Assassin's Creed Shadows Dual Protagonists Explained

Assassin's Creed Shadows isn't the first game in the series to feature dual protagonists, but the new system doesn't work exactly like any that have appeared before. The shinobi Naoe and samurai Yasuke share the spotlight with two distinct playstyles, building on the idea of character-swapping introduced in Assassin's Creed Syndicate. It's possible to freely swap between them at many points during the game, but some scenarios require a specific character or a specific choice between the two for the duration of a story mission.