Bayonetta 3 (NSP, XCI) ROM + v1.2.0 Update

Bayonetta 3 is a 2022 action-adventure game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Nintendo for Nintendo Switch. The game was directed by Yusuke Miyata and produced by Yuji Nakao, with the Bayonetta creator Hideki Kamiya as supervising director. It was announced in December 2017 and was released on October 28, 2022.

GAMEPLAY

Bayonetta 3, like its predecessors, is an action hack-and-slash game in which players control the eponymous protagonist Bayonetta as she combats various enemies using a combination of melee attacks and gunplay. Dodging enemy attacks at the last second triggers a state known as “Witch Time”, during which time and enemies slow down, allowing Bayonetta to continually attack them without interruption, or traverse in real-time to solve environmental puzzles. Unique to this game are the “Demon Slave” and “Demon Masquerade” mechanics, the former of which differs from the preceding Climax Summon and Umbran Climax features in the first two titles, and instead allows players to take direct control of one of Bayonetta’s Infernal Demons to perform various attacks and special abilities, some of which are advantageous to particular scenarios depending on the demon being controlled. The latter meanwhile, allows Bayonetta to directly fuse with a summoned Infernal Demon, granting her access to magic-based abilities, including new attack and traversal options.[3] A new playable character, Viola, can only activate Witch Time through the use of a parry mechanic, and only Demon Slave Cheshire cannot be manually controlled. When Viola summons Cheshire, she switches from a sword-based fighting style to a fist-based fighting style.

In addition to the game’s standard presentation, a new display mode known as the “Naive Angel Mode” is introduced. This mode conceals displays of nudity during gameplay and cinematics, such as Bayonetta’s various dances to summon her Wicked Weaves using her clothing as a conduit, as well as the more graphic designs of certain enemies and demons.

SETTINGS AND CHARACTERS

The universe of Bayonetta is set in a location known as the Trinity of Realities, which comprises Paradiso, the realm of angels; Inferno, the realm of demons; and the World of Chaos, the human world. The World of Chaos is composed of multiple alternate universes, which makes for the main setting of Bayonetta 3. The titular witch Bayonetta — known also by her real name Cereza — returns as its protagonist, an Umbran Witch who makes contracts with demons to fight angels. She is joined by a witch-in-training Viola, who fights alongside her demon familiar Cheshire. They team up in order to fight against the forces of man-made artificial weapons called “Homunculi”; led by an artificial entity known as “Singularity”, which seeks to eliminate all worlds in the multiverse to strengthen itself and conquer the Trinity of Realities. The two are assisted by Bayonetta’s childhood friend and fellow Umbran witch Jeanne, the investigative reporter Luka, the information broker Enzo, and the demonic arms dealer Rodin.

PLOT

In an alternate universe, Bayonetta fights against Singularity but is killed as Viola watches and inherits the last of her power. Viola uses the world bridge and escapes as Sigurd is killed, arriving in a universe where Bayonetta and Jeanne witness the Homunculi launching their attack on New York City. To stop Singularity, Bayonetta and Viola must travel to the island of Thule, which serves as a gateway between universes, and collect the Chaos Gears that can lead them to the ‘‘Alphaverse‘‘ where Singularity resides.

Bayonetta and Viola arrive at Thule and fight across several alternate universes. During the travels, Bayonetta pursues alternate universe incarnations of herself who are protecting their own worlds, and fights alongside them to obtain the Chaos Gears; each is ultimately killed and absorbed by a vessel of Singularity, who is pursuing each Bayonetta incarnation as the ‘‘Arch-Eve‘‘, which can influence reality.

Viola discovers that the deaths of his counterparts across the multiverse have caused Luka to transform into a wolf-like beast known as Strider, influenced by the rage of the Alphaverse’s incarnation dubbed Dark Adam. During the game Viola reveals she is the daughter of her universe’s Bayonetta and Luka, and encounters an alternate Luka dubbed ‘‘Lukaon‘‘, king of the faeries with knowledge of the multiverse.
Using the Chaos Gears, Sigurd opens up a portal into the Alphaverse, allowing Bayonetta and Viola access.

Singularity, who was impersonating Sigurd, kills Jeanne and traps Bayonetta and Viola in the Alphaverse. She is then aided by incarnations of herself from Bayonetta and Bayonetta 2, and finally kills Singularity with help from Viola, Luka, and a final Demon Summoning; Singularity’s death restores the multiverse.