Assassin's Creed Shadows dev says "it's not a documentary," and Ubisoft is "not trying to show Japan from a very clinical or an overriding stereotypical view"

Assassin's Creed Shadows Naoe assassinating target with Tanto skill.

Assassin's Creed Shadows is "not a documentary," and that means that Ubisoft gets to play with history a little more than you might think.

Speaking to GamesRadar+, Assassin's Creed Shadows cinematic director David Nibbelin says that "one of the great things about working on a project like Assassin's Creed is we don't have to tell the traditional Japanese story. It's not a feudal Japanese movie where everything has to be very grounded, because the way Assassin's Creed looks at history is very unique."