Bayonetta is a game that was not likely to have a sequel. It's true that the original game was fairly well received critically, but its sales did not measure up. Even though Bayonetta was a complete throwback to what some might consider the golden age of Japanese action games, those numbers proved that we could never go back to that age again. Sega was in no hurry to commission a sequel, so it was a big surprise that Nintendo ended up being the company to do so. It was no doubt a plea to the gaming public to notice that the Wii U did in fact have titles for the "hardcore gamer", but the reasons don't really matter. All that matters is that Bayonetta 2 brings Bayonetta back with a new look, new story, a new director (Hashimoto Yusuke, though the previous director Kamiya Hideki is on board as a supervisor), and improvements over the original title's already great formula. Continue Reading