- Lumines Live!
Infobox VG| title = Lumines Live!
developer =Q Entertainment
publisher =Q Entertainment
designer =Tetsuya Mizuguchi
engine =
released = vgrelease|Europe|EU|October 18 ,2006
vgrelease|North America|NA|October 18 ,2006
vgrelease|Japan|JP|March 7 ,2007
genre = Puzzle
modes =Single player ,Multiplayer
ratings =ESRB : Everyone 10+PEGI : 3+CERO : A
platforms =Xbox 360
media = Download
followed by =
requirements =
input =Gamepad "Lumines Live!" is a
puzzle game based on the original PlayStation Portable game for theXbox 360 . It was released onOctober 18 ,2006 as anXbox Live Arcade title.Gameplay
The gameplay in "Lumines Live!" is very similar to the gameplay in "
Lumines ", "Lumines II ", and "Lumines Plus ".As a block-dropping game, its look and basic gameplay is similar to "Columns" and "
Tetris ", although the music and visuals are far more important to this game. A 2 x 2 square (an Otetromino ) made of four smaller block pieces is dropped into the playing field. The small blocks that comprise the larger blocks will be one of two different colors. The player makes the blocks disappear by rotating their component block orientation and using the D-Pad to form four matching colored blocks into a square. A vertical "timeline" periodically sweeps horizontally across the field and removes such squares. Unmatched blocks pile up, and the game ends when the pile gets too tall. When part of a falling block hits an obstruction, the unobstructed portion of the block will split off and continue to fall."Lumines Live!" is played in different "skins". Like software interface skins, these change the visual appearance of the board, but they also control the soundtrack. Each skin contains a different song and different sound effects, which are triggered by game events and then integrated into the soundtrack. As in Mizuguchi's earlier game "
Rez ", the separation ofsoundtrack andsound effect s is much less than in mostcomputer and video games . Skins are unlocked by progressing through the different game modes.Features
The game runs in
720p and supports 5.1surround sound . It features seven modes of play, built-in multiplayer both offline and online, Achievements, Leaderboards and GamerScore support and online competitive modes.A new feature in "Lumines Live" over the original "
Lumines " is the ability to create one's own sequence of skins from the skins that have been unlocked through single play mode. Any number of skins can be used exactly once in this sequence and the sequence can be set to either be a single time through (providing a score-attack mode), or to loop indefinitely (providing an endurance mode).Pricing
The core game originally cost 1200
Microsoft Points [ [http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/722/722634p2.html IGN: XBLA: The "New" Games ] ] , and an optional downloadable pack is available that contains 22 extra skins costs 600 Points. The optional pack was originally supposed to be released onOctober 18 ,2006 along with the core game, but due to technical reasons the pack was released the next day onOctober 19 . OnOctober 17 ,2007 , the price of the core game was permanently reduced to 800 points.External links
* [http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/l/lumineslivearcadexbox360/ "Lumines Live!" Xbox.com page]
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