As Assassin’s Creed Shadows passes 2 million players, Devil May Cry creator Hideki Kamiya reveals “I felt bad that it was being criticized so much”

Assassin’s Creed Shadows has launched to pretty solid reviews and a player count of over 2 million over its first weekend despite a rocky development that resulted in a number of delays. The success of the game has caught the attention of many in the industry, including Devil May Cry and Bayonetta‘s creator (and more importantly, the creator of the criminally overlooked The Wonderful 101), Hideki Kamiya.

Taking to Twitter, the legendary director reposted the news about Assassin’s Creed Shadows hitting 2 million players and said (via Twitter’s translate function), “I felt bad that it was being criticized so much, but I’m glad that it seems to be doing well in both sales and reviews.” This is in reference to the controversy surrounding the game’s inclusion of Yasuke – an African samurai who served under Oda Nobunaga in real life – over a Japanese samurai protagonist.