The creator of the Bayonetta collection, Hideki Kamiya, has clarified that Nintendo never asked PlatinumGames to tone down the nudity and character designs in the franchise.
Kamiya made the touch upon Twitter when Bayonetta 3 was given a launch date final week, with it additionally being introduced at the time that the sequel will embody a “Naive Angel Mode” that covers up the titular character’s nudity and outfits, to forestall potential embarrassment, in accordance to the studio.
The tweet, (translated by Nintendo Everything) learn: “I see a lot of people bring up Nintendo when discussing the nudity in Bayonetta, but during our time with the Bayonetta 1 port, Bayonetta 2 and Bayonetta 3, the only suggestion we received was regarding the Link costume in Bayonetta 1 and 2, and how it should have been a little bit more revealing.”
“No bias influenced that aspect of the game, and I think players can enjoy the game without worrying that it may have been”, Kamiya continues. “As Iwacchi [believed to refer to the late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata] mentioned, Nintendo isn’t just a giant company with red tape around every corner, and after working with them for such a long time, I get the impression that although there are times where we may butt heads, they’re surprisingly open to direct discussions around development and sales.”
任天堂と言えば、いわっちにも言ったんだけど、デカいから四角四面でめんどくせえ会社じゃねえかなと思ってたら、それなりに長らく一緒にやってみて、まぁめんどくせえところもあるけど、開発に関しても販売に関しても、意外に対面でちゃんと話し合ってくれるなという印象…https://t.co/Q76u6yhoHT
— 神谷英樹 Hideki Kamiya (@PG_kamiya) July 19, 2022
The suggestion right here is that Bayonetta 3’s “Naive Angel Mode” was not included at the request of Nintendo in an effort to tone down the recreation, however that PlatinumGames itself needed to embody the in-game alternative for gamers.
What this mode does is ensure that Bayonetta is both protecting her garments on as an alternative of being bare, or being coated up extra in another situations.
Bayonetta 3 launches completely on Nintendo Switch on October 28.
In different information, Papers, Please is coming to various cellular units subsequent month, with some minor adjustments to assist it work on the platform.
