Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon (17th March)

[Glen-i]

Revealed at the Game Awards. Careful, the trailer shows Bayo 3 footage, footage I've not seen and I was 12 chapters into that game.

 

Edited December 9, 2022 by Glen-i

[Glen-i]

Some screenshots from the Nintendo website.

Digging that artstyle.

[Ashley]

I have no idea what's going on in those screenshots but the art style is nice

[Ike]

8 hours ago, Ashley said:

I have no idea what's going on in those screenshots but the art style is nice

Sounds like a Bayonetta game then.

[killthenet]

It looks great, big departure for the series in terms of tone and artstyle but I'm excited to check it out. I'd assumed it was going to be a shorter experience though, maybe a couple of hours maximum, so I was surprised to find out it's £50 on the eShop so I guess it might be more substantial than expected

[S.C.G]

Nintendo at The Game Awards 2022 Roundup

Seeing as this was the only new Nintendo game announced at this years Game Awards, I decided to combine the articles.

Check inside for the roundup.

[MindFreak]

A (true) demo has been released, and the game just got a new trailer:

 

[Glen-i]

Oh snap. In the jam packed February, this slipped my mind. Will have to give it a go for sure.

[Glen-i]

Right, demo thouroughly given go, here are my thoughts.

• Pretty obvious, but the tone is drastically different from the main Bayonetta games. While the main games involve over-the-top and silly comedy, this has more of a bedtime story vibe and aesthetic, with a narrator reading out loud during cutscenes and while you play. I particularly like that the "Lost Demon" is blatantly the female narrator trying to put on a masculine, demonic voice. It's charming.
• Gameplay is also very different. If I had to sum it up, I'd describe it as "Zelda meets Brothers: A tale of Two Sons". For the uninformed, Brothers main feature was that you controlled 2 characters at once and used their different abilities to solve puzzles.
• Cereza is controlled with the left stick and the ZL button, while the Lost Demon is controlled with the Right Stick and ZR Button. They each have different capabilites, Cereza is small and light, and can use magic spells, while the demon can jump further and fight any enemies you encounter, etc.
• Unlike Brothers, which was a purely puzzle based affair, this game has combat. The thing is, Cereza is pretty helpless in a fight, only able to stun a single enemy for a bit. You have to use the Demon to fight while keeping Cereza out of trouble.
• The demo took me about an hour and a half, and the save file said I was at 10% completion. Whether that refers to just the main game or 100% completion is unclear, but that could provide some kind of measure for how long you could expect the game to go on for.

I'm intrigued, I'll be adding this to my wishlist.

[MindFreak]

Sounds interesting. Certainly seems novel but won't have the time to play the game straight ahead after the release.