Bayonetta

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Bayonetta is the main protagonist from the Bayonetta series developed by PlatinumGames and owned by Sega. She is an Umbra Witch, an ancient clan affiliated with Inferno that practiced dark arts, that was sealed away in a coffin for 500 years, and being wakened in the present day, she fights against the forces of Paradiso to remember and uncover who she really is. Bayonetta is also to appear as a downloadable character in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, chosen based on the results of the Super Smash Bros. Fighter Ballot, as the top most requested character in Europe, among the top five characters in the United States, and the most requested in the world out of all realizable character suggestions. Bayonetta comes bundled with her own stage: Umbra Clock Tower. She is voiced by her respective voice actresses from Bayonetta: Hellena Taylor in English, and Atsuko Tanaka in Japanese.

Bayonetta's play style is largely focused on combos as in her game of origin, though her moves are generally slow to start. Much like her games of origin, she uses four pistols, two in her hands and two attached to her heels. By holding down the attack button after performing a move, Bayonetta can use her Bullet Arts, in which she fires each of her guns to deal more damage, though the bullets have no effect on opponents otherwise. For her smash attacks, Bayonetta uses her Wicked Weaves, using her hair to summon the limbs of Madama Butterfly to attack. Her neutral special move is Bullet Climax, in which she rapidly fires her guns as opponents. Her side special, when used on the ground, is Heel Slide, which slides across the ground and can end with a kick into the air, while when used in the air it is After Burner Kick, in which Bayonetta kicks through the air. Her up special move is Witch Twist, in which Bayonetta spins up into the air to attack, and can be used consecutively. Her down special is Witch Time, a counter-like move which slows down time around opponents caught by her, drawn from her signature ability in the Bayonetta games. Her Final Smash is Infernal Climax, which starts with Witch Time surrounding the whole stage, and after a meter is filled ends with her summoning Gomorrah to chomp on opponents. Her Final Smash acts as a danger zone; if opponents accumulate too much damage, they are instantly defeated.

Bayonetta's taunts involve her dancing, and are the longest of any character in the series. Because of this, they can be cancelled at any point.

While Bayonetta's normal appearance is largely based on her design in Bayonetta 2, her design from the original Bayonetta is available as an alternate costume; in the Japanese version of the game, Hellena Taylor's voice clips are used when using this costume, due to the fact that the original release of Bayonetta did not have Japanese voice acting. She also has an alternate coloration based on her rival turned ally Jeanne.

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  Splash art of Bayonetta

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  Promotional artwork

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  Stock Icon

Trivia

• Bayonetta is the second character in the Super Smash Bros. series to come from an M-rated series, the first being Solid Snake from the Metal Gear series.
• One of Bayonetta's home games released prior to her inclusion in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, Bayonetta 2, features a number of Mario allusions and cameos among other Nintendo references, such as a Peach and Daisy costume, with Mario and Luigi dolls attached and the ability to summon Bowser for attacks (although only his limbs were shown). Furthermore, defeated enemies while Bayonetta is using the Mario-themed costumes drop coins rather than halos.
• She is the only female third party fighter in the Super Smash Bros. series.
• Bayonetta is the second SEGA character to in part of Nimtendo crossover fighting game the first was Sonic.