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Bayonetta gets new trailer and Japanese Web site photo

A brand new trailer, the first in a long time, has appeared for Platinum Games' ridiculous hardcore action title Bayonetta. We finally get a little taste of the game's story, as well as some gameplay footage that shows off some boss combat. Also, Bayonetta herself is now a bawdy seventies English school mistress, apparently. 

An official Japanese site has also launched, so if you're into Moonspeak, you can glean some information on characters and plot. The rest of us can at least gawp at some pretty pictures. 

Bayonetta is one of my highlights of this year so I'm really looking forward to seeing what Platinum Games pulls out of the hat. The promise of a "sadistic" difficulty doesn't excite me as much as others, but I'm all about games where witches wear hair for clothes and promise "a good spanking." As we all should be. 

[Thanks, Power Glove]

 

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29 comments | showing # 1 to 29

Bulkmailer's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/10/2009 10:27
Bulkmailer
Is every April total awesome for videogame news yet total suck for actual videogame releases? BTW sold!
fetusmilk's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/10/2009 10:27
fetusmilk
WHOA turning into a panther?! the game play looks fantastic! but the story looks kinda.....umm.... dumb?
MowDownJoe's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/10/2009 10:28
MowDownJoe
This game keeps getting more and more awesome.

Also, very clever hair use at 1:30.
laska's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/10/2009 10:52
laska
OMFG! Its like DMC but a lot sexier :P
TheStripe's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/10/2009 10:56
TheStripe
Dante + Nero + kratos + Ryu - penises + Bewbs = Win
comradetrotskii's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/10/2009 10:58
comradetrotskii
Looks fantastic. Clover/Platinum have been always been on the verge of creating something really special but always falling just ever sol slightly short, I really do hope that this is the one.
Trev's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/10/2009 11:02
Trev
@ fetusmilk
I think that's the point. It's like Devil May Cry, only without some Capcom suit poking their nose in saying what you just said.

Hopefully it doesn't get too silly to care about because that's just as bad as it being too grim to care about, but I'm alright with ":D" being the the story. It's a game about a sexy witch with librarian glasses with a Godiva hair catsuit and guns on her feet who can apparently turn into what I'm going to say looks more like a black cheetah than a panther, with things on the shoulders that remind me of Amaterasu.

... works for me.
SephirothX's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/10/2009 11:12
SephirothX
The plot (from what I've seen in the trailers) seems like the potential weak point of the game. Or this came could suffer from one of the only things the original Devil May Cry suffered from... having a little TOO serious of a story... ("Everlasting LIIIIIIIGHT" quote anyone?)
ParaParaKing's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/10/2009 11:16
ParaParaKing
THIS WAS FUCKING INCREDIBLE!
Wghj55's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/10/2009 11:27
Wghj55
I'm not sure what just happened in that trailer but it all looks pretty epic. For some reason this has me way more excited than any DMC did, maybe just cause the fighting is so waaaay over the top. Story or not, body slamming dragons is pretty amazing.
bluedeviltron's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/10/2009 11:36
bluedeviltron
Looks unbelievably awful.
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/10/2009 11:42
Chronic Logic
Corny acting? Swords and guns? Improbable jumping? Combos? Magic power? This is definitely the new Devil May Cry game!
Analitic's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/10/2009 11:49
Analitic
Bayonetta has an uncanny resemblance to my wife. I just showed it to her, but she is not a gamer, and looked even less interested in this website.
Oh well, im buying.
HamalSharatan's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/10/2009 11:51
HamalSharatan
No, afro guy, this is above DMC.
Bigworld 41's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/10/2009 12:12
Bigworld 41
Capcom is probably kicking them selves in the ass about now for letting Clover go. Capcom can still hold their own though.
Necro BABS's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/10/2009 12:48
Necro BABS
This is an awesome turn your brain off action game I am all for it.
theredpepperofdoom's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/10/2009 13:05
theredpepperofdoom
Guns+bewbs=win
necrozen's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/10/2009 13:25
necrozen
Man, I can't wait for this shit. Looks so cool.
Reginald's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/10/2009 13:46
Reginald
I'm not feelin' it. but I also lost interest in DMC after the first game, so thats to be expected. man I loved that DMC demo that came with code veronica like 9-10 years ago...
Demtor's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/10/2009 14:19
Demtor
Looks pretty impressive. Can't wait to play the demo to grasp how it feels.
atastysammich's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/10/2009 14:35
atastysammich
They're off to a great start! Now bring on the cheesecake wallpapers!
Batthink's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/10/2009 15:29
Batthink
Lemme at it, lemme at it... :OD

It looks awesome. :O)
Black Nexus's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/10/2009 15:32
Black Nexus
and my want list gets bigger.
hjd uk's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/10/2009 17:31
hjd uk
Stuff GodOfWar3, Bayonetta FTW.
DJP3DRO's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/10/2009 19:13
DJP3DRO
It's like Devil May Cry, except it doesn't take itself seriously, and thus isn't shit.

I'm excited.
TheCleaningGuy's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/10/2009 22:27
TheCleaningGuy
Awesome! I always wanted a sequel to DMC3.
Kidding aside, I hope this will be almost as good.
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/11/2009 11:03
Jonathan Holmes
Gameplay looks a little more generic than I was hoping for, except for transforming into a panther made of hair part.

Still, it's made by Platinum, so I'm optimistic.
KMCC's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/12/2009 08:48
KMCC
I was never a DMC fan, and the Platinum name was the only thing keeping marginally interested before, but I'm starting to warm up to this title.

Plus, that header image is insane.
Occams electric toothbrush's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/14/2009 18:37
Occams electric toothbrush
Wow...I think Ronny James Dio just found a new album cover with that header art. Can't wait to check this game out.
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