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Kamiya Says “Bayonetta Was On The Brink Of Disappearing”

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Platinum Games designer Hideki Kamiya has explained that the Bayonetta franchise was on the brink of disappearing for good had it not been for Nintendo stepping in. Kamiya said that when Nintendo offered to help support the sequel he was extremely happy as he was finally able to create a new Bayonetta title for gamers that had enjoyed the acclaimed first game. Kamiya concluded by saying that he was very surprised at the response from users when they found out it was exclusive to Nintendo’s latest home console, Wii U.

“Obviously with the Nintendo partnership Bayonetta 2 was always going to become a Wii U exclusive title. From a personal standpoint I want to make a game that’s going to be enjoyed by the audience, so when Nintendo offered to support us and the Bayonetta franchise – which was on the brink of disappearing – I was extremely happy for it survival as we were able to release a second one for the people who enjoyed the first. In that sense, I was very surprised at the user response when they found out it was Wii U only.”

62 thoughts on “Kamiya Says “Bayonetta Was On The Brink Of Disappearing””

  1. If it weren’t for the Big N, there wouldn’t be a sequel to SEGA’s trademarked character. I’m glad that Nintendo fully funded PlatinumGames in making Bayonetta 2 a reality and as a Wii U exclusive.

    1. Don’t you love it when our Empire makes games exclusively for us which were on non Nintendo consoles to begin with, when these haters becomes outraged that they are forced to buy a Wii U to play it?…

      While we wouldn’t touch any former Nintendo exclusive games that the Xbots corrupted…

      1. More exclusives would be nice though. Maybe something from treasure or rockstar games. Like say star fox and mach rider.

    2. But this it what I don’t understand, if they fully fund this game, why don’t they fully fund like an exclusive call of duty or something, that would surely bring millions and millions of new users

  2. Thank you Nintendo.

    In other news, battlefield 4 will be running at 60fps and 720 P resolution upscaled to 1080P. The WiiU can run that using the CryEngine 3, not the new one that the WiiU got from Crytek but the other great one. In Wii mode, let alone with only one core LOL.

    1. Who cares about those Swedish Dices, they must be punished for their lack of respect for our Empire…

      1. I was on neogaf, people their are bitter at these specs of the visual dispensation, I had to share with you guys promptly Nintendo commander. Now they know that the WiiU is probably even going to win generation 8. Developing a game at 1080P and 60fps requires resources and large labour workforces. Third parties smh lol.

        1. Indeed…

          That’s why the Xbot Leaders sent their slaves to assault innocent Nintendo Inglets and Civilians (Casuals) to the Best Buy stores that time…

          They fear their Xbox division will utterly fail…

          Once these Third Class Powers fall, the Xbots will fall into oblivion and the Sonyans willbe nothing more than a shadow of its former self…

          But right now I want the Electron Army crushed to crums!

          1. Speaking of the electron army, now they are crawling to Sony, saying they are great partners lol. Sellingout to xboxone for FIFA14 and the record level PS4 preorders are giving EA nightmares lol. They thought the xboxone DRM, tv betabox plans would stick then boom! The planets Gamers shunned the system in droves. I predict xbox has lost 1/2 of it’s US bots +/- a million or so. This generation is starting perfectly.

            1. The sad part is those Xbots got the exclusive from respawn entertainment “Titanfall“ if you seen the gameplay you would know why I brought it up at all.

              1. Isn’t Titanfall a timed exclusive? Or am I just refreshing my memory lol. Anyway Destiny is Titanfall’sdirect rival, that is coming to the WiiU with the Pikmin sales the US has posted. Pikmin 3 sold the most of all games last week. Number one baby :).

                1. Ahh, but I wouldn’t count the competition out just yet…I see that shokio saw some good titles on xbox one. PS4 is suffering an utter lauch defeat too the xbox one in games…or shokio says. Sounds like the real fight is about to begin.

  3. Challenger approaches :

    Alldrive states that need for speed rivals is running at 30fps. Next gen keeps on looking great :).

  4. Too bad Bayonetta won’t sell well on the underpowered baby excuse of a console the Wii U. The only games that sell well on this baby console are the baby games that the parents buy for their precious little babies.

    1. Idiot nintendo games are bought by people of all ages. I am happy nintendo consoles are also bought by parents. That makes them responsible adults that purchase products with history and a moral intrinsic purpose. Nintendo has Bayonetta 2 and even a little Assasins creed 4, oh also not forgetting newly released splintercell blacklist rated M for a premature mindset. Cause violence alcohol and cursing only show ones lack of verbal aptitude not being grown up.

    2. Katamari forgot less than 24hours. Ignoring that Wii U is taking Cry engine yet you say its underpowered. Ignoring Wii U can handle 1080p 60fps yet you say it’s underpowered. What exactly is underpowered? I want to know. If you ask me, Wii U is overpowered. PS4 needs 8cores and 4.5 gigs to do 1080p 60 fps and to take on games and the latestest Cry engine. Wii U only needs 1.5 of its 3 cores to do the same fucking thing! So what exactly can’t the Wii U NOT DO that PS4 can? Name me SOMETHING the WII U can’t fucking do other than the outdated and proven wrong “underpowered” saying.

  5. The reactions were stupid.
    If it hadn’t been Nintendo this franchise would have died and everyone is outraged be cause it is a exclusive.

  6. I do wonder how Bayonetta 2 will fare. Its not the kind of game Nintendo fans usually get exposed to. It’ll definitely sell systems… if they advertise it… …

  7. At first I wasn’t interested in this game. Then I saw the demo from E3 and I liked it. I’ll keep an eye on this game and maybe’ll buy it.

  8. Is he telling us that he was surprised for the outrage fans of a game that was exclusive for the PS360 is now a Nintendo exclusive?

    WOW, he really do not know shit about gamers.

    1. Considering that neither Sony nor Microsoft had cared shit about the game, and Nintendo was the only one to help support them, yes, even I was surprised by the butthurt.

  9. Nintendo saves Bayonetta, people bitch.
    Bayonetta dies, nobody bats an eyelid.

    Yep, always Nintendo’s fault. Good job, majority of gamers.

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  11. I want a Nintendo hater to list me what the Wii U can’t handle that PS4 can. They’ll say it’s under powered but fail to tell us what Wii U is too weak to handle. Wii U needs 1gb for the OS PS4 needs 5 Gigs for its OS. So 3 gigs can’t run the PS4’s OS. One gig can’t play a PS4 game with 1080p 60fps. But the Wii U is “underpowered.” If the Wii U had 8 cores and 8 gigs of ram and one gig for the OS and 7 for games, it would be more powerful than PS4. That’s why when Wii U is announced a new engine the PS4 is getting is more impressive Wii U can get it with 1gb than PS4.

    1. So Bayonetta is a Nintendo game now while Banjo belongs to rare. Yet Nintendo knows how to make a once PS3/360 game into a winner and Xbox can’t even make people buy a Xbone because Rare announced they have plans for the bear and bird.

    2. So if Wii U had 8 cores and 8 gigs, it would last Nintendo 12 years before needing another console. P$4 would need a PS5 by then.

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  13. Wii U sips RAM PS4 guzzles RAM. Now List me something the Wii U can’t do that only the Xbone and PS4 can! Hell we don’t even know what that big Wii U update is gonna do yet!

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  15. Why would people bitch about any game exclusive to a Nintendo system? Oh wait, I know, because they’re fucking stupid and probably butthurt.

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