In the past 12 months, Bayonetta fans got to play Bayonetta 3 and Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon. It was a busy time, and in an interview with Famitsu that was translated by Nintendo Everything, various people that were developing the games revealed how things were going.
You see, Nintendo producer Makoto Okazaki suggested that both games were being developed at the same time. However, there was a long period of time where the Bayonetta Origins team had to work on the game silently behind the scenes. Because of this, both Okazaki and PlatinumGames supervising director Hideki Kamiya felt that this resulted in frustration and things being tough on the team. This is because, according to Kamiya, “once it is announced we hear expectations and hopes from fans, and that can really help to motivate the staff”.
At one point, Kamiya revealed that “I don’t wish to sound like I’m complaining, but even during the middle of development we didn’t actually know whether Bayonetta 3 or Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon would be released first”. Okazaki explained why, saying that “for Nintendo, the question of which to release first was based on which would generate the most excitement for the Bayonetta series, while also looking at development status of both games. In the end we decided to deliver Bayonetta 3 to existing fans before announcing and releasing a brand new title”.
Lastly, they confirmed that, since both games were developed simultaneously, it was being done by 2 different development teams within PlatinumGames. Nintendo producer Koji Tanaka said that “we did still share information within the company and were all aware about what kind of game they were and the story they would both have”, and Kamiya said that “since they were being made simultaneously, there are secret connections between the world. If you play both I feel you can enjoy a deeper experience. Or of course you can just play Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon”.
I didn’t know if bayonetta 3 was gonna release at all at one point.
Played the full demo of origins and it’s a pretty good game at what it’s trying to achieve, but I doubt il purchase the full version. Maybe when it gets a decent discount and I want to jump into a fairy tale land for a bit of a more relaxed gaming experience.
Bayonetta Origins… I can’t recommend.
It’s not good after X many hours, as it gets horribly repetitive. It became quite a slog and a chore to finish. And the story is nothing great to boot.
And this is from someone who loves Bayonetta 1, 2 and 3.
Maybe bayo 3 looked unfinished and polished because they split the series into two games at the same time…. The story in 3 was awful…and the artstyle took a hit
the first two are my most favorite games ever.
third one was bit of a disappointment.
Almost everything in it was.
But maybe most disappointing was the desktop background image they released.
I’m not sure what I’m looking at when I see it.
It was the last straw that made me want to go there and tell them to do it all over again, and this time do it right.
Sure there was bits and pieces they could have used, it wasnt all bad, but seems like heart was missing from the project.