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Uncategorized Friday, September 14th 2012 at 9:35 am

Bayonetta 2 Announced as Wii U Exclusive, Confuses Everyone

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Platinum Games tends to come out of nowhere with their games. Bayonetta, for example, stars a witch that uses her magical hair and four pistols to fight off enemies. Their first game, MadWorld, was a ridiculously violent beat ‘em up for the Nintendo Wii. To this day, it stands out as one of the more violent titles amongst the Wii’s meager Mature menagerie. Now it seems that they’ve made yet another zany choice: Bayonetta 2 has been announced, and it’s a Wii U exclusive title.

Given Platinum Games’ history, it’s not all that odd to imagine them bringing a sequel to Bayonetta — an Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game — to the Wii U. Even so, MadWorld didn’t exactly do particularly well on the Wii. Bringing another title to the newest Nintendo console, especially one like Bayonetta, could be seen as a risky maneuver.

Tatsuya Minami, CEO of Platinum Games, explains on their website that “the console games market is in a state of upheaval, so establishing a new game franchise requires a considerable amount of will, determination, and love.” After consulting with their previous publishing partner, Sega, they decided to move forward with a new Nintendo partnership. So, that explains that.

As time goes on, more information will be presented on exactly how the developer intends to capitalize on the Wii U’s capabilities, like the GamePad, and whether the shift to Nintendo is actually a good thing. For now, enjoy the teaser, and imagine how many ridiculous ways they’ll contort the main character in the game itself.

(via Platinum Games)

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  • Jack Bond

    Wow, such a negative point of view on this article. It’s not confusing, it’s great!

    Nintendo is publishing Bayonetta 2 exclusively! This will help drive confidence in the Wii U and its third party software.

    Have you not noticed that Platinum Games is releasing a slew of Nintendo titles? This kind of makes a lot of sense.

  • Captainhowdy

    Forcing gamers hands is a risky move that has a high chance of not paying off. Hardcore gamers are laughing at the Wii-U already, and this is just fuel to that fire. The console is expensive for what little it upgrades, and there’s no comfortable way to play this on the tablet, so the “pro” controller is a $50 must-have on top of the $50-60 price tag on the game. It’ll be another casual gamer affair, and their attempts (like this) to net hardcore players just feels wrong.

  • Anonymous

    I am kinda used to Geekosystem being nerdosystem and crapping on Nintendo, like the article where about dumping on Kid Icarus’ control scheme. As much as Nintendo is a business, and NOA is feels kinda soulless, Nintendo of Japan seems focused on entertainment, I mean execs there did take pay cuts, Iwata took a 50% cut.

  • Fail

    Great for Nintendo maybe, bad for the company more likely. We need to be perfectly honest with ourselves, the people buying Wii U’s are NIntendo fans and casual gamers. Nintendo has a history of making their products “family friendly” and requiring developers to do the same. Bayonetta is most certainly not something you sit down to play with the family. Will this drive confidence in the Wii U third part market? I have less than zero expectations. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been with Nintendo since I was old enough to hold a controller but they’ve taken a direction that most of the “hardcore” crowd doesn’t really follow.

  • Fail

    As a fan of Nintendo this is awesome, as a person with an unbiased view this is a terrible idea for Platinum Games.

  • HenoK

    Nintendo does not have a history of making their products ”family friendly”. Just because they did that with the Wii doesn’t mean they always do that. They didn’t do that with any console EVER, except the Wii.

    This is exactly what the Wii U needs right now. The game might not sell very good, but it sends a very clear message to the core gamer, saying ”we care about you and the games you like to play, so we are actively pushing and working to get the games you like on our system!”.

  • Jack Bond

    Nintendo is trying to expand their base beyond just the family and casual gamers… While personally I think games outside the Nintendo standard are boring as hell, I appreciate what they’re trying to do, and think they’re doing it well. If you are a hardcore gamer, and don’t want Nintendo to be so family-centric, buy their hardcore games and help support the other side of the company; the side you like.

  • http://twitter.com/Donnaclus …

    Why? Nintendo likes to power advertise things if they mean it. They had somebody shave his beard for an ad of a free game. Besides, really, Nintendo is paying for the development of this, Platinum isn’t getting affected at all.