LUMINES REMASTERED
Rotate and drop two-colour block pieces while a music-timed bar clears your combinations. Changing skins alter the visuals and tempo, making the soundtrack part of the puzzle's timing.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.6 / 10
About this game
LUMINES REMASTERED rebuilds the original Lumines as a music-driven block puzzle. Rotate and place square pieces composed of coloured blocks, arranging combinations for the sweeping bar to clear. That bar follows the music: faster tracks shorten the opportunity to build combinations, while slower ones can leave blocks waiting on the board. Rotations, drops and successful combinations also add sounds aligned with the beat. As you unlock skins, Shuffle mode lets you vary their order. Other modes change the immediate task: Time Attack asks you to clear blocks against the clock, while Puzzle mode uses the colours to construct pictures. The vibration menu provides a further choice over feedback from the rhythm and block-dropping actions.
Collected in series
Lumines makes falling blocks part of a musical performance. Arrange matching colours into squares, then watch a sweeping timeline clear them as the music and visual themes change around the board.
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Nintendo SwitchAI review
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Best matched to puzzle players who want music to shape their decisions.
The moving bar makes timing a combination as relevant as placing the next piece, which should reward attention to both board and soundtrack. Separate timed and picture-building tasks offer alternatives when you want a different puzzle objective.
Strengths
- Music affects the clearing window, giving changes of track a practical role in planning.
- Action-linked sound offers a way to participate in the soundtrack through ordinary puzzle moves.
Weaknesses
- Players who prefer immediate clearing may find the wait for a slower musical sweep restrictive.
Who it is for: Players drawn to falling-block decisions, electronic music and adapting their plans to a changing tempo.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Unlockable skins and separate timed or picture-building objectives can provide different targets without changing the central block vocabulary. | Reviewed | 8.3 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Planning around the next sweep should appeal to players who enjoy balancing placement with the time available to extend combinations. | Reviewed | 8.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Sounds tied to your moves and changing visual skins can make the audiovisual presentation feel connected to your decisions. | Reviewed | 8.9 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Selectable rhythm and block-action vibration offers useful control over how much of the puzzle's feedback you feel through the controller. | Reviewed | 8.4 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Enhance
- Publisher
- Enhance
- Release date
- 2018
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Puzzle · Primary genre
- Tags
- Arcade StyleLow Entry BarrierPlayer versus PlayerRhythm-based PlaySolo-friendlyReplayableCombosSide-scrollingFast-paced3D GraphicsPick-up and PlayPuzzle SolvingShort Sessions
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- MultiplayerSingle player
- Perspectives
- Side view
Release editions
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwide2018
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Sources
- www.nintendo.comSource revision: 1
- www.nintendo.com