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PlatinumGames has confirmed Hellena Taylor - the dependable of Bayonetta successful the archetypal 2 games, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and the animated movie Bayonetta: Bloody Fate - volition not beryllium reprising her relation successful Bayonetta 3.

Speaking to Game Informer, manager Yusuke Miyata explained however "various overlapping circumstances" meant Taylor was incapable to instrumentality for the 3rd outing. The institution held casting auditions, and that's however Jennifer Hale scored the role. Here's the afloat mentation (via Nintendo Everything):

“Various overlapping circumstances made it hard for Hellena Taylor to reprise her role. We held auditions to formed the caller dependable of Bayonetta and offered the relation to Jennifer Hale, whom we felt was a bully lucifer for the character. I recognize the concerns immoderate fans person astir the dependable alteration astatine this constituent successful the series, but Jennifer’s show was mode beyond what we could person imagined. I’m assured that her portrayal of Bayonetta volition transcend our fans’ expectations.”

Jennifer Hale has had an incredibly palmy vocation truthful acold doing voice-overs for each sorts of games. She's possibly best known for her relation arsenic the pistillate Commander Shepard successful the Mass Effect series, which precocious returned arsenic the Mass Effect: Legendary Edition successful May past year. For Nintendo fans, she besides voiced Samus Aran successful the 3 main Metroid Prime games.

You tin perceive her successful enactment successful the trailer beneath and perceive to much successful a restricted trailer connected YouTube.

Hellena Taylor first hinted she mightiness not beryllium reprising the relation of Bayonetta successful September past year. One different amusive information - Bayonetta's VA successful the Japanese mentation of Bayonetta 3 is inactive voiced by Atsuko Tanaka.

How bash you consciousness astir this alteration successful the English mentation of Bayonetta 3? Comment below.

[source gameinformer.com, via nintendoeverything.com]