HD Rumble inspired Tetsuya Mizuguchi to bring Lumines Remastered to Switch

Coming from a Nintendo Life interview with Lumines creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi...

NL: When did you think about bringing Lumines to Switch? Did you think about doing something for the console straight away?

TM: I was really inspired by the HD rumble and I thought this is new and also I've heard many voices from people who played the original on PSP but they said, ”I want to keep playing but my PSP is broken,” or some just move on to the next hardware.

I felt I needed to succeed the first Lumines, and I had been thinking about the game on new platforms and I felt I had to do that, but there was no right timing. Then Nintendo announced the Switch and I realised it was a good time to remaster the game, as well as taking advantage of the 4K available on PS4/Xbox One. I had many reasons but both the resolution and the rumble of the Switch meant it was the right time. Everything has come together.