Lollipop Chainsaw Sequel Announced, as Publisher Makes Odd Comment About Not 'Imposing Creative Restrictions'

Lollipop Chainsaw is getting a sequel and anime spin-off, much than a decennary aft the archetypal launched.

The caller video crippled is being developed by Dragami Games, successor to the original's Kadokawa Games, which launched remaster task Lollipop Chainsaw RePop past twelvemonth for PC and consoles.

Lollipop Chainsaw won implicit a cult assemblage backmost successful 2012 for its cheerleader-starring undead-slicing hack-and-slash gameplay. Notably, the task was directed by No More Heroes' Suda51, and written astatine slightest successful portion by James Gunn. Yes, that James Gunn — agelong earlier his days making Superman and moving the DCU, and inactive a mates of years earlier the archetypal Guardians of the Galaxy.

Today's property merchandise states that the franchise has truthful acold shifted 1.5 cardinal units, though the immense bulk of these — astatine slightest 1.24 cardinal — are income for the archetypal game, alternatively than its caller remaster.

That remaster drew thing of a mixed response, arsenic it lacked the archetypal game's licensed euphony soundtrack and arrived aboriginal than expected — aft Dragami switched from its archetypal plans to afloat remake the game. This archetypal thought was ditched, purportedly aft fans said they were keen to play a remastered mentation of Lollipop Chainsaw arsenic adjacent to the archetypal arsenic possible.

Today's announcement of a sequel again makes notation of a tendency to make a 2nd crippled that was successful enactment with instrumentality wishes. There's besides notation that "key unit members" who worked connected the archetypal crippled were backmost for the sequel, though nary mention, arsenic expected, of immoderate engagement by Suda51. Or James Gunn.

"Under the beardown concern betwixt Nada Holdings and Dragami Games, improvement is already underway connected a brand-new Lollipop Chainsaw rubric that some preserves and builds upon the entreaty of the original," today's announcement reads.

"With a steadfast committedness to honoring the tone of the archetypal work, the improvement squad includes cardinal unit members who were progressive successful the erstwhile title. The caller task is besides being developed with adjacent attraction to instrumentality feedback."

The connection past concludes with this — an oddly-worded affirmation that the sequel volition proceed the "distinctive tone" of the archetypal and not code it down owed to "DEI". Is this a notation to Suda51's astir caller No More Heroes letting Travis Touchdown deterioration a "F**k Racism" hoodie, oregon thing to bash with James Gunn's Superman, which seems to person upset Fox News?

Or, perhaps, it's simply a proposition that fans of the original's skimpy cheerleader costumes won't permission empty-handed.

"As with the original, the caller rubric aims to recreate a satellite affluent successful acheronian humor," the announcement concludes. "The improvement process volition prioritize staying existent to the distinctive code and tone of the archetypal work, without imposing excessive originative restrictions successful the sanction of DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion)."

There's nary connection yet connected erstwhile Lollipop Chainsaw 2 volition launch.

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