Dragami Games has unveiled a new Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP trailer and a release date for the cult classic’s remaster.

Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP will be released digitally on September 25, 2024 on PS5.

Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP is a remake of the original Lollipop Chainsaw (2012), on which Yoshimi Yasuda lead development as producer. RePOP is a definitive version of the game which leaves the story unchanged, with the focus on quality-of-life improvements and additional gameplay content.

Watch Juliet, a descendant of zombie hunters, as she fights alongside her boyfriend and family to stop a zombie apocalypse starting in her high school in “Juliet’s 18th Birthday.”

Watch the Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP trailer below.

Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP will also release a physical edition worldwide. Further details are to be announced at a later date.

Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP Quality of Life Improvements

• The game’s resolution has been increased to full HD, and load times have been greatly shortened.
• The chainsaw action has been sped up with the introduction of the Chained Hits Hunting system, in which chaining multiple hits in succession increases the player’s attack speed.
• The input timings for Combo Actions have been adjusted, to better fit players’ expectations.
• Chainsaw Blaster action has been improved with the addition of auto-lock and auto-fire modes that can be toggled. And an increased maximum ammo count of 99.
• The player can now immediately use Combo Actions at the start of the game.

Additional Gameplay Content

• Separate from Original Mode, RePOP adds “RePOP mode,” which uses a unique and colorful pop art-inspired art style for damage effects.
• Unique new chainsaws with distinctly different features have been added.
• There are 30 costumes, more than the original game’s costume count. Combined with the addition of 4 new hair colors and 4 new chainsaws, this adds up to 750 different possible combinations.
• Juliet’s Room has been expanded with more features.
• A “Time Attack” mode with ranking feature has been added.

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Dragami Games has revealed that it has changed the direction of Lollipop Chainsaw Repop with a switch from creating a remake to a remaster instead.

Back to the original flavor

The developer says it has made the decision based on fan feedback, but studio founder Yoshimi Yasuda did not clarify what that change entails. Perhaps a restarted project or just tweaking what it has to feel closer to the original game.

Earlier this year, Dragami Games pushed the game out of its 2023 release window and into the Summer of 2024. So, there’s a possibility the two announcements are connected.

Last year, Yasuda addressed fan concerns about how much was being changed and left out of the proposed remake, with original creators Suda 51 and James Gunn being absent this time around and much of the soundtrack out of the licensing agreement.

Interestingly, Yasuda said then that while it would be ideal to remaster the original, such issues made it difficult.

“Of course, the ideal thing to do would be to make a remastered version of the original game, changing nothing.

“However, we were unfortunately unable to include 16 of the licensed songs, which were a great part of the original game’s feel, and so we are instead aiming for a remake that is as close as possible to a remaster.”

The original Lollipop Chainsaw came out on PS3 in 2012, and featured the combined talents of Suda 51 and James Gunn in its development. The hack n’ slash adventure sees high schooler Juliet Starling, a zombie-killing machine, investigating a fresh zombie outbreak and carving up the undead with a chainsaw.

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Dragami Games has announced the Lollipop Chainsaw remake release date has been pushed out of 2023.

The game will now shift to a Summer 2024 release window and it’s been retitled Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP. The decision has been made to get the best possible version of the game to fans.

In a statement, Dragami Games had this to say,

“Although development of RePOP was carried out with the intention of a 2023 release, our commitment to providing the best possible quality experience to our players led us to making the hard decision to extend the development period in order to ensure this,” Dragami Games said in a press release.

“We sincerely apologize to all who had been waiting for the latest installment in the Lollipop Chainsaw series, and kindly ask for your understanding in this matter.”

Lollipop Chainsaw Revs Up For 2024

The original release window had been a vague one of 2023. So there’s a little less disappointment in that I suppose.

The original Lollipop Chainsaw came out on PS3 in 2012, and featured the combined talents of Suda 51 and James Gunn in its development. The hack n’ slash adventure sees high schooler Juliet Starling, a zombie-killing machine, investigating a fresh zombie outbreak and carving up the undead with a chainsaw.

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Producer Yoshimi Yasuda has hinted that a Lollipop Chainsaw PS5 remake is in development. Through a tweet on his official account, he confirms that a remake for the game will release in 2023 and that it will have “a more realistic approach to the graphics” now that the team has “access to consoles with higher specifications.”

What platforms the Lollipop Chainsaw Remake could be on

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— 安田善巳 Yoshimi Yasuda (@yasudaD5) July 5, 2022

Earlier today, Yasuda shared a long statement on Twitter in both English and Japanese on the reasoning behind the remake of Suda51’s cute zombie slasher Lollipop Chainsaw. He regrets that “various factors resulted in things making it so that fans can no longer easily play Lollipop Chainsaw” on current consoles, as the original game was released on PS3 and Xbox 360 in June 2012. This is why Yasuda’s Dragami Games purchased the Lollipop Chainsaw IP from Kadokawa Games and “decided to develop a remake.”

Yasuda is particularly excited to rework the game on current-gen consoles:

Additionally, since we have access to consoles with higher specifications, we will be taking a more realistic approach to the graphics this time.

It’s still unconfirmed whether this means that a Lollipop Chainsaw PS5 remake is planned alongside PC, Xbox Series, and/or Switch versions, or if it will only be available for PS4 and Xbox One. But the PS5 remake seems highly plausible given the intent to develop the game on modern consoles and the implied goal of having more people be able to access the game in the future.

Yasuda’s announcement also confirms that Warner Bros. will be supporting Dragami Games, though it’s unclear if Warner Bros. is providing support as a publisher or developer (or both). While the original staff on the game will be working on the remake, some portion of the fifteen licensed songs in the original soundtrack will be replaced with new music.

In other news, Sony has patented an interesting gameplay replay system that presents “What If” scenarios, and a YouTuber has showcased an early PS3 devkit and a Vita prototype.

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