Bayonetta 3 (Switch) News Articles
Thursday9th Jan 2020
"I feel like a lot of people are getting worried"
Bayonetta has been in the headlines a lot recently. At the end of last year, PlatinumGames' founder Hideki Kamiya was asked when fans could expect to hear more about the next entry, Bayonetta 3. He responded by saying "development's going really well" but didn't offer any extra insight. Now, in the
Monday6th Jan 2020
News PlatinumGames Has "Several Big Announcements" To Share In Early 2020
Bayonetta 3 please?
Waiting for more news on the highly-anticipated Bayonetta 3 has become a bit torturous now, but we got a ray of sunlight in December last year when Hideki Kamiya revealed that development is "going really well". That's reassuring, but we need to see new footage pronto; since it got announced during The Game Awards 2017, there has...
Thursday2nd Jan 2020
News Expect "Big News" From A "Full Speed" PlatinumGames This Year
Big things in store in 2020
PlatinumGames president Kenichi Sato has stated that fans can expect to see big things from the company in 2020, with the year marking "the beginning of a new stage". Speaking to Japanese publication Inside Games, Sato said PlatinumGames will be operating at "full speed" over the next 12 months. The firm is currently...
Saturday28th Dec 2019
News Hideki Kamiya Says Bayonetta 3 Development Is "Going Really Well"
There you go
At the start of the year, Switch fans got quite a shock when Nintendo announced the development of Metroid Prime 4 had been entirely restarted. This followed later on in the year with the delay of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. With this in mind, it's nice when we do get regular updates from developers about how
Wednesday12th Jun 2019
News Why Was Bayonetta 3 Missing From E3? PlatinumGames Explains All
"I know a lot of people are asking for it"
Bayonetta 3 was one of the more notable absences from Nintendo's E3 showing this year. That, along with the hotly anticipated Metroid Prime 4, weren't exactly the most likely to appear thanks to their unknown release dates, but fans were unsurprisingly a little saddened by the lack of footage nonetheless...
Saturday8th Jun 2019
News PlatinumGames Talks About Bayonetta 3, Astral Chain And Reviving The Wonderful 101 On Switch
The future is now
During an interview with Gematsu at BitSummit 7 Spirits in Kyoto last weekend, PlatinumGames' executive director and producer Atsushi Inaba and game designer Takahisa Taura were queried about the company's upcoming projects. When asked about how Bayonetta 3 for the Nintendo Switch was coming along, Inaba simply said development...
Thursday9th May 2019
News PlatinumGames' Studio Head Talks About Strong Professional Relations With Nintendo
"We've been friends for a long time"
In the same interview with VGC, Platinum Games' studio head, Atushi Inaba, spoke about the positive relations the company had maintained with Nintendo over the years and how respect and trust played a major part in the relationship. "Nintendo is a company that respects creators. From that perspective, it is a...
Friday3rd May 2019
News PlatinumGames Shares More Detail On Bayonetta 3's Unorthodox Development
Mixing it up
If you're as eager to get your hands on Bayonetta 3 as we are, you probably spotted our story yesterday which shared the news of a change in the development process for the series. Now, we have a little more info on the subject thanks to PlatinumGames studio head, Atsushi Inaba. Talking to
Thursday2nd May 2019
News Bayonetta 3's Design Process Will Be Different To Past Titles, Says PlatinumGames' Inaba
Also working on a game "unlike anything else"
It feels like forever ago since we last heard anything about Bayonetta 3. First revealed back in December 2017, the game is arguably one of the most anticipated games slated for the Switch; we wouldn't expect to see all that much about it just yet, but the wait is killing us. Talking to V
Wednesday20th Feb 2019
Random Hideki Kamiya Would Like To See Bayonetta In Mortal Kombat 11
Just imagine...
Just after the Mortal Kombat 11 community had come to accept the fact Shaggy from the Scooby Doo series wouldn't be added to the upcoming release, Bayonetta Director Hideki Kamiya has decided to send fan speculation into overdrive once again. All it took wa
Thursday14th Feb 2019
News PlatinumGames Still "Hard At Work" Developing Bayonetta 3
Look forward to learning more in the future
While many Bayonetta fans were hoping to catch a glimpse of her third outing for Switch in the latest Direct presentation, unfortunately, it didn't happen. Instead, Nintendo's Yoshiaki Koizumi provided a brief update about the project towards the end of the video. Following the reveal of the latest...
Thursday31st Jan 2019
News Nintendo Reconfirms Switch Release Windows For Metroid, Pokémon, Animal Crossing And More
Bayonetta 3, Luigi's Mansion 3, Dragon Quest
As part of Nintendo's newly-released financial report, an up-to-date launch schedule of "primary" Nintendo products has been shared. The schedule shows the expected release windows for all major Nintendo-published games that have already been announced. Aside from Metroid Prime 4, which Nintendo recently...
Monday31st Dec 2018
News PlatinumGames Executive Producer Says 2019 Will Be "An Intense Year", Announcements Coming
We certainly hope so
With 2018 coming to a close today, it's time to look forward to the exciting possibilities of 2019. In many ways, we're actually rather in the dark about what's to come - we'd expect Nintendo to unleash some more big name reveals to fill current gaps - but we do know about several releases which have the potential to arrive on...
Wednesday14th Nov 2018
Rumour PlatinumGames Is Working On Three Switch Titles
One, two, three...
Another rumour has surfaced online. This time it's regarding the Japanese developer PlatinumGames - a company originally founded in 2007 after a merger between Seeds Inc. and Odd Inc. According to Nintendo Insider, the developer has a total of three games currently in development for Nintendo Switch. The first, as we've known...
Monday5th Nov 2018
Random Lady Gaga Reveals She's A "Secret Gamer Girl" Who Has Been Playing Bayonetta
Brie Larson also wants to be Samus Aran
While most Bayonetta fans are waiting on the third entry to arrive at some point in the near future, the American singer, songwriter and actress Lady Gaga is busy playing through the first game. According to one of her tweets, she's a bit of a "secret gamer girl" having recently completed Chapter IV in the...
Wednesday19th Sep 2018
News Bayonetta 3 Development Going "Very, Very Well", PlatinumGames Feels "Excited"
The game is "on course"
It's been quite a while since we last heard anything to do with the upcoming Bayonetta 3; we know it's coming, and that it'll probably be fantastic, but things have pretty quiet over the last few months. Luckily, we now have a tiny update directly from the creators of the game - and things are sounding pretty great. Today,...
Tuesday24th Apr 2018
News Bayonetta 3 Will Be "Crazier, Better, Tighter" Says PlatinumGames
"It’s going to have to raise the bar"
During last week's Reboot Develop 2018 talk with PlatinumGames, founders Atsushi Inaba and Hideki Kamiya discussed their plans for Bayonetta 3, going as far as to call it "a turning point for the company." While they didn’t reveal specific details, they made it clear that they understand the level of...
Thursday8th Mar 2018
With his tongue firmly in cheek, we imagine
We're really looking forward to Bayonetta 3 on Switch; we simply cannot wait to take on the role of the titular Umbra Witch as she fights more angels and demons in a world that exists in one of three planes of reality. After the superb first and second titles, it's sure to be her most blissfully...
Friday16th Feb 2018
News Hideki Kamiya Is Already Thinking About Bayonetta 4
And he's not even finished the third game yet
We've had a double dose of Bayonetta this week thanks to the release of the first and second games on the Nintendo Switch, and the forthcoming third entry must rank as one of the console's most eagerly anticipated titles. You'd think with the third game in active development PlatinumGames' Hideki...
Tuesday13th Feb 2018
News Hideki Kamiya Shares Background of Bayonetta 3 Development
"I hope it will turn into a wonderful encounter for all of you"
Platinum Games is most known for Bayonetta, its stylish hack ‘n’ slash flagship series. Even so, the original Bayonetta was a pretty niche release, which made it difficult for Platinum to find funding for Bayonetta 2. Nintendo then stepped in, securing the release as a company...
Friday5th Jan 2018
"We are looking forward to 2018"
Bayonetta 3 and Metroid Prime 4 are easily two of the most eagerly-anticipated upcoming Switch games, but we've previously assumed that both wouldn't be arriving for quite some time. However, according to a website post from Nintendo's Norway branch - managed by local distributor Bergsala - these games are...
Friday8th Dec 2017
News Bayonetta 1 And 2 Are Getting A Special Edition Bundle With All The Trimmings
A 'Non-Stop Climax Edition' of fun
Who knew The Game Awards would drop so much Nintendo love, eh? Not only are we getting Bayonetta 3 - a Switch exclusive, we might add - but the first two entries in the PlatinumGames series are getting the handheld treatment, too. Better yet, Nintendo even showcased a glitzy new Special Edition that's bound to...
News Bayonetta 3 Is In Development And Is A Switch Exclusive
Glorious news
We're big fans of PlatinumGames here at Nintendo Life, and loved the Wii U exclusive Bayonetta 2 and port of the original Bayonetta. Well, those are coming to Switch in February, but something even bigger was announced during The Game Awards — Bayonetta 3 is in development as a Switch exclusiv
