.............Unless it's this:
Gadget-based Trickster Style, perhaps?
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Bayonetta 3 coming in 2022, first gameplay trailer!
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Gadget-based Trickster Style, perhaps?
I suppose the most import takeaway from the Bayonetta 3 trailer is that she has long hair again, cementing the objective truth that long haired Bayonetta >>>>>>>> short haired Bayonetta.
Maybe alternative universe Sex Pistols Jeanne instead of our Roaring '20s Jeanne. If it wasn't for the white hair and Cezerza's cat doll that's tied to the handle of that sword, I wouldn't think of the possibility otherwise.
The cities in Bayo 1, an Xbox 360 game from 12 years ago looks better than what is shown in the trailer. Its unreal how dated the graphics look in general.
Always with the fucking negativity around here. I think it looked awesome and I'm really looking forward to it.
Absolutely no reason the graphics should look worse than the previous game from 7 years ago, giant monsters or not.
I dunno about Cereza's haircut (I'd rather have a return to beehive), but maybe it'll grow on me.
Between that and the new VA, I do wonder if we play as 'Cereza' and not Bayonetta, but that'd be a odd/random change-up.
Switch definitely putting a damper on things performance/graphics-wise, but it's been long enough that it doesn't sting as much as it could otherwise have.
Between that and the new VA, I do wonder if we play as 'Cereza' and not Bayonetta, but that'd be a odd/random change-up.
Switch definitely putting a damper on things performance/graphics-wise, but it's been long enough that it doesn't sting as much as it could otherwise have.
JP VO definitely sounds like Atsuko Tanaka, but no casting confirmations yet. All we have to go off re: the EN VO are today's trailer (which sounds different) and some of Hellena Taylor's recent tweets that suggest we won't be hearing her in Bayo 3.
Yeah, there are a number of hints strewn throughout the trailer (Cereza hairstyle, different voice, different Madama Butterfly shadow, etc.) to suggest this isn't "our" Bayonetta we're seeing.
It's on Switch because Nintendo is funding it.
But considering there are Switch games that look way better than this game, how it looks is more on the developers than the hardware.
Whats not to get that Bayonetta would only benefit from being developed for higher end pc or consoles? We all know the tale that Nintendo saved Bayonetta, as you might see not everyone's impressed with the showing today.
Since people keep thinking that Bayo 2 on WiiU looks better than Bayo 3...here are some comparison shots. All from Nintendo's official website. Nostalgia is one helluva drug.
Bayo 2
Bayo 3
Bayo 2
Bayo 3
I'm not looking forward to the day Nintendo releases the first trailer of Metroid Prime 4, some people here are gonna say the graphics look like a PSP game
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.)
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.
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.
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.)
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.)
It's literally running at the same resolution no?
Art style and graphics are totally different things, Bayo 2 just has a better art style than what we were shown. It's not a technical thing I'm pretty sure
I'm buying this day one as well, but I do agree with you that the colour palette seems quite dull.
Bayo 2 was a masterpiece. The popping colours, how every chapter was just action packed, the art direction ,music, action, I could go on and on.
Bayo 2 is S tier, and the game just kept on getting better and better as you go on.
I am hoping that this is just a bad trailer, and that they are actually hiding the epic shit from us for the time being. I really, really, hope that is the case.
Wow, this is a great theory. That could also be a good advertisement for the Astral Chain sequel. Because I really think this is gonna be the last Bayonetta game Nintendo funds.
A clear improvement. Don't even understand how people here can be like Bayo 2 looks better when the community here in general is supposed To be able to scrutinize better. Oh well, can't wait for this!Since people keep thinking that Bayo 2 on WiiU looks better than Bayo 3...here are some comparison shots. All from Nintendo's official website. Nostalgia is one helluva drug.
Bayo 2
Bayo 3
Since people keep thinking that Bayo 2 on WiiU looks better than Bayo 3...here are some comparison shots. All from Nintendo's official website. Nostalgia is one helluva drug.
Bayo 2
Bayo 3
Not sure what you are trying to show with these shots... To me it only illustrates more how much better 2 looks.
Nostalgia. It's been so long that people saw Bayo 3 and assumed that Bayo 2 looked better because they super imposed recent action games like DMC V onto games they played 7 years ago. Like..Bayo 2 was on the Wii U lmao. The console was WEAK AF!
The shadow is exactly the same right down to the peaks of the wings.
Is it pixel to pixel accurate no because its a new texture but it absolutely is the same design.
Her hairstyle?
Really we gonna say Cereza has been wearing the same hairstyle for however many years?
The odd coloring of her weave atttacks is probably the biggest clue this is a different character.
Art direction is subjective, but if you think that Bayo 2 jaggy filled character model with basic textures looks better than Bayo 3s....then there was no way Platinum was going to impress you, whether switch or ps5/series X.
I waited awhile before coming in here to formulate my thoughts. I watched the direct twice and both times this trailer came on my gut reaction was I thought for sure it looked worse and more fuzzy than Bayonetta 2 on the Wii U, like there's some sort of haze spread over everything (I hope it gets more clear and crisp in an additional trailer.)
The other thing that got me worried was that our summons could fight now instead of just being like a quicktime boss finisher. After having played V in DMC 5, I don't want this at all.
The other thing that got me worried was that our summons could fight now instead of just being like a quicktime boss finisher. After having played V in DMC 5, I don't want this at all.
the color composition of 2 is the best.
Very vibrant. Blues and Yellows… I preferred it a lot to the reds and blacks of the original. The new one has a lot of green and grey. Scalebound also had a lot of greens…
At the end I do think 3 looks fantastic and I can play 1 and 2 ons witch anytime I want s….
this happens with every platinum game. excited for the typical reversal when it comes out and plays well. then for people to turn on it again for arbitrary reasons that never quite make sense. the platinum cycle.
The graphics aren't terrible, but this tier of visuals is showing its age.
I think Nintendo has squeezed what they can out of a Wii U tier chip (sure the Switch is capable of some PS4 type downports, but generally Nintendo is not interested in pushing the chip to that extreme).
It'll be good for Nintendo to move on up to PS4/XB1 tier visuals with the Switch 2, probably in 2023 or 2024.
I think Nintendo has squeezed what they can out of a Wii U tier chip (sure the Switch is capable of some PS4 type downports, but generally Nintendo is not interested in pushing the chip to that extreme).
It'll be good for Nintendo to move on up to PS4/XB1 tier visuals with the Switch 2, probably in 2023 or 2024.
DMC5 isn't even a looker to me, technically yes I guess, but I felt like lots of the environments in that game were fairly drab from an art style perspective. I remember being pretty disappointed in that aspect of the game. Same issue as what we've seen from Bayo 3, it's just running at a higher resolution
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