Final week we lastly received our first actual have a look at Bayonetta 3, and whereas most followers are hyped, there’s additionally the same old grumbling about how a lot higher the sport would possibly look if it weren’t Change unique. So, is there a tiny sliver of an opportunity that Bayonetta 3 would possibly escape the restrictions of the Change sometime? Effectively, in response to a pair of tweets from Bayonetta’s always-fiesty creator Hideki Kamiya, the possibility isn’t zero, however Nintendo is the one funding and publishing Bayonetta 3 so any ports could be as much as them…
Similar to with Bayonetta 2, we’re growing Bayonetta 3 with funding from Nintendo. We’re “improvement solely” and all publishing selections are with Nintendo. So be at liberty to ship your requests of ‘launch the sport on different consoles’ to Nintendo. If Nintendo asks us to port the sport to PS5, and supplies funding, we would try this.
The prospect of Bayo 2 and Bayo 3 being ported to PS5 and Xbox isn’t zero… Nintendo simply has to resolve. By that very same logic, the likelihood that video games like Mario and Zelda may very well be present up can play on PS5 and many others. shouldn’t be zero. So good luck sending passionate pleas to Nintendo and attempting to get that to occur. If I had been you, I’d merely purchase a Change.
This will seem to be Kamiya’s simply being snarky and taking pictures down port beggars in a roundabout means, however Bayonetta 3 finally coming to different platforms isn’t fully out of the realm of chance. Let’s not neglect, The Great 101 was additionally funded and printed by Nintendo, and it will definitely ended up on non-Nintendo platforms. That stated, that exact port took almost seven years to occur, so if you happen to’re hoping to play Bayonetta 3 wherever close to launch…simply purchase a Change.
Bayonetta 3 sashays onto Change someday in 2023.