Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon review – wicked witch cleans up her act

Nintendo Switch, Platinum Games/Nintendo
This cutesy origin tale replaces the guns and sex appeal of the original action series with fairies and cuddly toys. But this anti-Bayonetta will introduce younger players to the genre

Risque, immature, absurd - just some of the words you could use to describe Platinum Games' inimitably sexually charged action franchise, Bayonetta. For those yet to experience their first Umbran Climax, it's a series filled with succubi, sex appeal and shooter-strapped-stilettos, so when Nintendo resurrected Sega's abandoned franchise for its ailing Wii U, there were naturally more than a few raised eyebrows.

It turns out fans shouldn't have worried, with the Nintendo-published Bayonetta 2 and 3 turning out just as violent and depraved as the original. Now almost a decade after Bayonetta 2, the house of Mario has created what fans feared - an altogether more sanitised, family-friendly take on gaming's wicked witch.