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Gun + shoes = Bayonetta "Debut" trailer
by Joseph -Orcist- Leray on 05.15.2008 31 comments

Somehow, the designers over at PlatinumGames (formerly Seeds) used their mindbullets to break into my brain and discover my secrets: If the premise of your unproven game is good enough, I will defend it to the death. It's worked so far with Denis Dyack and Too Human, and the idea of a Miltonic showdown -- demons with gunfeet vs angels -- is just too good to pass up. Consider me a fan, Platinum. Hook, line, and gory, bloody, beautiful sinker.

Bayonetta is a demon lady (aren't they all) born in modern times armed with all sorts of jazzy powers that happen to be particularly effective against the angels she has to battle. Appropriately, she'll also be wielding edged melee weapons (hence the name). Did you get all that? Jazzy powers, swords, and guns attached to her goddamned feet.

Speaking with IGN, creator Hideki Kamiya shed a teensy-weensy bit of light on the new project, mentioning that it will have a stylish, cinematic feel to it, with special attention to how and when the action peaks: "In any sort of cinematic presentation, one of the most important parts of the entire event is the climax, and that's a very key concept in Bayonetta itself."

He also mentioned that, just because Bayonetta is technically an angel-killing succubus, she's not all bad. "It's not intended for her to be on the evil side or necessarily be the antihero. She does have her reasons for doing these sorts of things," he says. 

Well, color me intrigued. Bayonetta doesn't have a release date just yet, but it's set to come to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Did I mention that she has guns? And that they might be attached to her feet? I covered that part, right? Good.

[Via IGN; thanks goes out to Aerox for helping me track some of this stuff down]

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Latest comment by Azrael XJM |view all 31 comments
It's a bit soon to be saying this will be great, but it looks like we will get at least one cool character design, and it's still the guys that used to be Clover. I look forward to gameplay vide......





Wedge's Avatar
Wedge at 05/15/2008 18:43

SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.

Like I'm not gonna trust Clover to make this awesome?
TheGregsaw's Avatar
TheGregsaw at 05/15/2008 18:50

the guns on her feet look pretty sweet
Dexter345's Avatar
Dexter345 at 05/15/2008 18:50

Wait, where are these guns? I missed that.
Mikescool's Avatar
Mikescool at 05/15/2008 18:58

she's killing angels? great the church will have a field day with this game.
the GAMEGOBLIN's Avatar
the GAMEGOBLIN at 05/15/2008 19:01

Man, those Okami guys sure do love their violence.
frozenbabylon's Avatar
frozenbabylon at 05/15/2008 19:13

Doooooooooooooooooo waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaant.
ArrestedDeveloper's Avatar
ArrestedDeveloper at 05/15/2008 19:55

Bullet Witch 2: Bayonetta
Tiff's Avatar
Tiff at 05/15/2008 20:01

Ummmmmmmmmm.
hot.
outrage's Avatar
outrage at 05/15/2008 20:02

Anyone remember Bulletwitch?
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar
Jonathan Holmes at 05/15/2008 20:05

Can't wait to see some gameplay.
Sphinx 13's Avatar
Sphinx 13 at 05/15/2008 20:51

I was thinking Bloodrayne
Redzie's Avatar
Redzie at 05/15/2008 21:02

The Company that used to be clover? sure I trust thems.
superflossy's Avatar
superflossy at 05/15/2008 21:06

must. have. those. shoes.

also, the way bayonetta moves in the trailer reminds me of gun kata, the fictional martial art that kurt wimmer invented for equilibrium. they should totally have him as a consultant on this game.
Boolean's Avatar
Boolean at 05/15/2008 21:14

FEET GUNS
Dr Milkdad's Avatar
Dr Milkdad at 05/15/2008 21:19

GUNS ON THEIR FEET!

Big money, big prizes, I LOVE IT!
Surf314's Avatar
Surf314 at 05/15/2008 21:57

Do want!
Faceless's Avatar
Faceless at 05/15/2008 22:02

So much information today, so much fantastic information, and it's great to see so much of it coming from Platinum Games. This is definitely on my radar.
Holiday's Avatar
Holiday at 05/15/2008 22:10

Dev guy: "Wait a sec...Oh, oh I know! We'll put GUNS on her SHOOOES!" OMG, OMG, that would be so cooool."

Anyways...Whatever happened to that game "WET"?
Corak's Avatar
Corak at 05/15/2008 23:18

I'm officially intrigued.
VampireChrist's Avatar
VampireChrist at 05/15/2008 23:46

yeah i was thinking equilibrium/gunkata

...and i happened to like bloodrayne and bullet witch

i'll be buying this & wet & x-blades and whatever other games come out starring hot womens
manta's Avatar
manta at 05/16/2008 00:00

Okami...Awesome.

Viewtiful Joe...Awesomer.

God Hand...HOLY SHIT WTF AWESOMEx1000.

Bayonetta...Guns + Feet? Yes yes thousand times yes.
OhJAM's Avatar
OhJAM at 05/16/2008 00:17

Clover - Capcom = Seeds
Seeds + Sega = Platinum
Platinum > Everyone Else
thisissami's Avatar
thisissami at 05/16/2008 01:12

holy shit. i hate shooters but i'm fucking looking forward to this!!!
Cowboy TTop's Avatar
Cowboy TTop at 05/16/2008 06:56

Top stuff. Nice to see some Sega/ex-Capcom love producing some freaky excellent offspring.

Challenger to DMC? Can't wait to find out.
mistic's Avatar
mistic at 05/16/2008 08:58

sweet trailer!
Uther's Avatar
Uther at 05/16/2008 09:12

So what we see is some girl with guns on her feet shooting Chozo?
BaBaBaBaBirdman's Avatar
BaBaBaBaBirdman at 05/16/2008 09:58

I pooped a little.
flaming burrito's Avatar
flaming burrito at 05/16/2008 11:41

consider me intrigued.

why hasnt anyone thought of guns on feet before?
dude101's Avatar
dude101 at 05/16/2008 12:07

GUNLIMB!
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 05/17/2008 00:16

HOLY CRAP SEXY DO WANT
Azrael XJM's Avatar
Azrael XJM at 05/17/2008 14:03

It's a bit soon to be saying this will be great, but it looks like we will get at least one cool character design, and it's still the guys that used to be Clover. I look forward to gameplay video, since right no it's a bit hard to guess how this will really be different from MadWorld.

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