Two high-profile names who worked on the original release of Lollipop Chainsaw have stated they arenât involved with the gameâs recently announced remake.
Lollipop Chainsawâs executive producer Yoshimi Yasuda announced his company Dragimi Games would be working on a remake of the 2012 hack-and-slash cult classic.Â
James Gunn, who would later direct the Guardians of the Galaxy movie series, was one of the original co-writers of Lollipop Chainsaw.
Goichi âSuda51â Suda is a video game designer and CEO of Grasshopper Manufacture, he acted as the creative director for the original release of Lollipop Chainsaw.
Gunn recently To answer the question in the article, neither I nor @suda_51 are currently involved in this. I heard about it for the first time from Suda a couple weeks ago. https://t.co/hc659ROwXQ
" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">made a Tweet stating that he wasnât involved in the remake project: âTo answer the question in the article, neither I nor [Suda51] are currently involved in this. I heard about it for the first time from Suda a couple weeks ago.âÂ
Gunn further added in a reply tweet: âI neither endorse nor condemn it! I simply donât know anything about it. But as articles are starting to slap our names on there, I think itâs important to make clear no one ever approached us about it.âÂ
Suda To add my two cents, like @JamesGunn says, neither he nor I am involved in this project at all, and Grasshopper Manufacture has nothing to do with development or anything. https://t.co/ctLfTvk1yn
" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">followed up on Gunnâs statement with one of his own: âTo add my two cents, like [Gunn] says, neither nor I am involved in this project at all, and Grasshopper Manufacture has nothing to do with development or anything.âÂ
In Yasudaâs statement announcing the remake, he seemed to imply that Suda wasnât very directly involved with the project. âAs Suda-san was very busy handling development on other projects at the time, I served as director and producer, creating a joint development team consisting of staff from Grasshopper Manufacture and Kadokawa Games, overseeing development directly. Suda-san looked over the game design and supervised the project as an executive producer.âÂ
Despite Yasudaâs statement, the credits for the original Lollipop Chainsaw list Yasuda as an executive producer and Suda as the creative director (via VGC).
Yasuda stated there would be differences between the original and the remake, including a new soundtrack with few of the original songs included due to licensing issues and also âa more realistic approach to the graphicsâ¦â
The Lollipop Chainsaw remake is aiming for a 2023 release.Â