Zack "CaptainZack" Lauth is usually known for his dancing outside of Super Smash Bros. For The Wii U, but in the doubles finals at Low Tier City 5, he ended a match with a little in-game flair too.

This is an image the newly opened Platinum Games Twitter account put out yesterday, compliments of artist and designer Yusuke Hashimoto. It shows Bayonetta 1 & 2 split into what looks like the Nintendo Switch's neon-coloured Joy-Con. Or maybe we're just seeing things.

Zack "CaptainZack" Lauth is waiting on a plane. His flight's been delayed twice. At 15 years old, he's one of the youngest signed players in Super Smash Bros. For Wii U, and one of the best Bayonetta players in the world -- a character as strong as she is controversial.

Over the decades, there have been so many great action games. But which one do people in Japan like best? This poll might shed light on that question.

Bayonetta is out on PC today, following an April Fool's joke and a teaser clockdown that led up to today's surprise release.

It's been 10 years. Platinum Games was founded on 1 August 2006. Since then, the Osaka-based game company has churned out a slew of memorable titles. In a recent interview with Kotaku, Platinum Games co-founder Atsushi Inaba spoke about his past and the studio's future.

I still can't believe that all of these characters are in the same game.

It's pretty well-documented that at least one lead developer at Platinum is deeply in love with old-school games. So it's not all that surprising that they made a retro-styled shooter starring the studio's biggest action star. Also not surprising: it's really freakin' tough.

In many action games, offence and defence tend to feel like two separate mechanics that sometimes talk to each other. But when you're playing the two Bayonetta titles the way they're supposed to be played, evasion and attack are parts of the same integrated whole. And damn does it look beautiful.

It surprised people when Nintendo revealed alternate costumes for Bayonetta that let her look like some of the company's family-friendly characters. Now, you can see the design process for getting Platinum Games' sexy witch-warrior into Princess Peach, Link and Starfox costumes.

Briefly: "If games don't offer us complex heroines, then we apparently stop looking for them." That's critic Maddy Myers discussing kink, sex positivity, and female empowerment in Bayonetta in an excellent essay for Paste. Give the whole thing a read, and remember to check out our review of Bayonetta 2.

Bayonetta 2 is a game that already has tons of cool weapons and moves. But it's got even more that you'll have to buy with halos, the game's heavenly currency. Thankfully, someone's figured out how to break the Bayonetta 2 bank. He makes it look pretty easy too.

There are a lot of boss battles in Bayonetta 2. They're all sort of overblown, in a good way. Need proof? Here they all are, documented in two hours of video. Spoilers, obviously.

The Avatar: The Last Airbender/Legend of Korra universe is tailor-made for a good video game. It boggles my mind that the much-loved series still hasn't gotten one.

Bayonetta 2 isn't the only thing Bayonetta hitting store shelves next week: The awesomely over-the-top anime Bayonetta: Bloody Fate will be released as well -- and we at Kotaku have an exclusive look at the film's first nine minutes in English.

"What if you could feel good all the time?" That's the question that Bayonetta 2 seems to ask. It answers that query, too. With an avalanche of mind-bending spectacle that will very often leave you dizzy and, by the end of it, a little numb.

The original Bayonetta was touted as "non-stop climax action". But that tag line fits the sequel even better, as Bayonetta 2 starts with what would be any other game's climax and attempts to continue on at that level for the next 11 hours -- even when it probably shouldn't.

After the famously fudged-up PlayStation 3 port of Platinum Games sexy action game, fans were rightly cautious when Nintendo announced the original Bayonetta would come bundled with its Wii U exclusive sequel. Digital Foundry puts those worries to rest.

Eleven hours in to my live-stream of Bayonetta 2, I had beaten the game and was looking to enjoy my first meal of the day. Yet, even then, I just had to try out the game's co-op mode -- and I am so glad that I did. Even as tired as I was, it quickly became my favourite part of the game.