Wii U- UNANNOUNCED 3RD PARTY EXCLUSIVE!

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Wyrdness said:

IMP_ervious said:

I'll have to look it up but I'm pretty sure the 3 game deal only related to Sonic's next 3 games. Lost World and Olympic Games 2014 were games 1 and 2. Still no announcement on what the third game is. Bayonetta 2 is just another nice little deal they worked out and the reason I'm holding out hope that they'll work out another.

You're right it is only Sonic games, Bayonetta is not actually Sega's IP it's PG's, Sega have the publishing rights for the original game only the deal for B2 was solely between Nintendo and PG.

I think Sega still owns the IP (as part of their 4 game deal with Platinum) they just chose not to publish a sequel. At least, Platinum lists them along with Nintendo as the holders on their website. Sega even recently announced a Bayonetta anime at TGS I believe. Not sure if it came out yet though.

Edit: Here we go. They're still listed as the owners. 

http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=77444642&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch