Platinum Games introduces Bayonetta, debut trailer

by James Ransom-Wiley { May 15th 2008 at 1:30PM }

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Bayonetta director Hideki Kamiya asks, "Have action games really progressed past what we accomplished seven years ago?" Speaking at last night's Platinum Games coming out party, Kamiya recalled his efforts to "kick start" the action genre into 3D with Devil May Cry back in 2001 and said, "we, as creators, have squandered an opportunity to make things better, smoother, more intense, more engaging" since then. Fear not, Kamiya has returned to "make good on [the] promise of seven years ago." Enter: Bayonetta -- "action to its climax."

Bayonetta is named for the game's main character, a witch reborn in the modern day to join a war against angels (apparently someone hasn't been spending her afterlife Up There). "Not only does she kick and punch, and have two guns in her hands, she actually equips guns on her feet." If that's not enough to mow down those beasts of heaven, then Bayonetta's also got her witchcraft, an arsenal of top-secret "abilities" ... And that's all we've got to go on, for now -- 'cept for the trailer after the break!

Gallery: Bayonetta

Tags: bayonetta, platinum-games, sega

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

syrik zero @ May 15th 2008 1:37PM

That looks interesting?

BananaBoat @ May 16th 2008 12:04AM

Hard to tell. It was obviously pre-rendered, unlike that trailer for Mad World. Can't tell what the actual gameplay will be like, but we can hope right?

JohnMazz @ May 15th 2008 1:38PM

Grindhouse anyone?

theturtle363 @ May 15th 2008 1:52PM

except even stupider

tmacairjordan87 @ May 15th 2008 1:40PM

"Not only does she kick and punch, and have two guns in her hands, she actually equips guns on her feet."

Oh ok, cause until that last part I thought they just made a female Dante.

syrik zero @ May 15th 2008 1:46PM

I was thinking the same thing! But as soon as I read that it just seems far too over the top for me to ever really want to play this.

Noshino @ May 15th 2008 2:08PM

"But as soon as I read that it just seems far too over the top for me to ever really want to play this."

same was said back when DMC was first released...see how that one turned out...

If there is a studio that is talented enough to take this genre beyond what DMC, NG, and GoW have done...is Clover/Seeds/Platinum Games....

the Brayn @ May 15th 2008 1:43PM

Hmmm... a witch in modern times with guns. That sounds oddly familiar and I don't remember it being a very good familiar either.

Shad3Wolf @ May 15th 2008 1:47PM

Wonder if it'll be as impressive as Bullet Witch? Oh...wait...;)

Knight Marquise @ May 15th 2008 2:18PM

Hey...I enjoyed Bullet Witch!

arrrgh @ May 15th 2008 3:34PM

im...sorry

Roto13 @ May 15th 2008 1:50PM

Nobody tell my Catholic husband I can't want to blast some angels' faces off.

aBs @ May 15th 2008 2:00PM

WHERE IS THE NINJA GAIDEN 2 DEMO?

Marty @ May 15th 2008 2:18PM

How does one ask the industry if "action games really progressed past what we accomplished seven years ago?" and then introduce an action game with a woman who has a gun attached to her heel, all while keeping a straight face?

Nate @ May 15th 2008 2:25PM

What, gun boots aren't progress? ;)

I like the visual style.. and honestly, kicking someone and shooting them at the same time kinda tickles my funnybone. I guess we'll have to wait and see. The guns look a little steampunk, which is always a good thing, in my opinion.

samfish @ May 15th 2008 2:26PM

Can't really tell nothin' about nothin' from that trailer, but I'll be all over this game like a priest on a boy.

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ May 15th 2008 2:28PM

Lol. Gross.

Zertoss @ May 15th 2008 2:32PM

Could you show the court on this Princess Peach doll where samfish touched you?

RDX @ May 15th 2008 3:32PM

Really? A priest joke? Hasn't that topic been passe for a while now?

samfish @ May 15th 2008 3:35PM

The classics never get old.

Worst Review Ever @ May 15th 2008 2:43PM

Can you kick/shoot people in the crotch? Because, if so, I'm in.

Eric Strunk @ May 15th 2008 3:17PM

kicking and shooting angels? Success.
what platforms is this being published for?

Yourself @ May 15th 2008 3:24PM

Man, and right after everyone finished commenting about how Jade from BG&E was awesome because she was exactly NOT this.

Zertoss @ May 15th 2008 3:35PM

I prefer a world where we get both.

Noshino @ May 15th 2008 3:42PM

I prefer a bed in which I can have both...

BMErdin @ May 15th 2008 3:41PM

"Not only does she kick and punch, and have two guns in her hands, she actually equips guns on her feet."
She would be right at home in a 1990's comic book. Probably fighting alongside someone like Cable. Or against him. Or both.

Flakundenga @ May 15th 2008 4:00PM

ANGELS FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!

ugg.tryptophan @ May 15th 2008 4:40PM

is this based on a book by John Steinback?

Freelancepimp @ May 15th 2008 4:52PM

That promo pic is awesome on a Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez scale.

SWAT Kats are back! @ May 15th 2008 5:26PM

The contrast between the Bayonetta and MadWorld trailers shows what should and shouldn't be done. The MadWorld trailer is self-explanatory, and goes with the full-frontal awesome approach, while this trailer is more of a teaser than anything

Alex @ May 15th 2008 5:32PM

Picture 3/7...
What is it?

Toasty @ May 15th 2008 6:24PM

Feetguns?!

Wha...we simply DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ANALOG STICKS!!

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ May 15th 2008 6:28PM

They lost me at "SEGA". How does one shoot from one's shoe btw?

no wai? @ May 15th 2008 8:18PM

hmm...if you freeze the video at somewhere in 21 seconds, you get a nice view of her face...

not quite what i expected...i mean...the shades?

fred @ May 15th 2008 8:34PM

You had me at "Hideki Kamiya"

CindyPsych @ May 15th 2008 8:37PM

How about another Okami or Ico? I'll turn blue waiting for BG&E 2. Why do all games have to be so stupid and bloody? Look, I enjoyed Devil May Cry (the first). I loved Lara Croft in the beginning. I have been an action / adventure fan for years and just don't get the obsession with blood.