Electro Plankton (DS)

[Blue Falcon]

DS Gets Electro Plankton
Classic Nintendo themes to feature in new music game.
by Anoop Gantayat

March 3, 2005 - Band Brothers has proven a hit for the DS in Japan, giving players a chance to team up and make music through the new portable. For their next DS musical experience, gamers will want to take a look at the recently announced Electro Plankton.

Scheduled for Japanese release on 4/7 at a price of 4,571 yen (headphones included), Electro Plankton is being produced by Japanese contemporary musician Toshio Iwai, designer of SimTunes as well as other crazy interactive music devices, for release through a currently undisclosed publisher. The game is being referred to as a "Touchable Media Art" game.

Electro Plankton places players in a water-based world. Within that world there exists ten types of "electric plankton" creatures. These creatures react to your touch and voice. Based on your touches and voice inputs, the game will output different video and audio patterns, modifying your voice with a variety of effects.

This game seems to be designed for all players, from veterans to newbies. Game fanatics will find bonuses like classic NES music, with the game supposedly including the theme from Super Mario Bros. and other titles. You won't have to even play the game to enjoy it, as the included Audience Mode outputs endlessly changing audio automatically with no player input.

Definitely something we'll have to see for ourselves in order to fully appreciate.

DS.IGN (http://ds.ign.com/articles/593/593239p1.html)

Scan of an ad can be found @ gba.n64europe (http://gba.n64europe.com/index.php?id=3262)

To me, this game looks/seems oddly amusing. Your thoughts?

[Regole]

Do you post all your threads on G4 and Allgames?

[Blue Falcon]

Do you post all your threads on G4 and Allgames?

Sometimes, sometimes not. It depends.

[alexsan]

I lost all faith in the DS. All their "big hits" weren't that good

[Tenchi]

I lost all faith in the DS. All their "big hits" weren't that good

Just "wait" until April, but then the good ones will be delayed! :lol:

[Regole]

Um......

How can most of the DS games announced so far seem to be nothing more than $30 minigames?

Sure this game sounds interesting, but I'd like to see something with a little more depth on the DS.

Yoshi's Touch 'N Go.

=D

[The_Raven]

I was about to post a thread about this, it looks freaken insane, I can't wait.

[Tom the First]

Do you post all your threads on G4 and Allgames?
He should because some people don't go to G4 anymore.

[Blue Falcon]

Rather than making a whole new thread on this, I thought it'd be better to bump the news:

http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000937064168/

ElectroPlankton. U.S. January 9, 2006.

Buy it, ok?

[Regole]

Comes out 2 days before my birthday, buying it.

[masman]

ElectroPlankton. U.S. January 9, 2006.
well Game Informer says it is coming out sometime in November in their calendar, I dont have it in front of me to see exactly when but i will post it when I do.

[Regole]

well Game Informer says it is coming out sometime in November in their calendar, I dont have it in front of me to see exactly when but i will post it when I do.

lmao, Game Informer fails.

[nekobun]

I wants it. So I can have it in English. For all the good that does. Ooh, menu options of little import are readable now. Sweet!

[Blank]

The idea sounds awesome. Seems like the DS is getting better and better everytime I hear news about it. I think I may just pick this one up.

[Blue Falcon]

http://ds.ign.com/articles/661/661092p1.html

And it's only for purchase via online retailers or the Nintendo World Store in NYC.

Just my luck. :-(

[Blank]

Just order it online, dude. What's the big deal?

[Blue Falcon]

Just order it online, dude. What's the big deal?
Well, I lack a credit card - and my parents think the internet is evil and all that kind of stuff.

And of all the things to buy from the internet, I doubt they'd want to use a credit card for something like video games.

[Tulare]

I think I heard Blackwolf mention this a show or two ago. Seems pretty original, not sure how cool it is, but I did notice it said limited and availible online only. So those thinking about it may need to get moving, for those who don't know about it, here's the Gamestop page.

http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=180100

[Blue Falcon]

I was hyped about this way earlier this year.

It's a shame only online retailers and the Nintendo NYC store have it though. I would have bought it without a doubt had it been retailed like most games.

[The_Raven]

Gamestop.com saying its a limited quantity makes me scared about not pre-ordering it first. I may have to do it soon.

[Ezekiel]

Shite, I hate it when a game is limited and looks cool, but I dont know if its good or not :/

[Regole]

I'm gonna try and order it when it's out. I believe the release date is the 9th of January.

[Tom the First]

I want the game. OH YEAH!!!
*pushes kool-aid man over*
I definitely want this game. I'll have to show it off to my band geek friends.

[Tom the First]

I seem to have spilled a little.
You're going to leave quite a sticky stain on the floor. Shame on you!

[nekobun]

I'm ordering a copy as soon as my paycheck clears this next weekend.

[Blackwolf]

Today's the day it's apparently shipping, FYI. We talked a little bit about it on the show last night.

[alexsan]

Gamespot says you can't save the music you make. Useless :mad:

[Tulare]

:( I got overnight shipping, no e-mail about it yet.

EDIT: So now it's back ordered. Wonder if that means they actually didn't have enough, or none at all?

[nekobun]

You forgot to mention "online retail only."

[Tulare]

According to the site, mine has shipped, but still no E-mail about it. Hopefully I escaped the back order crowd. :)

[Blackwolf]

Amazon still tells me that they expect it to ship today. I don't think that's happenin.

[nekobun]

Direct order from Nintendo's online store for the win.

[Blackwolf]

Looks like I won't be getting it anytime soon, thanks Amazon...

[Tulare]

This is already cool. The second game, Hanenbow is damn fun.

[Blackwolf]

I broke down and ordered from Nintendo.com on Friday, they shipped it yesterday and I got it today, and cancelled the Amazon order. (Which is now being serviced by Gamestop, while last week it was alternating between Toys R' Us and Target, depending on whenever you checked.)

Played it during my lunch break. I found it very interesting and fun, but I can definately tell that it won't be for everybody, and it's very wise that Nintendo made it such a limited release. Random Joe would pick this up off the shelf at Best Buy and return it immediately because he wouldn't like it.

I plan on recording an audio review of all 10 modes for the next Bobby Blackwolf Show.

[nekobun]

You got yours? I still have yet to see mine, though I know it shipped. The UPS man pulled by today, but nothin'. Grr.

(Checked the order tracking, says tomorrow, mmkay. I'll have it to putz around with at the bar during trivia night. Sweet.)

[Tulare]

Gamestop's site says they have them in again.

[nekobun]

Got mine. Love the Rec-Rec fish. And the amount of stuff you can do with the Nanocarp is mind-boggling.

[The_Raven]

Yea, I just read the instructions and found a TON of stuff I didn't know. Useage of the D pad mostly. Very awesome game.

[Blackwolf]

Yeah, there's a lot of stuff they tell you in the manual that you wouldn't think of. Definately a game where you read it.

Stuff Magazine says the game sucks, though. (http://www.stuffmagazine.com/hype/review.aspx?id=10466)

[Ender]

Stuff Magazine says the game sucks, though. (http://www.stuffmagazine.com/hype/review.aspx?id=10466)


For us, the term "game" usually means: 1. blowing heads off zombies; 2. running over old ladies while driving something called the "death mobile" . . .
Eh, Stuff is their own undoing.

[Blackwolf]

Heh.

Seriously, I'm going to be doing an audio review of all ten modes on the next show, probably recording it on Saturday. I'd love to have people in this thread tell me which plankton is their favorite and if there's anything you feel people should know about the "game" if they're on the fence. I'm going to be highlighting all sides, so don't be shy.