Right, because a third-person action live-service game really panned out well the last time, right Square Enix?

Its been almost four years since Bayonetta 3 was announced as a Nintendo Switch exclusive, and since then? Nary a peep from developer Platinum Games, who have been very busy working on all manner of other projects in addition to a threequel starring the sultry witch with the longest of legs and a fondness for high-heel firepower. Speaking on Hamster’s Arcade Archives streams, Platinum’s notoriously prickly and Twitter-blocking mastermind Hideki Kamiya noted that progress was still, well, progressing on Bayonetta 3.

There Raiden shall lie for the years to come, plastered over by more adverts and sleeping like an Arthurian legend, waiting for gaming’s darkest hour to come and rising up to meet it with Metal Gear Rising 2: Die Hard With a Revengeance. When video games need him the most, the giant handsome robot man will return.

Has Bayonetta 3 been thrown onto the same pile of cancellation that Scalebound currently inhabits? Not a chance, says Platinum Games.

Fans have been clamouring for an updated version of their beloved classic, and that’s just what they’re getting! Square Enix revealed that a remastered version is on the way, under the title of NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… and no I’m not joking that telephone number is the actual name of the game and I refuse to use it. Kingdom Hearts’ Tetsuya Nomura must be frothing at the mouth right now over this missed opportunity.

Why no love for Microsoft’s console, where the game will shine on the most powerful hardware around in the form of the Xbox One X? Simple answer: The Wonderful 101’s original Wii U engine and the Xbox not so Wonderful one hardware are just too incompatible with each other.

A couple of weeks back, Platinum Games asked for a few bucks to bring cult classic Nintendo Wii U title The Wonderful 101 to new systems that missed out on the glorious superhero fun of the original game. With fan interest at an all-time high and the Kickstarter being a proof of passion, it looks like that remaster will be here sooner than you can say “WONDER RED!”.

It's official! The Wonderful 101 is coming to Nintendo Switch, PC and PlayStation 4 as fans hungry for the Platinum Games cult classic just can't stop throwing money at the studio over on their Kickstarter page.