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Customer Reviews of NDS Electroplankton

Woah!!!!!!!!!
If you can imagine Brian Eno and Isao Tomita conspiring together to create a mixed-media installation of interactive Frippertronics, this is what it would be. <
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>Amazing. <
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>The musical samples are superb and the interface is so simple that non-musician octagenarians can immediately create tunes like Eno or George Winston. <
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>Thank you, Toshio Iwai. You are a sublime genius. <
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>The modes that let you mutate your recorded voice and do loops with insane sound effects from old NES games are pretty fun, but there is some real depth and beauty in this software. <
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>If you're a musician, artist, technogeek or Japanophile, check it out.

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not exactly worth the full price..
I know I won't get many "helpful" votes for this, but this piece of art (as it is not an actual game) isn't worth the current price as of 1/16/06. It's far too limited and option-less; unfortunately, that's probably the point. <
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>In Electroplankton, there are ten different electroplanktons to toy with, all of which create nice, experiemental sounds that are vaguely musical. It's fun for about thirty minutes (not to mention breathtaking) but you'll turn it off with little reason to turn it back on again. When you do, it'll be for five to ten minutes tops, each time. <
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>You won't have a problem with this. It's a program that's designed for minor play, as there's really not much to do. <
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>Fortunately, it sounds amazing and looks really beautiful. Everything is 2D (of course) but it's done in such an artsy, colorful way. It's definitely something for both your eyes and ears. <
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>There will be moments when you'll get a happy accident. Many moments. And every time, you'll wish you had a way to save it on the cartridge. And you simply can't. (Sure, you can save it via output to a computer or a tape/mp3 player, but this seems a bit unnecessary, as the average video gamer probably doesn't have said equipment. Not to mention that something would be "lost" without the visuals). <
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>It's an open-ended experience, and while it's an interesting idea, something inside of me wishes there were simply *more* of it. Specifically, more electroplankton. After playing through all ten, you'll quickly get an understanding of which three or so are your favorite, and the couple that you don't like will probably never be played again. Twenty electroplankton would have been excellent. <
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>But, it is what it is: art. It's futile to attach some ultimate score for something like this; art is subjective, therefore someone can think Electroplankton is absolutely brilliant and someone can think it's absolutely not. I happen to fall somewhere inbetween. It's good, but not good enough for the price. Personally, I think it'd be a good idea for you to wait until it's either cheaper or used copies are available.

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Unique and innovative
This is one of those games that changes the concept of gaming. The game is not about winning, but experiencing. Unfortunately there are no 'save' features in the game, however, the simplicity and elegance of sound sythensis make up for it. <
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>highly recommended to all gamers.