Q Entertainment Announces Two New Games

Tetsuya Mizuguchi, the brain behind Rez, Lumines and Meteos, and one of SPOnG’s favourite laid-back Japanese game developers, has just announced details on two new games for PSP and DS.

The information has been unveiled through the Internet courtesy of an IGN translation of the latest copy of Japanese gaming bible, Famitsu. The PSP game will be titled Gunpey-R - that's short for Gunpey Reverse - while the DS will be getting Oto wo Tsunagou! Gunpey Reverse. The two games are based on the 1999 Wonderswan puzzle game Gunpey and Mizuguchi will be executive producer on both titles.

Both games, unsurprisingly, will mix up addictive puzzle elements in with some music-creation themes – the Mizuguchi trademark, if you like.

The names of the new games come from the guy who designed the original Wonderswan, the late Gunpei Yokoi, who also fathered the Game Boy. Both games will be published by Namco Bandai.

The PSP version will have a strong focus on music and video, and will feature the same "skin" concept as seen in Lumines. Players collect themes, with each containing its own background, animation, and music. In total more than 40 skin types are promised.

The DS will also use the touch screen, but other interesting game play additions include a sound that is played when a line is made. This allows players to time the clearance of a line with the game's music to create your own music.

The games are scheduled for release in Japan in the autumn, but as yet there's been no indication that they'll make their way to the US and Europe.