The tweet gathered over 70,000 likes in two days since it's upload (seen below). On October 17th, 2022, Jennifer Hale's official Twitter channel posted a statement regarding the controversy, asserting that she supports the rights of every artist getting adequately payed for their work, while still asking readers to understand and give credit to the hard work put into the project by gaming devs. Jennifer Hale is a reputed voice actress who many speculate was potentially paid a higher wage than Taylor was offered, leading to people speculate as to why Taylor was offered a low-ball wage in the first place, with some fans speculating that Taylor being the only U.K.-based actor involved in the team may have been the reason for PlatinumGames to try and edge her out of participating in the newest franchise.
Direct your frustrations at the companies and decision makers. Tweets Jennifer Hale has been liking recently suggest she was not informed about Hellena's situation before she took on the role of Bayonetta and that NDAs might be preventing her from saying anything. The post gathered over 17,000 likes in a day (seen below). On October 16th, 2022, Twitter user posted about Hellena Taylor's replacement, voice actress Jennifer Hale, "liking" tweets that seemed to suggest that she was supportive of Taylor's cause but is unable to speak on the issue due to an NDA agreement. Kamiya's account has since returned to Twitter. On October 15th, Twitter user posted about Kamiya being suspended from Twitter and gathered over 20,000 likes in two days (seen below). His then-recent spat of blocking users following the October 2022 boycott eventually led to a momentary Twitter suspension due to him being auto-flagged as a spam account. The game director has historically refused to interact with any users on Twitter that don't follow his "rules," often referring to such detractors as "insects." This has led to allegations of xenophobia being levied against him in the past.
The post gathered over 4,000 likes and 6,000 quote tweets in two days (somewhat being ratioed), alongside a string of replies arguing with him and posting screenshots of him banning them (seen below). On October 15th, 2022, Bayonetta game director Hideki Kamiya then posted a cryptic tweet seemingly in response to Taylor's video, adding "by the way, BEWARE OF MY RULES," a reference to the director's infamous practice of banning users that interact with him in any language besides Japanese. For example, on October 15th, 2022, Redditor Spectacular Sunday posted about Taylor's allegations to the /r/gaming subreddit, gathering over 20,000 upvotes in two days (seen below).
#DAYS SINCE BAYONETTA 3 NEWS SERIES#
Over the following days, the viral video spread online, subsequently warranting backlash and angry reactions from fans of the Bayonetta series as many voiced their support for Hellena Taylor and denounced Nintendo.
Hear ye! #PlatinumGames #Nintendo #Bayonetta #Bayonetta3 #Bayonutters #Boycott #NintendoEurope #NintendoAmerica #NintendoJapan /h9lwiX2bBt Taylor ultimately called for a boycott of the new Bayonetta 3 release, gathering over 200,000 likes on her tweet in three days (seen below).įriends, Worldlings, Bayonutters. In the video, Taylor outlined her extensive experience in voice acting and denounced the multi-hundred-million dollar franchise's offer to pay her only $4,000 for the entire game. On October 15th, 2022, Hellena Taylor, the original voice actor for the title character and protagonist of Bayonetta 1 and 2, posted a Twitter video talking about her difficult experience negotiating a living wage for her work on the new Bayonetta game. The event also led to the momentary suspension of Bayonetta game director Hideki Kamiya's Twitter account on October 16th, after he was flagged as a spam bot for continuously blocking fans who inquired about the controversy. The voice actor called for the boycott via a viral video posted to Twitter on October 15th, prompting backlash and discussions by fans of the game about how they can pirate it to play Bayonetta 3 illegally. Bayonetta, bayonetta 3, hellena taylor, voice actor, hideki kamiya, nintendo, bayonetta 3 boycott, bayonetta 3 controversy, nintendo switch, gaming, video games, voice acting, backlash Overviewīayonetta 3 Voice Actor Controversy, also known as Bayonetta 3 Boycott, refers to Bayonetta 1 & 2 voice actor Hellena Taylor calling for a boycott of the newest game in the franchise ( Bayonetta 3) after she was purportedly offered only $4,000 to voice a video game that has made over $450 million overall as of October 2022.
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