Bayonetta 4is happening, according to Platinum Games VP andBayonettawriter Hideki Kamiya. Speculation surrounding the future of theBayonettafranchise has been going wild sinceBayonetta 3’s release on October 28. What many believed would be a firm conclusion to aBayonettatrilogy years in the making ended up much more ambiguous. Few expected an officialBayonetta 4confirmation anytime soon, though, but Kamiya had other plans.
Bayonetta 3launched around one month ago, over 8 years after the launch ofBayonetta 2. In most fans' minds, a continuation of theBayonettafranchise was never a certainty – if anything, it seemed unlikely. The action franchise had never been incredibly successful, plus theNintendo exclusivityof the series has always been an odd fit for the strangeness that Platinum Games loved to deliver. Nevertheless,Bayonetta 3was made, and further its ending left a door open for more in the future.
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Speaking on Twitter, Kamiya responded to a fan first by saying that “unexpected developments” are waiting forBayonettafans. Just that alone would raise an eyebrow, but Kamiya followed up with a much more direct statement. He says that he doesn’t think what’s coming should be unexpected at all, but that theending ofBayonetta 3"wasn’t conveyed correctly to everyone." With that in mind, he thinks, “Bayo 4will be an unexpected development for everyone.”
What Kamiya appears to be saying is that manyBayonetta 3players may have taken the game’s ending as an ambiguous conclusion. In Kamiya’s mind, however, the conclusion very clearly implied that there’s moreBayonettato be made. To punctuate that, Kamiya added “WhenBayo 4comes out, I’m sure there will be people who say, ‘You added that as an afterthought,’ so I’ll say it now.” Kamiya is saying the plan was always tocontinue making moreBayonettaafterBayonetta 3, and the game’s ending should be thought of in that framing.
While Kamiya may be speaking confidently about the future ofBayonetta, that may not necessarily mean it’s a sure thing. As one ofBayonetta 3’s writers, he could simply be saying his intention with the story. It’s likely too much to say he’s speaking from a production point of view, even though Kamiya holds a powerful position inPlatinum Games. It could be another 8 years beforeBayonetta 4actually gets greenlit, if ever.
ForBayonettafans, however, Kamiya so confidently confirming plans forBayonetta 4has to feel incredible. It was those dedicated fans that enabledBayonetta 3to be made, even when hopes for a third game were dim. Whether it was his intention or not, Kamiya isn’t letting those fans fall into the same kind of uncertainty they were left in before.Bayonetta 4is happening, according to Kamiya.
