Nintendo has revealed a solid launch date for Bayonetta 2 in Europe, as well as details on three different physical retail editions of the game.
The title will hit store shelves on October 24th. The most alluring version will be the “First Print Edition”, which includes the game and its forerunner, both in boxed form. These will be clad inside a special case which also includes an "The Art of Bayonetta 2" art book, and is designed to resemble "The Hierarchy of Laguna" tome from the actual game. This pack will be limited to just 15,300 copies.
Next up is the "Special" edition, which is both discs, but no special box. Finally we have the "Solus" edition, which is just Bayonetta 2 in a standard case.
The pricing for these packs has not yet been confirmed. Both games will also launch on the Wii U eShop, and players who purchase one will receive a discount on the other.
Comments 98
Definitely getting this looks awesome and will fit nicely on my shelf.
Oh i want that it looks so awesome.
Which it allowed us to preorder now..
Yeah I need to know where I can pre-order it.
Awesome... but why was I told by a Nintendo representative at Gamescom that both games were to be found on the same disc????
^^ This would love to pre-order it, I was hoping Nintendo would open up the pre-order on the site once the Direct was done... :/
. . ,WHY ISNT NA GETTING THIS? Do I seriously need to literally beat sense into someone in charge there?
not in na again!!!!! thats three wiiu special editions in a row that have skipped na. wtf!!!!!!!
I'd like if there was a version that came with bayonetta 1 and 2 in separate packaging but without the art book, y'know just to have on my shelf
Im so JEALOUS!!!!! Why can't we get some type of limited edition in North America???……you guys are so lucky…i want the game now to console my tears of "no limited edition"
15,300? Is Bayonetta 2 even going to get that many sales in the UK? xD
I am all over that limited edition though. Cannot wait!
@SonicSimmer ther is it was in the direct and NOE pr mail said that
"At launch, European fans will have three retail editions to choose from: the newly announced First Print Edition, the Special Edition which bundles disc versions of Bayonetta 2 and Bayonetta together, or the solus edition which includes just Bayonetta 2. In addition, digital versions of Bayonetta 2 and Bayonetta can be purchased on Nintendo eShop at launch, and those who buy one title can obtain the other one at a discounted price."
@Jazzer94 GAME have confirmed they're doing preorders for all 3 versions from tomorrow.
http://twitter.com/GAMEdigital/status/507656077912313856
@C-Olimar 15,300 for all of Europe, not only the UK!
@C-Olimar It's for the whole of Europe, not just UK.
@Grumblevolcano Thanks will be waking up early tomorrow to secure mine.
@nathatruc
I mean a version that has them in separate cases but without the art book, the special edition is just the bayonetta 2 case with both discs I think, unless I'm mistaken
Why can't Uk share those limited editions with North America??
I think I would rather have both games on one disc...
@SonicSimmer The NoE direct clearly showed the box with the two games, nothing sure, but to me it really looked like a box containing two separate cases as the ones inside the limited book
About time Nintendo gave us in the UK & EU the best edition for once america gets so many 3DS limited editions that never see this side of the world and we get a crappy download only version.
@RainbowGazelle @scamander Hmmm, that's still kind of pushing it though :/
i just called and issued a recorded formal complaint to hq. i doubt anybody will hear it but i needed to vent. this is just $#@%&* stupid. thats 3 special editions on the wiiu in a row to skip na.
Ugh, I hate limited editions so much. They always force me to get a game earlier than I need to. NA can take them all as far as I'm concerned, I'd rather just not have them available. Just can't keep myself from buying them.
@Luna-Harmony thats due to other publishers. these are published by ninty. na has never received a wiiu special edition release and you guys have had three in a row.
Well that tome looks awesome. I thought I was going all digital now but I need to rethink about it. Gah! I'd just pre-order on Amazon if it shows up since I could cancel it if i change my mind.
@Luna-Harmony That's exaggerating as your comment is only really true for Atlus titles. Even the Hoenn remakes have special editions coming to Europe but not NA.
I wonder how much I could sell the box for. (It is worthless to me as it makes the already inconvenient physical disks even more impractical to use).
The 360 version only works perfectly when it is cached to the HDD as well which is another thing to think about.
This limited edition is gorgeus, but I'll wait to see the price before considering it a "must". Then again the copies are few and will allow most likely a week or less for take a decision... Ready to bet this gonna be the next limited I'll miss for a too long hesitation XD
Then again what I want most anyway are both games and those alone should be an easy catch XP
i guess they don't want me to preorder titles from them anymore
@SonicSimmer Did you watch the European direct? The standard 2-disc version will include separate packaging for both games. It was clearly from the picture they showed.
@Grumblevolcano
This better not be a Game Exclusive in the UK
@BakaKnight @scamander Whoops must've missed that, I was sure that it was said somewhere that it would be in a single box
look at it like this, whichever edition you get, the games inside will be the same.
dont go to work tomorrow and take it on someone and get fired over a game.
think of a happy place that makes you happy.
I never buy limited editions, but I would for this one. Of course it does not seem to come to NA.
Oh well, I will have to settle with getting two great games for the price of one.
annnnnd the cost?
Ok there is this First print edition, Special Edition and Solus edition, So the ones we Pre-Ordered ages ago would fall into which category o.0 and also Solus as name suggest would just be just one disc, but do we get a download code for Bayonetta or what? hmmm...
There all on GAMES website now.
Do want!
Bayonetta 2 Limited Edition - Only at GAME. £59.99
Why so few copies and no NA release? Why dammit why?
Why did this have to be released after the new Smash Bros.!? Why God, why-huh? It's only in Europe?...HELLOOOOOOO Ebay.
Wow. Look how cool that is, plus I don't even get to buy it! Awesome. NA is the best.
Preordered! Unfortunately, being in Aus I'll be waiting to actually PLAY it and everyone else will have finished it - but it's so worth it! Here's hoping some kind of cool special edition gets announced for NA
I guess this is good news to me. Now I won't feel tempted to spend $20+ more on a physical copy of a limited/collectors edition like I recently did with Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call.
Book of Angels is £59.99, worth it. Exclusive packaging and two games. Two pack is £44.99 and the single pack is £32.99.
@momoiiru It looks like US gamers get Bayonetta for free with the Bayonetta 2, Euro and Aus gamers don't. Seems like a fair trade off.
I want this sadly I'm in the wrong continent
I live in California and the only word I have at my disposal right now is... hatred. In its purest form. I would by two of the 1st Print Editions. One to play and display and the other to lock away. Livid would be another word.
what's up with Nintendo of America?? We are getting absolutely no special editions of anything. Just plain vanilla ones. I don't get the reasoning behind this madness. If we keep getting the shaft on all games(looking at you Hyrule Warriors) I might just stop supporting these games. I know my one sale won't make much of a difference, but if my choices are limited why not choose the cheap used version sometime down the line. I wonder if it is the developers choice or if it is actually just Nintendo of America. I remember they wouldn't release a white 3ds here because reggie claimed it wouldn't sell. Wonder if he feels the same way about these special editions of games?? Then again what data does he have to base his assumptions on, if there is no special bundles of any game ever being sold on the wii u???
Solus for me. Bayonetta would have been a great free extra but I'm not paying £15 extra for it when I've played it so many times before. I only paid £17 for it the first time and that was less than a month after launch.
A little bit over priced (this is game were talking about), but I decided to pre order and get the strategy book as well. Although I decided against signing up for a Game account to earn a whopping 40pee on a £79.98 purchase.
Awww, and just before I landed here on NL this morning, I pre-ordered that special edition from Finnish store for 47e.
I've been ordering special editions lately (like theatrhtyhm curtain call, since the price wasn't much different than just the game in here) but since I paid this advance I don't think I bother to cancel and go for that really special edition.
I DID miss Hyrule Warriors LE, pre-ordred full everywhere I looked :/
I hope these would hit US as well, NOE has been doing kickass job with SEs lately
@Trikeboy That's not true. If you compare the prices, you will notice that it's more like Europe gets also a cheaper option without Bayonetta 1. The price for the standard double pack is pretty reasonable and most likely it will decrease further before release.
@Finntendo FWIW, the Special Edition is the standard 2-disc version with both games and no special box. The Limited Edition is the real "special" edition.
@Peach64 I'd order from Amazon while they have to listed with Bayonett 1 included for £31.85 that's what I did.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00BCWYRJA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Don't think I can stomach the £60 for an art book.
Any one know where to preorder the first print edition?
@PinkSpider Assumed this is it: http://www.game.co.uk/en/bayonetta-2-limited-edition-only-at-game-206923
Oh cheers, when u click preorder it shows you a pic of the leather case
I preorder all the special editions
@PinkSpider Ah, I just refreshed my cache and now the box art is there
OMG so nice, I couldnt wait for the limited edition to appear in my country (maybe it won´t) and just preorder one from the UK
Preordered, and can't wait I've only played though the original game once, and didn't even pay for it (play.com gave it away as a freebie with Vanquish) so I don't mind laying out some extra cash here as it's a great game. Especially now, as it's been enhanced with Nintendo exclusive extras which should make it worth revisiting.
Game.co.uk have them up on there site now !
I wish nintendo store uk would have got these in fast as their packing wins every time.
I actually think £59.99 is a total steal. basically £30 approx. per game, so basically the cool packaging and art book is as good as FREE and is just the icing on the cake as far as I'm concerned, when I see the clip showing this LE version I honestly expected it to cost at least £80 upwards, so it's a no brainer for me.
@Jazzer94 Thanks! Put an order in too.
15,300 limited copies and approaching rip-off levels with £59.99 at GAME. It reminds me of Xenoblade Wii.
£ 60 - € 75 - $ 98.
@CliffordB If you consider that I bought one ot those games 2 years ago for € 10...
@jariw
Oh I know that. And that's what I pre-ordered. Not starting to fight for 15k copies edition But "special edition" is how you find that basic two-disc version. And that LE probably won't shop up in Finnish sites.
This is sometimes bit confusing, all the Special editions and Limited editions going around...
I still want a pricing on special edition. The GAME price implies RRP for £55 and Amaozn.fr have 70 Euros. If those are accurate here is a tip for NOE. Bayonetta 1 was ported because many people have not played it (and so wouldn't want to play the sequel), making it stupidly expensive (rather than a freebie like America has it) is not going to make them jump in.
@Punished_Boss Complain to Nintendo about for caring about their limited edtions holding their value (UK retail drop everything like bricks to compete). The 15000 copies are for the whole of Europe and it isn't GAME exclusive outside of the UK (but other retailers probably won't get many as it will probably be treated as one copy for every 50 regular you buy). You could not bother with it (I think it looks naff), wait for the Nintendo Store to have it (they seem to get all LE even exclusive ones) or order form outside the UK.
This a GAME Exclusive? I want it but don't want to pre-order with Game.
Also people looking for Bayonetta 2 Inc Bayonetta 1 WII U physical it's £5.00 cheaper at ShopTo - http://www.shopto.net/video-games/wiiu/WIIUBA02-bayonetta-2-inc-bayonetta-1
Ugh so it is a GAME exclusive lets hope they don't send me damaged goods like they have in the past
I'll post this here as well; in case anyone knows.. (I'm talking about the UK version obviously), but...
Does anyone know if the Special Edition (not the First Print Edition) will come with both games boxed separately? Or are they packed together in the same case?
An extra £20-30 for a slightly fancier packaging and a few pages with pictures of monsters? And it's only available from Game, the worst retailer in the UK? No thanks.
I just hope the special edition wont be over £40, that would piss me off. (Considering America gets it for free!)
I think I will just pre-order the First Print edition. £60 (€76) is not really that bad considering most Wii U games are €55 (sometimes €60) so I think I will pick it up.
I wasn't considering getting it day one but that Box is just beautiful. The only downside is that even if I per-order it I will most likely get it a week later for it to be shipped here.
A question for people who pre-ordered from GAME site. Do they take the money from your card straight away or do they do the same as amazon and take it when it has been dispatched?
@whodatninja Eh, it depends, if that Bayonetta 1 game case is unique to the First Print edition.. then you've got yourself a very rare game.
Also it's only £15 more than the Special Edition.
@whodatninja £39.85 at shopto.net
@whodatninja
really kick in the head make it Game Exclusive, surprised Game aren't charging 69.99
The copy I have on Pre order with amazon for 29.99 the description listes includes the first game
The first game is rated 18, while the second one is rated 16.
Subtle.
Someone will argue that it's Nintendo's doing, and that the new game is less graphic than it should have been.
I don't get the rating downgrade. I saw somebody get ripped in half in the direct. And Bayo is still naked. But whatever. I think its still M in the US.
While I do like the that special edition I'd be grateful just getting both game boxes in America. Instead of two games in one box. I may look at trying to order a case and printing the European boxart for the first one.
Really didn't want to do a pre-order with GAME but the first edition version just looks too good, and will sell out, so I accepted defeat and handed them my credit card details. Will make this a one off though, after the MK8 bundle.
Slight nick pick, perhaps it's my mild OCD kicking in, but the only thing I don't like about these special editions is that because they are Europe wide you get the other ratings. The USK sign is so big and is completely pointless in countries that don't use it. My MK8 has three ratings on the front which completely distracts from the wonderful front cover with different languages which I have no interest in on the back...yuck. Sorry, I'll get my coat now.
Cool, I wonder why NA has been missing the special editions lately.....bleh.
@Octane On Amazon the game is £31.85 which is still said to include Bayo 1. Ergo the First Print GAME edition is nearly £20-30 more! No thanks.
@whodatninja Hadn't seen the Amazon price yet. That's an easy choice then, I too would go with the Special Edition. I don't really care for the Book of Angels, or the artwork. But if the Bayonetta 1 game case is exclusive to the First Print Edition, I'm very tempted to buy that version. I've contacted Nintendo of Europe, I hope they can shed some light on how the Special Edition will be delivered.
@SilentHunter382 They take the money out when the game is dispatched!
@CaptainToad Totally agree with you!!
But with both Mario kart and windwaker I bought the limited editions for myself and for my lil bro's birthday I bought the standard ones and just nicked his boxes and he had my ugly ones! ha
Just pre-ordered the first print edition from Nintendo's UK store. Roll on 24th October!
Also, I gotta agree with a few of you on here. I cannot stand the huge ratings labels on the cases. Really bugs me!
@Great_Gonzalez Thanks for letting me know.
EDIT: Damn it its out of stock. :<
I ordered Bayonetta 2 (including Bayonetta). I guess that's the 2 discs, one box version (without the artbook)? I am okay with that.
"Also, I gotta agree with a few of you on here. I cannot stand the huge ratings labels on the cases. Really bugs me!"
Me too! The labels really do ruin those limited editions! Why oh why must Germany have its own rating-system? Helllooo, there is PEGI!!
@Henmii @SonicSimmer @BakaKnight @scamander @Octane
So did you guys find a definitive answer to your question?
Does the special version (not the first print) come with physical copies of B1 and B2 in SEPARATE cases?
I've been searching for a while but nobody seems to know.
The nintendo direct only showed the first print I believe.
@scamander @BakaKnight @Octane @Henmii @SonicSimmer
So did you guys find a definitive answer to your question?
Does the special version (not the first print) come with physical copies of B1 and B2 in SEPARATE cases?
I've been searching for a while but nobody seems to know.
The nintendo direct only showed the first print I believe.
@chonggi724 It looks like they're seperate boxes which is why the package is bigger
http://www.game.co.uk/en/bayonetta-2-special-edition-307013?pageSize=20&categoryIdentifier=765720&catGroupId=
It's the version I've pre-ordered. I don't want a £15 artbook
@Frapp You don't have to wait until December for the rip off merchants - GamesPot have already got it listed on Amazon.co.uk Marketplace for £199.99 + £4.08 delivery - I so hope everyone ignores that ******'s listing, no matter how desperate they may feel to get the now sold out on both Game and Nintendo Store First Print edition (as you might be able to tell from my tone I also missed out on the First Print - C'est la vie).
Instead have ordered the £31.85 pre order price from Amazon as it's still showing that it includes Bayonetta 1 - so if it turns out down the line it doesn't I can always cancel and order the Special Edition anyway... Ho Hum
@chonggi724 I've contacted Nintendo about this, and even got a fast reply, but sadly they couldn't disclose any further information regarding the Special Edition, we only know it comes with both games, but we don't know how it'll be presented to us. Like @Nik-Davies said, it's a large package, so two separate boxes seem very likely. I think I'll just pre-order that version eventually.
On the other hand, if you remember this: http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--r0eeZsg---/zv8hgj4j6qkozdpe1tut.jpg, it definitely makes you wonder whether that is just an outdated image, or perhaps a North American thing.
If you're interested in the answer from Nintendo UK; here it is;
''Dear Nintendo Customer,
Thank you for your contacting our Customer Support Team.
We regret to inform you, that we currently do not have any further announcements with regards to the upcoming Bayonetta 2.
We therefore apologise as we are unable to help you further, however you can keep updated for any further announcements through our online store or updates directly from us by signing up to our newsletter at www.nintendo.co.uk or by subscribing to the Official Nintendo Magazine.
Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience or disappointment caused.
If you have any further questions or queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Kind regards,
Your Nintendo UK Team''
@Nik-Davies @Octane
You guys are amazing
Thanks a whole bunch!
@Frapp WOW YOU ARE OBSERVANT!! AMAZING!
@Frapp Oh gosh, I totally missed that little detail XD
Then the obvious is confirmed, I mean... with that shape I had an hard time imagine what else that box could contain if not two cases >.>;
@BakaKnight thought it might be an extra thick double case - but that kinda didn't make sense because two different types of cases AND cover had to be made and just seems like extra work
So its 2 boxes, 2 discs, one package? I will check soon if that is the version I have ordered. I just want both games!
Dr Healer Jude The Great. I had lost all hopes of getting a job coupled with many fake spell caster i met online from Africa. Dr. Healer The Great is based in Europe and can be better trusted. He is worth giving a try. He is well known all over the world especially in Europe. He has helped a lots of people sole various problems with love, unemployment etc.
He is worth giving a try. He is well known all over the world especially in Europe.You can contact Dr. Healer Jude The Great directly on [email protected] or call Healer The Great Temple of Solution +37060712063 or (321) 312-2290
Moore Kandy
[email protected]
Tulsa Oklahoma , OK
Tap here to load 98 comments
Leave A Comment
Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...