Bayonetta

Description

Bayonetta is an action game created by Hideki Kamiya. After 500 years of sleep, a witch named Bayonetta awakes and finds herself confronted by enemies. With no recollection of who she is or the reason she is being attacked, Bayonetta must battle her way through the city of Vigrid while her memory returns.

Bayonetta can magically shape her hair into anything and uses it as a weapon to eliminate her enemies. She also has 4 guns at her disposal, two handguns and two attached to her heels. Bayonetta's guns are interchangeable with other weapons that are accessible throughout the game. Weapons can be bought or will be dropped by enemies defeated in battle, weapons bought can be upgraded but weapons dropped by enemies are only temporary.

The game features slow-motion in the form of Witch Time, which is activated with a well-timed dodge during battle. In this mode Bayonetta can counter-attack enemies before they have the chance to react.

Part of the Following Groups

• Gameplay feature: Chainsaws
• Gameplay feature: Quick Time Events / QTEs
• Protagonist: Female

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User Reviews

An intense action game that continually tops itself	Xbox 360	BlameItOnTheKusoge (5)
All Bayonetta, All the time!	PlayStation 3	Kadeem Gomez (27)

The Press Says

AceGamez	Xbox 360	Jan 08, 2010	100 out of 100	100
PAL Gaming Network (PALGN)	Xbox 360	Dec 23, 2009	9.5 out of 10	95
Gamona	PlayStation 3	Jan 01, 2010	92 out of 100	92
Gamezone (Germany)	Xbox 360	Jan 11, 2010	9.2 out of 10	92
ZTGameDomain	PlayStation 3	Jan 04, 2009	9 out of 10	90
GBase - The Gamer's Base	Xbox 360	Jan 08, 2010	9 out of 10	90
Gamereactor (Sweden)	PlayStation 3	Dec 22, 2009	9 out of 10	90
That Gaming Site	PlayStation 3	Feb 05, 2010	8.9 out of 10	89
Valhalla	Xbox 360	Jan 25, 2010	8.5 out of 10	85
Game Revolution	PlayStation 3	Jan 12, 2010	B+	83

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Trivia

Development team

The development team at Platinum Games Inc. responsible for Bayonetta is called Team Little Angels

References

Despite only being being published by SEGA, Bayonetta has numerous references to past SEGA games. Magical Sound Shower from OutRun and the theme of After Burner play during a car ride and motorbike chase, respectfully. During the prologue one character talks about a villainous person by the name of Eggman (a la the Eggman of Sonic games, though not the same character) and Bayonetta herself, while stylishly dispatching enemies, repeats several of Ulala's lines from Space Channel 5.

Elsewhere in the game a character rattles off a list of previous girlfriends: Claire, Trish, Sylvia, and "Ammy". These refer to the previous games directed by Hikedi Kamiya: Claire Redfield from Resident Evil 2, Trish from Devil May Cry, Sexy Sylvia from Viewtiful Joe, and Amaterasu from Okami.