Is the main characters design based on any person, character, or actress?
The original idea for Bayonetta – the character design – is the brainchild of Kamiya-san. But translating that into digital flesh within the game took the efforts of the lead character designer and the people who had to actually turn her into a reality from somebody’s mind’s eye. Since the lead character designer (Mari Shimazaki) is female, she had a lot of influence and gave a lot of very good advice on how to really make a feminine character. If it was just a man trying to create a female character, it’s going come off as really fake or kind of odd and just sort of out of place, but having a female character designer help out really benefited the look of the character, whether it be her makeup, her fashion, accessories, or those kinds of things. How’d you come up with the name “Bayonetta?” The name itself ties very closely to the core mechanics of the game. Basically, when you do the physical melee attacks – punching and kicking opponents – you follow up immediately with shooting. So
