Hideki Kamiya: I will forever be indebted to Nintendo for making Bayonetta 3 a reality

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Bayonetta 3 Already on sale. However, the wait for the project to become a reality was longer than is conventional in video game development. Although PlatinumGames mentioned that development was going well, the causes of the extensive development of the game were never revealed, but in a new interview PlatinumGames gives a better idea of ​​what happened in the creation process.

PlatinumGames Lead Creative Hideki Kamiya participated in an interview with Famitsu to speak with Nintendo producer Makot Okazaki about the development of the game.

According to Kamiya, after the fateful cancellation of scaleboundthe studio began work on a proposal to Bayonetta 3, a title that not only the fans wanted to be a reality, but also him. Thus, together with the director Yusuke Miyata and Mari Shimazaki (character designer) they began to shape the story. That same year the first trailer of the game was presented and after which almost 4 years had to pass to see a new trailer again and this makes sense because only that same year its development began.

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The passion of PlatiumGames was key for Nintendo to authorize Bayonetta 3

Okazaki revealed that, however, Nintendo had plans to do the ports of Bayonetta Y Bayonetta 2 for Nintendo Switch. Kamiya and his team wondered if Nintendo would license the sequel to them then.

To do this, Hideki Kamiya, at the request of PlatinumGames CEO Atsushi Inaba, made a “passionate video message” that they showed to Nintendo to show how much they wanted to work on it. Bayonetta 3something that, according to Okazaki, was the final push to make the project a reality.

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“The [Inaba] told me he wanted to show the creator’s passion directly,” Kamiya commented (via nintendo-everything), and recalled in the interview that, although he was not fully involved in Bayonetta 2he did work on the story and that after seeing how well it was received he wanted to continue to expand it and challenge himself.

In the end, this came true and it is something for which he will eternally show gratitude towards Nintendo: “This is why I was really happy that we were going to be able to make the third game. I am not exaggerating when I say that I will always be indebted to Nintendo.” Kamiya commented.

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