History VideoGame / Bayonetta2

* ScalingTheSummit: This is what Bayonetta and Loki ''try'' to do, as there's a portal to Inferno up there, but they end up getting knocked back down by Valor before they even arrive on the mountain proper and instead decide to take an underwater shortcut to Inferno. [[spoiler:Come endgame though, all of the major characters do arrive on the summit; Bayonetta, Jeanne, and Balder come in by fighter jet and Luka gets there with Loki by actually climbing the thing.]]

* CutsceneIncompetence: In Chapter 5, Loki saves Bayonetta from drowning by giving her the Snake Within ability. Apparently, her SuperNotDrowningSkills only apply in gameplay.

* PaletteSwap: Muspelheim is explicitly stated to be a different location from Alfenheim, but both areas have the exact same geometry, the only difference being the lighting (Alfenheim looks like it's daytime, Muspelheim looks like it's night) and a few other visual effects.

* IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels: In place of the standard difficulty names from the first game, we have the fitting "1st Climax", "2nd Climax", and "3rd Climax" for Easy, Normal, and Hard, respectively. A fourth difficulty setting, [[HarderThanHard "Infinite Climax"]] can be unlocked upon beating the game in "3rd Climax".

''Bayonetta 2'' is a StylishAction game developed by Creator/PlatinumGames and published by Creator/{{Nintendo}} for the UsefulNotes/WiiU and [[UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Switch]], with Creator/{{Sega}}, the franchise owners, serving as advisor. It is the sequel to the 2010 game, ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'', and is directed by Yusuke Hashimoto and produced by Atsushi Inaba, under supervision by series creator Creator/HidekiKamiya. It was announced on September 13, 2012, and was made a Wii U exclusive due to Nintendo's financial backing of the game, even though the company did not request that it be exclusive. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIot0Otq7MA Check out the game's first teaser.]] At E3 2014's Nintendo Direct, it was announced that the release would also come bundled with an [[UpdatedRerelease updated version]] of the original ''Bayonetta'', although a standalone version was made available in February 2016. ''Bayonetta 2'', along with the original ''Bayonetta'', will be released for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch on February 16, 2018 with the additions of local co-op and Toys/{{Amiibo}} support.

* InterfaceSpoiler: Very soon after starting the game, the [[CoOpMultiplayer co-op]] CompetitiveMultiplayer, Tag Climax, is unlocked, allowing a player to fight with others online. This can spoil the [[SecretCharacter unlockable characters]] available in the game. While Jeanne is an obvious one, [[spoiler: it spoils Rodin, Balder, and Rosa, the last two being major spoilers for the game]].

* SnowySleighBells: The wintry [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuT9QoWWgk theme]] playing during Bayonetta's last minute Christmas shopping is rythmed by sleigh bells.

* DamnYouMuscleMemory: Subverted. If you've played ''Bayo 1'', the "lock on" and "switch weapon set" buttons have been switched for ''Bayo 2''. Fortunately, the game allows you to switch them back, even calling the setting ''Bayonetta 1 controls''.

* DemotedToExtra: Luka's role in this game is just a hair above ExpositionFairy, granted this makes sense since he actually had a personal stake in the plot in the first game, while in the second he's only there to help Bayonetta.

* BehemothBattle: Both Bayonetta and the Masked Lumen summon giant creatures (demons for Bayonetta, Auditions for the Lumen) that fight in the background ''while they themselves are battling in the foreground''.

Following the announcement of the Nintendo Switch ports of ''Bayonetta 1'' and ''2'' due out for February 16, 2018, ''VideoGame/Bayonetta3'' was also [[https://gematsu.com/2017/12/bayonetta-3-announced-switch announced]] exclusively for the Switch.

* AnAsskickingChristmas: The game opens with Bayonetta doing Christmas shopping. And then the fun begins.

** Earning a Platinum trophy while using a different character will have that character modelling the trophy.

''Bayonetta 2'' is a StylishAction game developed by Creator/PlatinumGames and published by Creator/{{Nintendo}} for the UsefulNotes/WiiU and [[UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Switch]], with Creator/{{Sega}}, the franchise owners, serving as advisor. It is the sequel to the 2010 game, ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'', and is directed by Yusuke Hashimoto and produced by Atsushi Inaba, under supervision by series creator Creator/HidekiKamiya. It was announced on September 13, 2012, and was made a Wii U exclusive due to Nintendo's financial backing of the game, even though the company did not request that it be exclusive. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIot0Otq7MA Check out the game's first teaser.]] At E3 2014's Nintendo Direct, it was announced that the release would also come bundled with an [[UpdatedRerelease updated version]] of the original ''Bayonetta'', although a standalone version was made available in February 2016. It would later see a UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch release alongside the original ''Bayonetta'' on February 16, 2018 with the additions of local co-op and Toys/{{Amiibo}} support.

Following the announcement of the Nintendo Switch ports of ''Bayonetta 1'' and ''2'' due out for February 16, 2018, a third installment was also [[https://gematsu.com/2017/12/bayonetta-3-announced-switch announced]] exclusively for the Switch.