Bayonetta 3 devs connected game’s origins, Kamiya says he’s “forever indebted to Nintendo”

Posted connected October 30, 2022 by Brian(@NE_Brian) successful News, Switch

PlatinumGames supervising manager Hideki Kamiya 3 and Nintendo shaper Makoto Okazaki person talked astir the origins of Bayonetta 3. The accusation comes from this week’s contented of Japanese mag Famitsu, arsenic the 2 participated successful an in-depth treatment astir the Switch title.

Kamiya confirmed that PlatinumGames started moving connected a connection and prototype aft its erstwhile project, Scalebound, was cancelled. Nintendo was already moving guardant with ports of Bayonetta 1 and 2 for Switch, and Kamiya past shared a video connection which Okazaki believes “was the last propulsion that made this crippled into a reality.” Meanwhile, Kamiya mentioned that he’s “forever indebted to Nintendo.”

Below are Kamiya and Okazaki’s comments astir the origins of Bayonetta 3, arsenic translated by Nintendo Everything:

To statesman with, however did readying for Bayonetta 3 commencement off?

Kamiya: For the timeframe, it was close aft the task we were moving on, Scalebound, got cancelled. We decided to commencement enactment connected Bayonetta 3, a crippled the fans wanted, and 1 that I wanted to marque arsenic well. Just penning up the connection costs nothing, truthful we started molding the prototype. I proceeded to travel up with the concepts, and made immoderate unsmooth drafts first. While (director Yusuke) Miyata and the others enactment those into the proposal, we worked with quality decorator Mari Shimazaki-san connected Bayonetta’s caller design, and besides started giving signifier to the story.

Then you took that to Nintendo?

Okazaki: Before that, we already had plans to larboard Bayonetta and Bayonetta 2 to the Nintendo Switch. It was brought up.

Kamiya: When we tried to get a consciousness for whether oregon not they’d fto america bash this, they gave it information optimistically.

Okazaki: After that, we received a passionate video connection from Kamiya-san astir this game. Personally, I deliberation that was the last propulsion that made this crippled into a reality.

Kamiya: Speaking of that, I deliberation I was asked to marque that video by (PlatinumGames CEO Atsushi) Inaba (laughs). He said helium wanted to amusement the creator’s passionateness directly. I said earlier that I was astir wholly uninvolved with Bayonetta 2, but I did constitute the story, and I deliberation they kept it intact mostly. Since I saw that it was well-received, I wanted to grow the satellite adjacent further for the fans, and besides wanted to situation myself. That’s wherefore I was truly blessed that we were capable to marque the 3rd game. I’m not exaggerating erstwhile I accidental I’m everlastingly indebted to Nintendo.

Bayonetta 3 is present disposable for Switch.

Translation provided by SatsumaFS connected behalf of Nintendo Everything.