Pedigree Chum
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CVXFREAK said:
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US Lumines details/confirmation
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As someone who talked about the US version of Lumines with Miz....I think the following:
1) Licensing issues will be worked out. Mondo Grosso and Eri Nobuchika are BOTH signed to Sony Music. That being said, Lights may be rerecorded. I might send some emails out tonight and see if I can get to the bottom of any musical changes. No promises.
2) I DOUBT it will be 50 dollars. There is no minimum price on PSP games, and third parties are free to sell their games for whatever price they like as long as they pay sony their fees. However, even if it is $50, you should by the game and enjoy it. BUY THE US VERSION! I am buying it again just because I believe in the game and I want Miz to be able to keep making experimental games like Lumines.
3) Mizuguchi is very very focused on his games, and I HIGHLY DOUBT he would let Ubisoft screw the game up. If there are changes, I would bet that Mizuguchi is directing them starting right about now. They had about 2 weeks left on Meteos back on 1/15 before the delay, so they should be finishing now. That gives them about 4-5 weeks to make any changes to Lumines if they haven't started already.
1) Licensing issues will be worked out. Mondo Grosso and Eri Nobuchika are BOTH signed to Sony Music. That being said, Lights may be rerecorded. I might send some emails out tonight and see if I can get to the bottom of any musical changes. No promises.
2) I DOUBT it will be 50 dollars. There is no minimum price on PSP games, and third parties are free to sell their games for whatever price they like as long as they pay sony their fees. However, even if it is $50, you should by the game and enjoy it. BUY THE US VERSION! I am buying it again just because I believe in the game and I want Miz to be able to keep making experimental games like Lumines.
3) Mizuguchi is very very focused on his games, and I HIGHLY DOUBT he would let Ubisoft screw the game up. If there are changes, I would bet that Mizuguchi is directing them starting right about now. They had about 2 weeks left on Meteos back on 1/15 before the delay, so they should be finishing now. That gives them about 4-5 weeks to make any changes to Lumines if they haven't started already.
UBISOFT SIGNS AGREEMENT TO PUBLISH LUMINES FOR PSP HANDHELD SYSTEM
San Francisco - February 9, 2005 - Today, Ubisoft, one of the worlds leading videogame publishers, announced that it has signed an exclusive agreement with Bandai Company, Ltd. to publish Lumines for the PSP handheld entertainment system. The critically acclaimed music and luminary action puzzle Lumines is slated for release in the United States in March 2005 and was jointly developed by Bandai Company Ltd. and Q ENTERTAINMENT, under the creative direction of renowned developer Tetsuya Mizuguchi.
"Ubisoft is extremely excited to partner with Bandai and Q ENTERTAINMENT to bring Lumines for the PSP handheld system to consumers," said James Regan, director of new business development at Ubisoft. "Ubisoft delivers superior products that are immersive, exciting and unique, and Lumines is a natural fit for us."
Lumines brings a unique puzzle experience to PSP handheld system owners, offering gameplay reminiscent of Tetris while including new innovations and enhancements in technology that fuse music, puzzles and luminescence. Users are challenged to delete blocks from the game screen while grooving to evolving musical scores of rock, techno and pop grooves. Lumines offers numerous levels of graphics and music with single-player, wireless multi- player and bonus modes. Earn changeable skins and increase amount of collectible characters.
Since its December 2004 launch in Japan, Lumines has sold 40,000 units, becoming one of the most popular launch titles available for the PSP handheld system. The U.S. release of Lumines includes new enhancements including a quicker loading time and skin changes.
San Francisco - February 9, 2005 - Today, Ubisoft, one of the worlds leading videogame publishers, announced that it has signed an exclusive agreement with Bandai Company, Ltd. to publish Lumines for the PSP handheld entertainment system. The critically acclaimed music and luminary action puzzle Lumines is slated for release in the United States in March 2005 and was jointly developed by Bandai Company Ltd. and Q ENTERTAINMENT, under the creative direction of renowned developer Tetsuya Mizuguchi.
"Ubisoft is extremely excited to partner with Bandai and Q ENTERTAINMENT to bring Lumines for the PSP handheld system to consumers," said James Regan, director of new business development at Ubisoft. "Ubisoft delivers superior products that are immersive, exciting and unique, and Lumines is a natural fit for us."
Lumines brings a unique puzzle experience to PSP handheld system owners, offering gameplay reminiscent of Tetris while including new innovations and enhancements in technology that fuse music, puzzles and luminescence. Users are challenged to delete blocks from the game screen while grooving to evolving musical scores of rock, techno and pop grooves. Lumines offers numerous levels of graphics and music with single-player, wireless multi- player and bonus modes. Earn changeable skins and increase amount of collectible characters.
Since its December 2004 launch in Japan, Lumines has sold 40,000 units, becoming one of the most popular launch titles available for the PSP handheld system. The U.S. release of Lumines includes new enhancements including a quicker loading time and skin changes.
Amir0x said:
Well 40k might be accurate. One of the most popular? Not by a longshot.
As of this week:
Minna no Golf: 227k
Dynasty Warriors: 207k
Ridge Racers: 216k
Piposaru Academy: 76k
Combat Mahjong: 55k
Fafner: 17k
Rengoku: 16k
Metal Gear Ac!d has most likely broken 80k by now, and I'm pretty sure just about every other game has probably sold 50k with the exception of the two budget AI titles. Fafner and Rengoku are VERY crappy games that came out last week, the fact that they've already sold about 17k each means that they'll most likely end up with 50k at the very least, since they're still on the charts and Lumines has vanished off even the top 30 charts every week ever since release (where it did like 7k on launch day). Welcome to the sad reality of Lumines.
Low budget games don't need high sales #. 40k may be great for that kind of game and development.
Good to know that someone here is taking an active step in communicating with a developer to notify him that there's a few smart people who care about the localization process and strongly dislike the usual localization scewups.
Good to know that someone here is taking an active step in communicating with a developer to notify him that there's a few smart people who care about the localization process and strongly dislike the usual localization scewups.
krypt0nian
Banned
Don't care if it bombs or not - I'm buying the HELL outta it!
WooT!
WooT!
Well, I fired off an email to Mizuguchi-san as well as the CEO of Q Entertainment. We will see if they reply in a timely manner; however, since they are knee deep in Meteos right now, I wouldn't be surprised if this took a while.
I asked:
1) Are you still using Mondo Grosso and Eri Nobuchika?
2) Does "skin changes" mean new skins?
3) Can you tell me anything else about the US version?
I asked:
1) Are you still using Mondo Grosso and Eri Nobuchika?
2) Does "skin changes" mean new skins?
3) Can you tell me anything else about the US version?
The End said:
more like.... あなたは水口監督の作品が一番好きだ。。。って言うじゃない。でも、お前水口監督の名前間違えてミゾグチって言ったから。。。残念～～～！。。。。切腹。
HAHAHAHA. Sorry, I thought you spoke Japanese/lived in Japan.
That is a play off of a comedian in Japan right now called the Guitar Samurai, and his catch phrase is screaming ZANNEN at the top of his lungs.
Machine translation doesn't do that sentence any justice.
You like the work of Mizuguchi (director).... or so you say. But, You (rough) mistook Mizuguchi's name and said Mizoguchi instead, so ZANNNNNENNNNNNNNNNN. Kill yourself.
That is a play off of a comedian in Japan right now called the Guitar Samurai, and his catch phrase is screaming ZANNEN at the top of his lungs.
Machine translation doesn't do that sentence any justice.
You like the work of Mizuguchi (director).... or so you say. But, You (rough) mistook Mizuguchi's name and said Mizoguchi instead, so ZANNNNNENNNNNNNNNNN. Kill yourself.
Jonnyram said:
If the language of the music was ever a reason to pull it from a game, Katamari Damacy would have a total of one song, maybe two. As far as licensing issues go, maybe, I guess, but Ubisoft isn't exactly a small company with no weight and/or money to throw around. Also, Rez and its externally produced music made it over okay.
if i had to guess, maybe they'd cut down on some of the animation in some of the skins to speed up loading.
this would be regrettabled, but understandable.
it's not so much that i'm a perfectionist, but i hate getting an inferior version of a game because i live in the US (I'm looking at you Konami).
this would be regrettabled, but understandable.
it's not so much that i'm a perfectionist, but i hate getting an inferior version of a game because i live in the US (I'm looking at you Konami).
I dunno, I sort of doubt *every* game besides the AI games have broken 50k. Even established IPs like Vampire Chronicle and Puyo Puyo Fever didn't break 10k 1st week... granted launch period PSP games will likely have more shelf life than something on PS2, but I really doubt that only the AI series are under 50k. Hell Lumines is only 40k and it was getting a good amount of attention.duckroll said:Well 40k might be accurate. One of the most popular? Not by a longshot.
As of this week:
Minna no Golf: 227k
Dynasty Warriors: 207k
Ridge Racers: 216k
Piposaru Academy: 76k
Combat Mahjong: 55k
Fafner: 17k
Rengoku: 16k
Metal Gear Ac!d has most likely broken 80k by now, and I'm pretty sure just about every other game has probably sold 50k with the exception of the two budget AI titles. Fafner and Rengoku are VERY crappy games that came out last week, the fact that they've already sold about 17k each means that they'll most likely end up with 50k at the very least, since they're still on the charts and Lumines has vanished off even the top 30 charts every week ever since release (where it did like 7k on launch day). Welcome to the sad reality of Lumines.
Also, Fafner is based on an anime license... which probably adds to it's sales, despite it being rather crappy. 17k 1st week is actually rather good for a PSP game.
Dr. Zoidberg
Member
I've already pre-ordered my PSP but with game prices like these it looks like it's going to be a media-player only for a while. There's no way that Sony will sell these games at $40-$50 for long. People won't buy them except the hard-core. We've been conditioned that $30 is a good price for a handheld game.
My prediction is that most of the games will drop at least $10-$20 within two months of launch, just to get more sales. I'm a patient man. Hell, I never pay more than $30 for any of my console games, either.
How long did it take the PS2 to launch their "Greatest Hits" line?
My prediction is that most of the games will drop at least $10-$20 within two months of launch, just to get more sales. I'm a patient man. Hell, I never pay more than $30 for any of my console games, either.
How long did it take the PS2 to launch their "Greatest Hits" line?
WasabiKing
Member
Wario64 said:
Oh, like japanophiles are such a huge audience.
What they SHOULD do is if they happen to change the songs, somehow keep the originals as an unlockable. But people who are experiencing Lumines for the first time will not know or care for the J-pop selections.
Guns N' Poops
Banned
Fuglynator. This game better dies.
