Let’s get this out of the way right off the bat — isn’t a series that’s going to appeal to everyone. Whether you’re put off by its overt sense of sexuality or its borderline nonsensical narrative, these are games that are utterly absurd in almost every aspect of their design.In a medium where po-faced shooters rule the roost, for some players, these intentionally ridiculous adventures can feel almost obnoxiously jarring.Yet, while Platinum’s cringe-worthy dialogue and clothe-shedding attacks might make for an (occasionally) embarrassing experience, it’s this gleeful sense of absurdity that makes both titles so hopelessly compelling.

Review Bayonetta 2. The shadow remains cast! While Wii U has ultimately become little more than a benchmark for Nintendo Switch sales to surpass, the experimental pit stop between Wii and Nintendo.

Pure Platinum Countless combos and screen-filling showdowns are the order of the day in Platinum's flagship action franchise.Both entries admittedly have some (totally weird) references to Hollywood, but make no mistake, these are experiences that are completely and utterly unashamed to be video games. Whether its casually urging players to beat hordes of angels to death with their own poles, turning them into a panther and parting the sea, or simply having them kick ass while standing on top of a flying jet, both Bayonetta entries offer some of the most wonderfully over the top set pieces you’ll find in any medium.Developed by creator Hideki Kamiya, these insane action games see players taking control of the titular witch Bayonetta, as she fight off hordes of angels who are determined to drag her back to hell. Alcahest alchemical universal solvent. That’s pretty much all the story you need to know.Playing a bit like Kamiya’s aforementioned genre-defying hack and slash, the Bayonetta games are all about fast and fluid combat. It’s rare to play a game where combat comes together so beautifully, and when it comes to gameplay that’s easy to pick up, but hard to master, there are few better action games than this.

Here the order of the day is chaining together spellbinding attacks into never-ending combos. Portable Perfect Both Bayonetta games shine on the Switch screen.Naturally then, it’s a series that lives and dies on its technical performance and thankfully both games run far better here than they did on the lackluster Wii U.When it comes to playing on the go, these Switch ports seriously impress. Unlike on Nintendo’s last console, both titles run at a rock solid 60 frames — even when you’re playing in handheld mode.

With the two struggling to hit even 50 frames on Wii U, this time around, performance is nothing short of flawless.Unlike many ports on Nintendo’s hybrid console, developer Platinum Games has admirably managed to get both fast-paced titles rendering at full 720p on the Switch’s sharp screen. In fact, when it comes to the handheld mode, you’d be hard-pressed to find a more technically impressive showcase for Nintendo’s little hybrid.We found ourselves regularly stopping and gaping at just how gorgeous these games look on the go. This is especially true of with the Wii U exclusive’s improved lighting and sharper textures really standing out on Nintendo’s impressive little seven-inch display.

The Resolution Will Not Be Televised This is the kind of insanity you can expect from Bayonetta and its sequel.When it comes to TV performance though, it’s hard not to come away a little disappointed. In a bid to save battery, while docked Nintendo’s hybrid has access to significantly more GPU power than it does in its under-clocked portable state.Yet, bafflingly, there seems to be no noticeable improvement to image quality when playing either Bayonetta game on the big screen. With past Wii U ports like running at 1080p while docked, and even the sprawling open world landscape of allowing players to explore its luscious locales at 900p, it’s disappointing to see these two brilliant games not properly optimised for big screen play on the Switch.Still, despite the TV resolution being a little disappointing, it’s hard to get too annoyed when playing both of these classics on the go feels so brilliant. If you’re coming to these ports wanting the highest visual fidelity, there’s no question that PC gamers will still be able to experience the ultimate version of Bayonetta.Yet, thanks to its sequel’s Nintendo exclusivity, this Switch port is by far the best way to play Bayonetta 2 – and it’s hard to complain about a free copy of the original with it.

Is ‘Bayonetta’ on Switch any good?Ultimately, these are two of the most enjoyable and finely crafted action games ever released. While the lack of meaningful new content or resolution bump is a bit disappointing, if you’ve yet to experience these bats–t crazy but beautiful brawlers, this is the perfect time to discover what makes the Bayonetta series so bewitching.

Powered by Trusted Reviews Exclusive to Wii UBayonetta 2 is a glorious thrownback, taking us back to the days when the big Japanese studios ruled the gaming world, and games were less concerned with emotional narratives or visual realism than outrageous spectacle and satisfying gameplay. Even when Platinum and Sega unleashed the first game back in 2010 it felt closer to classic Capcom and – specifically – than the grim, gritty all-action blockbusters of the era. Today it feels like a blast from the past, smashing its way through wave after wave of action-gaming mediocrity with glitz, glamour and a ridiculous amount of style.On one level, it’s utter nonsense, not to mention camper than a Strictly Come Dancing Abba special presented by C3-PO and Alan Carr. Its star remains, as in the first game, one of gaming’s most intriguing heroines; a leather-clad, ass-kicking witch so ludicrously over-sexualised that you can only assume it’s tongue in cheek.The storyline is such over-convoluted, incoherent tosh that even Capcom in its heyday might have thought twice about it. It’s incredibly foul-mouthed, and your sidekicks, clearly based on Larry Fishburn’s Morpheus and Joe Pesci’s, well, Joe Pesci, are played for crude shocks or equally crude laughs.

Bayonetta 2 isn’t merely over the top – it’s floating in the stratosphere and waving down at the top from high above.We’ll spare you the details of the premise. All you need to know is that Bayonetta is, as described, a leather clad witch of immense ass-kicking capabilities, and that she needs to enter Hell itself and kick some behind in the inferno. The only entrance to hell is concealed somewhere on a mountain, which stands behind a strange baroque city, and in her way stand the legions of heaven and hell.See also:A less single-minded game might have had Bayonetta wandering the city and mountain, solving a few puzzles here, doing a little traversal there, while indulging in the odd spot of combat. Bayonetta 2 however, keeps its focus almost entirely on running and jumping in roughly one direction, and on brawling. First and foremost, it’s about opening a catering-sized can of whup-ass on an endless stream of beautifully designed enemies, which inevitably get bigger and/or nastier as each level nears its end.It’s lucky, then, that the combat is so very, very good; simple in its basic principles, yet satisfyingly complex in its depths, and combining timing, combos, crowd control and strategy with a flair lesser brawlers only dream of.

Bayonetta comes armed with both hand-to-hand attacks, a range of melee weapons and firearms, with the latter mounted in our heroine’s impractically high heels. She wields all of the above in dizzying flurries and extravagant combos, pausing only to dodge incoming attacks.See also:Dodge as near as you dare to the point of injury and Bayonetta enters ‘Witch Time’, freezing the enemy for a moment so that you can dish out extra damage to their defenseless bodies. Use Witch Time enough and you power up an ‘Umbran Climax’: a spectacular special attack featuring humungous weaves of hair, snarling demons, slavering hell-hounds and plenty of other things with the destructive potential to wipe out half of some huge varmint’s damage bar in seconds.It’s utterly bonkers, but equally captivating, as you develop a feel for each enemy’s attack rhythms, balance your attacks and your dodges, then build towards your Umbran Climax, to be unleashed when you can strike decisive blows. It’s not that combat can’t be messy (it can) nor that you won’t resort to button-mashing (you will) but Bayonetta 2 rewards skill and concentration, and continually stretches both. Bayonetta herself grows more powerful, with discoverable health upgrades and new weapons, but if you don’t grow in skill to match, you still won’t make it through the game.See also:Weapons are unlocked through Rodin’s shop, where the fallen angel armorer/Morpheus-clone will also sell you items, accessories and new combos – labelled techniques.

The shop is accessible from certain points within levels, plus from a shortcut in the level select menu before you start the next chapter, making it easy to grab some health items before you rejoin the fray. And Bayonetta 2 always makes the investment in new arms worthwhile. There might not be dozens of weapons, but the ones you get enable you to wreak havoc in an ever more overblown fashion.The action, meanwhile, just gets more and more spectacular. This is a game that opens with an awesome sequence of battles in and over the streets of New York, then builds from there to take in running skirmishes up the side of a fantasy cathedral, a chase through hell and – at one pointt – what can only be described as a sci-fi Armageddon.

And Bayonetta 2 loves its boss battles. In fact, the forces of heaven and hell seem to have promoted whole ranks of angels and demons to middle management just in order to give you more bosses and sub-bosses to fight. Just when you think you’ve seen ‘em all, another one comes along to prove you wrong.See also:The visuals mark a new high point for. Doubtless Platinum and Nintendo have played to the system’s strengths, but there’s a sense of scale and artistry here that you’d be hard pressed to find in any game on Xbox One or PS4.

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The graphics aren’t photorealistic, but they’re fantastic in both senses of the word, blending Gaudi and gothic architecture with creature design that outdoes Capcom’s best. You’ll see games this year with more advanced surface effects, particle effects or lighting, but you might not see anything more regularly gob-smacking. It’s the Wii U’s God of War and God of War 2, rolled into one.Eventually the tale will end, but the game won’t be finished with you yet. It’s full of secrets, collectibles and extras, many of which you’ll only discover after your first run through, not to mention an online co-op mode where you can fight waves of enemies together. There are dozens of combat challenges in the land of Muspelheim to complete as well, and it’s unlikely you’ll tackle all of these on the first run through.

If you want depth and replay value, Bayonetta 2 has more of both than you might expect.Serious criticisms of Bayonetta 2 are pretty few and far between. The camera goes awry from time to time, particularly in the major boss battles, and in a handful of really busy moments the frame rate falls apart – though not to massively impact play. Some bosses have a nasty way of spamming you with awkwardly-timed attacks, throwing up the odd difficulty spike here and there.

The touch controls, designed to make the game more accessible, aren’t really fit for purpose in the latter stages of the campaign. Most seriously, it’s an incredibly linear game. You might spend the odd moment departing from the straight and narrow to search for bonus items, while there are sequences spent underwater or speeding on a mount, but much of the time it’s a one-track game.Still, who cares? None of these failings will even occur to you while you’re staring at the screen, your eyeballs smacked around by the frenetic visuals while your reflexes struggle to maintain the pace. Bayonetta 2 is, above all else, hugely exciting and tremendously addictive. You might switch it on late at night just to play another chapter.

Three hours later, you’ll wonder what the hell happened. Bayonetta 2 happened. That’s all you need to know.VerdictFor once a long-awaited sequel is superior to the original game. Not content with being the best all-action blockbuster on Wii U, Bayonetta 2 is a high-water mark for the epic brawler as a genre, sitting right up there with Devil May Cry and God of War 2 in the pantheon of greats.

It’s so ultra-violent, innuendo-packed and sweary that it’s hard to believe its running on Nintendo, but all credit to them and to the team at Platinum; the Wii U can boast another of the year’s finest games.See also.