{"id":90503,"date":"2026-10-05T21:10:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T13:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=90503"},"modified":"2026-10-05T21:10:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T13:10:58","slug":"platinumgames-boss-promises-strong-desire-for-more-bayonetta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=90503","title":{"rendered":"PlatinumGames Boss Promises &#8216;Strong Desire&#8217; For More Bayonetta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">PlatinumGames CEO Atsushi Inaba said he isn\u2019t done with <u>Bayonetta<\/u>, the studio\u2019s character action series featuring a witch equipped with gun shoes and weaponized hair. While many of the original developers at Platinum have left \u2014 including original game director Hideki Kamiya, who started a new studio called Clovers to make Okami 2 \u2014 the Osaka-based studio wants to keep the series going. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">As well as Kamiya, other notable leavers include Resident Evil character designer Masaki Yamanaka, Metal Gear Rising director Kenji Saito, and Astral Chain director Takahisa Taura. Bayonetta 2 director Yusuke Hashimoto left Platinum to work at Capcom, where he recently helped the combat shine in Onimusha: Way of the Sword. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Even outside of the exodus, things aren\u2019t as simple as just making another one. The Bayonetta series is co-owned by Sega and Nintendo, who published the first and second games respectively. The sequel was a Nintendo Wii U exclusive and has since only been ported to Nintendo Switch. Bayonetta 3 came to Switch in 2022. <\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-slideshow\"><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">Bayonetta 3 &#8211; Bayonetta&#8217;s Costumes<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img alt=\"Super Mirror 3 - Bayonetta's Default Costume\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2277167929 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/output><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">In an interview with <u>Famitsu<\/u>, via <u>VGC<\/u>, Inaba spoke for the first time about PlatinumGames\u2019 aims since the departure of key staff members. When asked about the future of Bayonetta, he said: \u201cI can\u2019t really answer that right now.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cWe have a strong desire to further develop the character of Bayonetta and expand her world. Please look forward to seeing what form that takes in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The interview was a promotional partnership between Inaba and Shift-Up boss Hyung-tae Kim, to promote Stellar Blade\u2019s Bayonetta crossover event on Nintendo Switch 2. PlatinumGames&#8217; last released game is Ninja Gaiden 4, a collaboration with Team Ninja which launched on October 21, 2025, for PS5, Xbox Series consoles, and PC.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-video\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Next up, PlatinumGames is working on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin, an action-adventure game based on a popular comic. A partnership with Paramount, the game was announced at Summer Game Fest in June 2026 after the original version by Black Forest Games was canceled.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><u>Warner Bros and Paramount have now merged into a single behemoth called Skydance<\/u>, in a deal worth $110 billion. The deal is expected to close tomorrow, October 6, 2026. Once closed, Skydance will hold the keys to Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, Batman, The Sopranos, Star Trek, and more. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Usually there are casualties after a large merger, and Paramount&#8217;s live-action, R-rated movie adaptation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin was already put on hold prior to the companies joining hands and getting a joint bank account. It remains to be seen if PlatinumGames\u2019 next project survives the storm. <\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"poll-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\"\/><\/span><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"author-sign-off\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"author-sign-off\" data-cy=\"author-sign-off\"><span class=\"stack jsx-59817748 jsx-1927875859\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-444076027 jsx-1730475047 profile-thumb jsx-2141281959 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-1-1\"><img alt=\"Kirk McKeand Avatar\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image profile-thumb-img jsx-249361588 jsx-2338608387 expand\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/oystatic.ignimgs.com\/src\/core\/img\/social\/avatars\/ign.jpg?crop=1%3A1&amp;width=56&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=80 1x, https:\/\/oystatic.ignimgs.com\/src\/core\/img\/social\/avatars\/ign.jpg?crop=1%3A1&amp;width=56&amp;dpr=2&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=80 2x\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"stack jsx-2509706801 jsx-3630940851\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"interface jsx-1132626198 sign-off-text\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Kirk McKeand is a Contributor on IGN News. Find him on Twitter @MckKirk<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/section>\n<p><\/output><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/bayonetta-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PlatinumGames CEO Atsushi Inaba said he isn\u2019t done with Bayonetta, the studio\u2019s character action series featuring a witch equipped with gun shoes and weaponized hair&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[31139,3261,21178,31138,10074,1718],"class_list":["post-90503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-bayonetta","tag-boss","tag-desire","tag-platinumgames","tag-promises","tag-strong","wpcat-32-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/90504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}