The Bayonetta developer commentaries make the final turn as we enter Chapter 16 and Hideki Kamiya discusses the collaboration between Soundelux and PlatinumGames, from sound design to voice actors, in Part 56!
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January 15 has arrived with a Anarchic Revengeance of Bayonetta! Lots of updates to share today!
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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is only a month away and things are heating up. The demo will be available worldwide on January 22, and you can also check out an exclusive trailer edited by Hideo Kojima himself right here.
The Bayonetta developer commentaries welcome 2013 with the revelation that somethings don’t show up when you want them to, even if you are the man in charge, as Hideki Kamiya learns that Courage isn’t always apparent.
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The Bayonetta Developer commentaries return for Christmas with director Hideki Kamiya filing a file-filled feature on files. Imagine him wearing a Santa-hat for Christmas effect.
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Nintendo held their Wii U Preview on September 13 and PlatinumGames (Follow @platinumgames) was there to provide full support.
Hideki Kamiya’s band of heroes are ready for action as Project P-100 (working title) is now THE WONDERFUL 101!
We also surprised fans by finally announcing the much anticipated BAYONETTA 2 was a Wii U exclusive to be published by Nintendo. Bayonetta 2 will be produced by The Wonderful 101′s Atsushi Inaba and directed by Bayonetta producer Yusuke Hashimoto.
Our team wanted to connect with you and give a heads up on this surprising announcement.
On September 13, 2012 Bayonetta 2 was announced as an exclusive title under development for the Wii U during the Nintendo Direct Wii U Presentation held on the same day.
As game developers, we are incredibly excited to be able to announce a new title to all of our fans; however, we are aware that the announcement may have come as a surprise to many of you.
As with Bayonetta, Bayonetta 2 is under development and production here at PlatinumGames, and is a true sequel to the acclaimed first game in the series. Bayonetta is one of our most beloved titles, and it played a large part in establishing PlatinumGames as an emerging game studio in the minds of users worldwide. Bayonetta has fans the world over, and we would never dream of alienating them from participating in the future of PlatinumGames.
That being said, the console games market is in a state of upheaval, so establishing a new game franchise requires a considerable amount of will, determination, and love. Bayonetta is a brand that we want to see become stronger, reaching the hands of more and more gamers, so we have continued to consult with SEGA, the previous game’s publisher, on how we can make sure this takes place. Our answer was a new partnership with Nintendo.
Along with their new hardware, Nintendo, as a company, is dedicated to establishing a new future for the games industry, as you can tell by their record of passionate support for gaming. Alongside Nintendo, we hope to grow the Bayonetta brand beyond where it stands today, allowing even more gamers around the world to experience the action of our beloved witch. As developers, we are working hard to make this a reality.
We hope that you will look forward to what we have in store.
Tatsuya Minami
President & CEO, PlatinumGames Inc. Follow @pg_minami
I’m Yusuke Hashimoto, director of Bayonetta 2. It has been three years since Bayonetta, a title I was also a part of… I’m incredibly happy to be able to announce that we are working on a sequel. Alongside Bayonetta’s creator, Hideki Kamiya, I’m working on everything from creating a compelling world to character designs (I will be designing the enemies again), and everyone on our talented team is united around the core of Bayonetta, Climax Action, in an effort push the series forward. For empowering our heroine with incredible new action to introducing new characters (which you may have noticed in the teaser trailer), Bayonetta will further expand on the mythology of the Trinity of Realities – Inferno, Paradiso, and our human world. I can’t wait to take the journey with you.
After Bayonetta was released, I was coming back on the bullet train with Yusuke Hashimoto, pondering various ideas for sequels or spin-offs to Bayonetta over a beer. I never thought we’d actually get to announce a sequel to her story, so I am absolutely over the moon.
Even though there has been a bit of a gap since the release of the last game, but I still got lots of request for a sequel from gamers. We were secretly making one the entire time. While I am not the director of this game, I am still supervising the world, story, characters, etc. in close coordination with Hashimoto, and I have been from the very beginning. You have nothing to worry about on that end. And of course, plenty of members from the first Bayonetta are on-board and working hard under the direction of Hashimoto, so I look forward to work every day, coming in and seeing all the progress they have made on the game. With new hardware, we look forward to expanding on the Climax Action of Bayonetta, so sit tight and get ready!
Bayonetta director Hideki Kamiya expounds on subjects as varied as his methods of music production, classic 3D shooters, and early ambitions for NPC characters in our 52nd developer commentary.
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Bayonetta infiltrates the Ithavoll Building in our latest developer commentary as we inch ever closer to the conclusion of director Hideki Kamiya’s Non-Stop ∞ Action masterpiece.
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PG Break 04 covers the Anarchy Reigns news that everyone is talking about!
Tune in and catch your first glimpse at footage of that special someone! Bayonetta!!
That isn’t all we have to talk about… Anarchy Reigns on a scale you have never experienced!
And the Blacker Baron isn’t going to let some witch steal the spotlight! He is going to give you a preview of a track from the amazing Anarchy Reigns soundtrack!
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Bayonetta Japan Territory Character Clip
Show Notes:
Bayonetta is a day-one bonus in Japan. She will be available in the West. Details coming soon.
Deathmatch (4 player all for themselves)
Team Deathmatch
Survival Mode (Fight waves of enemies cooperatively)
Cage Match (1v1)
Death Ball (Sports inspired 4×4 gameplay)
Team battles (Class based team deathmatch with a twist)
We’ve hit the big five-oh as we finally near the end of our epic Bayonetta developer commentary! In this installment, director Hideki Kamiya comments on his “take-no-prisoners” attitude in implementing features.
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