I think it was. Nintendo doesn't have a hack n slash game and they probably looked at God Of War's sales and Platinum's experience in making good games and published Bayonetta 2. There is no other reason why I see them funding Bayonetta 2. MS also tried it with Ryse and it failed and Sony didn't have a God Of War even announced on PS4 so Nintendo saw the oppurtunity and decided to publish Bayonetta 2 and get the hack n slash crowd on its console.