{"id":49598,"date":"2025-07-02T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=49598"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:35:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T08:35:42","slug":"lollipop-chainsaw-dev-says-working-with-warner-bros-helped-make-protagonist-juliet-cuter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/lollipop-chainsaw-dev-says-working-with-warner-bros-helped-make-protagonist-juliet-cuter\/","title":{"rendered":"Lollipop Chainsaw dev says working with Warner Bros. helped make protagonist Juliet cuter\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yoshimi Yasuda, executive producer of Lollipop Chainsaw<\/strong> and producer of the 2024 remastered version Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP<\/strong>, recently talked about what it looked like working with Warner Bros. for the original game. In 2012, Grasshopper Manufacture teamed up with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (now Warner Bros. Games) for overseas publishing of Lollipop Chainsaw, and according to Yasuda, the US publisher had a positive influence on the game\u2019s development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI learned so much from working with Warner Bros. on the development of Lollipop Chainsaw, especially when it came to publishing,\u201d Yasuda writes on X<\/a>. Apparently, the producer was especially impressed by the company\u2019s QA (quality assurance) approval process. He says that trying to meet the standards of Warner Bros.\u2019 QA lead \u2013 a certain Mr. Mario \u2013 was both a challenging and \u201ceye-opening\u201d experience for him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Specifically, Warner Bros. took issue with the design of Juliet, Lollipop Chainsaw\u2019s protagonist, deeming it \u201cnot cute enough.\u201d This led to the dev team refining her design over and over, all the way until the game\u2019s master build was completed. \u201cThe Japanese side kept working to make Juliet a strong, sincere, and lovable heroine. I think she became such a beloved character thanks to Warner Bros.’ dedicated support, and I\u2019m truly grateful for that,\u201d Yasuda comments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Naturally, advocating for a cuter Juliet is not all Warner Bros. did, as the publisher was also responsible for bringing Hollywood filmmaker James Gunn on board as a scenario writer. Lollipop Chainsaw\u2019s US-side producer Scott War also helped make sure Suda51 got to realize his original vision<\/a> without being impacted by Western norms. Somewhat amusingly, Warner Bros. also advised the team to rename Juliet\u2019s boyfriend<\/a> from the lame-sounding \u201cRomeo\u201d to the, at the time, cooler \u201cNick.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP is available for PC (Steam), PS4\/PS5, Xbox One\/Xbox Series X\u2758S, and Nintendo Switch.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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