Lumines Live

Lumines Live! is a puzzle game similar to its predecessor, Lumines: Puzzle Fusion. The objective of the game is to rotate, move, and drop colored blocks varying between two colors to form 2×2 squares of the same color. A vertical line known as the Time Line sweeps over the playing field and will erase the colored squares, granting points to the player's overall score.

Deleting four or more squares will add a bonus multiplier to the player's overall score. Players lose the game when the blocks reach the top of the playing field. Stages vary from thematic visual themes known as "Skins" that change the music, background, and sound effects. There are seven game modes: Challenge mode, Puzzle, Time Attack, VS CPU, and Duel Mode.

Lumines Live! was developed by Q Entertainment alongside Lumines Plus and Lumines II. Mizuguchi's concept for the game was that the game would feed the player with new songs, with a choice of downloads. Mizuguchi compared the game to TV channels where they direct the player to new content.

During the development of Lumines: Puzzle Fusion, audio had to be completed before finalizing the skin's design. Music composer Yokota decided to take a different approach with Lumines II and Lumines Live!. Instead, skin designs took priority in order to provide more concrete suggestions for the audio. Yokota stated this made greater variation possible for the music tracks.

Lumines Live! received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Critics praised the new features and updated visuals from the original but the amount of content in the base game versus the amount of DLC was criticized. Eurogamer were impressed with Skin Edit Mode, which helped returning players who didn't want to return to the beginning of Challenge Mode.

GameSpot also praised the visuals and audio, stating they were better than the original game. IGN in particular praised the loading times, which were reduced from the original.