Using the DS' touchscreen to play Electroplankton.

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Electroplankton

Electroplankton is an interactive music video game developed by the Japanese interactive media artist Toshio Iwai and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS portable gaming system. more...

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This unique software allows one to interact with animated \"plankton\" and create music through one of ten different \"plankton themed\" interfaces. This title is commonly not regarded as a video game in the fullest sense, but rather a \"toy\" because there is no objective, timer, or top score. It is also regarded as a demonstration by Nintendo of the capabilities of the DS's ability to take input by microphone (which in most games is limited to simply recognizing whether the player is blowing into it) as well as the touch screen, Symbolic linking of the responses/senses \"touch, speak, see, hear\" Everything that the game has to offer is available from the beginning. The first-run edition of Electroplankton in Japan came bundled with a set of blue colored ear bud headphones.

Plankton

There are ten different plankton to chose from, each with different attributes, sounds, and personalities. The Plankton are as follows:

Tracy — Moves on lines you draw, with the speed depending on how fast the line was drawn; Hanenbow — Launches off a leaf, then bounces on the leaves of a plant; Luminaria — Move arrows to affect their direction; Sun-Animalcule — Place them on the screen and they will grow, as well as give off different-pitched sounds depending on their position on the screen; Rec-Rec — Records up to four sound samples and plays them over various drumloops; Nanocarp — They move around randomly, or they can make formations by doing different things in the mic; Lumiloop — Spin them around and they will make simple sounds; Marine-Snow — Each will give off a tone when touched and switch places with the one touched previously; Beatnes — Plays NES music in the background and they repeat sounds when you touch them; Volvoice — Records your voice and repeats it with an assortment of effects to choose from;

Game modes

The game only offers two game modes — Performance and Audience. The Performance mode is considered to be the beef of Electroplankton, allowing the user to interact with the plankton with the use of the stylus, touchscreen, and microphone. Audience mode simply allows the user to put down the system and enjoy a continuous musical show put on by all of the plankton, although the user can interact with the plankton just like in Performance mode. Audience mode is like a demo mode in some other games.

Controls

L & R: Change plankton in Audience Mode.
X & Y: Zoom In/Out of current action.
Start: Pause
Select: Different action depending on plankton.
A: Different action depending on plankton.
B: Return to previous screen.