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French publisher Ubisoft has confirmed that it has signed a deal with Bandai to bring Q Entertainment's critically acclaimed PSP title Lumines to Europe as part of the launch line-up for the platform.
The game, which was created by former Sega designer Tetsuya Mizuguchi - whose other credits include Space Channel 5, Sega Rally and cult classic REZ - will be launched at the same time as the PSP itself at the start of September.
Lumines is a relatively traditional block-based puzzle game which uses custom musical and visual "skins", unlocked as you progress through the game, as its hook, and features music from well-known (in Japan, and in my house) Japanese artists Mondo Grosso and Eri Nobuchika.
Q Entertainment's other handheld puzzler, the rather excellent Nintendo DS title Meteos, has also been confirmed for European release - with Bandai itself set to publish it on September 23rd.
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Royal Fool
24/05/05 @ 16:33
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Awesome.
Sorta weird that Bandai were willing to publish a Euro version of Meteos for the DS and not Lumines for the PSP. Lumines has had way, way, way more hype than Meteos, and yet they didn't feel confident enough to publish it themselves? Why? |
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SuperGamerMatt
24/05/05 @ 19:41
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The more times I see or hear the words "PSP European launch date September" I laugh myself to the floor.
Save yourselves £80 and buy the DS, oh and Meteos is better than this, played both Japanese versions |
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Vertical Stand
24/05/05 @ 20:20
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Great news, would be even better if they didn't use the awful US cover - stylish Japanese one please!
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Save yourselves £80 and buy the DS
Thats just the sort of moronic comment that gives people a bad name They are two *very* different devices, and you havent even given a reason to choose one over the other (which will be highly subjective anyway). I wonder if its actually posible for a comment thread not to turn into a "my console is better then yours" rant |
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3william56
25/05/05 @ 05:34
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Amen to that, sephy. Especially when recently they've been "my console that I've never seen and know nothing about is better than your console that I've never seen and know nothing about."
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escapedape
25/05/05 @ 09:44
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Got my first 250,000+ score last night. Have been properly in the zone on Lumines for the last week! I'm now making shapes with little coloured blocks when I close my eyes. SO much so that I have had to ban myself from playing Lumines before bed - my head gets too busy and I can't sleep!
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Trip SkyWay
25/05/05 @ 10:24
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Wasn't too keen on Lumines, having to replay the same levels each time from the beginning had me hating the first few songs after about 2 hours. The vs mode was a really great concept though.
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"I wonder if its actually posible for a comment thread not to turn into a "my console is better then yours" rant"
It's sad isn't it, although hardly unexpected. I've been fending off this kind of crap since the Atari 2600 days, it never ends. That said, I may well get Lumines. I need something other than Mercury to tide me over until GTA ships. |
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Well yeah, it's most likely going to be a title that has plenty of replay value (and I'm sure there aren't many of them). Again, surely it depends on each individuals preference though...not really I title that I've been looking to buy - all depending on how much it costs! (kinda waiting to see if we'll also eventually get platinum PSP titles...)
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Why don't people just boycott the release of the PSP entirely by not buying one? Sony need to be taught a lesson of consumers regional equality - bringing a machine out ten months and nearly double the price that Japan payed originally just isn't right.
If you want a puzzle game, get a gameboy, if you want racing games, buy a proper console. |
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