Thursday, 27 March 2025 01:07

Assassin's Creed Shadows: The Hanno-ji Incident Explained

Written by Cameron Swan
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Assassin's Creed Shadows weaves its story around key moments in Japan's history, and the Hanno-ji Incident plays a major role during its first act.

The Assassin's Creed series is renowned for including a vast array of historical cameos, from Benjamin Franklin to Napoleon and a fair few in between. But some of the series' most ingenious integrations of history are when major real-world events are woven throughout an Assassin's Creed game's main story. For instance, Assassin's Creed 3 sees players partake in the Boston Tea Party, AC Odyssey sees players fight in the Battle of Themopylae, and AC Unity sees players escape from the eponymous prison during the Storming of the Bastille. Assassin's Creed Shadows' story has plenty of similar moments.

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