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[Endo Punk]

I do believe as an exclusive title Bayo 2 will be a lot more focused and undoubtedly superior title. So we wont get poor ports that just waste time and sales potential.

 

[Saint Gregory]

I'm so shocked (not really) to see so many people posting that they'd never buy a Nintendo console regardless of the games announced for it.

Did Iwata-san run over your dogs or something?

I'm not a huge fan of MS and Sony has done nothing but piss me off for years but I still bought both of their consoles (I own 2 of each along with a PSP and a Vita) because they had games that I wanted to play.

What exactly is the point of being a fan of gaming if you're willing to close off an entire segment of the market due to some misguided bias.

 

[Az]

Amazing stuff, really.

 

[vg260]

Nope Sega sold the game they are just an advisor to the project.

Nintendo published means no one else gets the game

What about a Bayonetta 2.5 later? Like Ninja Gaiden/Sigma on the xbox/ps3

 

[Boerseun]

These reactions make no sense. How is it people are angry at Nintendo for saving a franchise they profess to love?

 

[Charoncaori]

my surprise was that nintendo was the one to pick this game up. Many M-rated games are available on the wii. They're just 3rd party and not published by Nintendo. This one, if I'm not mistaken, was picked up by nintendo and is being published by them.

Hence me saying if Nintendo is changing direction.

Also in case anyone is wondering, I've wrote on another thread that nintendo is doing the right thing. Were it not for the new ps and xbox systems being released next year, I'd be all over the wiiU.

I've even said that I hope this change of direction pays up and that I hope that the wiiU doesn't become the wii which is just a system for nintendo games.

I know you guys have to deal with a lot of trolling from others, but please leave me out of it.

I'm sorry if I was being oversensitive, and I didn't mean to accuse *you* of trolling specifically. But we've been having people coming in and getting banned for dozens of pages, and if you'd read a bit of the reactions in here you might have been able to see how your post could be misconstrued.

Nintendo has had a pretty big hand in many mature games released on their platforms since the N64 era. Nothing about their direction has changed. They partnered with Capcom for exclusivity of a few mature/hardcore games back in the GC era, and they pushed for more mature, hardcore games on the wii. They've been publishing more games developed by outside companies themselves, lately, so that explains part of why they're actually publishing this one. They publish games that are seen as risks.

And I happen to think passing on the Wii U because you don't think the graphics are good enough to be rather silly.

 

[User Tron]

Whatever. This is not Edo Jidai anymore.

I think you missed the point of this post. Hint: FF13

 

[leatherhat]

SEGA... supervisor? Completely unnecessary unless they are just looking out for their IP.

They just want their name on the box. And the money.

 

[JordanLMiller]

Looking forward to it. Shame that sega is the one that owns the ip instead of platinum.

 

[Mardak]

Bayonetta 2 being exclusive to the WiiU is reason to be excited because it gives people a reason to actually want to buy the damn system

I've actually never heard of Bayonetta before all this discussion about wanting Bayonetta 2 to be on non-Nintendo platforms. I was going to pick up a Wii U on launch day primarily for the other Nintendo exclusives people usually want on other systems like Mario.

I figure if people are taking the time to complain that some game isn't available on non-Nintendo platforms, it might be worth looking into.

From doing some research on Platinum Games / Clover in the last hour or so, I'm seriously considering both The Wonderful 101 and Bayonetta 2 now. Thanks GAF.

 

[Criminal Upper]

i agree with this completely..

this thread delivers in another way though, it REALLY points out the zealots of Nintendo, who take it extremely personal when you say you don't like their sacred cow, so much so that even daring to say that you still won't buy the wiiu is like some irrational pathetic thing.

Hahah, you looked at this thread, and THAT'S what you take away from it?

 

[Nirolak]

I do believe as an exclusive title Bayo 2 will be a lot more focused and undoubtedly superior title. So we wont get poor ports that just waste time.

PG actually didn't do the port so they were only making for one system.

I imagine what will help a lot more is already having all of Bayonetta 1 as a base.

 

[Dascu]

My problem is that I only get to pick one console. I have to pay for college and a home and I don't make enough to buy two systems and support them.

So it strikes me as odd why someone would be happy that a game is exclusive to one system.

Save a dollar each day from now until the game is released. You can also buy the system, finish the game(s) you want to play, and then sell it again. Your financial situation could also be very different by the time this game is out. A lot of other cool and interesting games could be released or announced for the WiiU by then.

So, I understand your worries, but it's a bit early to start lamenting the exclusivity of Bayonetta 2.

 

[PorygonVandal]

Whatever. This is not Edo Jidai anymore.

It's a joke for a smilar post when Final Fantasy XIII got announced for 360

 

[The Technomancer]

I really really want to hear the story behind this, from the team themselves. Fortunately Iwata Asks is a thing!

 

[Jezan]

YAY Bayonetta!!!

Did anyone make the touch screen jokes already?

"Do you want to touch me?" *Bayonetta posing in the Pad screen lol

Bayonetta playable after you beat the next Metroid in under 2 hours

Also Zero Suit alternate costume for Bayonetta! Please!

 

[Emitan]

He always replies to meetings with "if you're a cute girl then sure"

Oh? We should meet up then.

 

[Jackben]

 

[Spieler Eins]

What about a Bayonetta 2.5 later? Like Ninja Gaiden/Sigma on the xbox/ps3

It will come down to a battle between each companies army of ninjas.

 

[mclem]

Nintendo trying to show they actually want to win those of us back who want something beyond games like Wii-Fit and Mario is great news for gaming on the whole.

...speaking of which... was Wii Fit mentioned *at all*?

 

[radioheadrule83]

I wonder how I would react if I ever received a death threat from a guy with a moé girl avatar.

If it were me, I'd be reading every hate tweet like this:

 

[ULTROS!]

Well that's a pretty low bar to be honest, so it's not entirely impossible if Nintendo really supports the product.

Just wondering, are there any 3rd party, Nintendo-published exclusives that Nintendo didn't bother to market? I know Nintendo heavily marketed MHTri, DQIX, and Tales of Symphonia (not sure if Nintendo published this game).

 

[Boss Doggie]

tbqh they feel more like people from /v/ than actual Japanese gamers.

i agree with this completely..

this thread delivers in another way though, it REALLY points out the zealots of Nintendo, who take it extremely personal when you say you don't like their sacred cow, so much so that even daring to say that you still won't buy the wiiu is like some irrational pathetic thing.

I'm actually seeing it as the other way arou...

Hey I remember you!

 

[CosmicQueso]

Seeing these comments proves beyond doubt that Nin is making some really good business decisions with the exclusives. Despite the complaining and anger, many of you who say you won't buy the system... you actually will. And you know it.

 

[SonicMegaDrive]

If Red Steel can be a hit, Bayonetta 2 can be a hit.

 

[ivysaur12]

why is that awesome?

It pleases you that others can't play a 3rd party game on their console of choice?

Also does anyone find it wierd how nintendo is changing their direction with the wiiU?
I thought Nintendo were only about family friendly games.

I love this thread.

 

[Uno Venova]

If it were me, I'd be reading every hate tweet like this:

Eww, never seen that version of the gif.

 

[LiK]

These reactions make no sense. How is it people are angry at Nintendo for saving a franchise they profess to love?

indeed, I thought everyone would be happy as well. bizarre.

 

[Foffy]

I'm so shocked (not really) to see so many people posting that they'd never buy a Nintendo console regardless of the games announced for it.

Did Iwata-san run over your dogs or something?

I'm not a huge fan of MS and Sony has done nothing but piss me off for years but I still bought both of their consoles (I own 2 of each along with a PSP and a Vita) because they had games that I wanted to play.

What exactly is the point of being a fan of gaming if you're willing to close off an entire segment of the market due to some misguided bias.

I don't understand this shit either. I thought the reason people buy systems is to play games they want to play on them. Yet, when a game they want to play is announced for some system they didn't fantasize in their mind, they get furiously devastated about it.

 

[Kouriozan]

I'm so shocked (not really) to see so many people posting that they'd never buy a Nintendo console regardless of the games announced for it.

Yeah that's really weird for "video games fans".
I owned every console last gen and will do next gen too if they are games I like.

 

[Aeana]

i agree with this completely..

this thread delivers in another way though, it REALLY points out the zealots of Nintendo, who take it extremely personal when you say you don't like their sacred cow, so much so that even daring to say that you still won't buy the wiiu is like some irrational pathetic thing.

It is kinda puzzling to refuse to buy hardware that has games you want on it, though. It honestly sounds like some people would be happier with a machine with no games as long as it has their favorite company's logo on it. Going where the games are is really the logical choice. It isn't pathetic or anything like that, just kinda weird, because it really is as simple as buying hardware you need to in order to play the games you want, just as it always has been.

 

[superpickleman]

Woke up > went to nintendo.com/wiiu > saw Bayonetta 2 > came to NeoGAF for hilarity.

GATDAYUM what a surprise that was!

 

[Neo C.]

Reading Kamiya's Tweet right now, he seems pretty happy.

 

[Risette]

i agree with this completely..

this thread delivers in another way though, it REALLY points out the zealots of Nintendo, who take it extremely personal when you say you don't like their sacred cow, so much so that even daring to say that you still won't buy the wiiu is like some irrational pathetic thing.

I don't like Nintendo much (not hatred, I just don't care) and wasn't going to bother considering to buy the Wii U until it was cheap at the end of the generation and probably wouldn't at all, but this announcement has me set on day one. And I still think that the bolded is true, unless your financial situation is what's stopping you or you don't care about the game (naturally.)

Where does that put me??

 

[demidar]

If Red Steel can be a hit, Bayonetta 2 can be a hit.

More analogous to Zombi U if anything.

Oh? We should meet up then.

I'm afraid I don't have any money to spare for your noble quest.

Regarding this Orbis/Durango talk, why not just get a PC?

 

[ChaosXVI]

I'm still in shock that Bayonetta 2 is even alive, after the countless rumors that it was cancelled, the fact that Nintendo is the one to revive it, exclusively for their platforms...it literally made me gasp loud enough while watching the Nintendo Direct to wake up my roommate.

I was already buying a Wii U Day 1, this is just icing on the cake for me...

Mirror's Edge 2, published by Nintendo, BELIEVE!

 

[Misterinenja]

Megaton Kamiya twitter explosion fuckin :lol

 

[SonicMegaDrive]

It is kinda puzzling to refuse to buy hardware that has games you want on it, though. It honestly sounds like some people would be happier with a machine with no games as long as it has their favorite company's logo on it. Going where the games are is really the logical choice. It isn't pathetic or anything like that, just kinda weird, because it really is as simple as buying hardware you need to in order to play the games you want, just as it always has been.

Exactly. Console fanboys are pathetic.

Play games, not logos.

 

[Uno Venova]

I'm still in shock that Bayonetta 2 is even alive, after the countless rumors that it was cancelled, the fact that Nintendo is the one to revive it, exclusively for their platforms...it literally made me gasp loud enough while watching the Nintendo Direct to wake up my roommate.

I was already buying a Wii U Day 1, this is just icing on the cake for me...

Mirror's Edge 2, published by Nintendo, BELIEVE!

Make Vanquish 2 Nintendo!

 

[Zephyrus]

I'm sorry if I was being oversensitive, and I didn't mean to accuse *you* of trolling specifically. But we've been having people coming in and getting banned for dozens of pages, and if you'd read a bit of the reactions in here you might have been able to see how your post could be misconstrued.

Nintendo has had a pretty big hand in many mature games released on their platforms since the N64 era. Nothing about their direction has changed. They partnered with Capcom for exclusivity of a few mature/hardcore games back in the GC era, and they pushed for more mature, hardcore games on the wii. They've been publishing more games developed by outside companies themselves, lately, so that explains part of why they're actually publishing this one. They publish games that are seen as risks.

And I happen to think passing on the Wii U because you don't think the graphics are good enough to be rather silly.

it's not because of the graphics. It's because, currently, I can only support one system each gen. I lack the time and the money to buy two systems and get games for both of them.

I have to save every single euro and cent to buy atleast one game a month and I have to deprive myself of many things if I want to get them.

 

[The Technomancer]

Just wondering, are there any 3rd party, Nintendo-published exclusives that Nintendo didn't bother to market? I know Nintendo heavily marketed MHTri, DQIX, and Tales of Symphonia (not sure if Nintendo published this game).

Depends on what you would classify Excitebots as I guess.

 

[Galang]

The bitter tears wow... been a while since one of these. Death threats over a game ? Wow... and with a Miku avatar as already pointed out -_-'

 

[flippeh]

You've forced my hand Platinum, now I have to buy a Wii U.

 

[Nirolak]

Just wondering, are there any 3rd party, Nintendo-published exclusives that Nintendo didn't bother to market? I know Nintendo heavily marketed MHTri, DQIX, and Tales of Symphonia (not sure if Nintendo published this game).

What level of marketing count as "bothered to market"?

For something like Bayonetta, I would expect a $20+ million marketing budget would be appropriate if they really want to sell 2+ million copies worldwide.

 

[ColdBlooder]

Some of the reactions to this news really make it hard to not think that, beneath Nintendo criticism, there really is just a practically religious meme that "Nintendo is LOL stupid kiddy and sux", no matter WHAT Nintendo could ever do or say.

There's so much rationalization flying around right now, denying what is happening in front of people's eyes.

Nintendo is doing exactly what they said they'd do, in spite of all the skepticism leveled at them.

They are doing what it takes to make Wii U the 'something for everyone' platform, they are getting the hardest of the hardcore niche titles like Bayonetta locked down, they're getting Monster Hunter. They pull out a fully respectable and intriguing showing of Call of Duty, replete with features that genuinely interest like IR gameplay options and full play on the controller itself.

But as Opiate said, there is no magical aura around a console or even brand that forever defines what it is. People seem to think there are only two kinds of set top game box: LOL KIDDY TOY and HARDCORE COME AT ME BROWARE. It's like it is breaking brains wide open, the notion that this thing is actually trying to do everything, and there is a possibility it might actually succeed.

Absolutely brilliant post

And i agree with you 100%

 

[Cerebral Assassin]

This is the very definition of a System seller. I've pre-ordered a WiiU moments after hearing about this.

Yep, I knew I would eventually buy it but after hearing this I am back on the hype train.

I do believe as an exclusive title Bayo 2 will be a lot more focused and undoubtedly superior title. So we wont get poor ports that just waste time and sales potential.

Wasn't Bayo developed by P* only for the 360 & then Sega outsourced a port to the PS3?

 

[Mr.LightMan]

What advice could Sega possibly have to give Nintendo or Platinum? Certainly nothing about making, publishing, or marketing games.

Where to put their logo on the box?

 

[Zephyrus]

Save a dollar each day from now until the game is released. You can also buy the system, finish the game(s) you want to play, and then sell it again. Your financial situation could also be very different by the time this game is out. A lot of other cool and interesting games could be released or announced for the WiiU by then.

So, I understand your worries, but it's a bit early to start lamenting the exclusivity of Bayonetta 2.

been doing that since middle school. Parents never bought me any game and system I wanted ever since then.

 

[StuBurns]

It is kinda puzzling to refuse to buy hardware that has games you want on it, though. It honestly sounds like some people would be happier with a machine with no games as long as it has their favorite company's logo on it. Going where the games are is really the logical choice. It isn't pathetic or anything like that, just kinda weird, because it really is as simple as buying hardware you need to in order to play the games you want, just as it always has been.

Why is it puzzling? If the only game on WiiU you want is Bayo 2, why would it be puzzling people don't want to buy a console just for it?

 

[Dion Blaster]

Just wondering, are there any 3rd party, Nintendo-published exclusives that Nintendo didn't bother to market? I know Nintendo heavily marketed MHTri, DQIX, and Tales of Symphonia (not sure if Nintendo published this game).

Does Sin & Punishment: Star Successor count?