Bayonetta 3

Bayonetta 3
Developer: PlatinumGames Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Nintendo Switch Released internationally: October 28, 2022 This game has unused graphics. This game has unused models. This game has unused cinematics. This game has unused music. This game has unused text. This game has revisional differences.

This article is a work in progress. ...Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes.

...But what does it mean? This game has text or audio that needs to be translated. If you are fluent with this language, please read our translation guidelines and then submit a translation!

...But does it make sense? The translations on this page need to be proofread. If you are fluent enough in this language, please make any corrections necessary!

Unused Images

ui_test.dat in ui_000.pkz contains screenshots of the game in an earlier state of development, as well as some test graphics.

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  UI mockups over an early screenshot of the game. There are major differences in Bayonetta's design, and five Umbran Tears of Blood can be seen in the upper left corner (only three are in each level in the final). An ad for "Ark Mall", a location in Astral Chain, is visible in the background.

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  The character select screen. Here, Jeanne uses her design from Bayonetta 2.

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  Graphics of the "3" in the game's logo disintegrating.

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  Early renders of Pannus and Congestus, a screenshot from the first game, and a Muspelheim graphic from the second game. There is also text translating to "Phantasmaraneae" and "Spinner of Flame", as well as "Strider" and "Lost Faerie".

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  Screenshots of Bayonetta battling a Floccus, and the subscreen.

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  A barely-visible portion of the game's logo.

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  A screenshot of one of Jeanne's spy Chapters. Her gun's name is spelled "All For One" instead of "All 4 One", and the Halo symbol on the door is simpler than in the final.

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  A mockup of stat boost UI icons, with an in-game screenshot in the background.

ui_core_gb.dat contains early versions of "core" UI elements that are seen often in-game, such as icons for characters, Demon Slave summons, and items.

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  Controller buttons. The colors for the "Jump", "Shoot", and "Punch" buttons are swapped around.

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  Unfinished Demon Slave icons. Every Demon other than Madama Butterfly, Gomorrah, Phantasmaraneae, Malphas, and Cheshire simply has their name placed on top of an early Gomorrah icon.

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  Various menu elements. The controller buttons' colors are swapped here as well, and Jeanne's character icon is a copy of Bayonetta's with a "J" above it.

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  Early weapon icons. Colour My World only has two guns visible, and Abracadabra is missing its top hat. Dead End Express's icon is flat and simple. G-Pillar and Cruel Altea look the most different, with the former appearing sleeker and less club-like, and the latter only being a single gauntlet. The rest of the weapons have their corresponding Demon's name placed over Colour My World's icon.

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  Placeholder Accessory icons, taken directly from Bayonetta 2.

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  Item icons. The various books from the Archives menu have their names put on top of the Witch's Recipes book.

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  Placeholder character renders for Bayonetta, Jeanne, Viola, and Rodin, which show a slightly earlier design for Bayonetta. She has smaller glasses, no lipstick, and large purple flowers on her wrists and earrings.

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  Torture Attack graphics, using the "Wheel of Torture" attack as a placeholder.

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  More character icon placeholders for Bayonetta, Viola, and Jeanne, this time with Bayonetta's watch visible.

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  Placeholder Bewitchment icons, taken directly from Bayonetta 2.

ui_hud_gb.dat includes HUD graphics seen while in combat.

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  A collection of Combo meter elements from Bayonetta 2, and individual letters from the game's demonic script.

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  An assortment of small HUD icons and effect graphics. Included are a small icon of Love is Blue with the word 仮 ("temporary") over it and icons of Sin Gomorrah and Arch-Iridescent with earlier designs.

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  The Verse Results cut-in, and medals copied from Bayonetta 2.

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  Graphics relating to the game over screen and failing an Alfheim.

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  Torture Attack icons-- the skull missile and "Kurohige Kiki Ippatsu" icons differ from the final's.

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  Graphics for the "Jeanne's Spy Action" minigame in the Gates of Hell. The game's title is different, and most of the weapon and food icons are altered.

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  A name and designation for a Homunculi. The text translates to "Pannus".

ui_menu_gb.dat has unused textures for menu elements.

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  Menu-related icons. Of note are placeholder Gomorrah and Stratus renders and footprints, a unique "Bayo Maker" icon, the Pure Platinum trophy from Bayonetta 2, and the name of an Angel not seen in this game-- "Fearless".

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  Icons possibly intended for the scrapped customization option called "Bayo Maker", seen in the next section.

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  Copies of the possible "Bayo Maker" icons, and placeholder Archives menu books.

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  Copies of the previous placeholder Archives.

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miscTex_000.pkz contains textures primarily relating to character renders and names.

• homname_010.dat is an unused or scrapped Homunculus. It has a strange designation entirely different than the ones used in-game-- "h525-Planarianus-θ". Its name and the in-game Homunculi script both translate to "Pannus", an enemy used in the final.

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• homname_022.dat is another unused Homunculus, named "Chronos". Like the Homunculus above, it has a designation unlike the ones seen in the final. The in-game Homunculi font translates to "Opacus", another enemy used in the final. Chronos's filename number, 022, corresponds to Congestus's files, meaning this could be an earlier version of it.

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• Madama Khepri, an Infernal Demon from the previous game, has name and alias textures as well as a placeholder render for the "Infernal Demons" book.

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• The following unused Infernal Demon textures do not have corresponding aliases, solely names. They suggest that Mictlantecuhtli's Formation Y and Formation X forms, Labolas's Cluster Mode form, and the Umbran Armor would have had their own "Infernal Demons" entries.

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• Baal Zebul has an early texture for her alias, with the sole difference being that the letters are in lowercase.

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• There are unused names, aliases, and footprints for Enzo β2, Inspector Enzeau, and the Japanese, Chinese, and French soldiers. The footprint design seen here uses the bottom of Bayonetta's shoe as a placeholder.

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effect_000.pkz holds textures for all the effects used throughout the game.

• 506.wta contains enemy health bar textures that are not seen in-game. These textures are also not referenced in the game's resource.bxm file, which lists each .wta and the appropriate model they should be applied to. Thus, the purpose of these health bars remains unknown.

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  An Angel's health bar from Bayonetta.

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  Gomorrah's health bar from Bayonetta 2.

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  A yellow line representing the health itself.

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  An Angel's health bar from Bayonetta 2, but with a black gem in its center rather than a blue one.

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  A slightly-altered version of the Bayonetta 2 Angel health bar. For some reason, the pointed left end of Balder's Bayonetta 2 health bar has been added to it.

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  The health bar with cracks emerging from the gem in the center.

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  The cracks continue to spread down the left side of the bar.

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  The health bar, exploding outwards.

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• Textures for Rosa's chains from her outfit in Bayonetta 2 are leftover in Rosa β4's model files.

• et0400.dat is a model of a flat triangle with a vertically-flipped, unused texture on it. The kanji, 魂, translates to "soul" or "willpower".

Unused Models

• pl008f.dat inside pl_000.pkz contains a rather ugly sphere with a face.
• A model of Alraune's Whisperer of Dementia form can be found in em303c.dat.
• em2010.dat contains an early version of Stratus. Its outer armor is yellower and is lacking any black coloration found on the final model. The patterns on its chest, upper back, and upper arms are also more organic-looking. This model has many animations, most of which appear unfinished or glitchy.
• Leftover Umbran Climax models and animations from Bayonetta 2 can be found in et0073.dat (Labolas half-body), et0076.dat (Mictlantecuhtli), and et0077.dat (Hydra tentacle).
• An Angelic Hymns Gold LP from Bayonetta, "Quasi una Fantasia", is in it0201.dat.
• Another Gold LP from Bayonetta, "Fantaisie-Impromptu", is in it0203.dat.
• bab001.dat contains a untextured Umbran Resting Place found in the first two games.
• bab002.dat is an untextured Resting Place from Bayonetta 2.
• z4210.dat, z4401.dat, and z4620.dat are simple-looking placeholders or an early versions of the France levels.

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  A closer look at z4401.dat, showing a red line leading towards the river on the right.

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  z4620.dat

Unused Text

messtest.mcd, a text file inside ui_test.dat, has multiple test strings inside of it.

aiueo
I've got time to pick up a few things.
Location Name Test
0123456789
Alternative Verse 4071N - 7400W - 0.000 -
Alternative Verse 40゜71N - 74゜00W - 0.000 -

messcore.mcd from ui_core_gb.dat has text related to the shop and Verse results, as well as some variations of words used in the final, such as "Health" rather than "Vitality", and "Gauge" instead of "Magic".

Try
NEW
*Limit 3
HOT
Save
Health
D-Masquerade
D-Slave
Min. Combo Points
Gauge
EASY
NORMAL
HARD
Time Limit
Witch Time
Torture Devices
View Mode
Next Category
Special Ability
Archive Entry

Early Chapter names can also be found in this file. Jeanne is referred to as "Agent J" in her Chapter titles. Notably, two Chapters, called "The Infinite" and "Agent J's Last Stand", appear to have been scrapped entirely during development.

Early	Final
The Phenomenon Beheld	Phenomenal Affirmation
The Sinking City	Scrambling for Answers
The Burning City	City on Fire
The Grinning Ravager	A Sinking Feeling
Agent J	The Crimson Shadow
Between Fading and Flame	Worlds Apart
The Brutal King	Off the Rails
Agent J Strikes	The Lynx Strikes
The Burning Sands	Burning Sands
Agent J's Peril	High Stakes
The Veiled City	Cover of Night
Mother and Daughter	A Familiar Dance
Agent J's Escape	The Doctor is Out
Kingdom of Solitude	Kingdom of One
The Infinite
Agent J's Last Stand
The One Truth	The Single Truth

There are early location names within messhud.mcd, found inside ui_hud_gb.dat.

Thule, The Isle Between
Ginnungagap, Chaotic Abyss
New York
Tokyo: Asakusa
Beijing: Yanqing
Beijing: Changping
Beijing: Gaochang Mountains
Egypt: The Arid Wastes
Egypt: Venom Toad's Path
Egypt: Dire Wing's Way
France: Prelude
France: Interlude
France: Endgame

messhud.mcd also includes various alternate Photo Mode terms, a few misspellings of Jeanne's weapon names, and various Alternative Verse numbers.

Aperture Settings
Camera Roll
Settings
Title Logo
End Photo Mode
Screen Effects
Dummy
Small
Mid
None
ALL FOR ONE
ZAMZA
Alternative Verse 00,002,623 015.268.067
Alternative Verse 79,501,028 874.056.079
Alternative Verse 20,919,117 052.548.213
Alternative Verse 72,020,402 613.485.087
Alternative Verse 00,602,596 709.222.638
Alternative Verse 41,210,291 009.456.114
Alternative Verse 05,197,805 251.003.925
Alternative Verse 18,653,434 913.341.662
Alternative Verse 34,865,110 351.028.004
Alternative Verse 59,314,867 291.304.226
Alternative Verse 66,482,059 838.107.395
Alternative Verse 93,740,681 074.906.750

ui_menu_gb.dat contains a variety of menu text. One menu option, called "Bayo Maker", seems as though it would have allowed the player more control over which parts of Bayonetta's outfit to customize.

Bayo Maker
Head
Body
Hands
Feet
Skin Color
T-Shirt

The remainder of this file's text involves terms for gameplay options. There is an option for using Touch Controls, a feature removed from the final. The final's "Echoes of Memory" are referred to as "Redgrave's Journals" here. "Masquerade Switch" is used for swapping weapons, "Photo Settings" is used in place of "Photo Mode", and "Burger Combo" is used in place of "Combo Meal".

"J-Side" may be an early name for the Jeanne-exclusive Chapters. Lastly, a few unique difficulty names are included.

Touch Controls
Redgrave's Journals
Masquerade Switch
Photo Settings
Burger Combo 
J-Side
PLATINUM COMFORT
PLATINUM STANDARD
PLATINUM INFERNO

The Japanese language version of this file, ui_menu_jp.dat, has two Chapter names that are not seen in-game.

ANOTHER CH
HARD BATTLE

Chapter_000 Text

To do: Add the rest of the unused lines. Research which non-cutscene subtitles are displayed in-game, and add the ones that are not.

Within the .bxm files in chapter_000.pkz are early Japanese subtitles for each Chapter. Most lines simply have punctuation changes, but there are some that go completely unused. In addition, many non-cutscene voice lines have subtitles in this file that are not displayed in the final-- for example, the Japanese train announcements, and MC Enzo's banter.

Undisplayed Subtitles

Chapter 1

Label	Character	Text	Translation
C01_TA0025_00010_NARR	Train announcement	次は品川、品川。 お出口は右側です。	Next stop is Shinagawa, Shinagawa. The exit is on the right.
C01_TA0025_00020_NARR	Train announcement	新幹線、東海道線、横須賀線、京急線はお乗り換えです。	Shinkansen, Tokaido Line, Yokosuka Line, and Keikyu Line are transferring.

Chapter 2

Label	Character	Text	Translation
C02_TA0120_00010_ENZO	MC Enzo	久しぶり、最近どう？	It's been a while, how are things?
C02_TA0121_00010_ENZO	MC Enzo	その髪型似あってるね？	That hairstyle suits you
C02_TA0122_00010_ENZO	MC Enzo	これ新作のポスター？　おい、貼っといて。	Is that a new poster? Hey, put it up.
C02_TA0123_00010_ENZO	MC Enzo	それじゃあ、そろそろ友達紹介してくれるかな。	Well then, maybe you can introduce me to your friends eventually.

Unused Lines

Chapter 1

Label	Character	Text	Translation
C01_TA0010_00010_GIRL	Viola	お宝が入ってるかも？ 早く開けてみてよ	Is there treasure inside? Come on and open it

Chapter 4

Label	Character	Text	Translation
C04_TA0110_00010_CSL5	Chinese soldier	（カチドキ。「ウォー」「ヤー」といった声を上げる）	(Victory shout. Making noises like "Woah" "Yah")

Chapter 8

Label	Character	Text	Translation
C08_TA0010_00010_BAYO	Bayonetta	さて、じっとしていても日焼けするだけだし とりあえず行くしかないわね	Well, I'll only get sunburned if I stay still. I'll just have to go for now.
C08_TA0020_00010_BAYO	Bayonetta	砂嵐……やだ、髪がいたんじゃう	Sandstorm...... Goodness, my hair is damaged.
C08_TA0030_00010_BAYO	Bayonetta	ジャンヌ、どうしたの道に迷っちゃった？ 私も嵐のせいで迷っちゃったみたいなの	Jeanne, what's the matter, are you lost? I think I'm lost in the storm myself.
C08_TA0040_00010_BAYO	Bayonetta	嵐も止んで、涼やかな景色が心地いいわ	The storm has stopped, and the cool air feels nice and refreshing.
C08_TA0060_00010_BAYO	Bayonetta	砂浴びなんて御免だわ 落ちないように気をつけないと	I don't want to go sand-bathing. I have to be careful not to fall in.
C08_TA0070_00010_BAYO	Bayonetta	私のことを見て「姫様」だなんて… ジャンヌったら一体どうしちゃったのかしら？	How could you look at me and call me a "princess"... What on earth is wrong with Jeanne?

• The following appears to be a scrapped "flashback" event between Bayonetta β3 and Jeanne β3. Its ID of "TA20x0" places it directly after the first encounter with Jeanne β3 in the oasis. The final subtitles' labels also refer to Jeanne β3 as "BETJ", but here she is called "BEPJ".

Label	Character	Text	Translation
C08_TA2020_00010_BEPJ	Jeanne β3	アールゲットコー！ 私に任せて、あなたは戻ってください！	ARGEDCO! I'll take care of them, you must turn back!
C08_TA2030_00010_BEPJ	Jeanne β3	まったく聞き分けの無い人ですね。 あなたは足でまといだと言ってるんです！	Good grief, you're an unreasonable one. I'm telling you you're dead weight!
C08_TA2040_00010_BEPJ	Jeanne β3	まだ、居たのですか。 まったく…。	Still here? Honestly...
C08_TA2040_00020_BEPJ	Jeanne β3	こいつらは私が何とかしますから あなたはどこかに隠れていてください！	I'll take care of these guys. Please, go hide somewhere!
C08_TA2050_00010_BEPJ	Jeanne β3	うまくまけたようだな。 …急ごう。	Seems like that did the trick. ... Let's hurry.

Chapter 9

Label	Character	Text	Translation
C09_TA0040_00010_BAYO	Bayonetta	信じてるわよ、もう一人の私	I believe in you, the other me.

Chapter 11

• When Inspector Enzeau calls Rosa β4 by her codename, he uses the Arabic numeral 1 rather than the kanji character 一.

	Original	Translated
Early	今日こそ逮捕だー、怪盗アンブラン１世！！	Today's the day I arrest you, Umbran Thief N.1!
Final	今日こそ逮捕だー 怪盗アンブラン一世！！	Today's the day I arrest you, Umbran Thief N.1!

Miscellaneous

SoundMacro.bxm in sound001.pkz holds sound parameter data for BGM tracks. One section defines "PlayerType"s for each character, which allows the game to change the battle BGM depending on which character is being played. Bayonetta, Jeanne, and Viola are listed as PlayerTypes, as expected, but "Rosa" and "Other" are listed as well. This may indicate Rosa was planned as a playable character, but it could also simply be some sort of leftover from Bayonetta 2 (in which Rosa and Loki were also playable in Story Mode).

ログ出力PlayerType
		<Group Comment="ログ出力PlayerType">
			<Filter EventName="!PlayerType_is_Bayonetta" Delay="0" Control="Continue" Comment="">
				<Condition Type="PlayerType" Comparison="EQ" Value="Bayonetta" Comment=""></Condition>
			</Filter>
			<Filter EventName="!PlayerType_is_Janne" Delay="0" Control="Continue" Comment="">
				<Condition Type="PlayerType" Comparison="EQ" Value="Jeanne" Comment=""></Condition>
			</Filter>
			<Filter EventName="!PlayerType_is_Viola" Delay="0" Control="Continue" Comment="">
				<Condition Type="PlayerType" Comparison="EQ" Value="Viora" Comment=""></Condition>
			</Filter>
			<Filter EventName="!PlayerType_is_Rosa" Delay="0" Control="Continue" Comment="">
				<Condition Type="PlayerType" Comparison="EQ" Value="Rosa" Comment=""></Condition>
			</Filter>
			<Filter EventName="!PlayerType_is_Other" Delay="0" Control="Continue" Comment="">
				<Condition Type="PlayerType" Comparison="EQ" Value="Other" Comment=""></Condition>
			</Filter>
		</Group>

Unused Audio

Within the sound000.pkz\bgm\BGM_us folder is an unused version of the "Night Shadows Dancing" battle music. The first audio file is the song's introduction, and the second is the song itself. The only differences seem to be in the mixing-- the drums are significantly louder, for instance.

This folder contains incredibly short clips of songs from the first and second game, as well. Multiple files throughout the folder also appear to use a snippet of a completely unused song as a placeholder.

Song Name	Audio
Let's Hit The Climax!
GM02 Chapter Clear
EV03-2 Shopping (A)
Gomorrah - Devourer Of The Divine - Battle Begins
Gomorrah - Battle Halfway Up
Gomorrah - Battle On The Roof
Gomorrah - Climax
Time For The Climax!
ST01 The Water Capital Of Noatun
Glamor - In Charm And Allure - Battle Begins
Glamor - Just One Left
Glamor - Climax
The Lumen Sage
A Butterfly Against The Storm
Valor - In Courage And Gallantry - Underwater Battle
ST15 The Great War, Land Battle - Battle Begins
ST15 The Great War, Land Battle - Sapientia Appears
Unused

Unused Videos

To do: Convert _dummyEvent.avi and eveeee.avi to .mp4s and upload.

An unused tutorial video of Bayonetta activating Witch Time and performing a PPPPP combo on a Stratus. It is used as a placeholder for a variety of skill demonstration videos.

There are twelve files in the movie folder labeled from "evff01" to "evff12". They show an in-progress version of the Chapter 1 cutscene where the JDF soldiers attempt to fight off the Homunculi. There is debug text in the top right corner, fewer fog effects, and an extra soldier in the background at 0:07.

The movie folder also has five early clips of the pole dance sequence. The camera angles and zoom levels are different, and there are no transitions to the battle snapshots after each clip. The ending shot with the moon in the background also remains in sepia rather than fading into full color.

Pre-rendered Leftovers

• z4220.dat is a model of the exhibit seen in a Chapter 11 cutscene, in which Bayonetta β4 and Rosa β4 are confronted by Inspector Enzeau while stealing the Chaos Gear.

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• The files ev7031.evn through ev7035.evn, found in the event_001 folder, contain motion data for the Let's Dance, Baby ending video.

(Source: Rikan)

Version Differences

To do: Add more typo corrections and wording changes. Look for other non-text changes.

Version 1.1.0

This patch was released on October 27, 2022.

• Additional scenes for Naive Angel Mode were added.
  • One scene is found in the Prologue, where Bayonetta first encounters the Strati and dons her battle clothes. No skin is exposed while her dress is being sliced off, and the purple aura around her is made brighter as to obscure her body.
• Online Rankings were enabled.
• A checkpoint for starting at Ginnungagap was added to Chapter 13, between "Chapter 13 Start" and "Living Warship".
• The three keys necessary to unseal the Old Picture Book were added.
• Cereza and Cheshire from Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon were added to the Congratulations screen.

Text Changes

• "Continue", "New Game", and "Options" on the title menu were capitalized.
• Naive Angel Mode's description was changed from "Change some of the more "mature" depictions in the game into something a bit lighter. See if you can spot the differences!" to "Turn this function on to change some of the in-game depictions. Violence, gore, and exposure will be reduced."
• A Chapter 5 Bewitchment was changed from "Accidentally overtake Luka." to "Pass the ladder-holding soldier before Luka."
• The faerie king's name was changed from "Lucaon" to "Lukaon".

Version 1.2.0

This patch was released on January 10, 2023.

• Viola's "Block" activation window and Witch Time activation conditions were adjusted and made easier.
  • "Block" can now be used with Dodge Offset to continue combos.
• Niflheim stage conditions were changed to lower the difficulty.
• Golem Treasure Chests have been made less difficult to complete, and their animation can be fast-forwarded with the B button.
• The three Tricolored Keys needed to unseal the Old Picture Book are now automatically given to the player once the Gates of Hell can be accessed.
  • Even if the player has already obtained one or two keys, the remaining keys will be automatically obtained at the Chapter Select screen.
• Various game balance, weapon, combat, and camera changes.
• Various bug fixes.

Text Changes

• The names of Viola's Torture Cats t-shirts were altered.
  • "Stake Cat" is now "Lucky Stakes".
  • "Spike Cat" is now "Miké the Spike".
    • All instances of Mike's name were changed to "Miké".
  • "Shock Cat" is now "Shockin' Shorty".
  • "Bleed Cat" is now "Bleedin' Rex".
• Viola's height and weight were changed.
  • Her height, "1.8 m (estimated)", is now "1.7 m (estimated)".
  • Her weight, "64 kg (estimated)", is now "?? kg".