A $60 Bayo bundle
- by Gavin Lane
Sneaking onto the NA eShop with a subterfuge uncharacteristic of the gun-toting Umbra Witch, the Bayonetta and Bayonetta 2 Digital Bundle is a compilation of her first two games and it's available now on the US Switch eShop.
For the princely sum of $59.98, you can download this bundle featuring Bayonetta and Bayonetta 2 and save $20 compared to buying the pair separately at full price — the original game goes for $29.99 while the sequel costs $49.99. [Update: As pointed out by several readers, this 'discount' existed previously for anyone who bought the games digitally on eShop — buying one would 'activate' the lower price on the second. This new bundle simply adds them together as a single purchase.]
Of course, if you're a fan of PlatinumGames' elegant and irreverent hack-and-slash series, you'll no-doubt have these gems already, either on Wii U or Switch (or elsewhere for the first non-Nintendo-published entry). If you're a new Switch owner, though, and you're looking to catch up with a couple of the finest action games on the system, this is a decent way to pick them up for a fair price. That way you'll be ready for the upcoming Bayonetta 3 when it lands at an undisclosed time in 2022, won't you?
In our reviews we called the first game "one of the most rewarding and memorable cult hits of the previous generation" and said that the second offers "an addictive free-flowing combat formula that sprinkles in platforming, light exploration and a ridiculous story to create something that you simply need to experience". They're both very good video games.
Let us know below if you'll be double dipping with the Bayonetta Bundle.
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About Gavin Lane
Gavin first wrote for Nintendo Life in 2018 before joining the site full-time the following year, rising through the ranks to become Editor. He can currently be found running from a Switch backlog the size of Normandy.
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- spacemoe505
Probably my favourite games period.
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- febasguga
This is not a discount, if you get either game the eShop gives you a $20 discount on the other one.
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- BTB20
I don't know if this is the case on the NA eshop but on the Eurpean eshop if you buy Bayonetta for 29.99 bucks you can get Bayonetta 2 for 29.99 instead of 49.99 and if you buy Bayonetta 2 for 49.99 you can get Bayonetta for 9.99. So 59.98 total.
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- StephenYap3
Cool. I'll be looking into this bundle.
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- SteamEngenius
Really fun games, some of the few titles I bother with NG+ on.
There's also an animated Bayonetta movie that's worth a watch as well.
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- gloom
Cheeky! I loved seeing her pop up on the eshop last night again. Made my heart stop for a moment lol
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- brandonbwii
This isn’t anything new. This was covered years ago. Probably by this very site no less.
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- KBuckley27
off topic but Bayo 3 is one of the few games supposed to release next year that I can see being delayed to 2023
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- Magician
After four years of collecting physical releases for the Switch, a physical copy of Bayonetta 1 remains the crown jewel in my collection. I'm holding out hope Bayo 3 will get a special edition from somewhere in the world.
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- lumothesinner
As others say - this isnt a discount as buying one would always give you a discount on the other previously, you would never spend more than $60 for both.
Nice that theres a bundle now though, i guess thats is slightly easier for people to enjoy
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- westman98
But...the original Bayonetta 2 on Wii U and its Switch port came bundled with Bayonetta 1, all for $60.
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- nukatha
@westman98
Shhh. Don't tell anyone that Pikmin 3 and Tropical Freeze were $20 games.
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- stuntz0rZ
This is not a deal
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- N8tiveT3ch
Started Bayonetta 2 again because of the holiday season. Plus, it's one of my TOP games period.
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- HamatoYoshi
The absolute pinnacle of action games
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- GannonBanned
@lumothesinner they used to be bundled on physical for $60 then they stopped printing it
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- dartmonkey
Thanks to everyone who pointed out the existing discount for buying both — I've added that as an update to the text above.
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- SillyG
@Magician : Absolutely criminal that Nintendo printed so, so few copies, and didn’t even bother to issue a proper limited edition in the West (instead, giving us an overpriced box full of useless tat).
I had to pay a scalper around AU$300 for the Japanese edition, which is a hell of a lot more expensive than the AU$69 I paid for both games on Wii U, but I suspected that I would never be able to pick it up any cheaper.
Meanwhile, there are idiots selling graded copies of Bayonetta 1 on Switch for over AU$13,000 (not even the entire Non-Stop Climax box). Oh, the humanity...
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- rjejr
Paid $60 years ago for both on Wii U, I don't see ANY incentive to double dip at $60 (I only play docked) Seems kinda crazy to me thats still the price.
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- 1UP_MARIO
I got both on the Wii U in a nice big box for 20 pounds years ago.
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- Azuris
@westman98
Yep, and they threw out Bayonetta 2 for 5 Euros new nearly everywhere.
Many Titles on Switch are just brutally overpriced.
Discounted 100-250% more (!) than on other Systems.
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by the way, the Game is 1100% more expansive.
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- Tantani
Let’s go Bayonetta 3!!!!
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- Donutman
2 of my favorite games in this genre. Played 1st on ps3 and always wondered why god of war was so popular. As a game, bayonetta is far better. As a movie, gow is better. Then bayonetta 2 comes out, and is even better. Quite possibly one of the best action games period
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- rushiosan
It's pointless, the discount already exists since release day.
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- K1LLEGAL
Man this site is becoming more and more Americanised. All of the headlines are in dollars for whatever reason. Whats with that?
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- Aezetz
Nintendo and discounts... lol...
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- dBackLash
$40 for both would be a reasonable price, anything higher is ridiculous for a Wii U port and an older xbox 360 port.
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- SillyPlanet92
I bought B2 on the Wii U for $60 years ago, but it never came with the first game sadly. Tempted to get it on the switch since I've never played.
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- CodyDogg
@K1LLEGAL
So...wait? Are you suggesting that the world does not revolve around America and it’s citizens?! Did my former president lie to me; are we not as great as we think we are? Huh...Damn!
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