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A Singing Zen Garden

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 86 / 93
Date: January 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

ElectroPlankton for the Nintendo DS is much more about play, experimentation and discovery than achieving anything. There's nothing to unlock, no goals, no saving of your musical creation. Instead you're supposed to get caught up in the moment - discovering new ways to manipulate the ElectroPlankton. The depth the game has depends entirely on the player and how much time they are willing to give it. The more you play, the more discover, especially if you never read the instruction booklet.

I've shown the game to at least five non-gamers and they all have been immediately transfixed. Smiles spread across their faces and there was much laughing. They basically commandeered my DS and didn't want to let go. Since playing ElectroPlankton two of these guys have decided to buy a DS - their first gaming system ever. It may be interesting for you to know that these guys were aged 35 and 47.

I've played ElectroPlankton just about every day since I imported it in April 2005. One of the things I love about ElectroPlankton is that it's so unlike anything else. Never before has there been anything like it. It's calming and relaxing while at the same time being very exciting and joyful. In fact, I've heard ElectroPlankton called a singing Zen garden and I believe that's right on target. I find it intoxicating and a much welcomed breath of fresh air.

Music from the deep cloudy depths of the sea

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 13
Date: February 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

When you have a DS and a good $40.00 Electroplankton's the game for you. Even if you don't like music this game'll getn you groovin' with it's funky jams, super shapes, dilarious dings, wonderful whistles, and more. With the ten electroplankton to choose from anything is possible. From the Tracing Tracies, to the Stupedous Vol-Voice it's all good. Each one has a unique ability like the Nano carps can make shapes and do this by listening to your voice, and the Hannenbows make different sounds according to the angle of the leaf. Plus not only can you preform with them, but they can preform for you, with Audiance mode just sit back and relax and let the little guys do their thing. This game get's addicting and there's no-telling what's in store for you. Electroplankton has a magnifinying circle at the top screen for you to check out the plankton's fabulous feautures. Not only can you do the same old, same old type of pattern over and over for some electroplankton you can press select to go to a different pattern. Like in the Lumiloops if you press select it'll transfer you to a different backrouned Lumiloop-world, although the Lumiloops look the same the sounds are different! The possibilities are endless in Electroplankton, and when som bodys down a kooky electroplankton beat is the PERFECT thing to cheer them up. Electroplankton is the best DS game I hav ever seen, It's got music, art, and the results of curiousity all in one. Remember a mysterious beat awaits you under the deep dark depths of the sea when you by Electroplankton.

Beautiful piece of software

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: March 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Great idea, great experience, could use some changes and improvements.
Seems like the genie who made this "game" didn't refine some corners.

Funny noisy game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

My 10 year old son plays this games for hours. Now that he has the hang of it he loves it. I like it because it fosters creativity. It can get noisy if he makes a screaming song but thats part of the fun.

THE BEST GAME EVER!!! =)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: July 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is a MUST BUY! Well, I couldn`t find it new in stores, so I bought it used and saved $10! But this game is worth $35. What you do is, there`s 10 electroplankton, each one different. You play around with them to make music. (This game has no object to it, you just mess around!) This game is worth every penny! YOU MUST BUY THIS GAME!!!!!! =)

P.S. For ALL ages!

older aged review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: July 31, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I found this game to be fun yet soothing. I got lost in it for 45 minutes and I don't usually go gah-gah over games. It peaked my curiosity and responded uniquely to my imput.

Electroplankton is great!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: August 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Electroplankton is great! The graphics, sounds, and colors are fantastic! Not a regular DS game because it lets you get very creative! We love it!

This is an instrument collection, not a sequencer

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: September 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

As the title states, Elektroplankton is a collection of different musical instruments. I would love to be able to save things, and a non-homebrew sequencer/synth app would be amazing (though the DS isn't powerful enough for much there). However, I also love that I can approach Electroplankton like my guitar or keyboards. I just open it up, and start playing. I play whatever comes to mind, or the Plankton's mind, and enjoy myself. I find I can come up with something interesting with all the Plankton, though I do have a few favorites.

I would love to see a sequel to this application, things like this are why I favor my DS more than my PSP; originality. The PSP looks gorgeous, and crushes the DS in raw processor and graphical grunt; but the DS is just more fun for me, and that is what counts (to me).

Whether I am launching some Hanenbow, altering the path of the Luminaria (which I would love the ability to stop them moving individually), setting some ambience with Lumiloop, or whatever, I can come up with some pretty nice sounding music and not just wacked out experimental stuff.

I can even use a lot of this stuff in other songs I write; just plug up the DS to my recorder and go. I am also considering composing an entire song using just Electroplankton. Should be interesting to see what I can come up with.

This is an amazing app, and if you are interested in electronic music, innovative, intuitive ways of playing, etc, you should definitely buy Electroplankton. Electroplankton was enough for a friend to buy my original launch day DS after seeing a demo of it; he was not into 'mobile gaming devices' until then.

Fantastic Musical Toy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is NOT a game! Just had to get that out of the way. Elektroplankton is a collection of musical toys. Some are stunning, amazing, and captivating while others did not suit my tastes well at all. Overall, the entire package is well worth it if you are into music, multimedia, and the fusion of art, music, and interactivity.

Extrordinary Game! Beautiful!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: April 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I love this game. It really relaxes you and I even put some people to sleep with the calming music! This game is actually educational. Some people say it is not a game. It really depends on what you mean by the term "game" because I think this is one of the best games in my ds case. You get to interact with the singing plankton. It is so original and very beautiful and breathtaking. My cousin couldn't stop playing with it. It is one game you will want your family to play!

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