Lollpop Chainsaw remake’s producer has tried to reassure fans worried about changes

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The producer of the upcoming Lollipop Chainsaw remake has taken to Twitter to try and reassure fans who are concerned about proposed changes that will be implemented.

Former Kadokawa Games CEO Yoshimi Yasuda left in May to form a new company called Dragami Games. Yasuda then announced earlier this month that one of the company’s first projects will be a remake of cult action game Lollipop Chainsaw.

However, aspects of the announcement – including that it would have a new soundtrack, a “more realistic” art design and would have no involvement by creative director Suda51 nor co-writer James Gunn– left some fans worried.

Yasuda has now attempted to address some of these issues, with the exception of Suda and Gunn’s absence.

“The primary goal of the Lollipop Chainsaw Remake project is to make it so that players who wish to play Lollipop Chainsaw can do so easily, not to make a new Lollipop Chainsaw game,” Yasuda’s new statement says.

“Of course, the ideal thing to do would be to make a remastered version of the original game, changing nothing.

“However, we were unfortunately unable to include 16 of the licensed songs, which were a great part of the original game’s feel, and so we are instead aiming for a remake that is as close as possible to a remaster.”

Addressing concerns that the plot may be changed, he added: “We believe that Lollipop Chainsaw’s story is a huge part of what fans love about the original game, and we, the development staff feel the same. As such, the story will not be changed in the remake.”

Yasuda also referred to fan concern that in his original announcement he said the remake would have “a more realistic approach to the graphics this time”.

“The mention of how the game will have a more realistic look in the