Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF. We’ll undoubtedly hear more about the Lollipop Chainsaw remake in the coming months. Happy 10-year anniversary to the only video game I've ever worked on, with the maestro #LollipopChainsaw /6Jd0yodlvT Įven though Gunn is an enormous name in Hollywood now, he’s clearly proud of Lollipop Chainsaw, even taking time to celebrate the 10th anniversary last month. But as articles are starting to slap our names on there, I think it’s important to make clear no one ever approached us about it. I neither endorse nor condemn it! I simply don’t know anything about it. “I heard about it for the first time from Suda a couple weeks ago.” “Neither I nor are currently involved in this,” Gunn said on Twitter. Gunn helped write the first Lollipop Chainsaw, while Suda51 was in a producer role. Suda51 of No More Heroes fame isn’t returning either. It’s a shame since sawing zombies in half while “Needled 24/7” by Children of Bodom blasted was good fun.Īrguably the most surprising note about this remake is James Gunn, director of films like Guardians of the Galaxy and The Suicide Squad, will not work on the project. Namely, 15 licensed songs from the soundtrack will not return. Yasuda’s note mentions that Lollipop Chainsaw ‘s remake will differ from the original in several key areas. about development and are being supported by them in this endeavor.” “As such, we purchased the Lollipop Chainsaw intellectual property from Kadokawa Games, and decided to develop a remake,” Yasuda continues. “We, the original development staff on Lollipop Chainsaw, think of the game as very precious to us and did not want to leave it in limbo.” “Various factors resulted in things making it so that fans can no longer easily play Lollipop Chainsaw, and it has been some time since players have not been able to access the game on current consoles,” Yasuda said on Twitter. Yoshimi Yasuda, producer of the original release, wants Lollipop Chainsaw to be more readily available on modern platforms. On Tuesday, Dragami Games announced the remake will launch sometime in 2023. Suda 51 is not exactly known for making a minimalist or low-key games.There’s a remake of Lollipop Chainsaw in the works, but James Gunn and Goichi “Suda51” Suda are not involved. According to IGN, this version of the game will recreate the original with a more realistic approach to graphics. All the key characters, from Starling to antagonist Swan can be traced back to their musical incarnations: our heroine's design and superficiality clear indicators of the pop scene she's styled after. Due out in 2023, no platforms have been announced for the game as of yet. High school archetype smashed against music culture. The musical theme running through the game however suggests Juliet is pop music reincarnated as a person. She's a girl who does not need to be rescued by someone, and wears her boyfriend('s head) as an accessory, yet in other moments she's posing and prancing to charm the "ugly man" audience, like the developers tried to speak two opposites simultaneously. Juliet Starling is no Alyx or Jade, but she hovers between being a sort of homage to Josh Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer. For me personally, as fair-skinned young man, I think actually is not. It will probably be a discussion about whether Juliet Starling is a great female character, and about whether Lollipop Chainsaw is a sexist game or not. Lollipop Chainsaw is, as previous Suda51 projects, an eccentric H-bomb of styles and influences, dismantled and recombined in warped fashion.Īmerican comic book aesthetics, bubblegum pop, funk, hard rock, retro, classic zombie movies, anime and lots of other things come together here in a sprawling mess sewn together like a Pick 'n Nix Frankenstein. When Juliet's ticking star meter reaches climax, you switch to an kill-all mode - to the tune of Toni Basil cheerleader anthem "Hey Mickey" (a tune which you'll have trouble excavating from your noggin).īattles are fast and ever-varied with new weapons, abilities and enemies that are introduced on an assembly line of pop culture references and screwed up design. Special so-called "Nick Tickets" also open up a spinning roulette wheel that provides access to a range of special attacks by using the severed yet-still-alive head of Juliet's boyfriend, who is along for the ride. Juliet is an acrobatic whirlwind who mixes high and low swings of her chainsaw with lighter punch combinations with her cheerleader pom poms.The more zombies you manage to kill in one chain, the more points you accumulate. Playing Lollipop Chainsaw is akin to pumping a few hundred pounds of sugar direct into the bloodstream.
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