PlatinumGames has announced that it is conducting a year-long event focusing on the original Bayonetta after the game recently celebrated its 15th anniversary.
Originally launched in Japan on 29th October 2009 with a worldwide release following in January 2010, it spawned two mainline sequels, one spin-off entry, and a whole bunch of supplemental material, including an animated movie entitled Bayonetta: Bloody Fate.
PlatinumGames hasn't revealed what it's got up its sleeve at the time of writing, but urged fans to keep an eye on its social media channels and official website for all of the upcoming announcements.
In the meantime, the company released a message thanking fans for their support of the Bayonetta franchise over the last 15 years:
"Thanks to everyone’s support, Bayonetta has now reached the 15th anniversary of its release. It is because of you, our fans, that we are able to celebrate this special milestone. Please let us use this opportunity to express our heartfelt gratitude!
"Since its inception, PlatinumGames has continued to push the boundaries of action games. In 2009, we were able to deliver a brand-new action experience with the release of Bayonetta, which is a title that we are still very proud of to this day.
"Over the past 15 years, we have been able to walk alongside Bayonetta and the series’ charming cast of characters. Bringing joy to so many people through Bayonetta has been an invaluable journey for us.
"Moving forward, we will continue to take on new challenges to create games that surprise and delight our fans. We look forward to your continued support of Bayonetta and PlatinumGames!"
PlatinumGames did, however, suffer a significant loss in 2023 when creator Hideki Kamiya left the company. Kamiya was the original director of Bayonetta and went on to serve as supervisor for the subsequent titles. He has since formed development studio Clovers and is working in collaboration with Capcom on a long-awaited sequel to Ōkami.
It's difficult to imagine PlatinumGames will announce a new Bayonetta anytime soon, but stranger things have happened. In any case, we'll be keeping a close eye on any upcoming announcements in the coming weeks and months.
What are you hoping to see from this 15th-anniversary celebration of Bayonetta? Let us know with a comment down in the usual place.
[source platinumgames.com]
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Happy 15th Anniversary to Bayonetta! The series’ relationship with Nintendo has been unorthodox, but incredibly fruitful for both sides.
Oh wow, has it really been that long already!? Think it's time for another playthrough!
The fact that they’re celebrating shows they’re committed to Bayonetta 4.
I loved Bayo 3 and I can't wait for more!
Kamiya, even though he's not at Platinum anymore, said 4 would develop some aspect of 3's ending in an unexpected way and also that people who did not like 3 might not like 4 either. To me it sounds like some story elements might be somewhat retcon or radically changed and that gameplay wise 4 will play more like 3. And I'm all for that! Maybe the "it'll play like 3" part refers to some gameplay change due to Viola and I don't see a problem there, I loved it.
Anyway I'm getting ahead of myself there, I'm not sure platinum would announce bayo4 out of the blue.
"PlatinumGames hasn't revealed what it's got up its sleeve at the time of writing"
the non-announcement announcement smh
I'm just surprised Sega is letting Platinum do this, more so than the question "Who's the most senior person involved in Bayonetta even still left at Platinum?"
1 was the pinnacle of its genre, maybe surpassed by DMC V at some point, 2 was good and relaxing, 3 was a hard entry to swallow. Hopefully the franchise won't end there.
I still have yet to play a Bayonetta game. They look fun, but my backlog is already stacked! I did play Astral Chain though. Hope things at Platinum are ok, it seems to be a mess there. I do wonder with the mass exodus, there might come a buyout in the near future
Happy anniversary I guess.
I honestly wonder more on how they will handle the gameplay and story in Bayo 4 after the mess Bayo 3 became, and thats assuming the fourth main game will happen at all. Not that I think the franchise will end anytime soon but considering how things are appearently somewhat disastrous at Platinum right now its hard not to be curious…
@Coolmusic
Huh? I've played all the games, and I really liked 3.
Am I missing out on the usual internet hate train?
@rallydefault : Most likely.
Me calling Bayo 3 a mess is my own opinion of course, I don't 'hate' the game but for me its definitely the least good of the current trilogy for several reasons.
I wonder that Platinum are making nowadays as it's been silent for 1-2 years.
@Axecon Platinum aren't really worth buying out when their top talent is gone and they don't own any IP's, let's be real no one is rushing to buy them for just TW101. It also doesn't help that Platinum have burnt a lot of the goodwill they had in the industry with pissing off many of the developers/publishers they did contract work for.
Looking forward to seeing what PlatinumGames has in store for it but regardless, Happy Anniversary Bayonetta - not sure when I'll finally play it, its sequels and spin-off, but at some point for sure (already have all the games so it's just a matter of me finding the time for them)!
Yes yes and yes give us more Bayonetta Still play 1-2-3 from time to time even the spin-off loved it.
How bout Legend of zelda Platinum work on it !
So most likely a year of re-releases.
let's goooo!!! I'm ready for more witchy fun!
I hope Nintendo continues to publish Bayonetta games. After 3 exclusives it feels like a Nintendo franchise at this point anyway.
Not that it really matters, I’m happy to see it continue regardless of who funds it. It’s just that there’s something nice about Nintendo taking the franchise under their wing when nobody else cared and continued to foster it despite it not being a huge seller. Would be nice to see that continue.
Let's gooo!!!
Happy Anniversary Bayonetta!!!
I am really hoping for a celebration game.
It wouldn't be mainline, but it could be just a selection of locations from all games/as arenas, and selections of enemies to defeat, with a collection of trophies to unlock. Kind of a bigger version of the Angel Slayer or a collection of many Witch Trials. Could also be wider, including Alfheim type challenges. With all the combos, weapons, demons and masquerades ... there's a possibility to make a game basically just re-using characters, assets, gameplay, ... and it could be super fun.
Also looking forward to whatever surprises Platinum is going to share. Really happy about this news bit, I'm happy P+ is doing something to keep the attention/interest on the witch. Being the big fan of the series that I am, I was sadden thinking they hadn't considered celebrating the 15th years of such a fun game.
Bring it on!! 🧡🎮
@Coolmusic
I would probably go with the first as my favorite and 3 in the middle.
But I also really like Origins, so I know that puts me on the outs lol
Brilliant gaming series. So glad we got to experience this on the Wii U & Switch.
@rallydefault what you missed is the fanboys were still mad about the second and third being Nintendo exclusives, the third one taking too long from announcement with barely any communication from the usually chatty Kamiya, and then the final nail in the coffin of fanboy opinion was that just before release the original Bayo voice actress came out saying she was being 'pushed out' which turned out she was lying the whole time about what Platinum was offering her and she thought she should get paid like she was in a Marvel movie. I was surprised people didn't first question her when she made the absurd claim that the Bayo franchise has made over a billion dollars in profit. Then the hate had to go somewhere since the fanboys made up their mind that they hated it and the ending and 'passing of the torch' was perfect for fanboy outrage.
Wonder if the announcement is Nintendo is going to finally buy the Bayonetta IP?
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