Hands-On: Bayonetta Origins offers a taste of what Platinum does best: good characters clobbering bad characters.
Bayonetta 3 veterans will recognise the patchwork puss as a support summon, only there he was AI-controlled while Viola battered enemies. Bayonetta Origins puts us in control by lifting its defining trick from ‘solo co-op’ gem Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons. That game mapped two heroes to two analogue sticks for simultaneous movement, and likewise here you steer Cereza out of danger on the left stick as Cheshire deals out clawed death on the right.
Given how some games struggle to nail tactile controls for one character, let alone two, it’s striking how Platinum work with the Joy-Cons. All key moves are on sticks and triggers, leaving face buttons for potions and altering Cheshire’s elemental state. A stick-tilting rhythm game used to activate Cereza’s spells is such a clever way of squeezing extra ideas into very little real estate.
The way the forest is built around distinct themed areas designed to showcase a particular Cheshire power gives Origins a hint of Zelda dungeons, particularly those few that involved Link pairing up with an ally. Perhaps this shouldn’t come as a surprise if you recall Platinum’s founders’ work on Okami – that’s an awful lot of action adventure knowhow that maybe hasn’t had a chance to shine until now.
It’s a combat system distinct from Bayonetta’s, but not without Platinum precedence. Mixing up Cheshire’s forms might trigger something in Wonderful 101 fans; instead of squeezing complex combos from a single hero you’re switching between broader classes each bringing a distinct power to the party. The vine is basically the whip; the ground pound mimics the hammer. Like W101, it’s a less surgical game, but just as satisfying in its thumpy bravado.
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