In Assassin's Creed: Shadows, you initially control Naoe, but the second character becomes unavailable after the very first mission, Yasuke, becomes available only later in the game. How to unlock Yasuke You always start a new game as Yasuke, but after the main events of the game, you switch to Naoe, where you follow the same path as Yasuke, but with your own changes for NAOE, Then some time passes in the game before you can play as the second Yasuke character again. To unlock Yasuke as a