Dragami Video games has launched the primary trailer for its remaster of the 2012 cult hit Lollipop Chainsaw, a bonkers recreation starring a chainsaw-wielding cheerleader referred to as Juliet battling zombies. James Gunn, who you may know for films like Guardians of the Galaxy and for now being answerable for the DC Comics movie-verse, helped write the video games script.
As revealed within the trailer, RePop’s launch date is about for September 25 and it’ll arrive on PS5, Xbox Collection consoles, Swap and PC. At the moment it’s going to be a digital solely launch, however Dragami have acknowledged a bodily model might be made accessible at a later date.
As a remaster, Lollipop Chainsaw RePop has a variety of the upgrades you’d anticipate to see, together with 4K decision and 60FPS assist on all platforms aside from the Swap. Except for a brand new RePop mode, the graphics haven’t been touched, However the workforce at Dragami have additionally labored on a variety of the gameplay with the goal to make it extra enjoyable and fluid. For instance, they’ve elevated the general velocity, modified it so Juliet begins with Combo Actions ability, labored on the digital camera controls and rebalance a few of the problem spikes.
One of many greatest modifications is the sport’s musical rating. One of many greatest purpose behind the remaster was that the unique recreation was faraway from sale 5 years after it launched as a result of music licenses not being renewed. To keep away from this challenge, Dragami is creating new, unique music.
Chatting with Gematsu in a incredible interview that it’s best to go and browse, Dragami Video games CEO Yoshimi Yasuda mentioned: “We enlisted artists lively in Japanese movie, drama, anime, and recreation music to make tracks comparable to a brand new unique theme music for Juliet and background music for Star Mode and Nick Assaults.
“Whereas the licensed songs have been definitely nice, I believe our try to have proficient up to date musicians create music to suit the sport’s world is equally nice. Please look ahead to the brand new music in RePOP.”
In the exact same interview, Yasuda confirmed that whereas there are fairly a couple of modifications to the gameplay, the story and script are untouched. He additionally went on to deal with the subject of a possible sequel.
“The explanation I talked about issues from 15 years in the past is as a result of I’ve personally began enthusiastic about the way forward for Lollipop Chainsaw.” he mentioned.
“There’s nothing that I can share as of but, however I hope the time will come once I can.”
Yasuda’s phrases really feel nebulous sufficient that they might imply a sequel is already on the playing cards, or {that a} sequel may occur if gross sales of RePop are adequate. For context, Lollipop Chainsaw managed 1.24m copies bought earlier than it was taken off the market.
