History VideoGame / Lumines

* {{Mondegreen}}: Mondo Grosso's English is pretty good, but the first line of ''"Shinin'"'' sounds an awful lot like "Word of Silas, creepy Silas Stein."

''Lumines'' proved very popular in Japan, selling more than half a million copies since its initial release. It also garnered Greatest Hits status in North America and Europe, prompting a mobile phone version of the game created by Gameloft. A direct sequel was made the following year, and it was later joined by ''Lumines Plus'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and ''Lumines Live'' for UsefulNotes/Xbox360's Live Arcade. A port of ''Lumines 2'' (with some skins and VS modes removed, plus the ''Lumines Live'' interface) was released for the PC, distributed by WildTangent Games and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. In 2009, a UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 version of the game called ''Lumines Supernova'' was released on the Playstation Network, which contained a new mode called Dig Down mode, and new skins (including one based on ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet''). ''Lumines Touch Fusion'' was released for {{iOS|Games}} in 2009. A UsefulNotes/PlaystationVita installment, ''Lumines Electronic Symphony'', was released in 2012. A remake of the first game, ''Lumines Remastered'', was released for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, Steam, and UsefulNotes/XboxOne on June 26, 2018.

* BreatherLevel: In the original challenge mode, from levels 36 to 60 each new skin has a faster timeline and block drop speed than the last, until Holiday in Summer switches in, dropping both timeline speed and block drop speed by more than half. Steel drums and earth-tone blocks set the mood for a long awaited chance to refocus and clean up your screen.

* VideoGameRemake: ''Remastered'' is just the first game but in HD and 60 frames per second, with a few rule tweaks from later games.

''Lumines'' proved very popular in Japan, selling more than half a million copies since its initial release. It also garnered Greatest Hits status in North America and Europe, prompting a mobile phone version of the game created by Gameloft. A direct sequel was made the following year, and it was later joined by ''Lumines Plus'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and ''Lumines Live'' for UsefulNotes/Xbox360's Live Arcade. A port of ''Lumines 2'' (with some skins and VS modes removed, plus the ''Lumines Live'' interface) was released for the PC, distributed by WildTangent Games and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. In 2009, a UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 version of the game called ''Lumines Supernova'' was released on the Playstation Network, which contained a new mode called Dig Down mode, and new skins (including one based on ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet''). ''Lumines Touch Fusion'' was released for {{iOS|Games}} in 2009. A UsefulNotes/PlaystationVita installment, ''Lumines Electronic Symphony'', was released in 2012. ''Lumines Remastered'' will be released for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, Steam and UsefulNotes/XboxOne on May 2018.

Tropes used in Lumines:

''Lumines'' proved very popular in Japan, selling more than half a million copies since its initial release. It also garnered Greatest Hits status in North America and Europe, prompting a mobile phone version of the game created by Gameloft. A direct sequel was made the following year, and it was later joined by ''Lumines Plus'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and ''Lumines Live'' for UsefulNotes/Xbox360's Live Arcade. A port of ''Lumines 2'' (with some skins and VS modes removed, plus the ''Lumines Live'' interface) was released for the PC, distributed by WildTangent Games and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. In 2009, a UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 version of the game called ''Lumines Supernova'' was released on the Playstation Network, which contained a new mode called Dig Down mode, and new skins (including one based on ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet''). ''Lumines Touch Fusion'' was released for {{iOS|Games}} in 2009. ''Lumines Remastered'' will be releasing for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, Steam and UsefulNotes/XboxOne on May 2018.

->''World of silence, creepin' sightless time''
->''Port of sadness, sleepin' flightless mind ''
->''World of silence, blinkin' farthest light''
->''Road of brightness, I will get there ''
->''And shinin'''
->''Shinin'''
->''Shinin'''
->''Shinin'...''

''Lumines'' proved very popular in Japan, selling more than half a million copies since its initial release. It also garnered Greatest Hits status in North America and Europe, prompting a mobile phone version of the game created by Gameloft. A direct sequel was made the following year, and it was later joined by ''Lumines Plus'' for the [=PlayStation=] 2 and ''Lumines Live'' for Xbox 360's Live Arcade. A port of Lumines 2 (with some skins and VS modes removed, plus the Lumines Live interface) was released for the PC, distributed by WildTangent Games and Steam. In 2009, a Playstation 3 version of the game called Lumines Supernova was released on the Playstation Network, which contained a new mode called Dig Down mode, and new skins (including one based on ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet''). Lumines Touch Fusion was released for iOS in 2009.

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''Lumines'' is a series of FallingBlocks puzzle games started in 2005 by famed ''VideoGame/SpaceChannel5'' designer Tetsuya Mizuguchi, as one of the first {{PlayStation Portable}} titles and the first one under his new game label, Creator/QEntertainment. The premise is much more simplistic when compared to other games like it...blocks fall in 2x2 squares, and the player can only score points by matching up squares of the same color (2x2 or larger). As the music plays in the background, a timeline sweeps the joined blocks away and adds lights and sounds to the mix. Players advance through levels, or "skins" (which changes the background, music, score display, sound effects, even the block appearances) and the tempo of the new songs switches up frequently, requiring the player to stay on their toes as things get harder and harder.

* DroughtLevelOfDoom: "Day Dream" in ''Lumines Supernova'', with a time-line so painfully slow you're lucky if you can clear any blocks.

* MoodWhiplash: The skins in Lumines are made to incite some kind of feeling, via 'syensthesia'; Usually these manifest in emotions, and as such can seriously flip-flop between a few if certain skins are used.

''Lumines'' proved very popular in Japan, selling more than half a million copies since its initial release. It also garnered Greatest Hits status in North America and Europe, prompting a mobile phone version of the game created by Gameloft. A direct sequel was made the following year, and it was later joined by ''Lumines Plus'' for the [=PlayStation=] 2 and ''Lumines Live'' for Xbox 360's Live Arcade. A port of Lumines 2 (with some skins and VS modes removed, plus the Lumines Live interface) was released for the PC, distributed by WildTangent Games and Steam. In 2009, a Playstation 3 version of the game called Lumines Supernova was released on the Playstation Network, which contained a new mode called Dig Down mode, and new skins (including one based on ''LittleBigPlanet''). Lumines Touch Fusion was released for iOS in 2009.

* ShoutOut: ''Lumines Supernova'' contains a ''LittleBigPlanet'' themed skin.

* LicensedGame: Many of the tracks are licensed. ''Lumines II'' is notable for having big-name musicians like Music/{{Beck}} and Music/GwenStefani.

''Lumines'' is a series of FallingBlocks puzzle games started in 2005 by famed ''VideoGame/SpaceChannel5'' designer Tetsuya Mizuguchi, as one of the first {{PlayStation Portable}} titles and the first one under his new game label, Q Entertainment. The premise is much more simplistic when compared to other games like it...blocks fall in 2x2 squares, and the player can only score points by matching up squares of the same color (2x2 or larger). As the music plays in the background, a timeline sweeps the joined blocks away and adds lights and sounds to the mix. Players advance through levels, or "skins" (which changes the background, music, score display, sound effects, even the block appearances) and the tempo of the new songs switches up frequently, requiring the player to stay on their toes as things get harder and harder.

* RhythmGame

* EarWorm: A majority of the Lumines skins, spanning all the games, especially "Shinin'", the first skin from the first game (lyrics at top of page).

''Lumines'' is a series of FallingBlocks puzzle games started in 2005 by famed ''SpaceChannel5'' designer Tetsuya Mizuguchi, as one of the first {{PlayStation Portable}} titles and the first one under his new game label, Q Entertainment. The premise is much more simplistic when compared to other games like it...blocks fall in 2x2 squares, and the player can only score points by matching up squares of the same color (2x2 or larger). As the music plays in the background, a timeline sweeps the joined blocks away and adds lights and sounds to the mix. Players advance through levels, or "skins" (which changes the background, music, score display, sound effects, even the block appearances) and the tempo of the new songs switches up frequently, requiring the player to stay on their toes as things get harder and harder.

* DuelingGames: with ''{{Meteos}}''

--> '''Mondo Grosso''', "Shinin'"

* BrokenRecord: In the PSP version of the first ''Lumines'', a section of the song will repeat unless you form a block for it to erase. [[http://www.pspxp.com/psp-game-reviews/lumines-game-review.php One reviewer]] said this effect, when combined with the already-repetitive lyrics of the first skin "Shinin'", "almost turned me into Jack from [[TheShining THE Shining]]."