Update – Looks like it’s confirmed. Sega’s tweeted it. Thanks, Gamoc.

Kotaku’s chalking this up as rumour, but word is Famitsu’s awarded Bayonetta top marks, making it only the twelth game in the magazine’s entire history to get 40/40.

And the others are:

1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
2. Soulcalibur (1999)
3. Vagrant Story (2000)
4. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2003)
5. Nintendogs (2005)
6. Final Fantasy XII (2006)
7. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008)
8. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008)
9. 428 (2008)
10. Dragon Quest IX (2009)
11. Monster Hunter Tri (2009)

It’s out in Japan on October 29 and in Europe and the US early next year.

http://www.vg247.com/2009/10/20/bayonetta-gets-4040-from-famitsu/

Looks like so cool. I am very interested in this game.

Famitsu is getting really pathetic. THREE perfect scores in one year? And three the year before that? 2008 and 2009 make up half of their perfect scores.

Wow never expected Bayonetta to recieve full marks from Famitsu...

Really? Bayonetta is a better game than Tekken 6 which got 34?

wow!

Or Voff!! Like a nintendog.

Go FAMITSU! lol.

I still will get this game, love the genre.

And that's for the subpar PS3 version? OMFG!

They gave FF XII full marks, but not X...

So... Famistu thinks this is the best console generation by far (6 games, 1/2 of the list)

More to the point, it's better than Uncharted 2, which got 37?

Hey, look, no non-Japanese game has ever gotten 40. What a shock.

Just goes to show how out of touch are their reviewers. WTF?

wow if they Gave Nintendogs a perfect score then im not sure i like their ranking system.

OT good job to bayonetta i suppose. Ill wait till i see this game in action before i make my decision