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Bayonetta: Climax Edition Goes For The Money Shot

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11:00AM November 11, 2009 | David Wildgoose

bayonetta climax 360SEGA has revealed Bayonetta: Climax Edition, the limited edition of PlatinumGames’ hair-raising action game. It comes with a replica pistol and it’s exclusive to Australia and New Zealand.

It features a very limited custom-built replica of the Scarborough Fair, Bayonetta’s beloved pistol which she has strapped to her hands and feet. The aptly-named Climax Edition also comes in premium slipcase packaging and features the Bayonetta game, as well as a 36-page hardcover art book and CD soundtrack featuring music from the video game.

Bayonetta releases on January 7 for Xbox 360 and PS3.

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  • Amano07

    November 11, 2009 at 11:07 AM

    is there a PS3 version of this? any idea where we can pick this up? is it one of those retailer exclusives?

  • opm881

    November 11, 2009 at 11:20 AM

    Do we have a price for this? Ive had a look at the gameplay footage of the game and looks great! Would love to get this collectors :P

  • jawbreaker982

    November 11, 2009 at 11:44 AM

    Hang on a minute. Is this replica pistol going to be like the crummy Saints Row 2 replica pistol?

    • oggob

      November 11, 2009 at 12:17 PM

      Seeing as it looks like it’s on a stand, unlikely to be made of cardboard like Saints Row…

  • DavidR

    November 11, 2009 at 11:48 AM

    I applaud the headline, Wildgoose.

    In other news, I don’t think it’s physically possible for me to care any less about Bayonetta.

  • brent3000

    November 11, 2009 at 11:50 AM

    Wait AUS gets something exclusive?

    I would be intrested to see the price on it as well :)

  • Jason

    November 11, 2009 at 11:56 AM

    Glad to see I’m not the only one who thinks it’s overrated……

  • boo goose

    November 11, 2009 at 12:27 PM

    I was going to give this a miss as it just looks like they are going for the porn angle and Ive not really herd much on the rest of the game (generally not a good sign for a good game). But the gun and the book have upgraded the game to my ‘might get it if I’m next to it and have nothing else in my hand’ list. I like when they add cheap toys with thier games, sucks me in every time.

    • Renee Oflynn

      November 11, 2009 at 6:22 PM

      Glad to know I’m not the only one. Mind you they could say Free hat and I’m sold…which they’re counting on.

      I love devil may cry but being a hetrosexual female I was turned off by the games’ female character posing in the nude. I’m used to big breasted female characters and such but I think they built the character first and slapped the rest on later.
      It makes the game less appealing.

      • Lynn

        December 10, 2009 at 7:00 AM

        As a heterosexual female who has played the game, Bayonetta is one of the few female characters I can respect in gaming today. The story is fantastic, and the character is well built. Yes, she is sexy, highly so, but it is not a crime for women to be sexy. It is not a crime, for us to be sexual creatures. It’s not all about appealing to men, it’s about being allowed to express ourselves the way we want to. Bayonetta is a powerfully confident woman who demands respect. She empowers me.

  • DavidR

    November 11, 2009 at 12:37 PM

    “might get it if I’m next to it and have nothing else in my hand”

    BOOMSHAKALAKA!

    Seriously though, this game might be alright, but the marketing sure ain’t. It’s basically been nothing but “ARSE ARSE ARSE ARSE ARSE ARSE ARSE ARSE ARSE ARSE ARSE ARSE…huh? what’s that? some Devil May Cry type-gameplay? Aren’t we a bit past that outdated kind of – ARSE ARSE ARSE ARSE ARSE ARSE ARSE ARSE ARSE ARSE!!!!!”

  • Steve

    November 11, 2009 at 1:57 PM

    Yes please.

  • El Phantasmogoro

    November 11, 2009 at 3:18 PM

    I played it at TGS. It is entirely uninteresting. Been done before, more entertainingly and with less retarded schoolboy fantasies made of uncooked dough. Also, the character design is disgustingly lazy and unoriginal. Half of the bosses look like they were lifted from Shootemups.

    It isn’t a BAD game, it just isn’t worth buying.

    • Jaysun Lee

      November 11, 2009 at 9:06 PM

      Wow really? If you went all the way to TGS I’d think you’d have interest in what Japanese developers were developing.

      I’d assume the sex appeal was intended to be taken humorously, I played the demo and Bayonetta slapping away a boss’s hand appeared to be going for a humorous angle (the boss grasping at Bayonetta at death and Bayonetta taking it as the boss trying to grab a piece of it).

      I don’t know about character design, but witches in leather seems pretty crazy to me.

      Again, I don’t see how you might dislike this game, unless you are absolutely repulsed by action games. If so cross the blockbuster GOWIII of your to-buy list (personally I don’t like GoW that much as Japanese action games like this).

  • plmko

    November 11, 2009 at 3:32 PM

    Remember the batman batarang people!

    • Neil Williams

      November 11, 2009 at 10:59 PM

      The Batman batarang was only an issue if you were under the impression that you would be getting a metal batarang. As a metal batarang would be classified as a weapon under Australia’s durisdiction, none of them would’ve gotten past customs. Besides, I thought the brilliance of the game itself would’ve cushioned the blow. ^^

  • Sweating Bullets

    November 11, 2009 at 4:23 PM

    I will be getting this! I just got the art book from Japan and this should tie in nicely with that.

  • Pocket

    November 11, 2009 at 5:45 PM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzm9ly94fMk

    A video of Bayonetta killing an angel by making her orgasm, if that doesn’t make you want the game then nothing will.

  • Buronzu

    November 11, 2009 at 7:55 PM

    I’ve finished Bayonetta on 360 twice now (once on Normal, once on Hard) and I’m gunning my way through Infinite Climax difficuly at the moment.

    It’s a brilliant game. Easily my GotY, potentially ‘GoNY’ (game of next year) once I buy the Climax edition as well. ;)

    It’s very easy to call a game ‘overrated’ without getting your hands on it. It’s not perfect, but it’s as close as an action game has ever gotten before as far as I’m concerned.

  • Yoshi594

    November 11, 2009 at 8:03 PM

    don’t really care for the gun. i wonder if aus will have the same thing but excluding the gun!

  • mambodog

    November 11, 2009 at 9:16 PM

    Climax Edition? Have you no shame, Japan?

  • Sweating Bullets

    November 12, 2009 at 10:36 AM

    Any word on which retailers are stocking this?

    I just had a very painful experience at JB with a chick at the counter who was not too sure about pre-orders for games in general.

    • Jeremy Teong

      November 13, 2009 at 11:52 AM

      This is the reply I got from EB “We definitely are – we’re currently waiting for assets from the developer before we can get it online”

  • Sweating Bullets

    November 13, 2009 at 7:49 PM

    Wtf. I thought I commented but it looks like the website blocked me.

    I found out that the Gamesmen are selling this edition – just google it as I think Kotaku will not let me link it. That said I am not too sure what they are like as I have never ordered from them.

  • Sweating Bullets

    November 15, 2009 at 11:54 AM

    Check JB’s website. Collector’s edition of Bayonetta for about $120

  • Sweating Bullets

    November 18, 2009 at 3:02 PM

    Cancel your JB pre-order. Game’s online webstore have it for $99.

    Again not too sure if I can link it.

  • Denz

    December 24, 2009 at 3:06 PM

    is the Australian version of the game going to have any censorship though? I’m interested in the climax edition but i think i would rather import if its going to be censored =[

  • unger

    December 31, 2009 at 10:22 PM

    Wow. Will this edition be available at certain websites for us “Yanks” to buy? I’m really interested in getting one of those Scarborough Fair replicas. Here in the USA, we sure love our guns, especially the replica ones.

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