Bayonetta 2 is a game that shouldn't exist, and I love it for that. Not only is it the sequel to a game that sold about nine copies, it's also a gratuitous, sexy violence-fest on a console that's otherwise strictly family friendly – and it holds nothing back on either of those fronts (as the new trailer's crotch-shot amply demonstrates). At Nintendo's E3 booth, I saw one male journalist playing it glance at the female PR representative standing next to him as he played and turn bright crimson with embarrassment.
Super-stylised, super-sexualised and blessed with one of the best, most satisfying combat systems in existence, Bayonetta 2 has a lot in common with its predecessor. Apart from Bayonetta herself's new haircut, the two are barely distinguishable to look at. The E3 demo started with a face-off against waves of golden angel-monsters on top of a jet-plane, segued seamlessly to a battle with a huge boss on top of a moving train, and ended with an airborne boss-battle with a gigantic demonic dragon that lives in Bayonetta's hair. It was sublime.
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