Poll: Would you find a male Bayonetta "uncomfortable"?

[Dogstile]

Pretty sure Dante covers this. But honestly, it'd feel ridiculous because most men and women are attracted to different things. If a bloke did all the same actions bayonetta did, it'd feel out of place. Imagine if she started flexing her arms while winking at the camera, totally silly right?

This is why these comparisons don't work. There are inherit differences between the sexes. Imagine a handjob, feels ok right? Now imagine doing the same action on a woman. Its gone from something you enjoy to you needlessly pounding on a womans genitals, because the same action does not mean you get the same reaction if the subject you are looking at/performing it on is different.

 

[mitchell271]

No, why would I? It's simultaneously a power fantasy and a hyper-sexualised version of machismo. If anything, I'd find it hilarious. Platinum/Nintendo, get on this!

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Is male Bayonetta just Dante?

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Not uncomfortable about this at all.

 

[default]

Yes, in the same way I find female Bayonetta uncomfortable. Doesn't appeal to me.

 

[TristanBelmont]

I would be super excited to be honest. Also dat Boss.

 

[conmag9]

I find Bayonetta kinda creepy as is, so I seriously doubt swapping her gender would do anything to change that. That, and I've never found my reaction to gender swaps anything better than eye-rolling at best. My original ideas about a character clashes with their "new" variant and my brain shuts it down as an error of some sort. Probably why I find Batgirl annoying but find Oracle much more interesting, despite them being the same character.

 

[Erttheking]

I'd be uncomfortable, sure. Because I TOTALLY don't read JoJo's Bizarre adventure

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I don't buy Bayonetta games because of the way she looks, I buy them because I like the gameplay

Also, this.

To be honest I wish there were more male characters like the one's in JoJo's Bizare adventure. They're like Bayonetta. They're sexualized and they totally OWN IT! I fucking love it!

I think we might want to try and find out what the difference between a disempowering and an empowering sex fantasy is. Because JoJo's Bizare Adventure and Bayonetta are very much empowering sex fantasies and I don't see too many of them and I'd love to see more.

 

[TheMysteriousGX]

Voted yes, mostly because the lack of comfort I have about Bayonetta would be the same:

I have roommates and without context scenes in that game could make things awkward.

 

[The Goat Tsar]

It makes no difference to me if Bayonetta is male or female. As a few people have pointed out, Raiden is already similar. I'm equally uncomfortable with both.

And the Metal Gear costume for whats-her-face (Quiet, I think that's the name) is dumb regardless of gender.

 

[JagermanXcell]

I'm a Jojo's Bizarre Adventure fan, and one whose enjoyed seeing Dante with his shirt off ever since He was the original Bayonetta.

So my answer is no. Just as long as you go over the top with it, cause then it's SO. MUCH. DAMN. FUN TO WATCH...

 

[Candidus]

No, I wouldn't find it uncomfortable. I wouldn't buy it, because I don't play men if I can possibly avoid it. I just don't want to listen to them, don't want to see their stories, don't care how things pan out for them and most of all, I don't want to look at them.

These days I'm on the fence about Lords of the Fallen because there's no character customisation, no women.

So no, I wouldn't be discomfited by a male Bayonetta. I'd just be disinterested in the same way I'm disinterested by 99% of male characters.

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

I was fine with Killer is Dead so my answer is no.

 

[Asita]

Spoiler: ...So that guy in Kill la Kill then?

Because honestly, I liked that guy and the implication that such a character would make me uncomfortable honestly confuses me.

 

[CharrHearted]

wait a male bayone-

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OH MY GENTLE JESUS, TAKE ME NOW! I WOULD BANG THAT IN A SECOND!

 

[the December King]

I find Bayonetta herself rather unsavory because I dislike spectacle fighter games, and sexual violence of any kind, even if it is in jest, makes me uncomfortable. A male version would probably be the same to me.

 

[The Almighty Aardvark]

I was fine with Killer is Dead so my answer is no.

Right, because from a cursory glance it's just teeming with male sexualization

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Good god, CLOTHE YOURSELF MAN!

 

[Quazimofo]

wait a male bayone-

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OH MY GENTLE JESUS, TAKE ME NOW! I WOULD BANG THAT IN A SECOND!

Thank you for posting that. I wasn't sure if I would find an excessively sexualized male version of Bayonetta quite as hilarious as I find the excessive sexualization of regular Bayonetta, but now I'm fairly certain I would.


On topic, no. I would find it kind of hilarious and now wish they would make some DLC to play through the game as a male Bayonetta, but change NOTHING else. Change the costume as appropriate, and re-record with a sexily voiced male VA, but otherwise nothing else changes. Same animations, same character interactions etc. It'd be a thing of beauty.

 

[Sir Pootis]

wait a male bayone-

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OH MY GENTLE JESUS, TAKE ME NOW! I WOULD BANG THAT IN A SECOND!

I approve immensely.

I may be a bit biased, being gay, but I am perfectly fine with this.

 

[Saika Renegade]

I'll admit, that pic of Big Boss in Quiet's outfit just made me laugh.

However, having seen some people do genderflip art of Bayonetta (I guess you'd just call him Bayonet?), I'm not uncomfortable with the concept. Some of it makes me laugh, like a Bruce Timm-style male Bayonetta with a giant macho physique, but nothing that makes me feel uncomfortable about the concept. I do, however, find that the outfit still ends up looking rather silly no matter who you put it on.

 

[mecegirl]

A male Bayonetta wouldn't make me uncomfortable.

But for the record, Dante only half counts. It's not like his move set is sexual, or his clothing continually disappears mid battle. He just has a few cut scenes where he shows some skin.