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Bayonetta was the third project released by PlatinumGames, which was founded by former Clover Studio employees. Development began in January 2007, with Hideki Kamiya as the director. The development team's name, "Team Little Angels," is a play on the name of the team who developed the first Devil May Cry game, "Team Little
Devil May Cry ' s difficulty was intentional, according to Kamiya, who called it his "challenge to those who played light, casual games". [37] According to Eurogamer, an earlier Capcom arcade video game, Strider (1989), was a vital influence on Devil May Cry. [38] According to Retro Gamer, the over-the-top action of Devil May Cry draws from ...
The first game in the series was directed by Hideki Kamiya, who created the Devil May Cry franchise while he was working at Capcom. It was the third title in Platinum's four-game contract with Sega. The game was released on October 29, 2009, in Japan, [1] and was released worldwide in January 2010 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
The game was considered as the successor of Devil May Cry with Kamiya having used its latest sequel Devil May Cry 4 as part of his research. [48] First announced at E3 2012, Kamiya directed The Wonderful 101 for the Wii U, which was released in September 2013. He also wrote the story to Bayonetta 2, [49] released on the Wii U in October 2014.
By September 30, 2024, the Devil May Cry series has sold 32 million units worldwide; [1] each installment is a Capcom Platinum Title, selling over a million units. [117] As of September 30, 2024, Devil May Cry 5 is the best-selling game in the series having sold 8.7 million units worldwide. [118] The series has received generally positive reviews.
Bayonetta is voiced by Hellena Taylor in English and Atsuko Tanaka in Japanese. [1] For the original game, despite production being based in Japan, Kamiya was particular to insist that the character have an English voice actor, and had no Japanese voice actor assigned due to his belief that speaking Japanese would not suit the character. [19]
Arkham (アーカム, Ākamu) is the secondary antagonist in Devil May Cry 3, which takes place before the events of the first Devil May Cry game, and the estranged father of Lady. [41] In the game, he is a scholar in the demonology and the supernatural who sought to break the seal Sparda made to prevent Temen-ni-gru tower from serving as a ...
In the prequel game, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, Dante was a younger, more arrogant character than in the previous instalments. [39] The designers of Devil May Cry 2 returned to design his new look, which was based on the Japanese band Johnnys. This Dante showed more skin under his jacket which the staff believed would fit his younger ...