Platinum Games has launched an 8-bit Bayonetta game that you can play in your browser.

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Though not especially complex at first glance, the game is surprisingly entertaining while being tricky to master.In an interview before the title's launch, we spoke to Bayonetta 2 Producer Akiko Kuroda and Lead Environment Artist Hiroki Onishi about the action game's combat . Platinum also announced new costumes, as well as a new playable character from the first game, during a Nintendo Direct.If you've yet to play Bayonetta 2 you probably should . IGN deemed it "amazing", saying that "Bayonetta 2 builds on everything that made the original great, and delivers one of the best action games of the year."

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