Artwork by Mari Shimazaki is great as always but the Bayo's heel on the cover is low-poly as in switch game, lol. They made two stinkers (Sol Cresta and Babylon's Fall) this year and want to recoup that by re-releasing their other good games (Nier Automata and Bayonetta 1) in physical form to make up for it.

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This seems like a bit of a middle finger to those who had no other option when Bayonetta 2 launched. We also know that you’ll be able to play as Viola, “a feisty witch in training who fights with a sword and a capricious companion, the demon Cheshire. Bayonetta 3 has confirmed a few story elements, including that the bioweapons known as Homunculi are invading and there’ll be a few “a virtual coven of Bayonettas”.Best case scenario, they'll print more copies than scalpers will anticipate, like with Super Mario 3D All Stars, leaving them with stacks of copies that they don't know what to do with. Platform: Nintendo Switch | Genre: Climax Action | Release Date: October 28th, 2022 | ESRB Rating: Mature 17+ | Publisher: Nintendo Co. After that, we heard virtually nothing about the game until the September 2021 Nintendo Direct, where we got the trailer below. In case you missed it, Nintendo confirmed that Bayonetta 3 will be launching later this year on October 28th, putting an end to months (years?

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Experience brand-new gameplay elements like Demon Masquerade, where Bayonetta fuses with an Infernal Demon to wield even more formidable magic power, and Demon Slave, which lets Bayonetta control Infernal Demons at will to obliterate enemies. The setting, at least for the portion of the game in the trailer, is a city under attack by giant kaiju-like creatures. Our ever-elegant, graceful, and alluring Umbra Witch is ready to take the world by storm for the third time. Sporting a wicked new ensemble and somehow familiar pigtails, the titular Umbra Witch must face a mysterious evil using her signature guns and time-slowing Witch Time ability.A bounty of Bayonettas - Fight your way through the streets of Tokyo, the mountains of China, and many other locales! Nintendo Life’s resident horror fanatic, when he’s not knee-deep in Resident Evil and Silent Hill lore, Ollie likes to dive into a good horror book while nursing a lovely cup of tea. Plus, complete your Bayonetta collection when the original Bayonetta game launches for Nintendo Switch as a stand-alone, physical release on Sept. I just never really got around to playing the first to completion on Switch, or even start up the second one.