Lollipop Chainsaw
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Lollipop Chainsaw
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| Developer(s) | Grasshopper Manufacture |
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| Director(s) | Ikeda tomo |
| Producer(s) | Goichi Suda |
| Artist(s) | NekoshowguN |
| Writer(s) | James Gunn |
| Composer(s) | Akira Yamaoka Jimmy Urine |
| Engine | Unreal Engine 3 [1] |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 |
| Release date(s) | NA June 12, 2012[2] AU June 13, 2012 JP June 14, 2012[3] EU June 15, 2012[2] |
| Genre(s) | Action, hack and slash |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Rating(s) | Standard Edition
Premium Edition
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| Media/distribution | Optical disc |
Lollipop Chainsaw (ロリポップチェーンソー) is an upcoming action video game being developed by Grasshopper Manufacture for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game consoles. It features Juliet Starling, a cheerleader zombie hunter fighting zombies in a fictional California high school.[4]
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Story
Lollipop Chainsaw focuses on zombie hunter and cheerleader Juliet Starling (voiced by Tara Strong in English and Eri Kitamura/Yōko Hikasa in Japanese) who fights hordes of zombies in San Romero High School, which Starling formerly attended. She carries with her the severed, yet still living, head of her boyfriend Nick (voiced by Michael Rosenbaum in English and Kenichi Suzumura in Japanese), who she decapitated after he suffered a zombie bite. It is also revealed that Juliet will be assisted by her sisters, Cordelia Starling (Linda Cardellini), the elder one and Rosalind Starling the younger sister.[5] The enemy zombies are led by "a group of zombie rock and roll lords" who were former high school students who were turned into intelligent zombies. [6] The zombie outbreak has been caused by Juliet's former classmate, an evil goth sorcerer named Swan (voiced by Sean Gunn).[7]
Gameplay
Lollipop Chainsaw is a hack and slash, with gameplay resembling Suda51's No More Heroes games. In the game, Juliet has light attacks, which are acrobatic kicks and punches, and heavy attacks, which she uses her chainsaw for. The light attacks are intended to herd enemy zombies together so that Juliet can finish them off all at once with heavy attacks. Killing enemies and saving classmates that are being attacked by zombies will fill up Juliet's star meter, which is used for super attacks. [8] Juliet's boyfriend Nick, a disembodied head hanging from her skirt, can be used for various purposes, including being kicked at enemies by Juliet or being put on the body of a decapitated zombie to control it. When the player completes certain tasks in the game, Juliet's chainsaw will be upgraded. Suda has also said that part of the gameplay "might involve sound".[9]
Development
Before its announcement in July 2011, Lollipop Chainsaw was first mentioned as an unnamed game featuring "stylish action" in an October 2010 article on 1UP.com detailing Kadokawa Shoten's partnership with Grasshopper and Prope. Suda described it as featuring "really extreme twists" and being very funny. He optimistically declared that he thinks the game will be "a really big title in the worldwide market.[10]
It is also reported that Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will publish the game outside of Japan and that filmmaker James Gunn has a hand in developing the game's story and characters.[11] Gunn has said that many of the people he works with in his films and other projects are also working on Lollipop Chainsaw.
For the characters, NekoshowguN who did art previously for music games GuitarFreaks and DrumMania had designed the characters for Lollipop Chainsaw and the chainsaw that Juliet Starling holds, but NekoshowguN said that she didn't design the enemies .
On Wednesday, February 1st, 2012, it was announced that Jimmy Urine from the electro-punk band Mindless Self Indulgence would compose the music for the boss segments. He will also provide the voice for Zed, a punk-rock themed boss.[12]
On March 6, 2012, it was announced that one of the DLC available for the game will be a set of different costumes for Juliet based on five different characters from four anime series: Rei Miyamoto and Saeko Busujima from Highschool of the Dead, Shiro from Deadman Wonderland, Manyū Chifusa from Manyū Hiken-chō and Haruna from Is This a Zombie?.[13]
References
- ^ "Behind closed doors with lollipop chainsaw: Zombies, cheerleaders, gore". digitaltrends.com. http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/behind-closed-doors-with-lollipop-chainsaw-zombies-cheerleaders-gore/. Retrieved 2012-5-06.
- ^ a b Ishaan (March 5, 2012). "Lollipop Chainsaw Cuts Through North America And Europe In June". siliconera. http://www.siliconera.com/2012/03/05/lollipop-chainsaw-cuts-through-north-america-and-europe-in-june/. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
- ^ Anoop Gantayat (March 6, 2012). "Lollipop Chainsaw Dated for June 14". Andriasang.com. http://andriasang.com/con06p/lollipop_chainsaw_date/. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
- ^ "Lollipop Chainsaw's Lead Is A Chainsaw-Wielding Cheerleader Who Likes Pink". Siliconera. 2011. http://www.siliconera.com/2011/07/20/lollipop-chainsaws-lead-is-a-chainsaw-wielding-cheerleader-who-likes-pink/. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74q8GVYixTQ
- ^ "My new video game with Suda51 & Grasshopper: Lollipop Chainsaw". James Gunn. 2011. http://www.jamesgunn.com/2011/08/01/my-new-video-game-with-suda15-grasshopper-lollipop-chainsaw/. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
- ^ http://www.giantbomb.com/swan-rules-zombies-with-a-non-conformist-fist-in-lollipop-chainsaw/17-5523/
- ^ "Lollipop Chainsaw hands-on preview". Gamesradar. 2011. http://www.gamesradar.com/lollipop-chainsaw-hands-preview/. Retrieved 2012-04-5.
- ^ "Suda51 Talks Up Lollipop Chainsaw". 1UP.com. 2011. http://www.1up.com/news/suda51-talks-lollipop-chainsaw. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
- ^ "Grasshopper, Yuji Naka Tease New Projects". 1UP.com. 2010. http://www.1up.com/news/grasshopper-yuji-naka-tease-projects. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
- ^ Johnny Cullen (2011-08-01). "Warner to publish Grasshopper’s Lollipop Chainsaw". vg247. http://www.vg247.com/2011/08/01/warner-to-publisher-grasshoppers-lollipop-chainsaw/. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
- ^ http://www.destructoid.com/jimmy-urine-doing-music-voiceover-for-lollipop-chainsaw-220850.phtml
- ^ Hachima Kikō (2012-03-06). "Lollipop Chainsaw Game Gets Crossover Costumes from 4 Anime". Anime News Network. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-03-06/lollipop-chainsaw-game-gets-crossover-costumes-from-4-anime. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
External links
- Official website (English)
- Official website (Japanese)
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