Bayonetta

Bayonetta
Official artwork of Bayonetta from Bayonetta 2.
Universe	Bayonetta
Debut	Bayonetta (2009)
Smash Bros. appearances	SSB4 Ultimate
Most recent non-Smash appearance	Bayonetta 2 (2014)
Console/platform of origin	PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Place of origin	Vigrid
Created by	Hideki Kamiya
Designed by	Mari Shimazaki
English voice actor	Hellena Taylor
Japanese voice actor	Atsuko Tanaka
Article on Wikipedia	Bayonetta (character)

For fighter info, see Bayonetta (SSB4). For the universe, see Bayonetta (universe).

Bayonetta (ベヨネッタ, Bayonetta), also known by her real name Cereza, is the titular main protagonist from the Sega and PlatinumGames game Bayonetta, its Wii U-exclusive sequel Bayonetta 2, as well as the film adaptation of the first game Bayonetta: Bloody Fate.

Character description

Bayonetta's appearance in Bayonetta, which inspired her alternate costume in SSB4.

Bayonetta is one of the last members of the Umbra Witches, an entirely female clan of black magic practitioners. Umbra Witches form contracts with Inferno, granting them immense strength, knowledge, and the ability to summon Infernal Demons in exchange for their souls upon dying. Bayonetta is bound to the mighty Madama Butterfly, whose arms, legs, and even head are summoned during battle. She fights angels from Paradiso on a regular basis, working as a Nun as a way to locate them. She spends most of her time in the world between the human world, Inferno, and Paradiso called Purgatorio, where she and anyone else inside said world appear invisible to humans, though the environment is shared between the two. Using various weapons forged by the weapon smith/bartender Rodin, Bayonetta faces various members of the Laguna, her friend and rival Jeanne, and even the very demons she summons.

Personality wise Bayonetta is strong willed, determined, cocky, flirtatious, snarky, and has an endless supply of sarcastic come-backs for anything and everything thrown at her. Despite being a witch, and using the powers of Inferno to kill angels, Bayonetta's moral compass is as straight as an arrow. She has a soft spot when it comes to interacting with children. Upon meeting characters such as Cereza and Loki she initially acts like she doesn't care about them, treating them as an annoyance. However it does not take long for her to grow attached to said children, and begins fondly referring to them as "Little One", and will start going out of her way to make sure either child is safe regardless of the situation. Also being indirectly responsible for the murder of Luka's father when he was a small child, Bayonetta made it a point to always check up on him as he grew up, even going so far as to give him the nickname "Cheshire", after her favorite doll she had as a child.

She is also very loyal to those she cares about. In the second game, Jeanne's soul is stolen away as a result of one of Bayonetta's demons turning on her. Bayonetta was determined enough to save Jeanne that she would physically enter Inferno in order to save her friends soul. Despite the relationship between Rodin and Bayonetta being stated to only be a professional one, Rodin does have a soft spot for Bayonetta, just as she does for him, seeing each other as comrades and friends.

Bayonetta has a strong distaste for enemies who talk for long periods of time. When enemies who, in general campy fashion, go into tangents and begin giving speeches before fights, she is shown to be very irritated. Rubbing her temples, groaning, rolling her eyes, and even pacing around if there is room to do so. If these speeches go on for far too long, she will interrupt them by ether giving off an insulting snarky retort, or out right assaulting them in order to get them to shut up with either gun shots, or flinging parts of the surrounding terrain at them.

In Super Smash Bros. 4

Bayonetta in Super Smash Bros. 4.

As a playable character

Bayonetta appears as a newcomer in Super Smash Bros. 4, and is the seventh and final downloadable character announced, as well as the winner of the Smash Bros. Fighter Ballot, being the highest-voted character in Europe and among the top 5 in North America, making her the overall #1 worldwide among realizable characters. Her appearance is based off of her redesign for Bayonetta 2, while four of her alternate costumes are based off her appearance in the first Bayonetta, which is known as "A Witch With No Memories". She was confirmed during the Super Smash Bros. - Final Video Presentation on December 15th, 2015, and was released on February 3rd, 2016.

Bayonetta's playstyle involves use of mechanics from her original game, such as Bullet Arts that allow her to pelt opponents from a distance with invisible bullets after any attack, and 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.

Bayonetta is currently placed 11th out of 58 characters on the tier list. Bayonetta's most noteworthy attribute is her combo-orientated playstyle, with many moves reliably connecting into each other, even potentially scoring her a Zero-to-death. She can also deal damage easily from afar, as almost all of her attacks can inflict damage via Bullet Arts. She also possesses a powerful counterattack in Witch Time, which, if it connects, slows down the opponent, usually allowing enough time for her to strike them with a powerful attack that can easily KO them. Despite her strong positives, she does have some weaknesses, such as average frame data on the ground, and her tall and light build makes her fairly easy to KO. Initially, Bayonetta was considered one of, if not, the best character in the game, mainly due to the nerfs that top-tier characters received in update 1.1.5. That changed however when she herself was notably nerfed in update 1.1.6, weakening her powerful combo game somewhat. Regardless, Bayonetta has acquired good tournament representation and results.

Trophies

Bayonetta

Bayonetta is one of the last of the near-extinct Umbra Witches clan. She's a master of the Bullet Arts and can use her hair as a conduit to bring forth Infernal Demons. She brings all these skills and more to Smash, where she'll unleash additional damage if you hold the attack button. Damage and distract your foes with this move!

Bayonetta is one of the last of the long-extinct Umbra Witches clan. She's a master of the Bullet Arts, and can use her hair as a conduit to bring forth Infernal Demons. She brings all these skills and more to Smash, where if you hold down the attack button, she'll fire bullets at the enemy. They don't just do damage; they even work as a feint!

Bayonetta (01/2010)

: Bayonetta 2 (10/2014)

Bayonetta (Alt.)

If you use Bayonetta's side special in midair, she'll do a diagonal kick upward that goes through platforms. If you press down just before doing the move, it'll turn into a downward attack! Plus, if you hit an enemy in midair, you can use the attack again before you hit the ground–great for combos and recoveries!

Bayonetta (01/2010)

: Bayonetta 2 (10/2014)

Bayonetta (Original)

This Umbra Witch awakens after hundreds of years without any memories of her past life. Usually Bayonetta spends her days pretending to be a nun to lure out angels, until a witch with the same powers as her starts to slowly bring her memories back. She ends up embroiled in a battle to save the world.

This Umbra Witch awakens after hundreds of years without any memories of her past life. She spends her days with shenanigans like dressing as a nun to lure out angels to fight, until a witch with the same powers as her starts to slowly bring her memories back. As her memories return, she ends up embroiled in a battle to save the world!

Bayonetta (01/2010)

Cereza

A small girl Bayonetta finds wandering the stronghold city of Vigrid with her stuffed toy, Chesire. For some reason, Cereza is convinced Bayonetta is her "mummy" and wants to be just like her. No human should be able to see angels, but somehow Cereza can...

Bayonetta (01/2010)

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  Classic (3DS)

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  Classic (Wii U)

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  Alt. (3DS)

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  Alt. (Wii U)

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  Original (3DS)

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  Original (Wii U)

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  Cereza (3DS)

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  Cereza (Wii U)

Gallery

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  Love is Blue as seen in Bayonetta 2.

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  Scarborough Fair as seen in Bayonetta.

Trivia

• The "Bayonetta (Original)" trophy claims that she pretends to be a nun to lure angels; however, this fact is incorrect, as the Bayonetta art book reveals that she works as a nun for her day job. This is backed up by her appearance in The Wonderful 101, made by the same developer as Bayonetta, as Nun is listed as her Occupation.
• Bayonetta is the second Sega character to be playable in the franchise, after Sonic, making her the second third-party character owned by a company already having one of their characters in the game, following Ryu from Capcom.
• Bayonetta is the only female third-party character in the Super Smash Bros. series.
• Super Smash Bros. 4 marks Bayonetta's third playable guest appearance in a video game, with the others being Anarchy Reigns and The Wonderful 101 (as "Wonder-Bayonetta"), which were both developed by PlatinumGames. It is also her second video game appearance in any form alongside various characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise and Akira Yūki of the Virtua Fighter franchise, the first being 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 an interview with Masahiro Sakurai, he stated that including Bayonetta in the game was not an easy task. He had problems coming up with a unique moveset for her in the game, so he opted to bring in her attacks directly from Bayonetta 2, explaining why she is a combo-based fighter rather than having the standard one or two hit attacks most standard fighters have. He also stated that he initially had trouble balancing Bayonetta's sexual nature to fit the games' rating in Japan, as even the slightest sexual exposure would have boosted the games' family rating to a more mature one.

External links

• Bayonetta (character) on Bayonetta Wiki