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    What's Keeping Lumines Off The PlayStation Network

    Lumines To Shine On The iPhone

    What Is Tetsuya Mizuguchi Doing These Days?

    Lumines Supernova Review: Still Shinin'

    Official Lumines Game Hits LittleBigPlanet [Update]

    Lumines Supernova At TGS Is Like Lumines Everywhere Else

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    10/20/09

    In reply to What's Keeping Lumines Off The PlayStation Network
    Bsh must've been reading my mind on this, as I were just in a conversation earlier over the same question with a friend, while I were playing Lumines on my laptop. #psn
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    Image of DigitalHero DigitalHero
    10/20/09

    In reply to What's Keeping Lumines Off The PlayStation Network
    I would buy the original Lumines if it arrived. #psn
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    Image of Polite Society Polite Society
    10/20/09

    In reply to What's Keeping Lumines Off The PlayStation Network
    I thought lumines was already on the PSN store. At least it is on PAL. they've released additional skin packs for it and everything.

    Or is that a different version of lumines? #psn
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    10/20/09

    @Polite Society: That's Lumines Plus. The one that's having trouble getting onto the store is the original PSP game. #psn
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    Image of Alex_Mexico Alex_Mexico
    10/20/09

    @Archaotic: is that Lumines Plus the same Lumines available for XBLA? #psn
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    10/20/09

    @Archaotic: So what's the difference, honestly? #psn
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    10/20/09

    @(Starman) AnalysisDialysis: You can't play Plus on PSP. #psn
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    Image of Archaotic Archaotic
    10/20/09

    @Alex_Mexico: Yep. Lumines Plus is the PS3 game, Lumines (the missing one) is PSP-only. #psn
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    Image of TigerKnee TigerKnee
    10/20/09

    @Archaotic: i think the ps3 version is Lumines Supernova, right? I thought Plus was for ps2 #psn
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    10/20/09

    @TigerKnee: Ah, you're right. I'm tired, I was up until 5 AM working on a game for a review. #psn
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    10/20/09

    @TheCleaningGuy: Oh, that explains and clarifies it, thanks. #psn
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    Image of Alessar Alessar
    08/25/09

    In reply to Lumines To Shine On The iPhone
    I NEED the Genki Rockets pack for the PS3 version. Actually, I just really want to buy an mp3 of that song. ;_;
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    08/25/09

    @Alessar: OMG. You can actually buy that from Amazon now. Last time I searched they had nothin'.
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    Image of Omnimon Omnimon
    08/25/09

    In reply to Lumines To Shine On The iPhone
    "Trips to the restroom will increase exponentially in length next month, as Q Entertainment brings the musical puzzler Lumines to Apple's iPhone."

    No, they'll just get longer again, Peggle made for some epic trips to to the bathroom.
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    08/25/09

    In reply to Lumines To Shine On The iPhone
    Lumines was a good puzzle game for a while. If you could save your progress it would have been a great game, but I just can't listen to the same songs again for a half hour while I get warmed up and into the game every single time I try to get a little bit farther. This isn't 1989 - any game has the technology to save if they choose to. Lumines even DOES save - so it knows your name, icon, and unlocked skins... but there is no option to resume.

    That's pretty much the one feature that could have made me buy Lumines 2, PS2, HD, etc. It's also the one that keeps me from buying any sequels or remakes in the future...
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    08/25/09

    @fuchikoma: This is why Lumines worked best of the PSP, imo. You could just put the system to sleep when you're doing playing and pick up at the same spot later.
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    08/25/09

    @omyard:
    That's a nice feature for marathon sessions, but I mean something more like Space Invaders Extreme where if you made it to level 5, you can play something else, start up the game, and continue from level 5. Then you die, and continue from level 5.

    I'm so sick of the first half dozen levels or so in Lumines that I only play it for about one session every year. It's like if you always had to play God of War from the first level - you'd get pretty sick of the first level in short order...

    For a puzzle game that only has 6-10 levels, it can be ok to restart each time, but for lots of modern, larger games like Exit or Echochrome, you can continue from where you last made it to so the game doesn't get old in a week.
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    Image of Stormgazer Stormgazer
    08/25/09

    In reply to Lumines To Shine On The iPhone
    It took me forever to stop hearing Heavenly Star. Now it's the air raid sirens of Battlefield 1943. Seriously, I can hear em right now.
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    08/25/09

    @Stormgazer: You too?

    Man that sound haunts me. I have to make sure I play something else right before bed, or else I'll hear the sirens in my head when I'm trying to fall asleep.

    I like the game a lot, but I'm not that obsessed with it... don't know what it is, but that stuff just sticks with me...
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    08/27/09

    @Yossarian: Yeah it creeps me out. I can kind of understand the people who've served in WWII,Vietnam etc.,who are shellshocked. At least on that level. Just don't play Silent Hill before you sleep.It's got sirens also. I hear them(Police,Ambulance,Firetrucks) around here all the time at all hours of the night.
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    Image of Yowza57 Yowza57
    08/25/09

    In reply to Lumines To Shine On The iPhone
    Great news for those of you with iphones. I was wondering though, what is the proper way to say "Lumines"? Is it Loo-mines, or more like luminesce?
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    08/25/09

    @Yowza57: "Tetris"

    Nah, kidding, Lumines is awesome. I would like it to be pronounced with a latin flair: Loo-men-ezz.
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    Image of ChaoticInfinityX ChaoticInfinityX
    08/25/09

    @Yowza57: I've always pronounced it similar to Luminous.. just with an 'es' at the end instead of an 'ous'.
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    08/25/09

    @Yowza57: I cringe when I hear loomines.

    It's basically a different spelling of luminous.
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    08/25/09

    @wtf_G: I always heard it in my head as loo-meens.
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    08/25/09

    @ChaoticInfinityX: Thanks. Now I won't sound like an idiot when I talk about playing "lou-mines".
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    01/28/09

    In reply to What Is Tetsuya Mizuguchi Doing These Days?
    Is N3 any use? I wanted to buy it but my mate works in a gameshop and refused to sell it to me because he didn't want to see me disappointed. I'm pretty sure he was taking the piss but I ended up not buying it.
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    01/28/09

    @seo_ace: There's a demo on XBLA. It was just a button masher but I loved the visuals -- you also have to beat the game with all 3 (4?) characters to get the whole story or so I read.


    I would pick it up if I can find it for $10 US or so.

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    01/28/09

    In reply to What Is Tetsuya Mizuguchi Doing These Days?
    Hey Miz....where is my Japanese Rock Band?
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    01/28/09

    In reply to What Is Tetsuya Mizuguchi Doing These Days?
    Does this count as an official announcement of SingStar: Genki Rockets?
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    01/28/09

    @Weaselfingers: "Let's get away fly away!"
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    01/14/09

    In reply to Lumines Supernova Review: Still Shinin'
    It's not going to be released on the PSP?? Damn I want a new Lumines!


    The second one was a bit too "Western" for me...Music videos looping on the background and Gwen Stefani? The music of 1 was better in my opinion...

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    Image of Alessar Alessar
    01/14/09

    @excaliburps: I only got Lumines 2 and I really liked it. In fact, several of the songs in it I had not heard before. I still want to get a copy of the single version of Bottle Rocket, for instance.


    I'm enjoying the PS3 version, though. It's nice to have something flashy I can play on my HD tv, and I have a good sound system in the living room. I think it's worth noting that while the basic game is only $15, you can get for FREE another pack of skins that are holiday themed -- and not just Christmas either. That adds a lot of extra skins to play.

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    01/14/09

    @Alessar: Get the first one! Shinin' and the other songs by Mondo Grosso are worth it!
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    Image of OrtenseDemophon OrtenseDemophon
    01/13/09

    In reply to Lumines Supernova Review: Still Shinin'
    loved the game, but for the love of god, they shouldve put a burn in protection on the game, my tv (plasma) is now fucked because of my sister played 5 hours straight with her husband, I only hope that the break-in dvd will help it get better
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    01/13/09

    @OrtenseDemophon:

    I don't know if you've done this already, but if your TV is in an exhibition or demo mode, you should turn it back to normal display as it will shorten the life of the screen.
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    01/13/09

    In reply to Lumines Supernova Review: Still Shinin'
    Can you save your progress and resume from the level you made it to?

    If they ever do that in Lumines, I'll buy it. If not, I'll never buy another. I'm so sick of hearing the first half dozen tracks I just don't play anymore...
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    01/13/09

    In reply to Lumines Supernova Review: Still Shinin'
    HD Lumines is so worth it...
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