No, Bayonetta 3’s Naive Angel Mode isn’t in response to Nintendo asking Platinum to cover up the titular witch.
The game’s creator Hideki Kamiya took to Twitter to dispute fan theories on the new mode that removes nudity from the game.
If anything, Nintendo actually wanted her Link outfit in previous games to be more revealing.
“I see a lot of people bring up Nintendo when discussing the nudity in Bayonetta, but during our time with the Bayonetta 1 port, Bayonetta 2 and Bayonetta 3, the only suggestion we received was regarding the Link costume in Bayonetta 1 and 2, and how it should have been a little bit more revealing,” said Kamiya, translated by Nintendo Everything (via NintendoLife).