History VideoGame / Bayonetta2

* MusicalNod: The new main theme "Tomorrow Is Mine" contains a brief instrumental snippet that's identical to one present in the first game's cover of "Fly Me to the Moon".

** [[spoiler: The platinum ticket returns in the game, and with it, Rodin: the Infinite One. However, instead of fighting you as Father Rodin the angel, he's fighting as Rodin the demon.]] It also happens to [[NintendoHard one of the most difficult fights]] in a Hack and Slash game.

** [[spoiler: The platinum ticket returns in the game, and with it, Rodin: the Infinite One. However, instead of fighting you as Father Rodin the angel, he's fighting as Rodin the demon.]]

* SequelDifficultySpike: High-score hunters will find ''Bayo 2'' a greater challenge than its predecessor. There are much fewer single-Verse Chapters than before, Muspelheim challenges are included in Verse tallies (unlike the Alfheim challenges of the first game being entirely optional on all counts), Bullet Climax chews on your magic, and Umbran Climax trades infinite "Wicked Weaves on every swing" during boss fights for brief bouts of "Wicked Weaves on every swing, Infernal Weaves on finisher" activated on command.

* SuperNotDrowningSkills: Just like in the first game, Bayonetta can stay as long as she wants underwater, all while fighting angels and demons. It is more noticeable in this game, though, as there are much more water in Noatun than there was in the first game. Sha can even talk underwater.

** Gomorrah. [[spoiler: His jaw snapped, his neck broken, it seemed it was all over for him after the last fight with Balder.]] Now, though? Hell, he looks better than ever! [[spoiler: Which is unfortunate, seeing how he tries to eat Bayonetta and ends up killing Jeanne. Weirder still, Jeanne summons him at the end to eat Aesir.]] However, as explained above, this could just be a different Gomorrah being summoned.
** Fortitudo also seems to have been revived, despite Bayonetta handing his ass to him severely and getting DraggedOffToHell.
** As do Temperantia and Sapientia, shown fighting Madama Butterfly and Labolas, respectively.

* WaterIsAir: To Bayonetta, at least, as she can breathe, walk, talk and use any weapon underwater. The sole things she can't do there is using her Crow and Panther forms.
* WelcomeToHell: Loki says this word-for-word to Bayonetta upon arriving in Inferno. Also a literal example, since Inferno ''is'' Hell.

* WhipItGood: Another whip weapon appears in this game called Alruna. Unlike Kulshedra from the first game, this weapon has two whips on each arm, and can also be equipped to the feet, giving Bayonetta ''four'' whips at once.
* WintryAuroralSky: Somehow, auroras are seen above the top of Mount Fimbulventr. Granted, the area is cold, if the blizzard occuring outside is to be believed, but the TravelMontage at the beginning of the game reveals that Mount Fimbulventr is located somewhere in ''Kazakhstan''. Then again, they add an undeniable and fitting mystical flair to the FinalBoss arena.

* BellyDancer: Whenever she dons Rakshasa, Bayonetta wears a Middle-Eastern inspired outfit complete with veil, bare midriff and a Slave Leia-styled belt -- as long as you have the Rakshasa accessory equipped, that is.

* BellyDancer: Whenever she dons Rakshasa, Bayonetta wears a Middle-Eastern inspired outfit complete with veil, bare midriff and a Slave Leia-styled belt.

-> '''Bayonetta:''' If you need to learn how to read TV Tropes Wiki, ask your mum.

* YouCanSeeMe: Loki says this to Bayonetta. She explains that it's because they're both in Purgatorio, the dimension that exists between the Trinity of Realities (and where those inside are invisible to those outside, and vice versa). The boy doesn't seem to understand, as he is completely ignorant to the mechanics of most things, being an AmnesiacHero. Luka managed to get some glasses that allow him to see people in Purgatorio by giving Rodin authentic sake in the midst of a Japanophile stint, much to Bayonetta's surprise.

* DownerEnding: One of Bayonetta's demonic summons [[GoneHorriblyWrong goes horribly wrong]] and [[DraggedOffTohell drags Jeanne's soul off to Inferno]], leaving Bayo to cradle her best friend's lifeless body in the rain...all before Chapter 1 even begins.

* SchizoTech: The Umbran Armor is an advanced MiniMecha for the Umbra Witches' use. The only levels where you are required to play with it [[spoiler: take place during the Witch Hunts, which were around the end of the Middle Ages]].

* BulletTime: Witch Time returns from the first game. The Lumen Sages also have their own variant called Light Speed which works the opposite way as Witch Time, causing the Sage to move extremely fast.

* CallBack: For players who preferred the first game's gameplay, Jeanne's All 4 One moveset uses ''Bayo 1''[='=]s combos for Scarborough Fair rather than updating to Love is Blue. [[spoiler:And for fans of the Onyx Roses' single shots during combos, give Rosa's Unforgiven revolvers a [[GunTwirling spin]].]]

** [[spoiler:Balder]] also counts to a lesser extent. His ranged attacks are much slower and prevent him from moving, making it harder to rack up a combo, and he can't use any accessories that might help mitigate the problem. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Plus]] [[spoiler:Light Speed's different visuals make the countdown indicator harder to keep track of.]]

** Earning a Platinum trophy while using a different character will have that character modelling the trophy. This applies to all of them, whereas this only applied to Jeanne in the first game.

* SequelHook: [[spoiler: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. In a bizarre twist, Balder is seen in the Sunrise and Crescent Valleys donning the mask that we see him wearing in the first game. At which point the logo for Bayonetta 1 appears. More of a Prequel Hook, in this case]].

** In Tag Climax, you can play as Jeanne or Rodin as well as Bayonetta. [[spoiler: Rosa and Balder are playable as well.]]

-->'''Rodin (written):''' Bayonetta, something came in from that fight club of yours. Strange to think of you up there, mixing it up with all them all-stars. Bring me along next time, huh? I could use the sparrin' practice.

* EmbeddedPrecursor: The physical copy originally came bundled with an UpdatedRerelease of the first game. The digital versions of each game are purchased separately, but buying one game applies a discount to the other so it works out to the same price.
** Zig-zagged with the Switch version. The physical copy comes with a download code instead of having both games on the same cartidge.

* EvilCounterpart: The masked Lumen Sage makes one for Bayonetta. He can fight her on equal footing, and summon angels just as she can demons. He even has his own Beast Within transformations, like a wolf. [[spoiler:Just like in the first game, he's not what he appears to be. The sage, truly a young Balder, is the most benevolent Lumen Sage seen in the series thus far (and for that matter, the ONLY Lumen Sage we've seen thus far).]]

* GameplayAllyImmortality: [[spoiler:Rosa and Balder]] are both invulnerable when they're accompanying you. Loki isn't, but fights on lower difficulties will likely end before his health becomes an issue anyway.

* ToweringFlower: Local floral demon Alraune can summon giant demonic flowers that can spit sticky goo on Bayonetta, immobilizing her for a short time.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: This time, the game takes place in Noatum, a town somewhere in Kazakhstan if the map cutscene in Chapter 1 is of any indiciation. And apparently, there's a really tall mystical mountain nearby.