

The ripple of excitement was caused by a single tweet from PlatinumGames’ Japanese Twitter account, which carried a handsome bit of artwork featuring Bayonetta. While the original Bayonetta can still be purchased on multiple platforms, Bayonetta. Compared to Wii U, Switch seems to have a better lock on.


There are renewed hopes, however, that Bayonetta will make a triumphant return on the Nintendo Switch – a console that has so far enjoyed far more success than the Wii U. Bayonetta 3 will be launching as a Switch exclusive on October 28 this year. Indeed, in our tests, Bayonetta on Switch is a close match for the original game running under backwards compatibility mode on Xbox One X. The 2009 original, released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC, was critically acclaimed but didn’t quite get the sales it deserved its 2012 sequel, meanwhile, was hamstrung from the outset by the Wii U’s small user base. Directed by Hideki Kamiya at PlatinumGames, and similar in style to Kamiya’s own Devil May Cry series, Bayonetta was a wildly over-the-top hack-and-slash game marked out by its combos and bizarre boss designs.
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Bayonetta isn’t what you’d call a household name, but the two games released so far in the series have built up a loyal and vocal fan following. Pre-order Bayonetta 1 and 2 from Amazon UK With Bayonetta 3 currently in development for Nintendo Switch, this is the perfect way for fans to reminisce, while newcomers sink into the fantastical.
