Hey everyone, it’s been a while, huh? I’m Yusuke Hashimoto, the producer of Bayonetta.

Anyways, in my last blog I said that I would talk about being a producer, but I don’t think that it is actually very interesting, so instead I wanted to talk about what it is like to play Bayonetta. Kamiya-san has previously talked about the Easy Automatic mode before, saying it is a mode “even your mom can play.” I’m actually alright with that.

Why am I alright with that? Because the way the controls feel is different. That may sound simple, but it is actually incredibly important! For me, I wondered what I should do to make sure that people who were interested in Bayonetta but aren’t very good at action games could enjoy the game and have a good time. Was there a way to get even more people to enjoy hardcore action games? With Bayonetta, we didn’t just focus on fine-tuning the difficulty of the game, but also I think we have hit on a new method, in terms of how it feels to play the game, for a wide variety of people to enjoy action games.

Finally, I want to show you some new concept designs:

These were the initial design concepts for Grace and Glory. I designed them with my own wild concept of a “Heavenly Assassin Corps.”

This is the initial design for Fearless.

Even though it is a bit cute and cuddly, my idea for it was a seemingly incredibly tough beastly angel.

(NOTE: Higher resolution versions of the concept art in this post can be found on the PlatinumGames Inc. Flickr Page)