Easter eggs

The "Assassin's Creed" series has some easter eggs inside its games, and many other games had Easter Eggs related to Assassin's Creed such as Metal Gear Solid 4, Grand Theft Auto IV and the 2008 version of Prince of Persia. This page lists them.

Assassin's Creed

• An arrangement of windows on certain buildings form the face of Optimus Prime in truck mode from the Transformers franchise. [1]
• Upon leaving Masyaf for the first time, one of the Assassins in the Kingdom is marked as an enemy (glowing red when seen through Eagle Vision). He can be silently assassinated with no consequences, but openly attacking him will prompt the other Assassins to attack you.
  • This Assassin is actually Jamal, the traitor inside the order that, along with Masun, opened the gates for the Templar attack at Masyaf. He was originally set to be a mission target to be assassinated, but the mission was cut, and the character remained as a minor Easter Egg.

Assassin's Creed II

Assassin's Creed II has a few Easter Eggs.

Mario

300px|left At the beginning of the third sequence, Ezio's Uncle says "It's-a-me! Mario!" which is a reference to Super Mario Bros. To further support this is Mario Auditore's Italian nationality, like Mario of Super Mario Bros.

Another reference to Nintendo's Mario is that both Mario's wear red, while the Mario's mercenaries wear green, much like Nintendo's Mario's brother, Luigi.

Giant Octopus

The Giant Octopus

A giant octopus can be found in the Assassin's Tomb of Santa Maria Della Visitazione. The octopus appears before and after activating the lever that brings out the bars used to traverse the final chamber.

Ezio about to dodge its tentacle

To find the giant octopus, you must look down into the water near the lever for a minute. Once a minute or so has passed, a cut-scene plays, showing a large octopus swimming by. A second cutscene can be activated if the player pulls the lever and looks down again. The cut-scene shows Ezio narrowly dodging the octopus's tentacle, before it swims away.

Altaïr's Outfit

left|300px Altaïr's outfit from Assassin's Creed can be unlocked via Uplay by purchasing it for 30 points. It does not add/change any stat points for Ezio. It can also be worn in conjunction with any cape, allowing the player to wear the Altaïr outfit and still maintain 0% notoriety with the Medici or Venetian Capes. A glitch here is that when used with the double blades, Ezio makes the movement with his right hand but no blade appears.

Ghosts of the Past

thumb|300px|leftAfter downloading The Bonfire of the Vanities DLC, you are briefly able to see a vision of your whole family. After you meet up with Niccolò Machiavelli, return to Palazzo Auditore and step into the center of the courtyard. Ezio will enter a mode similar to his Eagle Vision and be able to see the figures of his parents and all of his siblings around the palazzo. Once you leave, the vision will disappear and you will not be able to see it again. (The vision cannot be viewed if you have completed Bonfire of the Vanities, so make sure to do this beforehand).

Harry Potter Reference

When Ezio bumps into a guard currently guarding something, and after rudely shoving you away one of the many things they will taunt Ezio with is "The last man I put in the hole was eaten by rats. All we found a week after was a finger!" This may be a rather vague reference to Harry Potter's Peter Pettigrew, of whom all the authorities found was a finger, and who turns into a rat.

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

Project Legacy

Out in the Sanctuary if you look at one of Lucy's Monitor you see the Facebook Game.

Luigi

In Sequence 5, one of the guards that Ezio kills and steals his armor is named Luigi. This is a very subtle reference to Luigi from the Mario Bros. series.

Solid Snake

Upon meeting Leonardo Da Vinci for the first time in the game; Ezio will hear a whisper saying "Psst... Ezio, over here!" when investigating where the sound came from Ezio comes across a factory made cardboard box, completely unsuitable for the era, when suddenly Leonardo comes around the corner. This is in fact a reference to the Metal Gear Solid series as the series' protagonist Solid Snake's signature stealth move is to hide in a box or crate.

Assassin's Creed in other media

The stories and characters of Assassin's Creed are featured not only in the official video games, but in other medias as well.

Grand Theft Auto IV

After completing a set of missions for a mysterious figure called the Fixer, the player will receive an achievement/trophy called Assassin's Greed which is a direct play on the Assassin's Creed name.

LittleBig Planet

As a part of their promotion for Assassin's Creed II, Ubisoft released a downloadable costume for the PS3 exclusive LittleBig Planet, Ezio's "Purple Assassin" Costume on December 8, 2009.

Metal Gear Solid 4

On April Fools' Day 2008, it was revealed that an Altaïr costume for Snake could be unlocked in the game Metal Gear Solid 4. Hideo Kojima (from Konami, the creators of

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Metal Gear Solid Altair costume

Metal Gear Solid 4) later announced that this was no joke, the costume would really be unlocked if the player did "something special". In order to unlock the costume, the player must either acquire the "Assassin Emblem" (a nod to the game's title), or input a password in the Extras section.

The password has been revealed to be aottrykmyn

Prince of Persia (2008)

Altaïr's costume is available as a free DLC for use by The Prince.

The Saboteur (2009)

Sean Delvin the main protagonist earns a red racing car with white stripes named Altair which is ironically nicknamed "The Flying Eagle".

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Ezio's costume is available for purchase via Uplay for 30 points.