Ubisoft’s launch of Murderer’s Creed Shadows has been marred by controversy. A couple of days in the past, Ubisoft was accused of stealing a flag from a Japanese historic reenactment group, and now they’re accused of copying Zoro’s sword from Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece manga.
Just lately, Ubisoft participated within the Japan Expo in France, the place a number of objects from the Shadows recreation had been on show, together with Yasuke’s masks and sword. Nonetheless, followers seen an uncanny resemblance between Zoro’s and Yasuke’s swords.
Upon additional investigation, individuals found that the sword proven within the pop-up could be bought on-line and is formally marketed as a duplicate of Zoro’s sword. Whereas many would initially dismiss this as mere coincidence or affect, the Kanji on the sword makes issues infinitely worse for Ubisoft.
The Kanji, which is identical on each swords, comes from Buddhism and a few of Zoro’s assaults are additionally based mostly on Buddhist values. Then again, Yasuke was delivered to Japan by an order of Catholicism and is alleged to have adopted Islam, making the sword unsuitable for Yasuke.
Ubisoft has not but commented on the sword controversy, however they’ve apologized for the usage of the stolen flag and promised to not use the flag for different art work or promotion.
Many followers are additionally speculating {that a} lawsuit is imminent, as Sueisha has been identified to implement their copyrights wherever attainable, even towards content material creators. Murderer’s Creed Shadows is Ubisoft’s latest title within the Murderer’s Creed franchise and is ready to launch on November 15, 2024. The sport shall be out there on PlayStation 5, PC (together with macOS), and Xbox Collection X/S.
