‘Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP’ Is a “Remaster”, Based on Your Requests?

Mike Wilson

Remake or remaster? A lot of people get that terminology confused when it comes to developers revisiting games from years ago to bring them to modern audiences. It’s even more puzzling that Dragami Games president Yoshimi Yasuda took to X last night to state that their upcoming Lollipop Chainsaw revisit, titled Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP, is now being pushed as a remaster instead of a remake.

Yasuda stated that based on “your” requests, Dragami Games has “changed the game design” of the 2012 Grasshopper Manufacture-developed game to be a remaster. What exactly this means is unclear, seeing as we have yet to see any screenshots or receive any further information about RePOP since it was announced last year.

This does fall in line with the initial confusion that happened back in July of last year with regards to what Yasuda had said about RePOP having “a more realistic look”. Dragami issued a statement soon after, clarifying that they were inferring that they would be taking advantage of modern game console hardware with the game.

Still, the fact that none of the main players involved with the original game – that being James Gunn, Suda51 and Tara Strong – are part of Dragami Games’ efforts is still a bit of a concern.

With Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP slated for a Summer 2024 release, here’s hoping that we see something to allay those concerns soon.

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