Upon release, the game was critically acclaimed by reviewers, who lauded it as an improvement over the first game, particularly addressing quality-of-life elements such as quick-time events.ĭuring The Game Awards 2017, it was announced that Nintendo Switch ports of both games would be released on February 16, 2018. Bayonetta 2 and Bayonetta were both delisted from the Wii U Nintendo eShop in all regions on September 18, 2019.

This resulted in the price being lowered to $29.99 both in stores and on the Nintendo eShop. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, Bayonetta 2 received a reprint in the United States that omitted the bonus disc of the first game.

On February 16, 2016, to promote the debut of Bayonetta as a paid downloadable character in Super Smash Bros. The two games were available on the Nintendo eShop for Wii U, originally with a special discount on one game if the other is purchased on its own. The 'Special' and 'First Print' editions of Bayonetta 2 were released along with a Wii U port of Bayonetta as a bonus addition. The game's plot centers around Bayonetta having to rescue her friend Jeanne's soul, who was dragged to Inferno, as well as Loki, an amnesiac boy who yearns to get to the sacred mountain of Fimbulventr, and possesses mysterious powers that play an important role in the story. Unique to the game is Umbran Climax, a technique that allows Bayonetta to perform supercharged versions of combos at the expense of their magical power. The titular protagonist sports a new hairstyle and costume, and the game features a new mutiiplayer mode called Tag Climax. Yusuke Hashimoto, a producer on the original Bayonetta, took over the role of director. Hideki Kamiya, the director of the previous game, stayed on as a supervisor for the project. The sequel to the first game, Bayonetta, it was first announced during a Nintendo Direct presentation on September 13, 2012, and was released on September 20th, 2014 in Japan and October 24th, 2014 in North America and Europe. Febru(Switch) Bayonetta 2 (ベヨネッタ2) is a 2014 action game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Nintendo exclusively for Wii U and Nintendo Switch.

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