Lumines clone Luminator sliding to DS
A German studio is set to release a Lumines knockoff for the DS in Europe later this year -- Luminator. We'll let you make your own Terminator/Schwarzenegger jokes about that one. The game has a fraction of the tracks and skins of the real thing -- only fifteen of each -- but the music has a distinct dark trance flavor that could be a nice change from the happy pop beats of Lumines. The company promises the songs are "CD quality", but from the musical offerings we've heard on the DS so far, we'll remain skeptical.
[Via Siliconera]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tony @ Jun 15th 2007 11:13AM
Clones are one thing, but this is so alike that I think they'll honestly just get in trouble. They even stole the avatar style.
rockintom @ Jun 15th 2007 11:13AM
A dark trance version of Lumines could be awesome, but on the DS? Ehh.
Tony @ Jun 15th 2007 11:13AM
Unless that's a shot of Lumines and it definitely is since it's widescreen. Duh lol.
ed @ Jun 15th 2007 11:34AM
what's the legality of this?
i remember that guy who recently got a cease and desist for making a geometry wars clone and he wasn't even making any money
Banzai @ Jun 15th 2007 11:42AM
If you want simply the gameplay, without all the fancy graphics and music, you can get the homebrew game Luminesweeper.
http://www.pineight.com/lu/
Macroy @ Jun 15th 2007 11:40AM
I'm totally getting this. If they don't release this in the US, I'll import it.
Now if only we could get Sly Cooper on DS. :(
Chris @ Jun 15th 2007 11:49AM
Lameinator
am i rite?
DrXym @ Jun 15th 2007 11:59AM
There is no way this is going to go on sale. It's a direct rip-off of Lumines, including the name.
jonathan @ Jun 16th 2007 2:10AM
in my best arny voice: "it's not a lumor!"