Bayonetta 3 new trailer breakdown – theories, Easter eggs, and more

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Bayonetta 3 will arrive just in time for Halloween weekend, which means there’s still time for new information and speculation to trickle out. Thanks to a pair of new trailers from Nintendo, there are a lot of little morsels to sort through, and the Bayonetta fan base has a lot of thoughts. Let’s break it all down.

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Let’s start with the titular character, who was of course one of the faces of the latest Nintendo Direct trailer (above). There are many theories that the Bayonetta we’ve been seeing in these trailers is totally different from the good witch of the first two games, and not just because she appears slightly younger. Nintendo actually teased two Bayonettas being in the game, leading to theories that our previous hero is now the villain. Additionally, the voice we’ve heard for Bayonetta doesn’t sound like the usual voice actor, Hellena Taylor.

While some fans are holding onto hope that she’s just been putting on a different voice in this new game, a different voice actor lends credence to the two Bayonettas theory. Some fans even think it’s possible that we’ve seen three different Bayonettas: a different one from each game.

Also featured in the Direct trailer is Viola, a new playable character. Given that she’s debuting in Bayonetta 3, anything is possible for her. Many theories hold that she’s related to the Homunculi threat in the game in some way. That’s more likely due to a poor translation from the original Japanese, but her official description does say she “suddenly fell from the sky,” so there’s certainly some mystery to her past.

Some fans think she’s a grown-up version of