Bayonetta

Dodge-offset and Witch Time refined stylish action into the genre's technical benchmark.

Released 2009 Developer PlatinumGames Publisher Sega Platform Xbox 360 Genre Action Era Digital storefronts & indie

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Bayonetta inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

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