Category: Lumines Remastered

Let’s see. PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, and iOS.

Before its Nintendo Switch (and PlayStation 4/Xbox One) release this week, those were the platforms on which I already owned and had played Lumines previously. Each one, a version I’d happily, enthusiastically purchased. And here I am, back on my bullshit and fully on board for Lumines Remastered.

I think a lot of us probably have games like this in our lives. Familiar, comforting experiences that you can just slip into and lose yourself for a few hours. I don’t think it’s quite accurate to say it happens on “autopilot” — I’m completely focused and engaged when I play Lumines. It’s more that the act of play is effortless and almost meditative. Read more…

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The latest “Nindies” showcase from Nintendo highlighted a whole mess of upcoming Switch releases, but one in particular stands out: Lumines Remastered.

Social media is buzzing with excitement in ways that you, someone who doesn’t obsess about video games, might find confusing. Why are people so excited for a remastered game when Nintendo also announced a bunch of new games?

What is Lumines?

Lumines — which is pronounced loo-mih-NESS, or “luminescence,” without the “cence” — is a puzzle game from Tetsuya Mizuguchi. He’s a co-founder of Q Entertainment (though he left the studio in 2013) and he is perhaps best known as the creator of another puzzle game, Rez. Read more…

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View More People are really jazzed about ‘Lumines’ coming to Switch. Why?