Electroplankton Swimming to DSiWare
By Shawn on Monday, July 6th, 2009 at 3:37 PM PST In Game Companies, Game Platforms, Games, Nintendo, Nintendo, Portable
Nintendo has a habit of making games that aren’t always games. Electroplankton was one of these experiments – more light and music simulator the title gives players control of a sparkly little wireform creature with a happy face in it that you move around creating an interactive musical experience. Originally released for the Nintendo DS handheld as 10 unique electroplankton, the title is getting a re-release of a sort thanks to Nintendo’s new DSi download service.
Beginning this week (July 8th) in Japan the software giant will be releasing 4 of the available creatures/levels at a bargain price of 200 Nintendo DSi points. The plan reportedly is to expand the offering to include all 10 creatures, which even at 2000 points is a bit of a bargain since the game, now out of print in the US, Europe and Japan is going for a fairly high price on eBay. No word on if the downloads are guaranteed for the US DSiWare store yet.
One complaint I always had during the limited time I spent playing the game before the next shiny bauble or explosion caught my jaded eye was that I could not save the music I created while “playing” with my plankton. I’ve been unable to confirm if this feature is included in the new download capable handheld.
