Learn all about Naoe, the stealth shonobi Assassin of the franchise’s feudal Japan-set game.
The two playable figures ofAssassins Creed Shadowsare emblematic of the nearly 20-year history of the popular video game series.
Naoes the fastest Assassin we ever made, Jonathan Dumont, creative director ofAssassins Creed Shadows, tellsEntertainment Weekly.
Naoe performing a Leap of Faith in ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’.Ubisoft
We wanted to satisfy that for players that come in for that ninja-Assassin game.
Assassins Creed Shadowsplays out through the dueling perspectives of both Yasuke and Naoe.
She is pushed into war.
Naoe and Junjiro in ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’.Ubisoft
She doesnt know much about her origins.
Her fathers been training her, but she doesnt know much about her mother, whos been gone.
But as a cool proverb from Japan says, a frog in a well knows nothing of the sea.
Theyre Assassins, so shes somewhat linked to that.
As she discovers a world in need, she begins to really value the community values her father taught.
Can she make a better world?
As seen in EWs exclusive images fromShadows, a kid by the name of Junjiro becomes a focal point.
He’s “the future Naoe hopes Japan will be,” Dumont notes.
Each item is linked to an element from her backstory, specifically the survival skills imparted by her father.
Altogether, “She does feel like a panther looking at her prey.”
While Yasuke is considered level-headed, Naoe is more hotheaded.
“He doesn’t do the Leap of Faith,” Dumont reveals.
“He just crashes right into the haystack, and he hurts his butt, too.
So, it’s pretty funny.”
“We have fans from more than 15 years ofAssassin’s,” he continues.
