Launch Station: Lollipop Chainsaw

Suda 51 is well-known among the video game faithful to bringing some of the most bizarre and extremely mature games on the market.  Starting with Killer 7 back in 2005 for the Gamecube and PS2, Suda 51 and Grasshopper Manufacture target niche audiences with their games.  In turn, many of Grasshoppers' games are not extremely profitable, but have become cult classics in their own right.  The newest game from the minds of Suda 51 and his team at Grasshopper Manufacture juxtaposes the dark grungy zombie movie aesthetic with colourful sparkles and stars of a bubbly high school cheerleader.  This game is Lollipop Chainsaw.

In Lollipop Chainsaw, you play as Juliet Starling, a cheerleader and zombie hunter.  San Romero High School, the high school Juliet formerly attended, is under attack by a zombie horde.  It is up to Juliet and the severed yet still living head of her boyfriend Nick to push back the zombie horde and defeat their rock and roll zombie leaders.  At certain points in the game, Juliet will also be assisted by her sisters Cordelia and Rosalind Starling, who are zombie hunters as well.  Lollipop is a hack and slash game, which plays a little similar to No More Heroes, also made by Suda 51 and Grasshopper.  Juliet is able to use light and heavy attacks.  Light attacks are meant to herd zombies together so you are able to finish them off with heavy attacks.  Killing enemies and saving classmates builds Juliet's star meter, which can be used to execute super attacks once filled.  Nick can be used to extend combos by kicking him at enemies or he can even control zombies when placed on top of a decapitated zombie.

Out of all the games made by Suda 51 and Grasshopper Manufacture, Lollipop Chainsaw has seamed to have gotten a good response from average gamers not just the hardest of hardcore, which is nice to see.  While I personally wait for the reviews, Lollipop Chainsaw looks pretty cool.  A fun little hack and slash game with an incredible amount of charisma and spunk that really exudes from all of its pores.  It should be a very enjoyable game and I really hope it does very well sales-wise.  If you looking for a new game to pick up this week, Lollipop Chainsaw is definitely your best choice.