You would possibly bear in mind previous to Bayonetta 3’s launch in 2022 {that a} little bit of controversy made the rounds on-line relating to voice actor Hellena Taylor.
Taylor, who had voiced the titular protagonist in Bayonetta and Bayonetta 2, had been changed by Jennifer Hale following a pay dispute with PlatinumGames. This was delivered to the forefront by Taylor herself through a video message posted to social media, with the ensuing fallout resulting in abuse thrown left, proper, and centre to Taylor, Hale, and even the collection’ author, Hideki Kamiya.
In a brand new video from Kamiya, the creator addressed the fallout from the controversy in response to a fan’s query, opting to keep away from discussing the controversy itself, however quite the best way others had handled him on-line following the entire drama.
“It was wild. My Twitter timeline was simply flying by in actual time – it was insane. Simply nonstop scrolling. I stored blocking nonstop, although. However even my pace I could not sustain. So I used to be like ‘What?! They’re coming in sooner than I can block them? WHAT?!’
“Anyway, that is not the purpose. Folks have been saying no matter they needed. Even well-known individuals have been leaping in and throwing feedback at me. After which, as soon as issues calmed down, I went again and seemed – and so they had quietly deleted their tweets. Hey, apologise to me first earlier than you do something sneaky. That is some actual coward s***.
“You posted it publicly on social media, proper? So in case you have been flawed, it is best to publicly admit it. Say “Hey, I tousled” – personal it. At the least that is how I attempt to be. I’ll act like this, however I do have my very own code. If I am not flawed? Then no, I completely will not apologise. No likelihood. However when I’m flawed, I will personal it correctly.
“Man, that was severely lame.”
Though not talked about by Kamiya himself, one of many “well-known individuals” he spoke about was supposedly the voice actor Bryan Dechart, who maybe most notably performed Connor in Detroit: Turn into Human. As demonstrated by a screengrab proven on-screen within the video, Dechart had tweeted to Kamiya to say “Those that deal with others nicely are handled nicely in return. You make us all unhappy. Greed is ugly”.
Fortunately, it appears the controversy is, by and enormous, behind us now. Bayonetta 3 launched to widespread vital acclaim, although its future is undoubtedly unsure following the departure from Kamiya from PlatinumGames. He’s now engaged on a sequel to Okami in collaboration with Capcom.