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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Review: Bayonetta]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/07/review-bayonetta/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/07/review-bayonetta/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/07/review-bayonetta/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;"><img vspace="0" hspace="0" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/01/bayonetta-review.jpg" /></div>
<span style="float: right; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 4px;"><script> digg_url = 'http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/07/review-bayonetta/'; </script><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js"></script></span> The first thing you should know about <em>Bayonetta</em> is that the story is entirely unimportant. It makes no sense. At all. <em>Period</em>. There's something about two warring clans, one of witches and one of sages (Light vs. Dark -- yada yada yada). There's a "journalist" who inexplicably carries a grappling hook; an ancient god that's being resurrected; and, at one point, there's even a dance-off.<br />
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Now, forget about all of that. You'll be skipping through it on your second playthrough anyway. And that's really the point. If you like action games in the vein of <a href="http://joystiq.com/tag/devil-may-cry"><em>Devil May Cry</em></a> or<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><a href="http://joystiq.com/tag/ninja-gaiden"><em>Ninja Gaiden</em></a>, you'll probably start your second playthrough of <em>Bayonetta</em> exactly when I did: <em>immediately</em> after the first.<br />
<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/bayonetta/">Bayonetta</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/bayonetta/#1491829"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/04/bayonetta_tokyo_1_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/bayonetta/#807847"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/05/bayonetta-005_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/bayonetta/#1491830"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/04/bayonetta_tokyo_6_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/bayonetta/#807849"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/05/bayonetta-006_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/bayonetta/#1491831"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/04/bayonetta_tokyo_4_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/07/review-bayonetta/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Review: Bayonetta</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/07/review-bayonetta/">Review: Bayonetta</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:20:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/07/review-bayonetta/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/19307555/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/07/review-bayonetta/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>bayonetta</category><category>little-angels</category><category>Microsoft</category><category>Platinum Games</category><category>platinum-games</category><category>PlatinumGames</category><category>sega</category><category>team-little-angels</category><category>Xbox-360</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Mitchell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:20:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>