Nintendo Reassures Us That Bayonetta 3 "Still Exists" Despite E3 No-Show

In other words, leave Kamiya alone.

It doesn’t exist! Kamiya’s actually running a child sweatshop churning out ‘I♥️NY’ T-shirts.

I am ready for the ultimate climax.

@Flangela That’s what Angela Lansbury said.

@nessisonett 😉

So this game probably hadn't even started development when they announced it.

@Flangela This message comes courtesy of the Cabot Cove Dogging Society.

Figured as much. Let the devs work.

That being said I bet Nintendo wants to shadow drop/2-3 month short announce this later as a mic drop/one more thing but people keep freaking out and dragging it back up. Not saying it will be out this year, just that they are likely playing this one close on purpose. Let the devs work.

Oh look, this story again. Another 'progress is going well' headline regarding Bayonetta 3's development.

I'll be honest, I kinda lost most of the hype I ever had for the game at this point.

I love it when games get announced way to early. Who doesn't like to wait 5 years for a game you are exited for

Bayonetta 3 would have been a hype show for this E3 presentation. The Bayonetta series did not receive a game in such a long time, knowing the fact that a newer series like Splatoon has caught up in the number of entries. Now we have Splatoon 3 and Bayonetta 3.

Not sure if this actually sounds promising or not.

So after nearly 4 years, they still don't have anything to show us?

The guy said "we like to show things whenever we are ready to show them".

So 4 years go by and they are still not ready to show anything? It doesn't sound like "things are going well" if after 4 years, they still have nothing to show.

We still get the same old "development is going well".

Announced way too soon. Just like Prime 4.

We had no news on SMT V for years and it looks incredible, things are worth the wait. Same goes for BotW and it's sequel.

If you have nothing to focus on until Bayonetta 3 then that's your problem

I’m still calling it as vapourware….see you in Strasbourg!

“We’re dying out here”

Subject was later pronounced dead at the scene. The autopsy revealed to the cause of death to be, ‘waiting for a video game’.

Is "progressing well" the same thing as "very close to completion" b/c Pikmin 4 was very close to completion 6 years ago so they can say whatever they want, no repercussions on their end, doesn't mean the game is ever coming out. In the oh so wise words of the internet "Pics or it didn't happen."

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-07-20-pikmin-4-in-development-and-very-close-to-completion

#ShowItorSTFU

And no, Hey Pikmin wasn't Pikmin 4.

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-04-18-nintendos-not-making-hey-pikmin

Lol how people get so irrationally angry about this. It’s a game. They take a long time to make. This isn’t new. None of this is new.

@HamatoYoshi I'm inclined to believe this.

Didn't a lot of this happen with Scalebound?

There was a lot of "development is going well" then it got cancelled in 2017.

Vaporware lol

It still amazes me that it's taking this long to present, at least, a short trailer with some gameplay.
I mean, Platinum most certainly have assets from previous games that can be used and further developed.
It's hard to believe they'd start everything from scratch.
Perhaps Nintendo is holding them back?

I would like to reassure Nintendo that I will not be buying Bayonetta 3, so that my money that is tucked away for when Dark Souls II gets released will be well spent

Nintendo probably wants No More Heroes 3 to have the spotlight for now.

What if they show it during the early 2022 Direct and announce it releases in July? Wouldn't that be something?

If just feels like ages because we’re in Witch Time.

I’m sure it’ll be Platinum quality when done.

Yea that isn't gonna stop people from making jokes and making Kamiya mad lmao

Guess we'll have to wait another year.

I heard Platinum lost some key staff members a while back. Also with Covid and Platinum stretching themselves across multiple titles...well, development likely took a huge hit over the last year or so

If it does, why not show a single screenshot? Or a concept art? Or maybe a 30 second teaser with ANYTHING.

Half the people here screaming out for it or complaining about a lack of news probably won't even buy it lollll.
Video game companies don't owe you anything, go play something else until this is released and stfu.

What is wrong with people these days? There is like zero patience, the game will come out when its ready stop whining about it. I really feel bad for game developers that have to cater to such a toxic community it must be exhausting

And folk are still ignorant as to why Hideki Kamiya gets so agitated on Twitter? Insects!

In other news, Star Citizen is progressing well too.

At the point the game is actually called:

Bayonetta 3: Progressing Well

Lost hype for this. Game is either not devolped enough to show something, or no longer exists.

I dont believe you.

This is why most games aren't announced until they're most of the way through development.

As an SMT fan, though, I understand the pain of years of radio silence. If nothing else, I can't imagine it won't be at E3 next year.

Thankfully, I have next to no interest in this, so the wait isn't hard at all, in my case.

Not interested anyway

Of course it exists, what they wont say is its just logo hahahah

Bayonetta Forever vibes, see you in 2032

In 2021 I'm getting Skyward Sword, No More Heroes III, Metroid Dread and SMT V. And those are just the Nintendo first party titles I'm in interested in. Other games from third parties that I want include Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2, Outer Wilds, Disco Elysium. So I'm totally fine with this game falling to 2022.

I always forget about this game unless there’s an article about it. Still the same story but once a new trailer shows up the hype will return.

We're getting Sol Cresta this year! :3

Announced way too soon. Just like Prime 4.

@NoxAeturnus Disagree! Metroid community felt abandoned, fans of that series would almost unanimously prefer to know something is coming, even at cost of waiting! Don't know Bayonetta as well, but remember reading similar sentiment from threads years ago!

Ideally announcements should be left until late in process, yes! But as you see from this thread itself, people get needlessly anxious and impatient and want acknowledgement! I think people are behaving foolishly (Kamiya and some Bayonetta fans deserve each other)! Yet viable game series can get set aside for too long in this business!

@geox30 lmfao

Does Star Citizen still exist??

@Moonlessky They need to get out of the house more. Remember, they'll say they're not whining...it's their opinion. But it is whining let's face facts. And that's my opinion on the matter.

I'm sure they don't regret announcing it. I mean, if they didn't, everyone would be pestering them about wether or not it's planned lol. They can't win...so they are probably best not caring either way.

Maybe when they announced it they should also have mentioned it wouldn't been seen again for another 4 years or more.

I don't know what their intent is, but Bayonetta 3 seems to be trying to pull a Breath of the Wild in the sense of capturing a much larger audience than before. I HOPE that is the case, or else all this waiting could've been for nothing.

I've said it before and i will say it again i don't think the game was even being made when it was announced, i feel it was only announced to help sell the ports of the first two games.

I really wish they wouldn’t prematurely announce games in development then year after year after year there is absolutely no news. This applies to Metroid Prime 4, Pikmin 4, and many others as well.

It'll probably be great once it releases, but at this point I don't really care. Once they announce a release date and show some trailers, then I'll get excited.

@Flangela got any lolly?

The real question is where is the VITALITY SENSOR and Quality of Life Nintendo talked about?

@BloodNinja
Sure does! And guess what, they still collect money from people!

@BiscuitCrumbsInMyBed even the most accomplished of witches can’t make money out of thin air. Have you ever heard of a rich witch ?

I'm going to repost what I said in the last article about Bayonetta 3 because I feel its appropriate. Disregard if you've read it already from then.

I've said this in a previous post on the subject and I'll say it again. This is all in Nintendo's court. I'm confident by now the game is done and collecting dust on the shelf. However it's all on Nintendo to decide when to release anything about it. We all know how Nintendo can be on things like this. They're holding out till they decide its the right time. I'm confident it will be like a Metroid Dread situation. Absolutely nothing of existence but then when Nintendo says so they'll release a trailer followed by a release date within 3-6 months. I'll bet vital parts of my anatomy on that. The only difference between the 2 games is we are aware of Bayo 3's existence. I put that on Nintendo making the call to reveal its being made. Can you imagine if Dread was revealed years back like Bayo 3? All you folks would be marching with torches and pitch forks after every Direct if there was no news of it just like with Bayo 3. Just hold on Bayo 3 is coming when Nintendo says we can have it. Unfortunately this dude Hideki Kamiya is taking all the heat for Bayo 3's absence all this time and its out of his hands. I'd be frustrated as hell like him too if I had to deal with all this while Nintendo celebrates their latest new game(s) unrelated to Bayonetta. I sure hope Nintendo sends him a "Thanks for being our punching bag" pizza after its released.

This and Metroid Prime won’t come out until the end of this console at this point, yet for some reason a lot of comments here and YouTubers claimed that this was gonna be the year of Nintendo with a new 4K console Bayonetta 3, Zelda 2 and maybe Metroid Prime 4 lol, they are probably disappointed now

@nessisonett Careful, he’ll block you on Twitter for that.

@COVIDberry Doesn't really matter if they announce things that early or not, people are going to be impatient and upset regardless. I'd rather learn about it closer to when I can actually play it. Astral Chain had just about a perfect amount of time to build a proper amount of excitement between its reveal and its release.

But you know what they say, a bad game is bad forever, but a delayed game is eventually Final Fantasy. Or something like that, the details are hazy...

@Flangela TMI

It may sound like vaporware but look at Elden Souls (the name is intentional because I don't get why people like it sooooo much.)

@geox30 Exactly, plus Nintendo still gets paid so they have no reason to put a stop to it, I’m sure retailers love it because it drives their sales up too. As long as it’s not a vital necessity like food or water, I have no problem with people scalping.

@BloodNinja
In this case, I don't blame scalpers. I blame people who buy from them.

"not only does it exist, but it’s progressing well."
....Ugh, Bill, don't you start. -.-

We've been conditioned to expect constant updates on games that are years away from completion. Personally, I'm fine knowing nothing about this until the announcement that it's coming out in three months. Anything before that is really pointless, when you think about it.

I have this feeling it could be announced in a early september Direct along with the rumored Switch Pro! Both releasing on shelves by the end of 2021!

PS. My Switch is officially broken after more than 4 years of honorated service.. I NEED a new one, so it's better for Switch Pro to be real

@DeusX Careful, you might be setting yourself up for heartbreak. I stopped caring about Bayonetta 3 a long time ago. Now, my caring may come back strong when they actually release it, but until then, Bayonetta is out of my thoughts (Except when NL forces me to think about it).

Now that is what i call slow develompent. either there are problems or they need to find a way for their own to s7peed up the develompent proccess. Its been 4 years for a game like bayonetta... Come on! other studios could do WONDERDS in that time.

4 years doe? Looking forward to it of course, but.....

Well I hope it's progressing well. Then again for a game that will most likely be beaten in a couple of hours like its sequels, it needs to have innovating gameplay/features to make it worth the wait.

There's some conflicting messages here. Platinum saying its up to the publisher to decide when to show stuff. Nintendo saying the developer will show it when they have something.

To be fair, if this franchise were to be multi platform it would be on entry #10 and people would be asking that it “take a break.”

It either means "The game is in the Nintendo Vault and ready to be a launch title on Nintendo Switch 2"

Or

"The game is in the Nintendo Vault and ready to showcase the launch of Switch Pro (and run terribly on base Switch)"

Or

"Kamiya spent the last 4 years on Babylon's Fall and Nier and didn't actually bother to do more than a storyboard for Bayo 3 until about 4 hours before E3."

Games like this usually take 4 or 5 years to develop.

Deal with it. They will show more when they are ready. That simple.

i think people should just give it the elder scrolls 6 and half life 3 treatment , its not coming anytime soon so just move on to something else.

Yeah, don't believe you since you have absolutely nothing to show. Don't expect this any time soon.

@NoxAeturnus I mean the difference between Prime 4 and Bayo 3 is one was scraped and restarted. And they made a video to tell us about it.

The other was announced and dead silent the entire time. No art, trailer, nothing.

Unlike others, I don't have much problem on games announced 2-3 years before launch. The real issue is not giving any significant updates during the wait (such as screenshots, artworks, even smaller teasers..) as people will believe the game's either cancelled or going through rocky development.
I would cite games like FFVII Remake and Kingdom Hearts III, but those games had a really protracted development cycle, from internal restructuring to switching game engines... I don't think the same's going on with Bayonetta 3.
Bayonetta 2 was released 2 years after it was confirmed... please show at least a bit of the game!

@NoxAeturnus I do think that Bayonetta 3 was announced too early. However, Metroid Prime 4 was announced early because it was a necessity. Back then, not only were Metroid fans uncertain about the series, but there was also kind of an anti-3DS sentiment during the early days of the Switch because it was thought it took away development resources for the Switch. So only announcing Samus Returns back then would've garnered some backlash.

Also you have to remember that they didn't know they would have to restart development back then. That's what made it take longer than they initially knew.

yeah show it now. the game will be 30 frames per second undocked and 60 docked and all fans will do when they show an early unfinished version. they will be like "oh no the game looks aweful. the graphics look like wii u. the game is doomed. look at pokemon legends. so i am glad they have shown nothing yet. wait until the game is fully finished . and almost ready to be released then show footage. and fans will have no right to complain. I have patience. I can wait for a great game.

Yeah, maybe everyone should just focus on hundreds of other video games that exist. We are not owed anything-especially during pandemic.

I will come out eventualy, but after 6 years nobody realy cares anymore. just like the last guardian on ps4, and beyond good and evil 2, the impact is gone.

just cann it, and move on.