The original Bayonetta launched in Japan on October 29, 2009, and with the series now celebrating its 15th anniversary, Mari Shimazaki, the artist who designed the title character, has now shared a piece of artwork with X to mark the occasion.
“Congratulations on the 15th anniversary of Bayonetta and the 2nd anniversary of Bayonetta 3! Sorry it’s a WIP drawing, I drew it between work. I wanted to make a soft and beautiful picture, but before I knew it, the contrast became too extreme. I wanted to use the red, blue and purple symbolic colors 1, 2 and 3. I didn’t have enough time so I will finish it before the 15th anniversary.”
In the West, Bayonetta debuted on Xbox and Playstation in January 2010, but it wasn’t until 2014 that the series first came to a Nintendo console via the Wii U.
Series creator Hideki Kamiya has since left PlatinumGames, and Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon is his last work for the series, but he said it will “probably” continue even if he’s no longer a part of it.
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