History Trivia / Bayonetta

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Hideki Kamiya noted that, since Nintendo paid for the recording of the game's Japanese voice track as part of its UsefulNotes/WiiU port, they could have blocked its inclusion in the subsequent PC, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, and UsefulNotes/XboxOne ports. However, they allowed Platinum to include the dub.

** ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter'' costumes based on the first game's blocky models were planned but were cut for time. They put the assets they had into a wallpaper for the UsefulNotes/Xbox360.

* WordOfGod: Kamiya has said in her free time, Jeanne is a high school history teacher. This was hinted at in-game with the Bloody Moon LaserBlade weapon, although much of that FlavorText did seem pretty tongue-in-cheek, also claiming Jeanne is a MagicalGirl warrior named Cutie J. He's even said if he ever gets to create a ''Bayonetta'' SpinOff for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, he would like for it to focus on Jeanne as a history teacher.

* AcclaimedFlop: Even if it was widely considered to be the better version of the game, the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}} version didn't sell very well. The UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation 3}} version did better despite being criticized for being the weaker version. The even better UsefulNotes/WiiU port sold even less, because it was on an unpopular console.

* NoExportForYou: Not the game itself, at least for most territories, but the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch1U73QXTsY incredible strategy guide]] by Future Games. Due to a North American exclusivity deal with [=BradyGames=], it is illegal for the company to sell to Americans or Canadians. [=BradyGames=] was unable to make a physical guide, but it did later release a digital version online for free. Despite this, the exclusivity deal still holds, meaning that the only way North Americans can get their hands on it is either by importing it[[note]]Expensive, and at the moment, not an option due to it being sold out through most retailers, the one retailer that still carries it won't ship to North America[[/note]] or buying it on Amazon or Website/{{eBay}}.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://bayonetta.wikia.com/wiki/Bayonetta_Wiki The Bayonetta Wiki]].

* AdoredByTheNetwork: An interesting example, as the franchise isn't so much adored by its actual owner (Creator/{{Sega}}) as it is by Creator/{{Nintendo}}, who effectively adopted the series from ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2'' onwards by way of becoming the publisher. Not only did they fund a second game when no other publisher wanted to, but they would also greenlight both [[VideoGame/Bayonetta3 a third entry]] and a [[VideoGame/BayonettaOriginsCerezaAndTheLostDemon spin-off game]] at the ''same time'', despite its predecessor's middling sales on the Wii U. Throw in Nintendo letting Sega port the original game to PC with the Nintendo-funded Japanese dub (which they'd receive no profit from), the character's introduction into the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series, and their treatment of ''Bayonetta 3'' as a tentpole release for the Nintendo Switch, and some fans have taken to calling Bayonetta "Nintendo's Witch".

* AdoredByTheNetwork: An interesting example, as the franchise isn't so much adored by its actual owner (Creator/{{Sega}}) as it is by Creator/{{Nintendo}}, who effectively adopted the series from ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2'' onwards by way of becoming the publisher. Not only did they fund a second game when no other publisher wanted to, but they would also fund ''VideoGame/Bayonetta3'' despite its predecessor's middling sales on the Wii U. Between the ports of the first two games (including letting Sega port the original game to PC with the Nintendo-funded Japanese dub, which they'd receive no profit from), the character's introduction into the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series, and their treatment of ''Bayonetta 3'' as a tentpole release for the Nintendo Switch (getting a teaser trailer at The Game Awards 2017, and its gameplay reveal four years later at the September 2021 WebVideo/NintendoDirect), some fans have taken to calling Bayonetta "Nintendo's Witch".

** The airplane stage was originally going to be a cruise ship. This idea was used in the third game however.

** The airplane stage was originally going to be a cruise ship.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Subverted. When the [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link costume]] for the Wii U version of ''Bayonetta'' was being designed, Platinum tried not to make it too revealing out of fear that Nintendo would object to it. When it was shown, Nintendo actually wanted the outfit to show ''more'' of her chest, since having the outfits not be revealing was out of character for Bayonetta.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Hideki Kamiya noted that, since Nintendo paid for the recording of the game's Japanese voice track as part of its UsefulNotes/WiiU port, they could have blocked its inclusion in the subsequent PC, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, and UsefulNotes/XboxOne ports. [[SubvertedTrope However, they allowed Platinum to include the dub.]]

* AdoredByTheNetwork: Not an example by the original network of Creator/{{Sega}}, but instead of Creator/{{Nintendo}} when it came from porting the original game to the Wii U. While Nintendo insisted on exclusivity of ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2'', they allowed the Japanese voice acting they paid for the port of the first game to their system to be used for all later ports, something Nintendo wouldn't receive any direct profit for.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Hideki Kamiya noted that, since Nintendo paid for the recording of the game's Japanese voice track as part of its UsefulNotes/WiiU port, they could have blocked its inclusion in the subsequent PC, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, and UsefulNotes/XboxOne ports. However, they allowed Platinum to include the dub.

* TrollingCreator: A retroactive example. On Wiki/ThisVeryWiki and elsewhere, you'll see lots of people complaining about how long the ''VideoGame/SpaceHarrier'' section drags on. Once he learned this, Kamiya replied that he only scripted the level with his personal tastes in mind, but now that he knows the fans don't like it, [[BrutalHonesty he'd still do it again]], and [[VideoGame/TheWonderful101 he did]]!

* ExecutiveMeddling: Subverted. When the [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link costume]] for the Wii U version of ''Bayonetta'' was being designed, Platinum tried not to make it too revealing out of fear that Nintendo would object to it. When it was shown, Nintendo actually wanted the outfit to show more of her chest, since having the outfits not be revealing was out of character for Bayonetta.

* WordOfGod:
** Kamiya has said in her free time, Jeanne is a high school history teacher. This was hinted at in-game with the Bloody Moon LaserBlade weapon, although much of that FlavorText did seem pretty tongue-in-cheek, also claiming Jeanne is a MagicalGirl warrior named Cutie J. He's even said if he ever gets to create a ''Bayonetta'' SpinOff for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, he would like for it to focus on Jeanne as a history teacher.

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/HidekiKamiya has mentioned the only failure he has ever had in his career was the handling of the [[PortingDisaster PS3 port]].

** Kamiya has said in her free time, Jeanne is a high school history teacher. This was hinted at in-game with the Bloody Moon LaserBlade weapon, although much of that FlavorText did seem pretty tongue-in-cheek, also claiming Jeanne is a MagicalGirl warrior named Cutie J. He's even said if he ever gets to create a ''Bayonetta'' SpinOff for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, he would like for it to focus on Jeanne as a history teacher.
** Kamiya revealed that the reason why the [=PS3=] version [[PortingDisaster was so shoddy]] was primarily due to the development team working on the Xbox 360 version.

* AcclaimedFlop: Even if it was widely considered to be the better version of the game, the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}} version didn't sell very well. The UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation 3}} version did better despite being criticized for being the weaker version. The even better UsefulNotes/WiiU port sold even less, because it ''was'' on the Wii U.

* NamesTheSame:
** Angel Attack? The minigame or the song from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''? Interestingly enough, a few fans have noticed that the Affinities bear a suspicious similarity to the Production Evas in ''Evangelion'', whose game adaptations were handled by Sega.
** There is an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isla_del_Sol actual island called Isla del Sol]], but it shares no relation with the similarly-named island in this game which is somewhere in unspecified Europe, unless the the roughly 40-kilometer Prominence Bridge somehow manages to distort time and space to hop across the Atlantic Ocean and over to Bolivia.

* FanNickname:
** The names of the Cardinal Virtues are rather cumbersome, so some fans use the nicknames "Forty", "Tempo", "Iusty", and "Sapo", or any variations of them.
** Bayonetta herself is commonly referred to as "Bayo", to the point that ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' uses it as a crowd chant. "Netta" also appears frequently.