Been working through the stages of grief, lol, from denial to acceptance. Always a sucker for a reading people's theories, too.
I guess I'm sad that, for what seems to be the last game in the series (Miyata speaking of Bayonetta 3 'as the
culmination of the series' via the English translation), 'our' Bayonetta is seemingly not the main character -- or the focus of advertising, anyway. And Alt-Cereza is both like our Bayonetta and yet very different: new VA in English, a comparatively more girlish design (though still beautiful!), plus her dance moves are far more youthful. It's so damn weird to see Bayonetta bouncing back and forth on the spot as she dances whilst Alt-Gomorrah is fighting in the background! From sexy school teacher Bayonetta to magical girl Bayonetta. Surreal.
Regardless of all this, I'm still bewildered why they didn't use Taylor. (Though the voice clip used when summoning Alt-Gomorrah does sound like her -- the rest does not.) From watching the Japanese trailer, it indeed seems like Atsuko Tanaka has returned to reprise Bayonetta/Alt-Cereza. I'm baffled why they didn't use Taylor, as the new VA has been directed to voice match Taylor anyway, and Tanaka hasn't altered her voice much in the Japanese version. I guess more information will come out in time. I feel really sorry for Taylor, though, because she
was Bayonetta's original voice, there was no Japanese option in the original game.
(Judging gif, lol.)
It also will take some getting used to seeing Bayonetta acting younger in the way she moves, especially the way she dances. Maiko Uchida established Bayonetta's distinctive moves, curious who they got for B3. (If you haven't seen the clip below, it's amazing, particularly the back half -- Uchida talks about showing up late for the audition, and everyone was furious, but she was so amazing that she got hired anyway.)
yeah, rewatching on youtube, i'm turning around. the bg art direction still looks meh but my guess is they're saving the proper colours reveal for further in the cycle or something. also Yung Bayo's design (that's what I think's going on anyway) is fucking killer, holy shit. When I realised her hair has a weird butt bow thing going I think it's a play on like a magical girl design or something.
Yes, that's what it was reminding me of! Alt-Cereza bringing Sailor Moon/Card Captor Sakura/Madoka/etc magical girl realness. It took watching the trailer on my television to realize that her hair was also also a long ribbon on the back of her dress. (I know her clothes are her hair... but you know what I mean, lol.) Associating Bayo with the magical girl look will definitely take some getting used to.
Her guns have "Color my world" written on them. That's a song from Chicago. Perhaps a clue as to what one of her battle songs might be?
I missed the 'Colour My World' on her guns, that's awesome! I wonder if it could be a reference to the Petula Clark
song of the same name, which is suitably extremely perky for Alt-Cereza. (The song is an absolute earworm for anyone who hasn't heard it before.) The Petula Clark song also came out around the same time as 'Love is Blue' and the Simon & Garfunkel version of
'Scarborough Fair' in the late sixties. Scarborough Fair and Love Is Blue were never played in the previous games, though, so Colour My World just might be a fun reference. There was an old interview where Kamiya talked about listening to vinyl records belonging to his parents when he was a kid, which I sadly I can't find for the life of me. (I just realized 'Moon River' came out in 1961. Bayonetta and the sixties, baby.)
People been saying the JP VO is the same but like there been any casting confirmations? If not...man, i can't tell who is speculating and who is claiming anymore.
No official casting confirmations. From the Japanese
trailer, it definitely sounds like Atsuko Tanaka is reprising her role as Bayonetta's Japanese VA. If it's not her, that's some crazy close voice matching via casting. (It's interesting watching the Japanese trailer, as it looks like the animation/mouth flaps were done for the English VA. I'm curious if they'll match the animation for the Japanese voice track.)