sundin13 said:
Yeah, I saw that sig after I posted that...the similarities are hard to deny. Also, I highly doubt we will be seeing Bayo in Smash as a playable character. She could show up as an assist or a trophy but I doubt it. We will see what happens... If they were to include a Platinum character, I would probably prefer Wonder Red ^.^ |
I think it would be good cross-promotion for B2, similar to Roy being in Melee. She would replace Snake as the "mature serious" character (for how far either Metal Gear or Bayonetta go as "serious" games, and with the Fire Emblem characters being more pg-rated serious characters). The timing of the launches would work for it, too, with the 3DS version probably being around the same time that B2 will launch in Japan (August) and before the game's release in the West to get folks more pumped for it. Meanwhile B2 itself could then synergize with promotion of the Wii U version.
Sakurai was seen floating around the Platinum offices over the past couple of years, so he seems to be on good terms with them, which is usually how folks get into these games (though that would not preclude Wonder Red either, W101 just sold so bad, while the guys upstairs might like Bayonetta more for synergy purposes)
Edit: This is to say i don't see it as likely, but it's not so outlandish as she appears, either. She could be for this game what "Sonic" was to Brawl, the extra-secret third party character.
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.