Assassin's Creed Shadows raised a lot of questions even before its release, including in Japan. Concerns were triggered not only by historical inaccuracies and the Black samurai Yasuke.
Japanese authorities raised concerns that the ability to desecrate shrines in Assassin's Creed Shadows could provoke real-life acts of vandalism. Recently, the matter reached a discussion of the issue surrounding Assassin's Creed Shadows in the Japanese parliament.
A response from Ubisoft soon followed. AC Shadows will be censored — a day-one patch will make shrine destruction impossible, and there are also reports that the patch will “reduce violence against unarmed NPCs” (no blood should appear when attacking such NPCs).
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