

Critical reviews of pre-release versions praised its easily learned moves, fast pace, boss battles, "Witch Time" slowdown mechanic, and character and stage designs. It has been promoted through a television commercial with music by Japanese pop singer MiChi, look-alike searches, a theme for the Google Chrome Web browser, and a photo book and soundtracks. Its characters were designed with modern style and fashion in mind, while its music is largely upbeat and feminine.īayonetta began development around January 2007 and was released on Octoin Japan. Set in a fictional city in Europe called Vigrid, the game centers on its title character Bayonetta, who can wield four handguns-among other weapons-and perform magical attacks to defeat various enemies. Bayonettaīayonetta (ベヨネッタ Beyonetta), is a hack and slash action game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 developed by PlatinumGames in cooperation with publisher Sega. For the protagonist of Bayonetta, see Bayonetta (character). This article is about the first game in the series, to see the second game please see Bayonetta 2.
