Got Electroplankton? Mini Review (Nintendo DS)

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I get addicted to cool things things that are cool: Resident Evil 4, listening to the Figurines, you name it. My latest addiction is Electroplankton for the NDS. I recently imported it from Lik-Sang and can’t put into words how much fun this super-sleeper is. This is the killer app Nintendo very much needs for the DS, and yet they haven’t released it in the US yet!
To help put it into perspective: Electroplankton is like being pulled into a soothing yet fun underwater world of music, lights, and sounds. (NDS is region-free, which means Japanese games can be played on U.S. systems, and visa-versa.) The only title in recent memory that was this experimental was Seaman for the Sega Dreamcast, and even Seaman doesn’t come close to this. I’ve demonstrated Electroplankton and handed my NDS to at least 10 people over the past few days, and every single one of them were enthralled by it. These were people who were young, old, gamers, ex-gamers, and never played a single game in their life. Every one of them were able to “get it” and were soon having a ball with it. I don’t often recommend a product as strongly as this, but if you have an NDS, you must own Electroplankton. It’s addictive and like nothing you’ve ever seen before. (If there is enough feedback on this post, I will post a demo video later. We don’t really do game reviews, but this one is something else.) If they think the US audience won’t understand Electroplankton, Nintendo need not be afraid. This title is a smash hit, easy enough for anyone, and addictive to all.

• Buy Electroplankton w/ Headphones (Nintendo) For Nintendo DS / Japanese
• Official Electroplankton Website
• IGN: Electroplankton Preview

(Instructions and packaging are in Japanese, however are not needed to play.)