You’d be forgiven for thinking Yasuke is the starting character in the early moments of Assassin’s Creed Shadows. The opening cutscene follows his introduction to Oda Nobunaga; then time skips to an action-packed tutorial that showcases Yasuke’s basic controls.

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Despite being one of the main protagonists, it does take a bit for Yasuke to be playable in Assassin's Creed Shadows.