Additionally, the game provides a Visualizer mode, which creates a fireworks display timed to the rhythm of audio files stored on the player's console.

The game provides twelve achievements (worth 200 Gamerscore points), which focus mainly on unlocking fireworks and attaining high grade levels and hit ratios.

Each track is a classical song that has been remixed into one of a number of modern styles, including ska, funk and techno, and was composed by Ian Livingstone (Batman Returns and Project Gotham Racing 2 game soundtracks) and the DLC Rock Pack by Chris Chudley from Audioantics (Geometry Wars, Project Gotham Racing 3) .

[4] Members of both companies recalled that EA expressed interest in Bizarre Creations due to the developer's successful Geometry Wars, leading to prototyping and eventual full-fledged production on a new rhythm-action title.

[5][6][7][8][9] However, Bizarre Creations founder Martyn Chudley claimed that it was his company that originally approached EA about a new project in order to avoid losing staff.

[11] As the game was designed around casual play, its difficult settings were balanced to appeal to beginners and hardcore gamers alike.

[5] The "freeform" development of the game allowed EA to quickly approve amendments by the programmers such as the addition of the Endurance Mode and speeding the gameplay up with the increasing tempo of the music.

[12] The team claimed they took no inspiration from Fantavision, a fireworks-themed puzzle game for the PlayStation 2, though Hall and Bygrave recognized visual similarities between the two.

[6] Classical music was selected due to its assumed neutral appeal and because players might recognize its beats and choruses over contemporary songs.

[4][9][12] Lewis said that these classical pieces were remixed to have structures like modern pop, rock, and dance songs, with alternating choruses and verses, similar to how a player deals with waves of enemies in a shooter game.

[16] DLC titled "Rock Pack" was released on November 29, 2007 and included five new songs and an additional fifteen unlockable fireworks.