Bayonetta Recieves High Japanese Honors
Bayonetta, the latest title from director of Devil May Cry and creator of Viewtiful Joe, Hideki Kamiya, is unfortunately releasing in January 2010 for North America and Europe. However, Japan is getting it later this month, on October 29th. It seems they’re rather lucky then, as the title has received a very generous review.
Famitsu, famous Japanese magazine, has given Bayonetta a perfect review of 40/40. That makes this title the twelfth game to receive this honor since the magazine has been around. Here’s the official tweet from SEGA:
Bayonetta has scored a perfecto 40/40 in the latest issue of Famitsu. Huzzah!! Congrats to the team at @PlatinumGames
However, this seems to be for the Xbox 360 version. The PS3 version of the title still received a great score of 38/40. Perhaps it wasn’t perfect because of Platinum Games not actually developing it?
If you’re reading this wondering what other titles have gotten perfect reviews from Famitsu, look no further, as we have the answer.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
Soulcalibur (1999)
Vagrant Story (2000)
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2003)
Nintendogs (2005)
Final Fantasy XII (2006)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008)
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008)
428 (2008)
Dragon Quest IX (2009)
Monster Hunter Tri (2009)
Bayonetta releases October 29th in Japan, and is slated for a January release for North America and Europe.
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October 21st, 2009 at 9:58 PM
The PS3 version looks like theres hovering mist in every level including indoors.. if they fix it, ill buy it .. if not …………….well.
I was really looking foward to this game TILL i saw the game in action. Reminded me of a slightly modified version of Ghostbusters. (thats not a compliment) -yes, i played the game. If it looks that bad on a 275Hertz 1080p HDTV. Theres a problem…
October 21st, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Yeah zero interest in this title anyway…T&A sells great to sexually frustrated teens though so they should make a bundle.
To be completely honest Fatty Sumo’s “perfect” scores aren’t what they use to be. Uncharted 2 got 37/40 in Famitsu and Demon’s Souls earned 29/40.
So ignore the scores people and enjoy whatever you buy….unless it’s Party Babyz for the Wii (which earned a 7.5 at IGN….see scores are crap).
October 21st, 2009 at 10:26 PM
I will take Famitsu review scores with a sea of salt. Remember, they also gave high praise to HAZE and TLR also.
October 21st, 2009 at 11:35 PM
really FFXII, other games could’ve deserved that score
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:23 AM
@Skullking123
ill let you figure the math out..
I just turned 25 on Sep and i was 13 when FF7 came out…- Jan 1997- and it blew everyones mind.. and your 18 now (based on your profile) playing it now as a PSN download wont have the same impact or effect when theres tons of graphically better games out and FMV, voices etc are in almost every game (now)….. Makes sense?
the soundtrack is great though with themes like “Aerith’s theme” “One winged angel”, “Tifa’s theme”,etc, etc (Nobuo did great in every FF.. the only game CD’s i ever bought was FF7 opera collections, Piano and remixes) Maybe it could be interesting to analyze why it is the most famous FF? is it because of the change from 2d to 3d?, is it the FMVs? (which was new for video games), the fact that one of the main characters dies? (not a commen thing back than) ,the inclusion of two really hard non-mandatory battles?, the motorcycle minigame?, Tifas boobs? Sephiroth desending from the sky with a full blown opera playing AND vocals (new to a home system btw), 3d summons? (when i saw the chocobo summon, my body experianced a chill running down my spine because at that time it was REALLY f***ING BADASS and not seen in home consoles) I guess it’s a mix of those things. You cant compare a game now to something released in 1997.. im just guessing your age based on the playfire profile that says your an 18 year old male with 11 years of gaming experiance. The best example: imagine you drove a flying car now in 2009… than 13 years later they become old and in every car than, someone younger driving one of the newer models might say the same thing about the car you felt was awesome in 2009.
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:24 AM
monster 3 getting a perfect score is a big no for me. l love monster hunter games but when the true sequel releases that is when a perfect score will actually be granted for the true monster hunter game
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:32 AM
@shadow
XII is 12 lol, he’s saying theres games better than final fantasy 12. Personally I somewhat had a similar moment with Final fantasy 10. I owned an NES up till N64 for a while, then I got a ps2 and certain games weren’t a big deal, but final fantasy 10 has graphics better than the entire wii catalog and it blew my friggen mind. I have only really been shocked by graphics since then when I got an HDMI cable after a month of gta4 driving through the shadows sent from hades himself, and I could finally see where I was going.
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:56 AM
@JT5
lol my mistake i realised it when i answered my PSN messages and couldnt edit.. long day today
October 22nd, 2009 at 4:22 PM
Wait there are flying cars now? j/k Famitsu I will take with a grain of salt seeing as how they gave HAZE a near perfect score.
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