Dragami Games president Yoshimi Yasuda shared another new update about Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP, revealing that the game will have noticeably faster load times and improved playability. Although the game is no longer being developed as a remake, the game will still get major graphical improvements.
This past October, Dragami Games determined that the game would be best developed as a remaster. According to Yasuda, fan requests were factored into the decision to steer into a remaster. However, Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP will still receive improvements such as shorter load times, enhanced input timing for cheerleading, and faster chainsaw attacks.
Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP’s Improved Load Times
On Twitter, Yasuda discussed the improved playability of Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP with a new screenshot. According to the developer, battles that were not well tuned in the original release have been improved, including baseball games. Moreover, Dragami Games has shortened the game’s extremely long loading times in certain instances. Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP will have faster load times as a result.
改修項目③ Playability
野球ゲームなど調整不十分なバトルミッションの改修や読み込み時間の短縮によるPlayabilityの向上。
Improve playability by modifying battles that are not well tuned, such as baseball games, and by shortening extremely long loading times.#LollipopChainsawRePOP pic.twitter.com/bUSpere94D— 安田善巳 Yoshimi Yasuda (@yasudaD5) December 1, 2023
Additionally, Juliet will have original costumes in Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP since “it’s difficult to play with copyrighted costumes.” This likely means that the studio is unable to feature copyright costumes from the original Lollipop Chainsaw, so new original costumes are being developed for the remaster.
Lastly, Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP is currently in development with a planned release for summer 2024. Here’s an overview of the original Lollipop Chainsaw game from the Xbox 360 Marketplace:
Bursting with sex, blood, and rock ‘n’ roll, Lollipop Chainsaw is the ‘un-deadly’ story of a sweet and killer zombie hunter and her quest to uncover the root of a colossal zombie outbreak. With her wickedly awesome chainsaw in hand, Juliet slices, dices and splits her way through hordes of the undead, but soon realizes the horde is only the opening act to a festival of zombie rock lords determined to kill the chainsaw wielding cheerleader.
