Lumines: Electronic Symphony

=Lumines: Electronic Symphony=

Release Information

 * Release dates:
 * February 14, 2012 (America)
 * February 22, 2012 (Europe)
 * April 19, 2012 (Japan)

General Information

 * The fifth mainline game in the Lumines series.
 * Only Lumines game to be released on the PlayStation Vita.
 * Skinlist consists primarily of licensed songs.
 * The gameplay received several changes:
 * The Special Block from previous games was removed in favor of two new types:
 * Chain Block - clears adjacent blocks of the same color when landed.
 * Shuffle Block - when landed, it shuffles all the blocks in a random order.
 * Avatars can now have Abilities.
 * The skin section system from previous games was scrapped in favor of a clear percentage system, by which clearing blocks results in the percentage level increasing. When this level reaches a specific amount, which seems to vary per skin, the audio track, visuals, and sometimes even the timeline's speed changes.
 * As such, this is the only Lumines game in which skins can have BPM changes.
 * An experience system was added, by which players can unlock avatars and skins.
 * Contains six modes:
 * Voyage is similiar to the Challenge Mode from previous games, in which the player goes through a set of 33 skins in order.
 * Playlist is similiar to the Skin Edit Mode, in which the player can choose a set of skins for them to play in a single loop.
 * Duel is similiar to the VS 2P Mode, in which the player can battle another via ad-hoc.
 * Stopwatch is similiar to the Time Attack Mode, in which the player must clear squares within a time limit of the player's choice. The time options are 30 seconds, 60 seconds, 180 seconds, and 300 seconds.
 * Master is a new mode, in which the player must clear a determined amount of squares in order to advance to the next level.
 * World Block is another new mode, in which the amount of blocks the player has cleared in-game is added up with data from other players online; the amount of blocks in the World Block is then subtracted by this sum. Clearing the World Block results in a massive experience boost.
 * The main menu track, A New Light, was composed by Takako Ishida.

Staff Information

 * Lumines: Electronic Symphony credits

Skins

 * Final Days Of The Samurai - Reach Level 2.
 * Traces Of The Past - Reach Level 4.
 * The Afterglow - Reach Level 6.
 * Subaquatic - Reach Level 8.
 * We Are Connected - Reach Level 10.
 * Another Dimension - Reach Level 12.
 * Sub-zero - Reach Level 14.
 * Riders On The Storm - Reach Level 16.
 * Hot Stuff - Reach Level 18.
 * Life - Reach Level 20.

Avatars

 * Futuo - Reach Level 1.
 * Hop - Reach Level 3.
 * Robo - Reach Level 5.
 * Yagi - Reach Level 7.
 * Rex - Reach Level 9.
 * Tip - Reach Level 11.
 * Cell - Reach Level 13.
 * Love - Reach Level 15.
 * Bomber - Reach Level 17.
 * Leo - Reach Level 19.
 * Buta - Reach Level 21.
 * Nigiri - Reach Level 22.
 * Grin - Reach Level 23.
 * Kuchi - Reach Level 24.
 * Wool - Reach Level 25.
 * Uma - Reach Level 26.
 * Mitsu - Reach Level 27.
 * Tank - Reach Level 28.
 * Sawako - Reach Level 29.
 * Saru - Reach Level 30.
 * Zor - Reach Level 31.
 * Nay - Reach Level 32.
 * Heby - Reach Level 33.
 * Beak - Reach Level 34.
 * Neco - Reach Level 35.
 * Wara - Reach Level 36.
 * UFE - Reach Level 37.
 * Kii - Reach Level 38.
 * Kuru - Reach Level 39.
 * Rabby - Reach Level 40.
 * Ordo - Reach Level 41.
 * Miz - Reach Level 42.
 * Ushi - Reach Level 43.
 * Futako - Reach Level 44.
 * Ugy - Reach Level 45.
 * Doku - Reach Level 46.
 * Kuma - Reach Level 47.
 * Pengu - Reach Level 48.
 * Sakana - Reach Level 49.
 * Flint - Reach Level 50.

Related Links

 * Japanese website