Ubisoft has yet to share its plans for future Assassin’s Creed games beyond Assassin’s Creed Shadows, but that title’s dual-protagonist setup with Yasuke and Naoe may not be the last time players get to have multiple characters to choose from.
“I think the learning for us is that, yes, we could do more dual-protagonist games in the future–if we have a good reason to do it narratively and for the setting,” said Assassin’s Creed Shadows associate director Simon Lemay-Comtois while speaking with GamesRadar.
Yasuke and Noae weren’t the first dual protagonists in an Assassin’s Creed game. Twins Jacob and Evie were featured in Assassin’s Creed Syndicate. Shadows had more pronounced differences between its two heroes than Syndicate did. Yasuke was built for physical confrontations while Naoe was refined for stealth. Lemay-Comtois acknowledged those differences and some of the backlash the team faced because of Yasuke’s inclusion.
