Kamiyas Twitter statement is not reliable, Kamiya himself was mistaken in thinking the leaders of Umbra would join Bayonetta in the present, and a bunch of other times Kamiya says he wasn’t told certain things / left out of the loop despite being the developer. I’m not saying he’s unreliable as a whole, however having WoG be your main point isn’t convincing anyone.
Once more, you are misreading the source texts you are quoting. The person who said that was
not Kamiya, it was
Mari Shimazaki. Mari Shimazaki, the visual character designer of Bayonetta,
not Kamiya, the writer of Bayonetta. That quote was
not said by Kamiya, it literally shows you who said it. You have misread every source you provided. You genuinely lack reading comprehension.
And again, isn't Bayonetta scaled to universal
because of Kamiya's statements? Jubileus demonstrates no universal feats, she creates nothing universal, she destroys nothing universal, and she dies by getting punched into the
sun. There is no evidence that Bayonetta fought a universal level Jubileus when we look at what occurs game. The only reason Jubileus is scaled to universal
is because Kamiya said so. You are unintentionally showing your bias here. Kamiya saying something that "upgrades" Bayonetta, you accept whole heartily, but Kamiya saying something that "downgrades" her, you ignore.
Especially when this "downgrade"
is supported by the game itself, unlike Jubileus being universal.
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I have more to say, however I’ve been waiting until a bit later to address it. Your points aren’t as “Sound” as you claim them to be, or else you wouldn’t have many people who disagree. Unless you think we’re all stupid , which is a different matter entirely. Anyways as I’ve said before, Kamiya WOG is not always reliable, especially in this instance since Bayonettas lore can be interpreted so differently. Antonio’s notebook can be read in more than one way, same goes with a lot of information regarding Witch Time so it’s not as simple as “It’s just super speed, Kamiya said so” and then try and argue that one point over and over again. I am not against witch time being a speed amp, I’ve said that OP is right in some areas however it’s both a time slow and physical boost. We really could just make witch time a time slow and a speed boost, which would not only make sense given what the lore is, but it seems like the middle ground. But that’s just me.
Again, if Kamiya WoG isn't reliable, why is it used for scaling? And again, even if we ignore his WoG, THE GAME TELLS US WITCH TIME IS A SPEED BOOST. It is
not both a time slow and physical boost. No where in the game is Witch Time said to be a time slow. Witch Time is literally is said to be a speed boost.
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Witch time not being a time manipulative, would fundamentally change the entire lore setup of Bayonetta 2. Since the witches being “Overseers of time and history” would make no sense, as they would have no jurisdiction over time in the first place. There was a statement saying witch time was a time slow in a guidebook(?) However that is being disregarded by the OP since “Kamiya said something different.” And “It’s game mechanics”
You misunderstand the lore, as I have explained multiple times. I have even provided the sources so you can re-read them, and understand them. And yes, the guidebook,
that I originally linked, says WT is a time slow, but this is contradicted by Kamiya himself saying it is a speed boost, and
everything else (in-game text) also saying it is a speed boost.
Let us look at both sides from an objective, neutral stand point:
Witch Time is a time slow:
1. Visually, Witch Time appears and behaviors similar to a time slow
2. There are in-lore inconsistencies with Witch Time being a speed boost.
3. A guidebook says Witch Time is a time slow
Witch Time is a speed boost:
1. Visually, a time slow and speed boost appear and behave the same way - so we cannot determine off visuals alone.
2. There are no in-lore inconsistencies with Witch Time being a speed boost. In fact, there are actually in-lore inconsistencies with Witch Time being a time slow, since it is never said to be time manipulation, while explicitly being said to be a speed boost. These "inconsistencies" are based off misunderstanding the lore/misreading text files. Again, I have explained all the sources you quote, and linked them, so others can read them as well.
3. WoG and the game itself says Witch Time is a time slow. By virtue WoG + game>guidebook.
And again, if Witch Time were a time slow, why does Bayonetta produce afterimages in it?