Platinum Games introduces Bayonetta, debut trailer
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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!
Reader Comments (41)
Posted: May 16th 2008 12:04AM BananaBoat said
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?
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Posted: May 15th 2008 1:40PM (Unverified) said
"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.
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Oh ok, cause until that last part I thought they just made a female Dante.
Posted: May 15th 2008 1:46PM (Unverified) said
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.
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Posted: May 15th 2008 2:08PM (Unverified) said
"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....
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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....
Posted: May 15th 2008 2:18PM FredFredrickson said
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?
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Posted: May 15th 2008 2:25PM (Unverified) said
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.
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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.
Posted: May 15th 2008 2:43PM (Unverified) said
Can you kick/shoot people in the crotch? Because, if so, I'm in.
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Posted: May 15th 2008 3:17PM (Unverified) said
kicking and shooting angels? Success.
what platforms is this being published for?
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what platforms is this being published for?
Posted: May 15th 2008 3:24PM (Unverified) said
Man, and right after everyone finished commenting about how Jade from BG&E was awesome because she was exactly NOT this.
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Posted: May 15th 2008 3:41PM (Unverified) said
"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.
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She would be right at home in a 1990's comic book. Probably fighting alongside someone like Cable. Or against him. Or both.
Posted: May 15th 2008 8:37PM (Unverified) said
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.
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Posted: May 15th 2008 6:24PM (Unverified) said
Feetguns?!
Wha...we simply DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ANALOG STICKS!!
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Wha...we simply DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ANALOG STICKS!!
Posted: May 15th 2008 6:28PM ThornedVenom said
They lost me at "SEGA". How does one shoot from one's shoe btw?
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Posted: May 15th 2008 8:18PM (Unverified) said
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?
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not quite what i expected...i mean...the shades?
Posted: May 16th 2008 8:57AM (Unverified) said
Shoes+Gun = aggressive woman(witch)
Need to keep a eye on this one.
I might which engine is using to create the game Unreal maybe?
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Need to keep a eye on this one.
I might which engine is using to create the game Unreal maybe?
Posted: May 18th 2008 10:36AM (Unverified) said
Looks fun. Stupid, but fun in that exuberance-is-beauty sort of way. I just hope we can avoid the bathos this time around.
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Posted: May 29th 2008 1:18PM (Unverified) said
Impressive trailer. Solid development team too.
Nice heels! Also looks like quite the babe.
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Nice heels! Also looks like quite the babe.
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