In an interview with Famitsu, Kamiya the director of Bayonetta has explained how the sexy witch design has ended with her hair covering all of her body:

“I had Mari Shimazaki, one of the designers, draw her for me,” the designer said. “She gave me a woman in a full-body black suit with her hair running through her hands. I thought that having black hair and a black outfit would make it hard for the player to see what the character was doing. But I loved that long hair; I could see it flowing in the air as she fought and I wanted to depict that. So we went through lots of minor changes; at one point she had red hair. But at the end of it, we went back to a style that had her hair around her arms, making her look really witch like and from there we said ‘Well, why don’t we just have her hair cover her all the way?’ That was how the current Bayonetta was born.”
 

You can read the full interview at 1up.com.
 

Let me tell you something very important about this game, Bayonetta is the latest invention from Hideki Kamiya, the director of the original Devil May Cry, Viewtiful Joe and the highly acclaimed Okami. Also, he was the planner of the original Resident Evil and director of Resident Evil 2. As you can see from this brief history lesson about Kamiya, the man is a very talented and experienced game developer. As a matter of fact, Hideki Kamiya is one of the best in the industry.
 

There are some differences between how Famitsu and western reviewers judge the game quality. As there are a lot of games that received high marks from Famitsu, but at the same time, they had received a lot of mediocre reviews from western gaming websites and vis versa.
 

There are a lot of gamers who are questioning the reliability of Famitsu scoring system, But when you consider Hideki Kamiya latest game, Okami, which had managed to get a near perfect score from Famitsu (39/40) and 93% average on Metacritic, you should not take Bayonetta perfect score comically.

In 2008 Kamiya has told EGM that he wants to “make a game that exceeds God of War’s sequel”.
 

“Out of all those action titles, there’s one game that I am paying really close attention to, that I think is a rival game, a good game, which is called God of War 3″. Believe me, Kamiya will not be satisfied this time around by just making a great game, he wants to create a game that’s redefine the genre and to go head to head with the upcoming mega hit God of War 3. As a matter of fact, I expect nothing less from the man.
 
 

I have played the Japanese demo for the game, and what I can say with full trust is that the game will be a masterpiece and it could be the game that finally beats Ninja Gaiden battle system. I hope Sega to take the opportunity in giving the game a good advertisement campaign, as it’s the right time for Kamiya games to shine and to sell millions of copies.
 

Bayonetta is a stylish and cinematic action game with a similar tone to devil may cry. You play as a witch who shape-shifts and uses various firearms, along with magical attacks she performs with her own hair, to dispatch her foes. In addition to possessing four handguns, she has also been pictured with shotguns, rocket launchers, a glowing whip and a two-handed katana.

Although the game was announced to hit japan this October, the release date for US and Europe is still up in the air.

Update: the game will hit the US in January 2010.


The game will be released on PS3 and Xbox 360, Check E3 trailer below.