Bayonetta Creator Had Plans for a Fourth Game Before Moving to Okami 2

Bayonetta creator would have liked to continue the series if he remained at PlatinumGames

While Bayonetta 3 marked the end of the franchise and its heroine, that wasn’t exactly the original plan for the series. In a new video shared on his YouTube channel, series creator Hideki Kamiya explained that if he had remained at developer PlatinumGames, he would have liked to continue the series beyond its third installment and spinoff. It seems plans changed, and he wasn’t able to do that. In addressing assumptions that Kamiya wanted to end…

Bayonetta creator said he had future plans for the series prior to departing PlatinumGames

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Hideki Kamiya Intended To Continue Bayonetta With Another Trilogy

"Unfortunately, I’m not in a position to do that anymore" - With the departure of multiple key figures from developer PlatinumGames, including Hideki Kamiy...

Hideki Kamiya, the legendary creator of Devil May Cry and Bayonetta, has talked about the direction he would have wanted Bayonetta to take if she had stayed with the developer PlatinumGames. Kamiya left the studio at the end of 2023, and went on to found Clovers, her new studio, which is working on a sequel to Okami. In statements to her YouTube channel (via NintendoEverything), Kamiya talked about the course Bayonetta could take after Bayonetta…

Hideki Kamiya Notes A New Bayonetta Trilogy Would’ve Begun With 4th Entry

The Bayonetta franchise was a great example of “making something special” and then simply needing “the right people behind it” to push it further. The game came out on the Xbox 360 and PS3 and sold a million units…but wasn’t continued. Then, Nintendo came in and funded/published the next two mainline entries, as well as [...] The post Hideki Kamiya Notes A New Bayonetta Trilogy Would’ve Begun With 4th Entry first appeared on The Outerhaven.

Bayonetta Creator Had Plans for a Fourth Game Before Moving to Okami 2

The future of the Bayonetta franchise is a big question heading into the Nintendo Switch 2 era. For more than 10 years now, the series has seen regular releases on Nintendo platforms. However, Bayonetta creator Hideki Kamiya left PlatinumGames in 2023, and there’s no word on whether the series will continue without him. Prior to his departure from the developer, it seems Kamiya was interested in continuing the series, and even had some plans in …