After a mockery last month, we have confirmation: Lollipop Chainsaw will receive a full remake in 2023.
Announced by publisher Dragami Games, which is led by original game producer Yoshimi Yasuda, the game will hit the world next year, although no formal title or platform has yet been announced. It will be developed by “a combination of development staff from the original version, including Yasuda as producer, and Dragami Games’ new development staff.”
The game will aim to recreate the original, but Yasuda explained that the remake will feature a couple of key differences. Due to the power of next-generation hardware, the new game will feature “a more realistic approach to graphics.” Less welcome for fans will be the news that the music license issues mean that, unlike the 16 licensed songs from the first game, in the remake, “apart from some licensed songs, the soundtrack will consist of new music.” .
Juliet Starling in action at Lollipop Chainsaw. (Image: Dragami Games)
Yasuda said the game would return last month, to celebrate its tenth anniversary. The cult action game premiered in 2012 and game director Suda51, film director James Gunn and Yasuda collaborated to present the story of Juliet Starling, a high school cheerleader trapped in the middle of a zombie outbreak.
Writing about the creation of the original game and its new return, Yasuda explained, “Unfortunately, several factors made things so that fans could no longer easily play Lollipop Chainsaw, and players have long been unable to access to the game.game on current consoles.
“We, the original development staff at Lollipop Chainsaw, thought the game was very beautiful for us and we didn’t want to leave it in limbo, where players who want to play it can’t. As such, we bought the intellectual property of Lollipop Chainsaw. of Kadokawa Games, and we decided to develop a remake. We have already contacted Warner Bros. about the development and they support us in this effort. “
The game had a cult following, but in our 5/10 review, IGN said, “Lollipop Chainsaw doesn’t even try to differentiate itself from the genre, and most of it proves new in the realm of its characters and , finally, in writing. It ends up moving away from an amazing action game on paper. “
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