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Lumines: Electronic Symphony

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Lumines: Electronic Symphony is the fifth major entry in the Lumines series. As per the other titles, the goal is to just make squares. It doesn't sound fun on paper, but the outstanding presentation is where most of the appeal is held.

Unused Graphics#

Placeholder Graphics#

Throughout the game's files are several placeholder screens:

data\screens\screen_ci.zip\CI_003.dds
luminesES-CI003.png

data\screens\screen_template.zip\template.dds
luminesES-template.png

data\screens\screen_viewer.zip\bg.dds
luminesES-viewer.png

(Source: tikal.)

Early Menu Graphics#

The directory data\images\title.zip\title contains many menu graphics from an early build of the game.

title.png is the title screen from the TGS 2011 demo of the game. This image can also be found in data\screens\Title_Alpha.zip\title.dds.
LuminesES_EarlyTitle.png

release.png is likely part of a demo end screen from the TGS 2011 demo, though it's hard to say for certain, since little footage of the TGS 2011 demo exists.
LuminesES_release.png

gameover.png is likely the background of a game over screen from the TGS 2011 demo, but again, it's hard to say for certain.
LuminesES_gameover.png

welcomeback.png is an early main menu design.
LuminesES_welcomeback.png

connectlist.png is likely an Ad Hoc connection screen of some sort.
LuminesES_connectlist.png

createchallenge.png looks to be an menu where players could create specific challenges for others to try.
LuminesES_createchallenge.png

trychallenge.png looks to be a menu where players could accept said challenges.
LuminesES_trychallenge.png

list_connect.png looks like a box for text to be laid on top of.

clear.png is just some text saying "Clear".

connectlist_milkey.png contains just some text saying "Milkey". Given the filename, it is probably related to connectlist.png in some way.

list_accept_1.png, list_accept_2.png, and list_accept_3.png look to be graphics for confirming a challenge to try in the previously shown Try Challenge menu.

LuminesES_list_accept_1.png
LuminesES_list_accept_2.png
LuminesES_list_accept_3.png

list_send_1.png, list_send_2.png, and list_send_3.png look to be graphics for confirming the challenge to be sent to other players.

LuminesES_list_send_1.png
LuminesES_list_send_2.png
LuminesES_list_send_3.png

Unused Avatars#

data\avatar\ch(ID).zip is the directory for the many avatars in the game. While IDs from 00 to 63 can be found, many of them are unused.

Other/from Puzzle Fusion

00

An unused playable version of the question mark avatar,
an icon of which is seen when an avatar is locked.

11

14

21

32

36

46

51

55

57

59

Unused Icons#

Several placeholder miniatures for icons and avatars can be found in the directory data\near, along with other miniature images of the many avatars and skins featured in the game.

Avatars#

Can be found in data\avatar_thumbnail.zip\avatar_thumbnail. Appears 22 times, with 13 unique variations.

ch09

ch11, ch12, ch50, ch51, ch52, ch55

ch14, ch57

ch19, ch58, ch59

ch21

ch29

ch32

ch34, ch36

ch43

ch44

ch46

ch56

ch63

Avatars (Miniatures)#

Can be found in data\near. Appears 22 times, with the IDs of the avatars previously mentioned, sans 00.

Skins#

Can be found in data\banner.zip\banner. Appears 29 times, with 15 unique variations.

skin10, skin11, skin12, skin13, skin15

skin14, skin17

skin16

skin18, skin19

skin21

skin22, skin23, skin24, skin25, skin26, skin27

skin28

skin29, skin33

skin30, skin31

skin32

skin116

skin118

skin119, skin120

skin130

skin139

Skins (Miniatures)#

Can be found in data\near. Appears 96 times, with the same IDs as the above skin icons, and the addition of IDs 034 to 100.