Electroplankton
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| Electroplankton | |
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| Developer(s) | indieszero |
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| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Release date(s) |  April 7, 2005 January 9, 2006 July 7, 2006
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| Genre(s) | Music |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB:  Everyone
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| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS |
Electroplankton is music game, in which you create music by touching things on the touch screen. In the US, it was released in limited number because it is not a mainstream game.
Along with not being considered a mainstream game, it's also commonly considered not to be a game at all, but rather a toy, as there is no real objective, and there is no way to actually loose (in fact, its probably even less of a game that Brain Age is, seeing as that game actually features an objective/time limit/and score).
The game, or rather "toy", is also often times considered a demonstration of what the Nintendo DS hardware can do, as it takes advantage of most features, including the touch screen and microphone (with the latter one being featured more so than most other games that were released at the time).
There are ten different types of Plankton that you can touch that will produce different sounds and performances.
The Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2008 deemed Electroplankton the first game in which the player could compose their own music.
[edit] Legacy
An Electroplankton themed stage (Hanenbow) appears in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. If a character jumps on a leaf or touches the water, a sound will be produced. A character can also attack a leaf and the leaf's position will change as well as it's color and pitch.
[edit] DSiWare
There will be separate mini games from the Electroplankton series, scheduled for a future release for DSiWare.
