Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP will launch for PS4 and Xbox One in November, Dragami Games has announced (via Gematsu). The remaster will be available digitally on both platforms for $44.99, with no word yet on whether we can also expect a physical release. Technical details on the last-gen port haven’t yet been shared, but given the fact that the game is also coming to the Switch, it presumably won’t have too much trouble running on PS4 and Xbox One hardware.

Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP is launching on September 12 in the West for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PC, and in Japan and Asia on September 25. Physical versions will be available in October.

Based on Grasshopper Manufacture’s 2012 action-adventure title, Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP features new content, mechanics, and features. Fans can enjoy the original release’s style or switch to RePOP Mode for more over-the-top effects and less violence.

Alongside quality-of-life options like toggles for auto-lock and auto-fire when using the Chainsaw Blaster, the Chained Hits Hunting System allows chaining hits to increase attack speed. There are also new chainsaws and costumes to unlock, improved camera movement, a new Time Attack mode, and more to experience.

Stay tuned for more details on the remaster in the coming weeks, and check out our review of the original release here.

Update！Release date of LOLLIPOP CHAINSAW RePOP（Digital）is September 12 in North America,Central and South America, and Europe.
And the retail price has been confirmed $44.99.… pic.twitter.com/NoNaYXVGpg

— 安田善巳 Yoshimi Yasuda (@yasudaD5) August 6, 2024

Dragami Games has announced that Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP will release in September. On top of visual enhancements, it will also bring new gameplay content new chainsaws, costumes, a new Time Attack mode, and new features in Juliet’s room.

Interestingly enough, the game will come with both an Original Mode and a RePOP Mode, with the latter using “unique and colorful pop art-inspired art style for damage effects”. Check out the trailer below for a look at what RePOP Mode will look like.

Beyond that, Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP will also bring several quality-of-life improvements, including a new Chained Hits Hunting system that will increase your attack speed as you chain multiple hits, tweaked input timings for combos, new auto-lock and auto-fire toggles for the Chainsaw Blaster, and more.

Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP will launch on September 25 for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PC, with physical versions following in October. The game will be sold at a price of $49.99.

The decision seems to have been made to bring the gameplay of Lollipop Chainsaw up to modern standards. Game design principles have certainly moved on since the title was originally released back in 2012 on the PS3 and Xbox 360, and more modern games are typically expected to feel snappier to play.

“We would like to revamp the battles into something that the console action game players of today will enjoy, such as doing away with any sluggishness in chainsaw battles with speed adjustment, improving the input timing for cheerleading and chainsaw combo attacks, as well as improving camera movement,” said Yasuda in a statement.

Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP was originally announced back in June 2022. Since then, the studio has spoken about some of its plans for the upcoming remake. A recent interview also indicated that the studio is hoping to keep changes to the game at a minimum.

Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP doesn’t yet have a specific release date aside from a Summer 2024 release window.

RePOPのバトルは、チェーンソーバトルのもっさり感を解消するスピードの変化やチアアタックとチェーンソーアタックの組み合わせコンボの入力受付タイミングの改善など、現行機のアクションゲームユーザーが楽しんでいただけるものに改修します。

Please see attached message in English! pic.twitter.com/qAmHOPuVI0

— 安田善巳 Yoshimi Yasuda (@yasudaD5) October 27, 2023

Dragami Games has also revealed the remake’s full name. Titled Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP, it has also received new artwork, which you can view above.

A remake of Lollipop Chainsaw was announced roughly a year ago. The title was originally developed by Grasshopped Manufacture and launched in 2012, though the original developer is not involved in the project, nor are creative director Goichi Suda (ak.a. Suda51), or filmmaker James Gunn, who served as a writer on the original hack-and-slash game.

Shortly after the remake’s announcement, producer Yoshimi Yasuda clarified that it would be a faithful recreation of the original, and would be “as close as possible to a remaster”.

Earlier this year, Dragami Games also shared new artwork to showcase the remake’s updated character model for protagonist Juliet.