Bayonetta 2 Wii U exclusive
By
Mark Walton, Senior Staff Writer - Reviews
Platinum Games developing Bayonetta sequel for March 2013 release; developer's Project P100 renamed The Wonderful 101.
Bayonetta 2 will be a Wii U exclusive, Nintendo revealed today. Platinum Games, creator of the original Bayonetta, will be taking up development duties once more, with the game set for release in March 2013.
Nintendo also revealed that Platinum Games' Project P100 has been renamed The Wonderful 101. The game is also a Wii U exclusive, but no release date has been given.
Bayonetta 2 was previously rumoured to have been cancelled as part of a company-wide restructuring at publisher Sega. Bayonetta 2 is now being published by Nintendo.
By
Mark Walton, Senior Staff Writer - Reviews
Writer, riff maker, purveyor of fine foods. Mark currently spends his days trying to overcome his small (large) obsession with high-top trainers and mobile games. He's known to respond well to Long Island Iced Tea, falafels, and karaoke, but not necessarily in that order.
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3 Like Brilliant! Can't wait for this one. Great job by Nintendo securing a solid 3rd party exclusive.
Yeah, sure: First it will be exclusive to Wii U and a year later it'l come to Xbox 360, PC and PS3. I bet!
2 Like @red-orc The original Bayonetta still hasn't come out on PC, and the PS3 version was a mediocre port (by Sega) of the 360 version. Based on the fact that the first Bayonetta wasn't very well ported (essentially a 360 exclusive), I'd bet that it will stay on the Wii U, acting as an official exclusive rather than an unofficial one.
1 Like @red-orc Also, Nintendo is the publisher, and I doubt they are just going to give the publishing rights to Sony and Microsoft.
1 Like @red-orc @Overkillhazard No Nintendo never had the rights to Madworld, it was published by Sega. Sega cancelled B2 and Platinum games needed a new publisher, they started working with Nintendo for The Wonderful 101 and would've developed a good relationship with them and would've approached them to publish it.
@Overkillhazard So Nintendo bought exclusive rights for BII like they did for MadWorld? Having publishing rights does sometimes mean only for a limited time. But maybe you're right, who knows. Still hoping, BII might come to its original console one day, the Xbox. ;)
2 Like They have a HUGE job to do if they want to create something better than the first.
I'm confident, though. I trust Platinum.
1 Like Wtf!!! I loved bayonetta. LOVED IT. But as a grown woman i refuse, JUST REFUSE to buy a handheld gaming device like a little kid. Why oh why couldn't this title have stayed with the ps3. This is so f'ing depressing. (crying now, like a little kid)
1 Like @josmets first off the looked awful on the ps3 (much better on xbox 360). Secondly the Wii U is a home console, Nintendo wouldn't compete with itself like that. Thirdly, grow up and get over it, the game was cancelled and Nintendo saved it, be happy.
@GreenReuben First off, the game (the word you're looking for i presume) looked AMAZING on my system. I don't own an xbox so i couldn't and don't care to compare because i was already over the moon about the insane art direction, character design, etc that it isn't even close to being a cmplaint in my book. Secondly, i never researched the WII U thoroughly because i don't have interest in buying one and all i saw in a picture was that game pad controller that looks exactly like a handheld gameboy style system. I'm not into the shittier graphics and play style of the wii anyways. Thirdly, i posted a light hearted comment and you post a derogatory one telling ME to grow up?! F you man. Insulting random people on the internet is childish behavior big guy, have some perspective. And no, i'm not happy about it, because i'll never play it and was looking forward to doing just that. Will i get over it? Uh, ya - I think I'll manage! Doesn't mean i can't express my dissappointment! I know i know, free speach is so annoying - get over it.
4 Like ...Since was the Wii U a handheld?
I honestly can't understand why people hate the idea of a decent game on Nintendo's system, especially when Nintendo either owns the studio (Xenoblade) or when they're funding the development (The Last Story & Bayonetta 2).
@darkbuster_exe @josmets That's because nobody wants to buy their console for handful of games.
2 Like Great news as Wii U needs more third party exclusive games for sure!!! Now please bring the Skies of Arcadia sequel too or dare I say it..........sure why not.......Pa...n....zer....Dra......goon....Sa....ga Sequel!!!!!
1 Like I love Bayonetta, but does Platinum Games think they're going to make money off this game when the previous game didn't sell over 2 million copies on two consoles. Now that it's going to be an exclusive on a console that the previous game wasn't even on. I'm glad that the game is coming out, but it just makes no sense to me why Platinum Games would go with Nintendo and automatically make this game an exclusive for the Wii-U. I'm not a PS3 or 360 fanboy but I was really looking forward to playing this game on the 360, there is no way I would buy a Wii-U for one game.
1 Like Ubisoft is doing the same thing (to an extent) with Rayman Legends but think about it this way, it's coming out on a completely new platform with not that many games to compete against for attention. By the time it comes out (next year) if say around 3-4m Wii U's have been sold and Nintendo has created a lot of excitement around the game, not only will those fans of the first one get it but most likely many others who are itching for a great action game and even if only half the user base buys the 2nd one, it'll already have sold more than the 1st. There's a reason why 1st party exclusives still tend to do really well.
1 Like That's what I'm thinking, having these exclusives early in a console's life can guarantee pretty high sales of marketed correctly since there won't be that many other games to take attention away.
3 Like I'm getting the Wii U solely for this game(and Pikmin 3 but come on). Loved Bayonetta so much that I bought the soundtrack (wasn't cheap either) so I would be an absolute fool not to get this game. Nothing will stop me from getting it.
So annoyed about this, i won't be buying a Wii U but i loved Bayonetta. Can't think how the Wii U specific features will help. If anything they'll probably be gimmicky and take away from the hardcore action of the original.
1 Like Or it'll just flat out not use it because Nintendo doesn't force developers to use everything the Wii U has to offer (same thing with the Wii). That's why the Pro Controller exists. You can say, what's the point? But it's being published by Nintendo so that's why.
1 Like a game that sold crap (1mil on both ps3-xbox combine) on consoles for hardcores gamers.
this will be no different.
1 Like It's amazing how Nintendo is able to take all these blows from the gaming community and STILL end up trying SO HARD to please them. Also ironic that SEGA is involved in this and are having similar troubles with ONE franchise (hint: it's their mascot).
Now with both companies in trouble (alongside Platinum Games) over this, I think this proves that Nintendo and SEGA, both formerly respected companies in the 16-bit console era are nothing more than modern day subjects of hypocritical controversy.
It makes you admire their tenacity and patience with the gaming community. I wonder how many other companies would put up with the same BS that Nintendo gets. Sega should just stick with Nintendo and bring over their awesome IPs :D
2 Like To the people that keep saying Nintendo is saving Bayonetta 2 what are you gonna say when it flops cause everyone knows Nintendo doesn't cater to that kind of fan base so in reality they are just killing the franchise and wasting money mark my words its not gonna sell well cause one everyone knows what Nintendo is all about and here's the list of games they are about Mario,Zelda,Pokemon,and anything kiddie wise.I can guarantee Bayonetta 2 will flop if it doesn't go multiplatform cause do you really think a Devil May Cry 3 fan or Demon's Souls fan is gonna be playing on a Nintendo system no way cause Nintendo is about the easy casual gaming market not the hardcore market can't prove me wrong no one in their right mind will buy a Wii U just for Bayonetta 2 cause I know I'm not and wouldn't support them no matter what I would support xbox over Nintendo any day and which I don't now.I support Playstation cause it has the best quality exclusive games and a better online service and for the people that says PSN doesn't needs to get off dial up internet connection.btw I'm not a fanboy I've tried all the systems except Wii U cause its not out and none have the games I like,like the PS3 does.oh and if there is a human auto spell checker out there get a life cause I don't care if you like how I type I have a life and am not going to make everything perfect so go get a life you nerd.
1 Like Ya, because RE4 and Eternal Darkness, Madworld and No More Heroes were really kiddie.
@dre256x @demonkingx5 @constantterror Sega is practically bankrupt. They also didn't published Anarchy Reigns. They are hoping that new Alien games would save them, which I doubt.
@Kyrylo @demonkingx5 @constantterror No it didn't.. If it did Sega would have picked this one up.. As it would be sure to sell more than the first..
Its Clear nintendo step up and let this game be made with there funding..
4 Like @constantterror You don't need a spell checker, your spelling is mostly fine. You just have to learn how to use paragraph breaks.
Anyway, your point being:
1) I'm not buying a Nintendo system because Nintendo systems are for casuals and have no exclusive hardcore games.
2) Nintendo systems should not have any exclusive hardcore games released for them because they are for casuals and hardcore gamers are not going to buy them.
This is called "circular reasoning" and is not taken seriously by anyone.
2 Like Really, are you f*****g kidding me!!! Since when is Zelda and Metroid not hardcore?
1 Like I think his post gave me eye cancer.
Oh and in other news, the Wii U is pretty much selling out everywhere in preorders only days after its announcement, so much for hardcore gamers not wanting it (since the Deluxe editions were the first ones to sell out).
7 Like This isn't the first time this kind of thing has happened. Once upon a time, Final Fantasy was a Nintendo-exclusive series. Then Final Fantasy 7 jumped ship and became a PS1 exclusive, and so were the next two installments after that.
It was controversial when it happened, but 8 years later, you don't hear anyone still complaining about that, do you?
1 Like @FandomTheory it's probably because Nintendo 64 was a crap and most people got PSX instead.
1 Like N64 has some of the best games of all time that are still loved and played to this day, but you don't hear about people still playing Playstation and its games.
@abHS4L88 well, I an agree about OoT or Conkers, but that doesn't mean that it's ONLY company delivering good games
1 Like That's one game, the N64 is ACTUALLY well known for Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Mario 64, Perfect Dark, GoldenEye, Banjoo Kazooie, and Conker's Bad Fur Day.
1 Like Hi 1 person in a world of around 120 million gamers! I never said there aren't people who still play their Playstations, I just said that you don't hear about it.
Oh and I'm not a girl so look else where if you're trying to hook up with somebody.
@abHS4L88 despite not being offensive, guy below has right. And N64 is well know for terrible games like Superman N64 etc.
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