- Lumines II
Infobox VG
title = Lumines II
developer =Q Entertainment
publisher = vgrelease|NA=Buena Vista Games |EU=Buena Vista Games |JP=Q Entertainment
distributor =
designer =Tetsuya Mizuguchi
engine =
version =
released = vgrelease|NA=November 6 ,2006 |EU=November 17 ,2006 |JP=February 15 ,2007
genre =Puzzle
modes =Single Player ,Multiplayer
ratings = vgratings|ESRB=Everyone 10+|PEGI=12+|CERO=A
platforms =PlayStation Portable
media = UMD
requirements =
input ="Lumines II" is a sequel to the puzzle game
Lumines . The game was released in November, 2006 inEurope andNorth America , and in February 2007 inJapan .Gameplay
The gameplay in "Lumines II" is very similar to its predecessor,
Lumines . The object is still to move blocks of four different colored squares across the board; while trying to create a single square of the same color. This all must be done before a "timeline" crosses the screen deleting the squares that you make. Deleting four or more squares will add a bonus multiplier to your score. (Refer to the Gameplay section ofLumines for more details).There is no Infrastructure gameplay in "Lumines II". The game is visually similar to
Lumines Live and the PC port ofLumines during both gameplay and in the menus.New features
"Lumines II" has these new features:
* Licensed "soundtrack" featuring songs and music videos by popular musicians
* Create your own playlist of skins with Skin Edit
* New game mode — mission
* Visually revamped themes from the originalLumines as well as completely new themes
* Replay saving
* Gameplay statistics
* Sequencer (for creating your own songs from pre-defined samples)Audio
A soundtrack of music from Lumines II by series composer Takayuki Nakamura was released on January 23, 2008, called L.II remixes. The album was released by Nakamura's sound design company Brainstorm and included eleven tracks appearing in the game. The mastering engineer on the project was Kenzi Nagashima and the package design was by Katsumi Yokota.cite web | author=seanne | date=2007-11-17 | title=L.II remixes | publisher=
VGMdb | url=http://vgmdb.net/db/albums.php?id=5420/ | accessdate=2008-07-27] Nakamura used his experience as a sound effects designer to make such noises as crashing waves and ticking clocks an integral part of the Lumines remixes albums.cite web | author=Jeriaska | date=2008-2-29 | title=Brainstorming: Interview with Lumines composer Takayuki Nakamura | publisher=Siliconera | url=http://www.siliconera.com/2008/02/29/brainstorming-interview-with-lumines-composer-takayuki-nakamura/ | accessdate=2008-07-27]References
External links
* [http://buenavistagames.go.com/lumines/luminesII/ Official US website]
* [http://lumines2thegame.com Lumines II Homepage]
* [http://www.us.playstation.com/PSP/Games/ULUS-10183 Sony website]
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