Talk:Tag Climax/@comment-12.106.160.46-20140625042832/@comment-1661895-20140625110120

That's not Rosa in the silver medal/trophy reward.

A similar thing happened in the first Bayonetta when you attained a silver rank before Luka appeared in the game. You were rewarded with a generic Umbran Witch statue that resembled Rosa, the Umbran Elder as well as the giant statue seen in Chapter V in order to avoid any spoilers about Luka (Hideki Kamiya confirmed this in his developer commentary). As soon as Luka had shown up, you were given the usual silver award with him in place since you now knew who he was.

In the case of Bayonetta 2, I'm assuming that this award has this portrait/appearance for similar reasons. The character that usually takes up that spot hasn't been shown in the demos and won't make an appearance at that portion of the game they're all set at. As soon as they do, that reward will be replaced. The same is also true for the bronze medals/trophies in both games.

I'm also still surprised that people think Balder is going to reappear. As interesting a character as he was, he was killed when he was absored into Jubileus and she burnt up in the sun. I think the chances of survival for that are very slim...