Bayonetta demo now on Japanese PSN & Xbox Marketplace

by David Hinkle { Oct 8th 2009 at 12:15PM }

If you have a Japanese PSN account or Japanese Xbox Live Gold account, there's a demo for Platinum Games' boot-shoot-em-up, Bayonetta, available for download right now. If you enjoy free stuff (or crazy things), we'd suggest you give the demo a whirl -- the final game will include some badass rocket tonfas and the ability to suplex dragons, after all.

[Via Siliconera; thanks to everyone who sent this in!]

Tags: bayonetta, demo, japan, platinum-games, psn, sega, xblm

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Phil @ Oct 8th 2009 12:22PM

Played it, button mashed like a madman, loved it and I now have a sore wrist.

Yup, this is definitely from the creators of DMC. :D

Phil @ Oct 8th 2009 12:24PM

Played it, button mashed like crazy, loved it and left it with a tender wrist...

Yup, this will be a good game. :D

Doreo (Psn-doreo503) @ Oct 8th 2009 2:23PM

Left with a tender wrist huh? I bet you put it in that one hand mode, and hurt your wrist PLAYING ANOTHER GAME! XD

bimmy @ Oct 8th 2009 12:34PM

is there a way to set up a JPN account without having to guess what the japanese characters mean?

Viney @ Oct 8th 2009 12:37PM

I've read that if you setup your address in Korea you can choose English as your language and still sign onto the Japanese store. Never tried or confirmed this though. Anyone know if that's true?

gameforall @ Oct 8th 2009 12:47PM

On Youtube search, create japanese PSN account, the are a few step by step instructions

Phizzy @ Oct 8th 2009 2:56PM

Korea is Korea. Japan is Japan. Don't be silly.

afiq tadza @ Oct 8th 2009 12:48PM

one of the best demos i played. a bit short though...but that makes me wanna buy it even more!
hey, even the tutorial stage was fun!

redeyeametal @ Oct 8th 2009 12:50PM

Is there away to download it on to CD?, like the Resi 5 Japanese Demo worked

Jason @ Oct 8th 2009 1:18PM

Will automatic mode be in the demo?

hector88 @ Oct 8th 2009 1:41PM

There are Easy and Normal difficulties in the demo, if you highlight easy the word automatic appears in parenthesis underneath. I can't actually confirm the automaticness though since I only had enough time to play through the demo once and I did it on normal.

RagingStormX @ Oct 8th 2009 1:36PM

I left this downloading this morning as I was leaving for work (hopefully my 1 hour power off kicks in). I will have to test it out when I get home tonight.

Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Oct 8th 2009 1:58PM

Lemme go get this now...

bvs @ Oct 8th 2009 2:21PM

played it and.... it's..... ok. it's pretty much devil may cry 4. the story seems a lot cooler though. for me, there is a little too much flare, but you can just shoot continuously if you want. when battles are just a blur of colors it's really annoying. but the moves i could see and the weapons i could tell apart were awesome. the pacing of the combat in brutal legend or god of war would be greatly appreciated in this game. oh and the music SUCKS BIG TIME!!!!!

drdre74 @ Oct 8th 2009 2:45PM

I'll have to cop this tonight after work.I like Devil May cry so I'm hoping this is better or just as good.

Jampirow @ Oct 8th 2009 2:48PM

Played it, and thought it was kinda creepy that ONLY the cutscenes have graphical problems (Low res textures and some minor framerate problems)

The gameplay is fluid as hell, the combo system is beautiful and the songtrack is amazing.

Day one for me.

kayin_angel @ Oct 8th 2009 2:53PM

Wow. After somewhat ignoring this game and passing it off as nothing new or interesting, I'm pleasantly surprised.
Hands on > Hype; And the demo proves this really is one fun game.

gotjf @ Oct 8th 2009 3:40PM

Been playing it since late last night, PS3 version. I think it looks and plays great. I have been looking forward to this game since it was announced. The demo made me even more excited. Did anyone notice at the end "converted by SEGA" I think from what I played they did a GREAT job!

gmoyajp @ Oct 8th 2009 4:31PM

yeah been playing it since last night myself, gotta say its the best so far. i love the music and gameplay it give it a vibe to ps3 devil may cry. maybe cause the way gameplay is ^_^ but she kick *$()# awesome! nice soundtrack. i loving it!

CJLopez @ Oct 8th 2009 5:53PM

playing it ASAP!!!!!!

Marco le Polo @ Oct 8th 2009 8:54PM

Bet that Japanese girl that cosplayed for this game is playing it right now...in that tight suit...

Asmerom (PSN: neon6plz) @ Oct 9th 2009 2:56AM

Any word on a US Demo? You know for the people who don't want to create a new account?

Asmerom (PSN: neon6plz) @ Oct 9th 2009 3:22AM

Sorry for being such a negative nancy, but I'm feeling pretty antagonized that Sega put one market above another. Do they have low expectations for American gamers or something? No More Heroes only sold 10,000 in Japan, but was successful in other countries. I've also read that the game releases Oct. 30 and the American and European release will be somewhere in Jan. 2010. Not sure why there's a delay, possibly for extra development time. I'm feeling pretty butt hurt right now and will probably try to forget about this game when it releases in January.

Beatnik-(PSN:Beatnik009) @ Oct 9th 2009 3:06AM

The Game was (no Surprise here) actually fun i enjoyed myself, normal mode is the best way to play it. Easy mode on the other hand is a lil bit too easy but still fun

Certified Ninjician @ Oct 9th 2009 3:45PM

I love how the demo had to be downloaded on the Japanese PSN after a trial and error signup, and then you find out the demo is in English!

I never really played DMC besides the demos...I hope my fingers and brain can keep up with the full game...half the time I didnt know what was going on...maybe I needed to dodge more attacks to get into the 'focussed' mode more often...

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