My bad. They were just there as an "observer," but it's their partnership that is responsible for this game being made. Hence why it's a Wii-U exclusive.Originally Posted by Depression Moon
Nintendo was actually involved in the development? I thought they just published and distributed.Same here. I figured it'd get a seven or an eight. Nintendo knew what they were doing helping to develop the sequel.
Nah, Platinum was the sole developer. Nintendo just published it. The original Bayonetta didn't sell very well so no one was willing to publish the sequel, except Nintendo, hence Bayonetta 2 ends up a Wii U exclusive.
And sadly, despite all the critical acclaim, Bayonetta 2 has sold really poorly so far (it hasn't even managed to sell 50,000 copies in Japan yet, and it's been out there for almost a month. It only sold 3,300 copies in it's second week). Hopefully it does well in the west but considering it's exclusive to the Wii U and how few Wii Us there are out there in comparison to how many PS3s/360s were out when the original was released, things aren't looking very hopeful.
But even if it does turn out to be a complete commercial failure at least we got two awesome games out of it, one of which we almost didn't get at all.
I like Kung-Fu.
Damn, why do Platinum/Clover games never sell?
So I got the game Friday and today I marathon'd my way through the Wii U port of the first game, which was a good idea because I'd gotten quite rusty since I last played it a year or two ago.
I just started the second game and played the Prologue, and let me just say, if the rest of the game is as good as that was, then it deserves all the praise it's getting. The tiny bit of it I have played was an absolute blast. I can't wait until I get home tomorrow to play more.
I know right? Nearly all of them receive high review marks and nearly all of them struggle to sell even modest amounts.
Now that I think about it, I've yet to play a game of theirs that wasn't unique and very fun to play.
I like Kung-Fu.
Welp, it was more Bayonnetta. In a good way mind you. Nothing mind blowing. Story got pretty wonky, but there were a lot of great moments to be had.
I actually quite liked Loki in this. Not sure how popular that opinion is going to be though.
Finished it yesterday. It's a great game, very solid hack n' slash. Very fun, doesn't take itself seriously at all. But yeah for the most part it's just more Bayonetta, in a good way though. It's an over the top spectacle that's a blast to play, a solid 9/10.
The uptempo pop cover of Moon River the game uses is pretty addictive too.
I like Kung-Fu.
Do I have to be the one to say it?
My Wii U is still suffering from Hyrule Warriors syndrome (so much to do in that game!), which is keeping me from getting Bayonetta 2 up and running properly. Glad it's as awesome as it looked, though.
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