai HAHAHAHAHAHA remarkable

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— Kangmin Lee | 이강민 (@kangminjlee)

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弥助が鎌倉時代の金色の鎧を着ている設定です。不適切な時代設定に加え、船から降りたばかりの外国人が、屋敷と同じくらいの価値がある鎧を身につけているなんてあり得ません。（大名でさえそんな鎧を手に入れることができない場合もありました）。さらに、武器が兜を貫通している描写や、桜が咲いてい…

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— Dr. Alaric Naudé (@Goryodynasty)

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A lot of critics and Japanese people online are calling out Ubisoft for reducing their culture to a series of marketable tropes. Dr. Alaric Naudé who is a professor and a linguist, criticized the game for misrepresenting Yasuke’s story and attire. According to Naudé, Yasuke is depicted wearing golden armor akin to that of the Kamakura *******, which would have been inaccessible to a newly arrived foreigner.

And then there’s the fact that Ubisoft has been accused of censoring Japanese critics. Japanese content creator Shohei Kondo recently alleged that his videos criticizing AC Shadows were repeatedly removed from

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under claims of “hate speech.” It really does seem like the studio is just ignoring cultural authenticity and reducing Japan’s rich history to marketable visuals.

Ubisoft in general is on a downward trajectory

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The competition is coming and the studio isn’t ready. | Image Credit: Ubisoft

The backlash and controversies with this game are the latest in a series of controversies that Ubisoft has gotten itself into. In 2024, the company faced a lot of criticism for releasing underwhelming titles like Skull and Bones, Star Wars Outlaws, and XDefiant. Expectations aside I’m sure you’ll agree they all had problems like dated graphics, repetitive gameplay, and technical issues.

Coming back to AC Shadows though, it seems the Japanese version of the game is going to be censored to comply with local ratings. Scenes that show dismemberment and certain violent dialogues will be altered to match the rating standards. We’ll have to wait and see if this change impacts the game’s reception in Japan.

The stakes are huge though for AC Shadows. The studio needs this game to succeed because there is a lot of competition coming up. Even on the Japan side of things, we’re going to get more news and a possible launch of Ghost of Yotei in 2025, and given how successful Ghost of Tsushima was, it could easily blow Ubisoft’s title out of the water.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows comes out on March 20, 2025, and the clock is ticking. Will you be picking up the game once it comes out? Let us know in the comments!

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