![]() ![]() Murdering the undead fills up a glittery gauge in the corner and filling it all the way unleashes a special ability consisting of brief invulnerability and extra-powerful attacks. Getting a multi-decapitation combo results in a "sparkle hunting" bonus where the screen turns blue and rewards you with a score bump and extra coins (which will be used for upgrades, though this isn't being shown off yet). The combat sees light attacks carried out with pompoms strung into heavy attacks performed by the titular chainsawy. Its sickeningly sweet rendition of violence is such saccharine eye candy that, if the sexualised portrayal of a barely-legal high school student didn't make you want to take a shower, the cacophony of colour will make you want to brush your teeth. Probably because the blood doesn't look authentic, but rather like hyper-real neon blood, wherein amputated limbs glow like Christmas lights. Juliet animates beautifully, and vivisecting the undead in showers of blood, rainbows, pixels, stars and coins is extremely gratifying.Ĭuriously, for all the blood in the game, it doesn't feel gory. Really, really good - it's as exciting as your first kiss as a teen. The combat in Lollipop Chainsaw feels good. She is a high school cheerleader who, on her eighteenth birthday, must use a chainsaw to fight off legions of the undead. Whether she decided to bring her chainsaw and the decapitated head of a guy named Nick (which Grasshopper's not talking about yet) with her to school before she found out about the zombie invasion is anyone's guess, but anyway - all that stand between her and getting converted to the undead are her chainsaw and high school spirit. Juliet Starling is the protagonist and playable character of the video game Lollipop Chainsaw. The demo begins with Juliet arriving at San Romero High on her 18th birthday, only to realise the school has been overrun by zombies. Lollipop Chainsaw is a lot like the John Hughes movies it's riffing on, with judgmental first impressions of this scantily clad blonde dissipating like the social cliques of The Breakfast Club. Happily, any concerns that a Western influence has turned Suda's vision into a generic cash-in are quelled as soon as the action starts. As with everyone else in the Starling family, Cordelia is a zombie hunter. Both cheerleaders and zombies feel overly familiar Grasshopper's always excelled at showing us things we've never seen before, and white trash stereotypes thrown together with zombies is a mix that's close to being worn out. Cordelia Starling is the older sister of Lollipop Chainsaw's main protagonist, Juliet Starling. The story of 18-year-old zombie hunter and cheerleader Juliet Starling massacring hordes of the undead in a sunny suburban high school seems uncharacteristically tame by studio head Suda 51's esoteric standards. Lollipop Chainsaw is no exception, though this time there's something a little different about it. "We, the original development staff on Lollipop Chainsaw, think of the game as very precious to us, and did not want to leave it in limbo, where players who want to play it cannot.Grasshopper Manufacture's games have always had abstract, manic personalities. "Unfortunately, various factors resulted in things making it so that fans can no longer easily play Lollipop Chainsaw, and it has been some time since players have not been able to access the game on current consoles," Yasuda wrote in a statement on Twitter. Yasuda said the new version will take advantage of current-gen console hardware to deliver "a more realistic approach to the graphics." It will have new music as well, due to licensing issues.ĭragami acquired the intellectual property of Lollipop Chainsaw and other titles from original publisher Kadokawa Games (Dragami recently split off from the latter). ![]() As IGN notes, some aspects will be different in the remake. The development team includes some other folks who previously worked on Lollipop Chainsaw. A serious game this is not.ĭragami Games is led by Yasuda. Juliet is accompanied on her quest by the disembodied head of her boyfriend. She can also collect lollipops to restore her health. Surprisingly enough, Juliet wields a chainsaw that she can use in various ways (including ranged attacks). Lollipop Chainsaw focuses on Juliet Starling, a cheerleader who battles zombies in a California high school. It's a hack-and-slash title from the minds of producer Yoshimi Yasuda, creative director Goichi "Suda51" Suda (of No More Heroes fame) and Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn, who was a writer on the game. ![]() Publisher Dragami Games has announced a remake of Lollipop Chainsaw, which will arrive next year. ![]()
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