Nioh: 40+ Hours Of Death, Yokai, NG+, Multiplayer, Durability Answers By Fumihiko Yasuda 17.6.2016. FextraLife. ”The protagonist is based on a real-life historical figure named William Adams who was basically a pirate from England who arrived in Japan in the early 1600s and eventually trained as a Samurai, which is a very very rare occurrence throughout history. So we were just really fascinated by his story and thought he was a real badass, and that is why we wanted to use his story as our main character’s. Since the game is so based around his story, we decided not to have any custom character creation.” Viitattu 4.10.2016. (englanniksi)