Bayonetta 3 has been in the making for quite some time now, but PlatinumGames is yet to properly reveal this anticipated Switch exclusive. Series creator Hideki Kamiya has also remained tight-lipped - telling fans for the last few years how development is "going fine" and not to worry.
So when can we expect to hear more about this anticipated Switch exclusive? Hopefully, it will be this year.
In a recent chat on one of Hamster's Arcade Archives streams, Kamiya made reference to Bayonetta 3 when asked what PlatinumGames has been busy with as of late. Here's what he had to say, courtesy of a translation by Nintendo Everything:
"we’ve been working on new stuff like Bayonetta 3, not that I can say too much… but I hope we can give an update during the year."
He went onto mention how he has some other "unannounced projects" with the aim to "bring some hype" to the industry - so we're guessing he's not referring to the already revealed Project GG - another upcoming release, which is part of a hero trilogy containing Viewtiful Joe and The Wonderful 101.
"and give updates on a few more unannounced projects too. I’m not sure if I’m allowed to say that, but I said it anyway."
" The point is – I’m trying to do a lot of stuff this year...Please keep an eye on us. I’m hoping to bring some hype to this industry."
Do you think we'll finally get to see Bayonetta 3 in 2021? How about a release? Share your thoughts down below.
[source live2.nicovideo.jp, via nintendoeverything.com]
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I think we all hope that Mr. Kamiya. Been dying for the next entry myself, and can count Bayonetta 2 among my most played action games.
Sounds like Bayonetta 3 news might be cold for another year. PG revealed this game way too early.
Until something is shown this is just vaporware.
What difference does it make?
He wants to give an update on the game, at some point, this year. lol This guy.
"...Game development is progressing even more smoothly."
December 31, 2021:
Kamiya: Bayonetta 3 is still in development. Stay tuned.
I heard development is going great!
Yeah, we gonna get a new teaser trailer at the Game Awards in December 😂
Honestly, I thought that by having the assets and everything else from previous games they would, by now, have finished completely the development.
At least it's confirmed no release in 2021.
It's January and they're expecting Bayonetta 2 news sometime during the year.
Not too promising. By the time it's released, we may be playing the Switch's successor
Can you update on something that isn't announced yet? Wouldn't you just announce it? Lol
Yeah, maybe focus on Bayonetta 3 before focusing on other projects Kamiya.
Sounds to me like he wants to talk about these projects, but for some reason Nintendo doesn’t want him to. That’s what I gather.
Why don’t they just work on one project, finish it and release and sell it.
This is mainly the way Sony Studios work so the games get out.
I’ve noticed recently lots of developers have multiple projects on the go at the same time
And games are taking a long time to release.
Look at Ubisoft they will have one of their many studios work on one game and release it.
Kamiya: We now focus on Bayonetta 4.
Kamiya, the man with biggest ego in gaming but right now he just looks like the ultimate troll. No screenshots, no artwork, not even a plot synopsis. Right now I don’t even believe the game exists in any form.
The guy can definitely talk the talk but he doesn’t walk the walk, but then again he’s sitting pretty on all that Wonderful 101 Kickstarter money!
looking forward to hearing bayo3 development going EXTRA well!
We hope so too!
2022 release then?
@jtmnm I think we can put the blame on Nintendo for that (and Prime 4). Seems like it was announced just to reassure people the ports of the first 2 wasn't all that was planned and they were barely in preproduction at the time.
@tourjeff perhaps it isn't using any assets from 1 or 2 and it's a total overhaul.
Errr shouldn't it be releasing this year if all is going well?! It's been ages?! Just hoping for some news is ultimate pessimism for 2021.
Also, why were Bayo 1+2 released on Switch so far ahead of Bayo 3? Seems odd to me...
@Orpheus79V To be fair to Nintendo, the amount of moaning from folk wanting Metroid 4 at the time was unbearable. At least now there is less anxiety lol. Nauseating, the way kids thinkk developers 'forget' games.
'F-zero? Nope, never heard of it.'
'You made it!'
'Oh, did I...was it good?'
I might hope so!!
Maybe the game is in development hell?
Dont hold ya breath kids
Hopefully that update won't be the usual "development is going well".
I hope they reveal the title screen at this years game awards.
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Development hell.
People are very easy to wind up it seems!
Kamiya is clearly taking the P.
Lol, I really feel for Bayonetta fans. This game is taking forever. Now excuse me while is sit patiently waiting for Metroid Prime 4...
"The development is going well" is gonna be the update
Bayonetta 3 update: Official title IS Bayonetta 3 and it definitely has something to do with Bayonetta.
Status updates on this game are going to become a meme at this point.
Nothing in what is quoted means Bayonetta 3 can't release this year.
Kideki Kamiya stop making us of clowns and reveal already at least a screenshot or a gameplay trailer for the game,i tired of your excuses.
Next update "Development is going really well" (no video, screenshot for another year lol)
Come on! I hope this is a really big project cause this is a long development cycle
How many times did he say that?
Well, so long as this game doesn't come out as a buggy Trainwreck, but still
Bayo 3 has as many chances of being release on 2021 as Waluigi being in Smash Bros.
That's ok, I still have Bayonneta 1&2 in my 100+ game backlog.
So the waiting time could be because they have many balls in the air?
Just an update, huh?
This is beginning to look like Earthbound 64, but at least there was actual footage of that game.
@BoyfriendOfDeath He does seem a bit overstretched. Perhaps we’ll get nothing for the next 5 years then half a dozen Kamiya games in 2027 😂
The update will literally just be “development is going well, see you all in 2022”
This trolling is going way too far.
I don´t expect anything from this game anymore. My hype is under 100. I don´t think I´ll buy it when releases, I´ll wait several years like him. Shanti shanti.
Same with Astral Chain. I´ll buy it when Bayo 3 releases.
It has taken way too long and could never live up to the hype anymore. It's such a shame, they announced it way too early. There's only so long you can be left waiting for a date before you lose interest.
People say development hell... Sure they have argument... Just because of some recent game that will not be named. I will say less is more... Just because this stupid culture craves information does not mean they are allowed it. It will be ready when it's ready. I'm confident platinum games will deliver a game worthy of the name.
I personally assumed the game would release this year and probably by the summer. Wishing to share some news in the next twelve months is poor. I'm wondering if this has actually been delayed to take advantage of the new switch's extra processing power, just like Metroid Prime 4. There is an obvious reason that game was completely started over, and that reason is it's being designed to take advantage of the newer patform.
@faint I suspect Nintendo don't want him pulling the trigger too early... Bayonetta 3 was one of the games that convinced me to buy a Switch (longer ago than I care to remember).
I doubt Bayonetta 3 will be out this year. I'm really hoping for announcements about Astral Chain sequels.
I'm not that hyped for Bayo 3, I can't see how they can really build on the previous entries and see it just being more of the same.
With this and Babylon's Fall both still lost in development with no news forthcoming I wouldn't be surprised if one does a Scalebound - if that happens I personally would prefer that B3 gets canned and see a new Platinum IP release.
So we can assume it won't be out this year, got it
Hope the game ends up being wonderful, though this long wait without any new trailers has me worried that they could be struggling behind the scenes.
Probably keeping quite til E3
This time, they shaved her head.
I completely understand everyone's frustrations. In one way you can say the it shows how much we enjoyed the previous two games and give kudos to PG. I believe if anyone didn't like the game(s) then why even click on the article. Given how Nintendo does their announcements I predict this will be a surprise. One day either during a Direct (if they ever happen again) or just on a random Wednesday they'll drop a lengthy trailer followed by a release date anywhere within a 90 day window.
Would definitely like to see some news about Bayonetta 3. Who wouldn’t?
The Bayo 3 devs must have been switched to a different project at some point? Maybe that game will be out this year?
I love this and the threads. A part of me just wants them to say that development is going great and smooth , and then just say that every year! While no one is even working on the game! Xxxx
This game was announced in 2017. The way it is going, maybe we will see it on Switch 3.
@Yosher
To be fair, what doesn't become a meme these days?
@jtmnm well look how long it's been since they announced the granblue fantasy rpg and that's another 2-3 years away apparently
It's crazy that SMTV may actually release before Bayonetta 3.
@gameboy1975 Good point.
With our collective luck the last day of December we'll get a vague release window for 2022.
This is getting ridiculous. Why did they announce this and Metroid 4? I haven't played my Switch in months.
Hoping there's more than Pokemon Snap and Mario 3D World (that I've already played on the WiiU) in the next few months....
@YANDMAN I suspect it is coming out whenever the new hardware is coming out. There's a lot of assumptions that that is this year. But I'm pretty sure nintendo really only needs the extra power for games like this zelda and metroid. We know metroid isn't coming this year. I'm going to assume this isn't coming this year. And that makes me wonder is zelda is a march 2022 game.
They need the extra power though. I don't want 720p bayonetta again.
I hope Nintendo reconsiders revealing games years in advance haha. I'm not sure it's worked out well for Bayo 3 and MP 4.
At this point I'd rather be kept in the dark about games until they are a few months away. Something like Age of Calamity.
@UltimateOtaku91 Ah, that's another one floating around in the potential vaporware bin. We have gameplay for it, at least. As I understand it, too, its production has been somewhat problematic with the reins being given to another developer. I will agree PG's marketing department might have a haphazard approach to game reveals, though.
@jtmnm oh no, 4 years of development and still nothing of this game, was Platinum Games really developing Bayonetta 3?it don't see so.
Bayonetta Forever.
2025: Platinum hopes to share a Bayonetta 3 update. Nintendo hires new director for Metroid Prime 4, with every single Wii U game ported to Switch, Nintendo starts porting CD-I games.
I wish Platinum would buy the rights for Scalebound from Microsoft, that looked so awesome!
I’m losing interest honestly. To
The point I’m considering selling my copy of 2
Not gonna lie.... the excruciating long wait has killed my interest. We all know it's not coming this year OR probably next year either.
At this point, may as well save it for Nintendo's next console.
@talocaca well the thing is, Nintendo actually came out and said they had to restart development on MP4 in beginning of 2019 so the delay on that is actually understandable.
It's not like when they announced it in 2017, they knew it would be canned and restarted in 2019. They had no clue so you can't fault them for that.
Bayonetta 3 is an entirely different story. I have my own thoughts on that and what's happened with that.
Hopefully he'll admit that they restarted development on Bayonetta 3 in early 2019 and used the assets they had already developed by that point to make Astral Chain.
Bayonetta 3 was announced in 2017 but not Astral Chain, then we don't hear anything about Bayonetta but get news about a random exclusive game in start 2019, turns out to be in the EXACT same genre as Bayonetta.
Yeah nothing fishy about that.
Lol, clearly this game should not have been teased three years ago, I’d hope they’d have something to share in 21. No longer expecting a release this year lol
They've most likely got an NDA on this game from Nintendo. It'll come when it's ready. I love the fact this is rattling gamers so much, I think Kamiya does too, it's not exactly the hardest crowd to wind up as they're so hyper sensitive.
@Razer actually, even though they announced that they were restarting development (which was actually refreshing and honest) it is clear that they announced the game WAY too early.
Hopefully some developers have learned their lessons. I much rather have reveals like Paper Mario or Demons Souls on PS5....announced when development is pretty much finished and with a clear path to release.
Announcing games that are years away to hide the lack of current releases should not be something platform holders do.
Nintendo had a pretty abysmal 2020 (outside Animal Crossing) and 2021 is sadly not looking much better.
The Switch is almost 4.....and it's become an Indie / port Machine.
Really ridiculous that it's taking this long.
Just a refresher:
@talocaca I will say that 2021 is off to a good start. In the first 4 months we have:
With the third party support, only one of those games is really taking up Nintendo's resources. Even if you only factor for maybe 3-4 first party releases in 2021, you still have a pretty nice release schedule with things like SMT V, MH Stories 2 and Ys IX sliding in from third parties.
If we could go ahead and get a localization for Yokai Watch 4 that would be appreciated.
@Nerdling I LOVE loved the earlier games but my hype has been killed as well. We need a gameplay trailer at E3 or a Direct as an "update" and not another tweet that things are "going well". So well that the game has been in development for 5 years with nothing to show for it.
Rather have them take their time and finish when they are ready. People expect Bayonetta to be treated as a 'annual game' but it's not. And we have gotten so many unexpected games in the mean time so it's really just the game culture being whiney again🙄🙄🙄. If it wasn't for Nintendo the franchise might have been dead anyways.
@Sanangelo89 Yep I mean it's not like FIFA where you just reskin the players and update the rosters and bang it out every year. The first game took them 3 years to make. If this is on a grander scale then it'll take them much longer. It's just a bunch of bedwetters crying.
Quite literally Bayo 3 never.
@Sanangelo89 Yeah, there's a lot of whiny people out there, but when they announce a game in 2017, I can't blame people for getting impatient as the release date drags out to 2022.
At this point, I'd be more.surprised to see a Bayonetta 3 trailer, then a metroid prime 4 one, that's how ridiculous the whole development of this game has been, since I've been waiting for this, I found out that No More Heroes 3 is coming, and will certainly play it before, this bayo 3 rumor, really can't call it more than a rumor,
I do not wait Bayonetta 3 anymore. Platinum is a very chaotic company in the wrong way. The quality of their games is very different because they do a lots of things in same time. Their last game Astral Chain still bugy and unfinished.
@sixrings Absolutely, the whole 'make do, it's a handheld' thing has gone far enough. Internal technology naturally gets smaller and more powerful, there is no reason not to have a higher spec version. It would just be fantastic to have ports without compromise.
@StuOhQ Yeah, you know why it's so frustrating? It's because we have such a massive love for the games we've already played from them. And it's really hard to sit on the edge like this waiting their next entry into the series.
It's torture lol.
So when you tease one teensie-weensie bit of an announcement, and then go completely dark for almost 4 years, how do they expect us to cope? 😂
I mean YEAH, we know there's other games to play in the meantime, BUT.... we want Bayo... 💔
And Samus... 💔💔
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