Just as PlatinumGames were considering cancelling the game, Nintendo swooped in just at the right moment, offering to publish it and make it a Wii U-exclusive. When PlatinumGames were finishing development on the sequel, SEGA chose not to publish it, as they wanted to focus on bigger titles such as Sonic the Hedgehog. Bayonetta's clothes are woven entirely from her hair, and when she uses her magic to summon demons in her fights, she uses up a lot of the hair which she is wearing. In European folklore, witches were believed to use their hair to cast magic spells, and Bayonetta is no exception. The Bayonetta series has been subject to criticism since ever its debut, in relation to Bayonetta's sexual appearance, dialogue, and mannerisms, many believing it to be offensive to women, though anyone who has played the games will know this couldn't be further from the truth. Why is she so sexual? How come her clothes come off when she fights? series in December of 2015, and attention to her games has been increasing ever since!

Yep! Bayonetta made her debut in the Super Smash Bros.

Wait, is this the chick from Smash Bros.? Bayonetta is one of the last surviving members of her clan (thanks to an ancient war between them), and has to kill angels for a living to avoid being dragged down to Inferno (Hell). Without spoiling too much, Bayonetta is about two magical European clans (representative of a kind of Heaven and Hell), the Lumen Sages and the Umbra Witches. By 2018, the third game will be released! The game was later ported to the Wii U alongside the release of a sequel, Bayonetta 2, in 2014. The game was originally released for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in 2009-2010. and her film Bloody Fate.īayonetta is a third-person hack-and-slash video game series developed by PlatinumGames and published initially by SEGA and now by Nintendo. Welcome to the Bayonetta general discussion thread, created in celebration of Bayonetta 2's upcoming third anniversary! Feel free to discuss both games here, as well as discuss her apperance in Super Smash Bros.

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