Bayonetta

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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.

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Alternate Titles

• "ベヨネッタ" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Bayonetta series
• Gameplay feature: Chainsaws
• Gameplay feature: Quick Time Events / QTEs
• Japanese PlayStation 3 game releases with full English support
• Japanese Xbox 360 game releases with full English support
• Middleware: CRI
• Protagonist: Female

User Reviews

An intense action game that continually tops itself	Xbox 360	BlameItOnTheKusoge (5)
All Bayonetta, All the time!	PlayStation 3	Kadeem Gomez (38)

Critic Reviews

1UP	Xbox 360	Dec 22, 2009	A	100
XboxAchievements	Xbox 360	Jan 13, 2010	95 out of 100	95
ZTGameDomain	Xbox 360	Jan 04, 2009	9.3 out of 10	93
That Gaming Site	Xbox 360	Feb 05, 2010	9.3 out of 10	93
ZTGameDomain	PlayStation 3	Jan 04, 2009	9 out of 10	90
GameSpot	Xbox 360	Jan 04, 2010	9 out of 10	90
Game Captain	Xbox 360	Dec 22, 2009	88 out of 100	88
Gameswelt	Xbox 360	Jan 08, 2010	87 out of 100	87
GameSpy	Xbox 360	Jan 12, 2010		80
Absolute Games (AG.ru)	PlayStation 3	Jan 28, 2010	69 out of 100	69

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

Bayonetta appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

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.

Awards

• 4Players
  • 2009 – #5 Best Game of the Year (Readers' Vote)
  • 2010 – Best Xbox 360 Game of the Year
  • 2010 – Best Action Game of the Year
  • 2010 – Best Art Design of the Year
  • 2010 – #2 Best Music of the Year

Related Web Sites

• trophy guide @ PS3trophies.org (PS3trophies.org's trophy guide for Bayonetta)
• Wikipedia: Bayonetta (article in the open encyclopedia about the game)
• X360A achievement guide (X360A's achievement guide for Bayonetta)