After a tease ultimate month, we now have affirmation: Lollipop Chainsaw will obtain a complete remake in 2023.
Introduced via writer Dragami Video games – which is led via the unique sport’s manufacturer, Yoshimi Yasuda – the sport will arrive international subsequent yr, even supposing a proper identify or platforms have no longer but been introduced. It’s going to be evolved via “a mix of construction body of workers from the unique model, together with Yasuda as manufacturer, and new construction body of workers from Dragami Video games.”
The sport will goal to recreate the unique, however Yasuda defined that the remake will function a few key variations. Because of the ability of new-gen {hardware}, the brand new sport will function “a extra practical technique to graphics.” Much less welcome for fanatics would be the information that tune licensing problems implies that, versus the primary sport’s 16 authorized tracks, within the remake, “with the exception of a couple of authorized tracks, the soundtrack will consist of recent tune.”
Juliet Starling in motion in Lollipop Chainsaw. (Symbol: Dragami Video games)
Yasuda teased that the game would make some kind of return ultimate month, to have a good time its tenth anniversary. The cult motion sport used to be launched in 2012, and noticed sport director Suda51, film director James Gunn and Yasuda collaborate to offer the tale of Juliet Starling – a highschool cheerleader stuck amid a scourge of zombies.
Writing concerning the unique sport’s introduction and its new go back, Yasuda defined: “Sadly, quite a lot of components led to issues making it in order that fanatics can not simply play Lollipop Chainsaw, and it’s been a while since gamers have no longer been ready to get entry to the sport on present consoles.
“We, the unique construction body of workers on Lollipop Chainsaw, recall to mind the sport as very treasured to us, and didn’t need to depart it in limbo, the place gamers who need to play it can not. As such, we bought the Lollipop Chainsaw highbrow belongings from Kadokawa Video games, and made up our minds to increase a remake. We’ve got already contacted Warner Bros. about construction, and are being supported via them on this enterprise.”
The sport picked up a cult following however in our 5/10 review, IGN stated: “Lollipop Chainsaw doesn’t even try to differentiate itself from the style, and maximum of what it does take a look at new within the realm of its characters and writing in the long run finally ends up getting rid of from an incredible-on-paper motion sport.”
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