Lumines fiasco redux
by Richard Mitchell 
{ Jun 23rd 2006 at 12:00PM }
Some of you may have noticed a comment from Live Arcade's Ross Erickson on Wednesday's Lumines story. The original post claimed that -- according to Tetsuya Mizuguchi, mind you -- an extra pack would have to be purchased from Marketplace to access online play in Lumines Live. I contacted Mr. Erickson to get to the bottom of this. I asked whether or not he could confirm that Live play will be included with Lumines at no extra cost. I received a one word reply:
"Confirmed."
There you have it folks. Crisis averted. I would have preferred a less terse reply, but I'll take what I can get. So, knowing that Live play is included, will you buy Lumines if it costs fifteen bucks?
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BklynKid @ Jun 23rd 2006 12:09PM
Sure won't. Still too much for an arcade game!
Player1 @ Jun 23rd 2006 12:20PM
I will gladly buy it as long as they don't have Madonna videos and music built into it. God I hate her. This is the woman who once said, "techno will be the downfall of music".
Erik Novak @ Jun 23rd 2006 12:23PM
Oh hell yes! I got it for PSP and it's a great game, and I can't wait to play it on Live.
SuiXide @ Jun 23rd 2006 12:23PM
Thank GOD. I wouldn't have considered buying the game if they charged extra for multiplayer. Nice to know some people in the world still have their heads on their shoulders.
Jigsaw hc @ Jun 23rd 2006 12:23PM
No, I'm pretty sure I still have a copy of tetris lying around here that will not cost me anything.
Forest @ Jun 23rd 2006 12:25PM
I will definatly buy it it was the only game i liked on the psp
SuicideNinja @ Jun 23rd 2006 12:40PM
I'm with Forest.
It's a much better investment on XBLA because you can play it on your bigger-than-4", non-blurry, non-ghosting, HDTV! Oh, and it's cheaper. That helps.
Sold. Glad I won't have to play it on the PSP anymore.
DA360 @ Jun 23rd 2006 12:41PM
Glad to hear their not stiffing you with multiplayer support, that would be just strange, and bad business practice in my opinion.
But it looks like a great game. Yes, its expensive but then again, isn't Lumines still $20-30 on the PSP? So it makes sense to charge this much in my opinion.
suffah @ Jun 23rd 2006 12:48PM
I never played Lumines on the PSP but for $15 I will give it a spin.
Terot @ Jun 23rd 2006 1:04PM
I think it should replace Pool in the big XBLG Box.
firerock @ Jun 23rd 2006 1:17PM
$15 for a full PSP game on X360 with Live, I'm sold! The game isn't about graphic, so using X360 Live is a great idea. And $15 won't hurt either! Count me in.
Abbas @ Jun 23rd 2006 1:19PM
Yes! Yes! I'm buying it!
Can I pre-order?
pixelate @ Jun 23rd 2006 1:30PM
if Lumines Live does its typical mindblowing music/visual integration (this time w/ 5.1 sound) and basically reproduces for my 58" HDTV what the original did so brilliantly on my PSP, it will be the best $15 i've ever spent. and if they REALLY need an add-on that no one will buy, that's where the madonna content should come in.
kian @ Jun 23rd 2006 1:43PM
getting this for sures!
it's already my favorite and most played PSP game.
now it'll be my 2nd favorite XBLA game (2nd to Geometry Wars)
more addicting than Geometry wars too imo.
Malfoy Roark @ Jun 23rd 2006 1:43PM
So either $15 for GRAW "expansion" or the great Lumines? Hrmm, Lumines please. =)
Josh @ Jun 23rd 2006 1:56PM
Look at our lil' Richie becoming the investigative reporter on the XBOX scene. Kudos to you for this confirmation sir.
ZeroCorpse @ Jun 23rd 2006 1:59PM
I'd buy a lot more XBLA games if they updated XBLA more often! I swear, they space the releases so far apart that I wonder how they're going to get all those titles out within the year, as they're promising.
There hasn't been a new game on XBLA since Uno.
How about a new release every week or two, guys? C'mon!
Alex Keen @ Jun 23rd 2006 2:08PM
Sounds like another Sony campaign targetting Marketplace...
lunatech @ Jun 23rd 2006 2:14PM
"Shine and shine and shine and shine and shine and shine and shine and shine.............!"
"Shining..."
Ah that song is so catchy. I can't get it out of my head!
Jason @ Jun 23rd 2006 3:07PM
$15 for a "full" Lumines is a great deal. That's like finding it at the bargain bin for the PSP, PLUS online play, PLUS the ability to (unfortunately purchase) other music to go along with it.
I played it at E3 and you can turn off the Madonna crap and use "normal" Lumines music, but it was too loud in the booth for me to tell if it was the Lumines tunes we're use to on the PSP. I sure hope so. The controls needed to be tightened up a bit, but according to Major Nelson's podcast they have been.
So freakin' get it on the 'cade already!
Xfan @ Jun 23rd 2006 3:59PM
I knew that was a bad rumor. All XBLA games must have multiplayer or co-op mode. It's a requirement to be featured on Live.
It would have made no sense to exclude multiplayer and charge extra for the ability.
Xfan @ Jun 23rd 2006 4:20PM
Zero... MajorNelson just had a podcast about that, and they discussed why games are held up. Some are quality testing issues (making sure multiplayer works right, etc), some are legal or licensing issues, and some are just timing concerns (balancing type of games released). But anyway, it was mentioned the 'floodgates' would be opened and we'd see a lot more content.
...games ARE coming...
Mr BoomStick XL @ Jun 23rd 2006 4:24PM
Well if you played it for the PSP and LOVED it the way I did then 15 beans is no big deal when I payed 40 for when it came out!! Not mention I LOVE the idea of playing on the BIG screen!!!
El Shaggy @ Jun 23rd 2006 6:38PM
If we didnt get included Live play. I would have reccommended a boycott. I mean it is the LIVE arcade. And i hope there are new skins and songs, not the PSP songs. It's a new different title.
lazy @ Jun 24th 2006 1:06AM
eh, id rather get it for psp... if i had a psp.
for me, taking it around may prove more useful than having it on my hdtv... though once liveanywhere starts up, ill be playing it on my pocketpc ;p
Logan T. @ Jun 24th 2006 5:19PM
I love Lumines for the PSP (only game I actually play on it) and I will definitely buy it for the bargain $15 dollars to get it in HD with online play.
forensicscene @ Jun 24th 2006 5:24PM
too much for an arcade game. Seems the releases are getting more and more expensive. Think about 800 points for Feeding Frenzy...
DCFC Fan @ Jun 30th 2006 12:58PM
Technically, I paid $300 to play it the first time. That's all I play on the PSP, after GTA. Now that Lumines will be available on Xbox Live (and with multiplayer and videos no less) I can finally slim down the number of unnecessary consoles I have.