| View Larger Image | Electroplankton | Video Gameby Nintendo
| List Price: | $34.99 | |
| | Publisher: | Nintendo | | ESRB Age Rating: | Everyone | | Platform: | Nintendo DS | | Model: | DSNIN 045496737061 | | Operating System: | Nintendo DS | | Release Date: | 2006-01-09 | | Sales Rank: | 8,202th |
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FEATURES | - 10 different marine creatures, each with their own musical theme
- Develop hypnotic or soothing melodies by controlling the Electroplankton or their environment (or both)
- Choose a camera spot and use the upper screen to zoom in & out, seeing up close what your music does to the creatures' world
- Use the DS microphone to record real-time audio, to a series of rhythm tracks
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
Electroplankton is a truly unique hands-on visual and audio experience. Already a big hit in Japan, this is a new type of game where the goal is to create audio art. Use the DS touch screen to interact with striking underwater creatures. Poke, rub, and draw on the screen to stimulate the odd aquatic creatures and create your own music. Each level is a completely new sound experience, from haunting melodies to head-nodding beats to funky Mario theme remixes. You'll create new songs and experiences every time you play! |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 57 reviews)
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The best non-game ever by Jeffrey M. Panza (Pittsburgh, PA USA)  5 Stars
April 14, 2009
Electroplankton is not a video game! Let this be known. It is a work of art made by the eccentric Toshio Iwai who's art is based around combining audio and vision. Your interaction with the plankton in the game generates sounds, but there is no goal, no score, not even a save mode. It is almost like an instrument. So, if you have a creative side, and maybe find yourself tapping on your table while you work, I'd highly recommend this game (if you can find a legitimate copy). I've generated some cool loops in Hanenbow (a level where you bounce plankton off leaves in the level to generate sounds), and then I'll turn up the volume, set it aside and work to that beat. It gives me a sense of pride to know that I made the music I'm listening to.
Anyway, this game is the original non-game for DS, way before Nintendogs, Brain Age, and all the other games made for non-gamers and gamers alike. Don't miss out! If you can get Electroplankton, you'll experience interactive art at its finest.
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Electroplankton - Stress Relief in a Cartridge by Fryfat (San Francisco, CA) 5 Stars
March 21, 2009
I've had Electroplankton for 3 years. It's gone from a neat little toy I'd play constantly, to a forgotten cart in the back of a droor, to an almost nightly stress reliever.
This year, as economic hardship finally hit home, things started to get stressful and I was having trouble falling asleep. Not wanting to get addicted to sleeping pills or Nyquil, I tried to find something to clear my mind, so I turned to my DS. After a long day of job hunting, when my mind is frazzled and thinking about how the bills will get paid, I don't feel like being attacked by hordes of bad guys, or figuring out difficult puzzles, so I put in Electroplankton and after 20 minutes, I can finally get some rest. No more Nyquil.
The spinning discs in Lumiloop with their droning, soothing sounds, the quiet piano stroke in Marine-Snow, and the little seeds in Sun-Animalcule always calm me down. It's better than a CD, book, or even a movie, since the interaction keeps my mind from wandering, but unlike other games it's still soothing.
Game, toy, art, I don't care what you call it, to me it's a fine piece of software that calms me down and gets me to sleep no matter how stressed I am.
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Not a Game - This is Art by Stephen P. Sullivan (OH USA)  4 Stars
January 12, 2009
Electroplankton is not a game at all, but it is very fun and can keep your attention like (or better than in my case) a game. The prices that rip off artists are trying to charge is ridiculous, though. You might be able to find a more reasonable price at a -ahem- online auction (wink, wink). I would really like to see this re-released and/or released for the Wii. I think the market would be better now, since the DS and DS Lite were originally aimed more at pre-teens. My wife and I both have DS's and find many titles entertaining and helpful (Brain Age, etc...). I think the musical capabilities far exceed Wii Music (which I also like).
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Not quite as orthogonal as I had expected, but still fun. by Nicholas Charles Caruso (land of the bean and the cod)  3 Stars
February 18, 2008
I enjoy playing Electroplankton, and am eagerly awaiting the release of Electronekton. haha. I had expected a bit more programmability than the game actually provides, but it is still a good thing. I recommend it to you.
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So much fun! by A. McKenzie (Minneapolis, MN, USA) 5 Stars
January 28, 2008
This game blew me away. It's so much fun experimenting with all the different musical-making tools. And the visual part of it is also so beautiful.
As with most games like this, however, it gets a little old after a couple weeks. But I've had it for almost a year and I've played it on and off. I haven't let it get dusty =D
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