Lumines Remastered (Windows, Nintendo Switch)

Lumines Remastered
Developers: Resonair, Far East Games Publisher: Enhance Platforms: Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One Released internationally: June 26, 2018 This game has unused graphics. This game has unused cinematics. This game has unused sounds. This game has unused text. This game has revisional differences.

Lumines Remastered is yet another remake of the first game in the series, now borrowing several gameplay features from Lumines II and Lumines: Electronic Symphony. The Shinin' saga is truly endless.

Unused Graphics

Sprite bonus7 in skin016resource.bytes, the image repository file for the skin HOLIDAY IN SUMMER, is a peace symbol. In the original game, this was seen when the player performed a bonus. Despite this, it is curiously not displayed in this game.

(Source: michaels)

The Tokyo Gas Paccho-kun mascot is hidden in blocks effects texture graphics. It doesn't make any appearance in-game, and its unknown, is it was just an placeholder or was supposed as easter egg at some point of development.

Unused Text

The game's main text data repository, messagedata.bytes, contains several unused text lines:

Gameplay

During the gameplay in Challenge, Single Skin and VS CPU/VS 2P modes, the name of the song played is displayed at the bottom right corner of the screen. Text entries for the skins Neodymium, Fanatic and merci can be found, although they cannot be normally played in these modes (Neodymium can only be played in Time Attack mode, merci is only heard during the credits, and Fanatic is completely unused).

String	Text
BgmNameSkin41	♪Neodymium
BgmNameSkin42	♪Fanatic
BgmNameSkin43	♪merci

Skin Edit

In a similar fashion, strings for those same three skins can be found among the text seen in the Skin Edit menu.

String	Text
BgmName41	Neodymium
BgmName42	Fanatic
BgmName43	merci

Other

String SaveLoadXB45 seems to be a leftover from Lumines LIVE!.

LUMINES LIVE! is unable to save/load data at this time. Please press A to continue.

Unused Sounds

Between the game's files, many unused audio files can be found.

Announcer

These can be found in soundsystem.bytes.

File	Audio	Comment
201_Fanatic.ogg		An announcer file for the skin Fanatic. Because this skin is not normally playable, this line goes unused.
301_Neodymium.ogg		An announcer file for the skin Neodymium. Because this skin is not normally playable, this line goes unused.
lose.ogg		Used in the original game when the player loses in VS CPU mode. However, in this game, the announcer is silent when this happens.
win.ogg		Used in the original game when the player wins a round in VS CPU mode. However, in this game, the announcer is silent when this happens.

Song Previews

These can be found in editscene.bytes.

File	Audio	Comment
201_Fanatic_sample.ogg		A preview track for the skin Neodymium. (the file names are swapped.) Because this skin is not normally playable, this goes unused.
301_Neodymium_sample.ogg		A preview track for the skin Fanatic. (the file names are swapped.) Because this skin is not normally playable, this goes unused.

Skins

File	Audio	Comment
SLIPPING (skin004sound.bytes)
03se_dec_st.ogg
SQUARE DANCE (skin006sound.bytes) / My generation (skin019sound.bytes) / 45 degrees (skin401sound.bytes)
m01_o_02 / m02_o_02 / m03_o_02.ogg
m01_o_13 / m02_o_13 / m03_o_13.ogg		This sound was heard in the OST version of 45 degrees.
TALK 2 YOU (skin007sound.bytes)
so_eff07.ogg
so_eff08.ogg
so_eff11.ogg
so_eff15.ogg
so_eff17.ogg
JUST... (skin008sound.bytes)
06se_dec_st.ogg
06se_trst.ogg		A quieter version of 06_trst.ogg, a background track.
I hear the music in my soul (skin009sound.bytes)
m01_rap01.ogg		A rap track, for the unused "rap" function seen in the original game. Judging by its label, it was meant to be used in SQUARE DANCE.
Dark Side Beside The River (skin010sound.bytes)
14se_dec_st.ogg		A louder and cleaner version of 14se_rrot.ogg.
WORKING IN THE HOLE (skin012sound.bytes)
02se_dec_st.ogg
02se_dec_st2.ogg
02se_fall1x.ogg		A stereo version of 02se_fall4.ogg.
02se_fall2x.ogg
02se_fall3x.ogg
02se_fall4x.ogg
STRANGERS (skin015sound.bytes)
09se_dec_st.ogg		This sound is present in the OST version of the skin
HOLIDAY IN SUMMER (skin016sound.bytes)
07se_dec_st.ogg
MEGURO (skin020sound.bytes)
04se_dec_st.ogg
04tr02.ogg		A stereo version of 04tr02a.ogg. It also cuts off slightly later than the used variant.
SPIRITS (skin021sound.bytes)
13se_dec_st.ogg
MEKONG (skin105sound.bytes)
19trpad3.ogg
Manager class (skin201sound.bytes)
34se_bonus.ogg		Inside this file, complete sound data for the skin Fanatic can be found. Based on how it has many references in-game, it is likely that this skin was planned to be the Puzzle Mode skin instead of Manager class.
34se_dash.ogg
34se_dec_lp.ogg
34se_dec1.ogg
34se_dec2.ogg
34se_fall1.ogg
34se_fall2.ogg
34se_fall3.ogg
34se_fall4.ogg
34se_lr.ogg
34se_lrot.ogg
34se_on.ogg
34se_rrot.ogg
34trbas1.ogg
34trbas2.ogg
34trbas3.ogg
34trbas4.ogg
34trbas5.ogg
34trdrm1.ogg
34trdrm2.ogg
34trdrm3.ogg
34trdrm4.ogg
34trdrm5.ogg
34trdrm6.ogg
34trdrm7.ogg
34trmel1.ogg
34trpad1.ogg
34trpad2.ogg
34trseq1.ogg
34trseq2.ogg
34trseq3.ogg
prime factor (skin406sound.bytes)
39trpno5.ogg		This sample is present in the OST version of the skin

Unused Videos

movie.bytes, the game's video repository file, contains one file which is does not seem to be used: mv032_lp_1280_720.mp4. While it was originally used as the movie file for the skin Da-Di-Do in Lumines Supernova, no skin in this game seems to use this file.

Revisional Differences

Patch 1.01 (July 11, 2018)

• The loading times were optimized.
• Fixed a bug in which the last timeline column did not add to the final score in Time Attack Mode.
• The audio mix in certain skins was improved, and the overall audio volume range was expanded from 4 level settings to 8.
• Fixed a bug in which high score/ranking information was not displayed.
• Fixed an unspecified issue that happened when the Borderless Window option is toggled.
• Other minor performance improvements and bug fixes.

Patch 1.02 (July 13, 2018)

• Added a "Background motion ON/OFF" setting, which toggles the background movement during gameplay.
• Fixed a bug in the Puzzle No. 097 "LOVE" in which the blocks would not clear.
• The block design in the skin SPIRITS was adjusted to be colorblind friendly. The blocks themselves were also tweaked, now having rounder edges.

v1.01 and prior	v1.02 onwards

Patch 1.03 (July 20, 2018)

• Fixed an unspecified issue in Mission 20.
• Unspecified performance improvements and bug fixes.

Patch 1.04 (August 31, 2018)

• An unspecified "game balance" fix.