New Bayonetta 3 Trailer Provides 7 Minutes Of Gameplay

thegamer.com:

It seems that Bayonetta 3 was too big for today’s Nintendo Direct presentation. After a cursory nod to Bayonetta 3’s impending release, Nintendo said that they’d release a full seven-minute trailer after the Direct to do Bayonetta justice. And indeed they have, with those seven minutes dedicated to showing players some of Bayo’s powerful new abilities.

Witch Time of course returns from the first and second games, but this time around Bayonetta is able to summon powerful Infernal Demons to fight alongside her in battle. Bayonetta can swap between fighting as herself or controlling her demon, although players should note that controlling a demon means leaving Bayonetta vulnerable as she performs a little half-naked dance.

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Infernal demons aren't just for fighting Bayonetta's battles for her. Demons can also be summoned as part of combo finishers or used as counterattacks thanks to Bayonetta's "assault slave skill." Bayonetta can even maximize her damage while limiting her vulnerability by summoning a demon during Witch Time.

Bayonetta can even become a demon herself. Demon Masquerade allows Bayonetta to transform into the demon bound to her weapons, with each weapon providing a different demon. Her guns allow her to turn into Madama Butterfly, while other weapons will let her turn into a giant spider or even darker fiends. Each demon will offer unique abilities that can be used both in and outside of battle, such as allowing Bayonetta to scale sheer walls as a spider demon.

Nintendo said that there'd be rideable demons as well soon after the August 1 trailer, but there was no mention of that today. It's possible that riding demons has been scrapped in