Bayonetta Director Discusses Bayonetta’s Sexiness

Ammy is male?

“Normal size is more than adequate. Being sexual in a mysterious sort of way is more sexy than baring it all.”

Um, last time I checked, Bayonetta is pretty much naked during her special attacks. (I think someone forgot about those instants…)

Also, Amaterasu's…male?

Mythology wise Amaterasu is female, but I thought as a wolf she became a he. Anyway, Kamiya wouldn't be able to do the same things with Amaterasu as Bayonetta since s/he is an animal.

Bayonetta actually grosses me out.

Who are we kidding, sex sells. If Bayonetta doesn't look like she does now, it wouldn't have generated so much buzz in the first place, it is how this title is differentiated from so many other action games. And we have Team Ninja dolling up Samus in Metroid Other M too, who doesn't want to see a pretty face under that helmet.

But I don't get what the director is saying, he's kind of contradicting himself..

You play as Amaterasu (female) descending to Earth to possess a statue (genderless) of a legendary (male) wolf. So yeah.

Ammy's a girl, you know. I don't think we've heard 'mother of us all' about two dozen times for nothing….and Yatsu (the priest at the Satomi shrine) said she's a lovely maiden out of dog form as well, IIRC.

You can argue that Ammy's sexuality doesn't matter much, I suppose, and she appreciates good-looking women as much as Issun does, but her mannerisms does seem female and that other part could've been an Issun thing.

Umm, no it's not you stupid Asian son of a bitch. Asians and their small breasts, when will they learn?

It does seem like he's contradicting himself. I agree that normal proportions are far sexier than the gigantic boobies from DOA or Team Ninja, but when he starts to talk about showing cleavage, you wonder if he forgot all the times he proudly showed off how Bayonetta's clothes are made of hair.

I also remember that infamous crotch shot from the very first trailer, which was just…ugh. Don't get me wrong, I love Kamiya and I think his ability to create characters with personalities that you love is second to none. But I think he gave way to the temptation of using Bayonetta's sex appeal to advertise her instead of her personality, which he still insists is what makes her special.

This is something that always bothers me. If you're as cool and collected as he implies Bayonetta is supposed to be, your body language wouldn't be – for lack of a better word – all…slutty…the way hers is. The glasses give her a very librarian-esque vibe, and she'd make an awesome “sexy geek” character, which sounds like what Kamiya intended in the first place.

I wish they'd been able to portray her in a way Kamiya's claims could be backed up. There's a difference between being aware of your sex appeal and not worrying about how you look on the job (a la Revy from Black Lagoon perhaps?) and flaunting your curves every chance you get for no good reason at all. I think Kamiya got it right with Ada. Bayonetta…not yet anyway.

Where on effing hell did you hear/read that it was Kaneko who designed her?

she is ugly as hell maaaan the japanese are known for sexy and beautiful characters designing but that ugly witch is different she is all FLAT, SKINNY, OOOOLD AND SHE HAS 2 OCTOPUS LEGS !!
STOP CALLING HER SEXY FOR GOD'S SAKE !!!!!!
UMMM BUT i think THE GAME WILL BE AWESOME …

indians are soooooo disgusting ugy and filthy

umm Ishaan are you gay que-ry F.A.G SPIT ON YOUR UGLY MONKEY AZZ FACE

Now that I searched for it, I read it on THIS SITE, in this section on one of the Bayonetta features. How funny.

Now that I searched for it, I read it on THIS SITE, in this section on one of the Bayonetta features. How funny.