Bayonetta is coming back for a third installment with Bayonetta 3. Here's everything we know about the game so far.
The Bayonetta and Bayonetta 2 are some of the best action games on the Nintendo Switch, so just the idea of Bayonetta 3 was enough to get fans hype. At The Game Awards 2017, fans got their wish, as Hideki Kamiya and Nintendo revealed the existence of a title that fans of his work have been hoping to see for some time: Bayonetta 3. The details about the game are still scarce and all we've seen so far is a teaser trailer, but it was confirmed to still be in development. At the moment, here's everything we know about Bayonetta 3 for Nintendo Switch:
What's new with Bayonetta 3?
Update June 20, 2021: Bayonetta 3 is progressing smoothly
While E3 2021 came and went without a Bayonetta sighting, Nintendo did acknowledge that the game is still on the way and has not been canceled. In an interview with Gamespot, Nintendo's Bill Trinen and Nate Bihldorff both reconfirmed that the game is still in active development.
Bihlfroff said they could "definitely confirm (Bayonetta 3) still exists" while Trinen added, "I will even go one further and say that not only does it exist, but it's progressing well."
"We like to show things when we're ready to show them," he continued "and certainly, we like to show things when the developer is ready to show them. We didn't have it here at E3, but stay tuned."
While her chances of hitting 2021 are slim, the Switch 2022 lineup is slowly forming in bits and pieces. Maybe we'll finally see Bayonetta then.
Update January 29th, 2021: PlatinumGames director Hideki Kamiya suggest fans should "reset and forget about Bayonetta 3".
PlatinumGames finally breaks their silence on Bayonetta 3 in an interview with VGC. In the interview, PlatinumGames director Kamiya stated that fans should just hold on and wait for news, implying it may be a while yet before we hear anything.
However, he did leave fans with a sliver of hope, stating "It's not really our position to say, but… it's January. We've got to have something come out, right? I guess it's safe to expect that something will come out. There's still a lot of the year left is what I'm saying."
Hopefully, this means that we will receive a significant update on Bayonetta 3 sometime this year since it's been almost four years since we last saw it at The Game Awards 2017.
What is Bayonetta?
Bayonetta is a hack-and-slash action-adventure title that was originally released in 2009 and was followed by a sequel on the Wii U in 2014. It follows the plot of the titular Bayonetta, a witch who is capable of shapeshifting and using her magical hair to attack her enemies. She is also skilled at gunplay. Bayonetta is a member of a faction known as the Umbra Witches and spends the majority of the first game trying to recover her memory after she awakens from a five-hundred-year slumber. As she remembers who she is, she fights angels from the realm of Paradiso and pushes against an evil plan put in place by Balder, a member of the rival faction to the Umbra Witches, the Lumen Sages.
In Bayonetta 2, when her best friend and fellow Umbra Witch Jeanne is effectively killed and taken to the hellish world of Inferno, Bayonetta sets out to revive and rescue her. In the process, she uncovers yet another nefarious plot to upend the balance of the world.
What's new in Bayonetta 3?
In truth, we don't know much at all about Bayonetta 3 just yet. The game was announced in a teaser trailer at The Game Awards 2017 and we haven't seen any further information since, nor have we seen gameplay. We do know that PlatinumGames is making it just as they did the previous two Bayonetta games and that it will come out exclusively on Nintendo Switch.
The trailer featured some sort of battle between the main character, Bayonetta, and an unknown enemy. In the trailer, Bayonetta's appearance is similar to how she looked in the original Bayonetta game, and she is using her guns to attack before her bullets are split apart mid-air by her foe. At multiple points in the trailer the screen, Bayonetta's ribbons, and Bayonetta herself appear to split in two, which seems to have some significance.
Beyond that, all we know is that Bayonetta 3 follows the events of Bayonetta 2. Though we won't spoil Bayonetta 2 for you, both it and the original Bayonetta are available now on the Nintendo Switch as a bundle, so you can catch up on the events of her story so far.
When is the release date?
Bayonetta 3 is planned for launch exclusively on the Nintendo Switch. It is not yet available for pre-order, and no launch window has yet been given, but we're hoping to get an update on the game at E3 2021.
Prepare for Bayonetta
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Reacquaint yourself with the Umbra Witch
While we wait for Bayonetta 3, be sure to check out Bayonetta 1 and 2, both available on the Nintendo eShop!
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