Platinum Games details original Bayonetta Wii U improvements

In a rather surprising announcement, PlatinumGames revealed at E3 that a copy of the original Bayonetta game would be included with Bayonetta 2. While we already knew that the port would include all the bells and whistles that Bayonetta 2 was receiving, such as a newcomer friendly touchscreen enabled mode, we’re also getting some new costumes along the way too.

In a post by Isao Nigishi, the director of the Bayonetta port, some details have been given on how the Wii U version of the original Bayonetta will fare. The port is being handled by a separate team called Bee Tribe, with Hideki Kamiya (the creator of the original game) overseeing it’s development.

Each of the costumes for Peach, Link and Samus that are included in the port of the Bayonetta game for Wii U were carefully checked by Kamiya before they were in the game. Special abilities were also developed for each costume too.

When fighting with the Peach costume, Bayonetta can summon Bowser to finish her attacks. These attacks usually finish a combo with devastating effect, and instead of Halos appearing as currency in the game they are replaced with coins instead.

When equipping Bayonetta with Link’s costume, Bayonetta can wield the Master Sword in place of Shuraba, the game’s Katana weapon. In addition to this, instead of summoning Bowser to finish off her attacks, Bayonetta will summon a giant version of the master sword that slices enemies in two. To finish the “effect”, the game also plays Zelda sound effects taken from A Link To The Past throughout moments in the game. To make things even more authentic, the Halo currency are replaced with Rupees too!

Hideki Kamiya wanted the Samus outfit in the game to reflect her look from the first Metroid game. When using this outfit, players can put on or take off her visor at any moment during the game, including during cutscenes. The post in question doesn’t speak a lot about Samus and her unique abilities in the game, but screenshots do show Bayonetta using an arm cannon of sorts.

Bayonetta 2 is releasing in October, along with this “special edition” of Bayonetta 1. Nigishi has teased that there’s a few more things to show off about this carefully crafted version of the first game, so perhaps we’ll hear more in the future.

UPDATE: Nintendo have uploaded their Treehouse E3 2014 presentation on the Bayonetta 1 Wii U version. We’ve included it below for your viewing pleasure 😉