Bayonetta 3’s new Naive Angel Mode lets Bayonetta keep her clothes on

Bayonetta is well-known for both its character-based, white-knuckle action and its heroine nearly getting naked each time she summons a demon to perform savagely on her enemies. PlatinumGames offers a new alternative for players that are not swayed by this. Bayonetta 3: Naive Angel Mode. That’s the cheeky way of saying you can keep Bayonetta’s clothes on for a more modest gameplay experience.

“We’ve added the revolutionary ‘Naive Angel Mode’ to Bayonetta 3 so more people can fully enjoy it,” PlatinumGames said on Twitter. “By turning it on, you can play right in the living room without having to worry about what’s on screen … we think.”

A video was posted along with that tweet by the developer showing how Naive Angle Mode would work in practice. In one scene from the video, a nude Bayonetta whose private bits are obscured only by a magical hair vortex is shown fully clothed when Naive Angel Mode is set to “on.” In another, Bayonetta appears to fuse with the Infernal Demon Madama Butterfly, at which point she wears a very revealing costume. When Bayonetta is enabled, Naive Angel Mode gives Bayonetta more coverage.

Nintendo has a recent track record of releasing more modest versions of Japanese games in North America, having modified character visuals and risqué dialogue in games like Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE, Fire Emblem AwakeningPlease see the following: Xenoblade Chronicles X. Similarly, PlatinumGames has made concessions in Bayonetta games in an attempt to broaden the series’ audience, offering simplified control inputs and difficulty adjustments. It famously included the “very easy automatic” mode for the original Bayonetta, which was sarcastically nicknamed “mommy mode” by series creator Hideki Kamiya.

Bayonetta 3Nintendo Switch is set to release the original on Oct. 28th, according to PlatinumGames as well as Nintendo. Physical version of the original BayonettaSwitch versions will follow.