Update #2 [Thu 8th Aug, 2024 03:35 BST]:
Dragami Games has now announced that Switch digital pre-orders for Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP will be live August 9, 2024. It has a price $44.99 but will be discounted by 10% for pre-orders and early purchases, bringing it down to $40.49 or regional equivalent. A new pre-order trailer has also been released, which you can watch above.
Update #1 [Tue 6th Aug, 2024 01:35 BST]:
Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP looks set to return sooner rather than later, with Dragami Games announcing that the game will launch in North America, Europe and other regions September 12, 2024 (instead of September 26, 2024) for $44.99.
Original article [Fri 14th Jun, 2024 02:15 BST]:
We first heard that Lollipop Chainsaw will get a remake in 2022, and now the first official trailer for Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP has dropped, confirming that it will be coming to Switch and a number of other platforms September 25, 2024.
This updated version of Dragami Games’ Grasshopper Manufacture title is described as the “final version” of the game, leaving the story “unchanged” and instead focusing on quality-of-life improvements and additional gameplay content. The scene is set in the first trailer, which features the “legendary zombie hunter” Juliet.
As stated in the trailer, the game comes with two modes – ‘Original Mode’ based on the original release and RePOP Mode, which involves less violence and uses pop-art damage effects.
According to some PRs (via Gematsu), fans can expect “full HD”, improved loading times, “speed-up” chainsaw action (along with the introduction of the “Chained Hits Hunting” system), adjusted input times, improved “Chainsaw Blaster” action, and available combos at the beginning of the game.
And in terms of additional gameplay content, there’s a new pop art-inspired art style for damage effects, four new chainsaws, 30 costumes, four new hair colors, an expansion for Juliet’s room, and a time attack mode with ranking features. A “worldwide” physical edition of the game has been confirmed, with more details to be revealed at a later date. For now, here’s a teaser of the box art courtesy of Dragami Games CEO Yoshimi Yasuda:
The original Lollipop Chainsaw game succeeded debuted on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2012 and was a collaboration between video game icon Goichi ‘Suda51’ Suda and director James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy). Although it never really took off like some of Grasshopper’s other games, it developed a cult following over the years.
