I know, we've been trying to restrict April Fool's stuff to a single post, but since this clip - of Bayonetta re-imagined as an 8-bit side-scroller - isn't really a joke or a scam, it's worth a closer look.
Put together by Platinum Games, the actual developers of Bayonetta, it shows the hair-clad heroine in action, 1980's style, all two dimensions and gold coins. What makes it different from most April Fool's "jokes" is this is something we'd actually want.
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Sure, she loses most of her sex appeal in the process, leaving us with something akin to a Muppet Babies take on Bayonetta, but that's cool. I'm comfortable being aroused by that.