Editing Bayonetta

|universe    = {{uv|Bayonetta}}

|name        = Bayonetta

|games        = ''[[SSB4]]''<br>''[[Ultimate]]''

|console      = PlayStation 3<br>Xbox 360

|species      = Human (magically augmented via Dark Arts)

|interwikipage= Bayonetta (character)

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==Origin==

500 years later, Balder, still looking for his daughter, hires Antonio Redgrave to search for the red jewel. He and his son Luka eventually find it in the lake and manage to resurrect Cereza, but is immediately killed by Balder and his angels. Luka, unable to see the angels, assumes that Cereza was the one that killed his father. Cereza, having renamed herself as Bayonetta, has no memories of her past except that she is the last member of the Umbra Witches. She then dedicates her life to killing angels and regaining her lost memories.

Some time after this, Bayonetta and the rest of the main cast are seen doing their Christmas shopping when angels attack the city. However, Bayonetta's summonable demons go rogue and attack her instead. Jeanne sacrifices herself to save Bayonetta and her soul is dragged into Inferno. The only way to retrieve Jeanne's soul is for Bayonetta to go to Inferno herself. With the assistance of Enzo and Rodin, Bayonetta finds a portal in Fimbulventr and travels to it. On the way, Bayonetta meets a young boy named Loki who has powers similar to herself. Loki has no memories, so Bayonetta agrees to work with him to get his memories back. They both eventually come across Loptr, a mysterious masked Lumen who seems to know who Loki is. Loptr shows Bayonetta a vision of the past, which reveals that Balder was not responsible for the witch hunts and in fact tried to save Rosa before her death. The real killer was a mysterious figure that looked like Loki, but the vision ends before the identity was revealed. Bayonetta makes her way through the real Gates of Hell and defeats the demoness Alraune, who took Jeanne's soul. As Jeanne slowly revives, she tells Bayonetta that something big is about to happen. During all of this, Loki is attacked by a masked Lumen, who is revealed to be a young Balder from the past. As they fight, Loki releases a big shockwave that sends everyone to the time of the witch hunts. Bayonetta meets an alive Rosa, and both fight of the angels. The true killer is revealed to be Loptr, who was the real mastermind behind the witch hunts. Back in the present, Loptr reveals that he and Loki are two halves of Aesir, the god of chaos. Loptr takes control of Loki and becomes Aesir. But Bayonetta and Balder defeat him, with Jeanne destroying the physical body of Loptr. The soul of Loptr attempts to kill everyone one last time, but Balder forcefully absorbs Loptr in order to confine him. This would eventually turn him into his evil self, but before he corrupted fully, he told Bayonetta to kill him if it came to it. Loki, having fulfilled his purpose, fades away, but says he might return when he reincarnates again. Afterwards, Bayonetta and Jeanne continue with some after holidays shopping, but are interrupted by another angel attack.

Personality-wise, Bayonetta is strong-willed, cocky, and flirtatious, and she always has a snarky comment on any situation she finds herself in. She is also shown to be very impatient with foes who give long-winded speeches; she will often become irritated and interrupt especially long tangents. However, despite being a witch who uses the powers of Inferno to kill angels, Bayonetta has a strong sense of morality. She may appear caustic and abrasive, but she is very loyal to those she cares about, including Rodin and Jeanne. When Jeanne's soul is stolen away in the second game, Bayonetta physically enters Inferno to save her.

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[[File:Bayonetta SSB4.png|thumb|Bayonetta in ''Super Smash Bros. 4''.]]

Bayonetta's playstyle involves use of mechanics from her original game, such as [http://bayonetta.wikia.com/wiki/Bullet_arts Bullet Arts] that allow her to pelt opponents from a distance with invisible bullets after any attack, and [http://bayonetta.wikia.com/wiki/Wicked_Weaves Wicked Weaves] that summon [[Madama Butterfly]] for enormous punches and stomps during her smash attacks. In a similar manner to [[Ryu]], Bayonetta's fighting style involves heavy use of combos, although she specializes in chaining aerial attacks. To compensate for her strengths, her ground attacks have slightly more startup than most standard attacks, her aerials gain landing lag after each successful chained combo, and her smash attacks are slow and have low priority compared to their size.

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==In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''==

===As a playable character===

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Bayonetta returns in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' as a playable character, retaining both of her designs based on her appearances in ''Bayonetta 2'' and the original ''Bayonetta''. Unlike ''Super Smash Bros. 4'', she is now available in the base game as an [[unlockable character]]. Likely due to her status as a top tier character in the previous installment, Bayonetta was heavily [[nerf]]ed in her transition to ''Ultimate'' (evidenced after {{Sm|MkLeo}} performed a [[ladder combo]] with her in front of [[Masahiro Sakurai]] during the [[Super Smash Bros. Invitational 2018]]). She now has much more [[lag]] on a lot of moves, a slightly less flexible combo game, and shortened reach on her Bullet Arts.

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**Their [[Neutral attack#Rapid jabs|rapid jab]]; in English, she says "Get out!", while she simply shouts like other characters in Japanese.

**Their [[forward throw]]; she says, "{{ja|十年早いんだよ!|Juunen hayain da yo!}} (''Ten years too early!'')", even in the English versions. [[Ken]] also shares this distinction.

**A [[spot dodge]]; she says "Dreadful." ({{ja|退屈だわ|Taikutsu da wa}}, ''Boring.'')

*She is the first third-party character to be female, and one of three along with [[Kazooie]] and [[Alex]].

*Bayonetta is the second Sega character to be playable in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, following [[Sonic]]. This makes Bayonetta the second third-party character owned by a company already having one of their characters in the game, following [[Ryu]] from [[Capcom]].

*Bayonetta and [[Min Min]] are the only sole playable characters from a [[universe]] who are female regardless of costume, as while both [[Wii Fit Trainer]] and [[Inkling]] are also female by default, they have male alternate costumes.

*''Super Smash Bros. 4'' marks Bayonetta's third playable guest appearance in a video game, with the others being ''{{s|wikipedia|Anarchy Reigns}}'' and ''The Wonderful 101'' (as "Wonder-Bayonetta"), both of which were developed by PlatinumGames.

**It is also her second video game appearance in any form alongside various characters from the {{uv|Sonic the Hedgehog}} franchise and [[Akira Yuki]] of the {{uv|Virtua Fighter}} franchise. The first was their mutual appearances as monster cards as part of the SEGA All-Star Pack in the Japan-only game ''Samurai & Dragons'' for the PlayStation Vita.

*In the Japanese version of both ''SSB4'' and ''Ultimate'', Bayonetta's 'Witch with No Memories' outfit from the first ''Bayonetta'' uses her English voice instead of her Japanese one, referencing the fact the original only had English voice acting when it was first released.

*Bayonetta is the only playable character that can [[wall cling]], but not [[crawl]].

*Bayonetta's Player 2 "A Witch with No Memories" Wii U render is her only official ''Super Smash Bros.'' render to not depict her winking. This includes her appearance in the "Everyone is Here" artwork.