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Sega Wants To "Sequel-ize" Bayonetta & More
Sega West president Mike Hayes envisions a future for Sega where titles like Bayonetta, Aliens vs. Predator, and Alpha Protocol are turned into sustainable franchises that provide a "core" backbone for the company.
Speaking in an interview with CVG, Hayes talks about the opportunities that a game like Bayonetta can offer the company. "If you think about it, we can sequel-ize Bayonetta, AvP, Alpha Protocol – if we can make a hit of something like Vanquish – then you add that to Football Manager and Virtua Tennis – we actually have a broad portfolio." Earlier in the interview, Hayes pointed out how Alpha Protocol represents a core title in the RPG genre, while AvP covered the shooter base. It remains to be seen exactly where newly minted Platinum Games' title Vanquish (click here for more) fits in Hayes' genre breakdown of Sega's portfolio.
Speaking of Platinum Games, Vanquish represents the fourth and final title of the developer's deal with Sega. If Sega wants to create a sequel to Bayonetta it'll be interesting to see if Platinum and the game's mastermind, Hideki Kamiya, are brought back or if there is a way for Sega to continue on with the franchise without Platinum. As for Kamiya himself, he's recently told Game Informer both that he wouldn't mind a Bayonetta 2, but also that "with Bayonetta, I've gotten action gaming out of my system for a little while. I've gotten everything I wanted to get into the game, so I've worked it out of my system and I'd like to try something new next." Would a Bayonetta game without Kamiya or Platinum be a Bayonetta worth playing?
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