So what was up with ELECTROPLANKTON anyway?

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @thorhighheels
    @thorhighheels  2 месяца назад +48

    PATRONE: bit.ly/3LIDh9C
    shout out riley for the tunin glue & smash footage: www.youtube.com/@smudgebapYT
    my next video will be uh... i dunno yet lol. not a bad call to talk about EMIO n stuff, but ive also been slow cookin a script for mysterious 360 games which i kinda wanna commit to. would take a while to make tho

    • @kayivey83
      @kayivey83 2 месяца назад +1

      i love you

    • @ytfisthisathing
      @ytfisthisathing 2 месяца назад

      this may ruffle sum feathers, but have you heard of a lil' game called CONCORD?
      Seems somewhat up your valley
      It's a live service game tho, and a one on cryostasis, so, dunno if you're willing to check it out

    • @GIDAEONGULLY
      @GIDAEONGULLY 2 месяца назад +1

      ARE THERE MORE LIKE THIS!?!?!?! EXPLAIN! I have idea. please, sir

    • @Monty-or9sb
      @Monty-or9sb 2 месяца назад

      PI.

    • @ytfisthisathing
      @ytfisthisathing 2 месяца назад

      @@thorhighheels concord
      (For real though, just wondered if you have heard of it, my og comment got wiped apparently)

  • @CBrownathan
    @CBrownathan 2 месяца назад +162

    I imported this game during winter break in 2005. I brought it to a party when all of my friends were home from college. This game wowed my friend group. Another friend brought over a PSP with a Star Wars game and no one cared we spent the night making dumb little songs. This may be one of the most played games I own

    • @clockhanded
      @clockhanded 2 месяца назад +20

      I automatically read the last sentence as "This may be one of the games I own"
      sorry

    • @Nov-5062
      @Nov-5062 2 месяца назад +3

      Hey! Don't disrespect the PSP please

    • @CBrownathan
      @CBrownathan 2 месяца назад +4

      @@Nov-5062 no disrespect here friend

    • @Nov-5062
      @Nov-5062 2 месяца назад +2

      @@CBrownathan yeah I suppose you're right, sorry. That was truly a "gamer moment" of mine

    • @yoturaliaz6205
      @yoturaliaz6205 Месяц назад

      Cool story unc

  • @luman1109
    @luman1109 2 месяца назад +79

    i fuck with Thor Higheels videos heavy

  • @GooBomber1
    @GooBomber1 2 месяца назад +124

    My niece LOVES Electroplankton. Whenever she visits, she asks to play the "Fishy game", and spends the next half hour just playing around with all the different modes with a big grin on her face.
    While this game isn't really a "game", I feel that it definitely has a place in the DS's library, and feel that it would do wonders on modern platforms, especially for kids. It was practically one of those "kid stimming games" before that became a massive industry.

    • @Zontar82
      @Zontar82 2 месяца назад +2

      much better that kids plays this than moronic phone games

    • @pacomatic9833
      @pacomatic9833 2 месяца назад +4

      If this comes to new platforms I can only see mobile, Switch, and PC versions.
      That's because half the game requires the touch-screen, and the PC can do something similar with a mouse.
      And even then, the Switch version might not exist because some of them need a mic and the Switch has no mic.
      With that said, you can plug in a mic through the headphone jack, so maybe it'll say "plug in a microphone" or something.
      But to be honest, this would be a great mobile game

  • @blueylewis9419
    @blueylewis9419 2 месяца назад +35

    Thor talks the way people dream

    • @iamjustkiwi
      @iamjustkiwi 6 дней назад

      His speech is so lyrical it makes me feel like I'm stoned even when I'm not

  • @smudgebapYT
    @smudgebapYT 2 месяца назад +57

    electroplankton in the electrochum bucket trying to steal the electro patty secret formula

  • @kadnhart6661
    @kadnhart6661 2 месяца назад +133

    Electroplankton is just pure creativity, I 100% expect someone to make an entire album with this game one day and it will absolutely slap.
    Edit: I went searching and found that someone named Maximus Lockhart made an album using a different 3DS game *two days ago,* I'm taking that as a good sign.

    • @squidink6705
      @squidink6705 2 месяца назад

      someone already made an album entirely from this game

    • @Maximum_777
      @Maximum_777 2 месяца назад +27

      This comment is definitely responsible for a spike in views on my album, and that has further helped it into the algorithm so thank you. Rytmik Rock Edition is the software I used, it is technically DSi ware, but I was running it on a 3DS XL thus the album title is "Nothing But A 3DS", because you are literally hearing the headphone jack of a 3DS for the whole album.

    • @theshellderinslowbrostail5422
      @theshellderinslowbrostail5422 2 месяца назад +5

      ​@@Maximum_777 album is amazing

    • @Maximum_777
      @Maximum_777 2 месяца назад +7

      @@theshellderinslowbrostail5422 Thank you, I'm really glad people are enjoying it.

    • @Bane_Amesta
      @Bane_Amesta 2 месяца назад +1

      Well now I'm curious to hear the album as well, and is already in the comments which is just amazing lol

  • @RoroRainDrop
    @RoroRainDrop 2 месяца назад +36

    The patreon segment music is really good, such a vibe

    • @Fantasticanations
      @Fantasticanations 2 месяца назад +1

      yeah that was a genuinely beautiful moment

  • @DefamedRice
    @DefamedRice 2 месяца назад +25

    this game is partially the blame for me later becoming an experimental musician

  • @uncreativemedia
    @uncreativemedia 2 месяца назад +16

    Games like this don't come around very often, it's such a unique game, Luminaria easily being my favorite of the bunch.
    I've been playing it whenever I feel stressed out and it does wonders for me :)

  • @degmcgee
    @degmcgee 2 месяца назад +9

    you have no idea how long ive waited to see you cover this gem

  • @H45556
    @H45556 2 месяца назад +7

    “animalcule” was the original name given to microscopic organisms by the scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek before they got their scientific classification. I actually think it’s pretty cute. Little molecule animals - animalcules

  • @Shmeve0
    @Shmeve0 2 месяца назад +7

    I feel like Thor is pretty high on the list of RUclipsrs that might have a 3DS capture card

  • @ChiliDishGambino
    @ChiliDishGambino 2 месяца назад +7

    Animalcule is one of my favorite words already, but getting to hear Thor, one of my favorite content creators, say it not once but multiple times? Folks, I tell ya, it just doesn’t get any better than this!

  • @Ali-fs7ze
    @Ali-fs7ze 2 месяца назад +31

    I just realized, the NDS was very PSX coded.

  • @alexandcrackers
    @alexandcrackers 2 месяца назад +4

    scrunchy ds compression was a great gift. i believe it was the main reason that accordion synths dominated nintendo sound around 2005-2008

  • @Squirrelsquid
    @Squirrelsquid 2 месяца назад +3

    While Electroplankton came out, I was attending the Games Academy in Berlin, Germany and shortly before the release, we had an employee of Nintendo Europe over for a talk, and he showed us Electrplankton via debugging box on a projector. Was pretty neat.

  • @Sophilautia
    @Sophilautia 2 месяца назад +9

    Me: Electroplankton was a spiritual successor to Sim Tunes
    Current me: THE SAME GUY??

  • @SeshohoCian
    @SeshohoCian 2 месяца назад +1

    there's an ancient youtube video titled "iBand" where the gimmick it was a song performed on multiple first generation iPhones using various music apps. Their very first video also had a DS playing electroplankton as part of the instruments, and I was very disappointed when they replaced the DS with another iPhone in their later performances.
    Toshio Iwai is such a cool creator. Also a fascinating detail is that SimTunes, before it had the Sim branding, was originally pitched for the SNES as "Sound Fantasy", and would have been one of the few SNES Mouse games developed by Nintendo. So the connection between Iwai and Nintendo existed even before Electroplankton.

  • @Amesadoodledandy
    @Amesadoodledandy 2 месяца назад +1

    I loved this deep dive (no pun intended). I never got to play it at the time but am so glad there’s games out there like this that are just joy distilled down to seemingly simple but polished ideas.

  • @kittyshippercavegirl
    @kittyshippercavegirl 2 месяца назад +2

    Electroplankton is just one of those games that's pure vibes
    I had it on my DS when I was younger thanks to the power of flashcards and my dad just downloading every game he could find for the thing
    it's great seeing it talked about, holds a special place for me

  • @anthonywheeler2082
    @anthonywheeler2082 2 месяца назад +4

    I remember when this came out. It was a big deal until it hit stores. Then it became hard to find. Now I know why. Thanks Thor!

  • @hemangchauhan2864
    @hemangchauhan2864 2 месяца назад

    LOVE, love your return to 10-20 min videos

  • @alexevaldez
    @alexevaldez 2 месяца назад +7

    I did not expect anyone would make a video this long for Electroplankton, but if it ever happens it makes sense itll be ThorHighHeels. XD

  • @QuetzalattheDiner-ic1wy
    @QuetzalattheDiner-ic1wy 2 месяца назад +1

    I saw TOshiro Iwai in the 2005 Art Futura exhibition in Barcelona. Asides from this game, he also created a music gadget called Tenori-O or sometrhing like that.

  • @dorianhinkle5595
    @dorianhinkle5595 2 месяца назад +2

    I was so hype for the Patreon ad roll when I knew this was what you were making a video on.

  • @riv7254
    @riv7254 2 месяца назад +1

    18:04 Not sure if the dsi release has extra extra ones, but most of the modes including the mario drum machine one have variations you can access in the original game by pressing the minus button. There's kid icarus and balloon fight variations instead of mario that might sound more or less silly to ppl lol
    lovely video btw this is one of my fav games thanks thor :]

  • @theheavenlywaffle9140
    @theheavenlywaffle9140 2 месяца назад +15

    BABE WAKE UP NEW THORHIGHHEELS ON ANOTHER NICHE GAME

  • @ParmMannREBORN
    @ParmMannREBORN 2 месяца назад +5

    Thank you Smash for making me know what Electroplankton is

  • @wispy36
    @wispy36 2 месяца назад +4

    immaculate vibes. i normally can't sit through anything in one go, but i did this time

  • @Hummus420
    @Hummus420 2 месяца назад +3

    I like it when the blood circulation is good

  • @zucchinin
    @zucchinin 2 месяца назад +3

    Looks like a Tetris Effect-esque musical religious experience I need to play this

  • @littIebeats
    @littIebeats 2 месяца назад

    never clicked on a video so quick. i love electroplankton and i loved hearin thor's thoughts on it even more

  • @EnigmaticGentleman
    @EnigmaticGentleman 2 месяца назад +2

    I found myself really getting invested in that Pikachu image at 6:45. Like how did the Pika end up in such a horrifying place while looking for McDonalds. Was it on an odyssey to cross from a world where there are no McDonalds's into a world with them? Did the Pika die from how toxic McDonalds is? Is this a sentient cartridge of Hey You Pikachu that is playing mind games with a 5 year old? I am way too invested in this picture that probably took 2 minutes to make.

  • @coolmedina117
    @coolmedina117 2 месяца назад +1

    6:09 pls talk about contact if you haven't

  • @speedymonkey1
    @speedymonkey1 2 месяца назад

    I just played this game for the first time. I am amazed that my favourite youtuber makes an essay about it. Let's say I enjoyed the voice mix sampler A LOT.

  • @JE-nr6xw
    @JE-nr6xw 2 месяца назад +3

    animalcule is the original name for microorganisms BTW :)

  • @SealedFantasy
    @SealedFantasy 2 месяца назад +1

    Man, i just love how you take the wildest subjects in all of gaming youtube

  • @its_uh_bella
    @its_uh_bella 2 месяца назад +7

    18:49 the Guinness book of world record 2008 does say that it's the first game to allow the player to compose. I guess mario paint was an snes... utility?

    • @noneofyourbusiness4616
      @noneofyourbusiness4616 2 месяца назад

      The Guinness Book is not a reliable source of information.

    • @ScarfKat
      @ScarfKat 2 месяца назад

      Guinness is literally just a marketing company, you have to pay them to get in their records lol. So them saying this holds pretty much no weight at all.

  • @NemesisTWarlock
    @NemesisTWarlock 2 месяца назад

    I was not expecting a 20 minute essay on elektroplankton by ThorHH today, but I will take it. Thanks! :)

  • @cucumver8159
    @cucumver8159 2 месяца назад

    love the vid and LOOOVED the patrone track. so happy you zero'd in on a game thats always fun. And eapecially this game like, totally forgot about this super ds moment.

  • @titansaint
    @titansaint 2 месяца назад

    love the game, hated the smash stage lol
    update: this is genuinely a calming video without your narration being boring. i put it on to listen to while i was in another tab but ended up paying way more attention to this than what i was originally gonna work on. thank you youtube recs for this gem!

  • @snailyman
    @snailyman 2 месяца назад +1

    i still have my copy of electroplankton! love these wee musical beasties

  • @bor6536
    @bor6536 Месяц назад

    If you are exploring this game:
    -If you press select on Lumiloops, Marinesnow and Beatnes, it'll actually change the music/instruments that play.
    -Pressing select on Hanenbow changes the layout
    -Pressing the d-pad on Luminaria will shift the arrows around with a wave.
    -Pressing up and down on the d-pad on Rec-Rec changes the backing track
    I was lucky enough to play this as a kid because my game shop got a single used copy and I spent soooo much time on it

  • @Unquestionable
    @Unquestionable 2 месяца назад

    This is one of those deep cuts that would hit perfect when you were just in the mood to vibe and create. I only ever really screwed around with a copy a friend had but I felt it was a cool as hell "art piece" for a lack of a better description.

  • @YujiNakaSonic
    @YujiNakaSonic 2 месяца назад +8

    how the FUCK did I not have or even know anything about this game beyond it being a smash stage as a kid it feels like it was MADE for me

    • @ezrawallet
      @ezrawallet 2 месяца назад

      I’m feeling exactly the same way

  • @gabrieleliottminucimotta7540
    @gabrieleliottminucimotta7540 2 месяца назад

    4:37 onward straight up sounds like a Bjork song.... amazing. never even heard of this and im obsessed already

  • @SadeN_0
    @SadeN_0 2 месяца назад

    Goddamnit the pikachu reverb fart caught me completely by surprise with a mouth full of pizza
    Nearly choked over here

  • @maccamachine
    @maccamachine 2 месяца назад

    Awesome video I really just like the aesthetic of this game and how it feels. Like many others probably I first found out about it through smash bros and thought it was very interesting especially for them to put it in smash

  • @theothertonydutch
    @theothertonydutch Месяц назад

    I didn't see this video at all until now but now I kinda hope you'll talk about the DS and that Korg software synth thing. Years ago I had a DS in my toy-synth suitcase for just that reason. It's seen some use in small living room performances as you can just have people interact with it, when using the XY chaos mode.

  • @JamesTDG
    @JamesTDG 2 месяца назад

    16:13 thanks for reminding me it exists, now to wait AGES for the internet archive to come back up so I can get the game

  • @MidnyaDaCow
    @MidnyaDaCow 2 месяца назад

    It's nice learning about games i typically wouldn't know nothing about otherwise, this is no exception.

  • @rileyninja9733
    @rileyninja9733 2 месяца назад +2

    So thats where the smashbros brawl stage comes from

  • @averagesionenjoyer8948
    @averagesionenjoyer8948 22 дня назад

    I wonder what a jazz player would make of this especially the blowing to the mic mode and hermeto pascoal combo hahah

  • @Geno746
    @Geno746 2 месяца назад +1

    Gez's classic catchphrase It's Electroplankton Time

  • @UltraRoboMD
    @UltraRoboMD 2 месяца назад +2

    oh yeah, that's some good blue

  • @espasphalt
    @espasphalt 2 месяца назад

    I had a tenori-on at one point, it was this game shoved into a more tactile hardware shell. cool stuff

  • @onnuhhhh
    @onnuhhhh 2 месяца назад +2

    thats whats up (with electroplankton)

  • @michaelelmes2135
    @michaelelmes2135 23 дня назад

    Alright thor, im gonna need your next album now

  • @JennyTheNerdBat
    @JennyTheNerdBat 2 месяца назад +3

    6:39 is there any place I can listen to it in full? :0

    • @mrant9317
      @mrant9317 2 месяца назад

      some of the patreon musical segments end up on his soundcloud

  • @Arfurido
    @Arfurido Месяц назад

    6:37 that was amazing

  • @johnny40000
    @johnny40000 2 месяца назад +1

    just wanted to add in the hanenbow if you turn all the leaves red you move on to a new level... i guess i call it a level.

  • @duffelpuffelmcduff1181
    @duffelpuffelmcduff1181 2 месяца назад

    I look away for five seconds and pikachu shits in my pool!
    Never change, Thor.

  • @fufzooz
    @fufzooz 2 месяца назад

    I don't know what this is but I love everything you do so I'm watching it anyway

  • @NovaArk-oh2mj
    @NovaArk-oh2mj 2 месяца назад

    Thank you!😊

  • @david02129
    @david02129 2 месяца назад +1

    3:53 boston museum of science red wing stair case. if you know you know

  • @ucankushincorporations1318
    @ucankushincorporations1318 2 месяца назад +1

    I wonder if a collab with Posy could work

  • @musiclover01ization
    @musiclover01ization Месяц назад

    This is really cool. Electroplankton is a unique game.

  • @revolverdot4856
    @revolverdot4856 2 месяца назад

    thank u so much for ur videos High the Heels

  • @Geno746
    @Geno746 2 месяца назад

    There's a game on steam called Oddada where its a toyboxy game where you make music sorta like this.

  • @rgvcfhhdgg7760
    @rgvcfhhdgg7760 2 месяца назад

    0:54 nice time hollow ost, took me a while to find

  • @kimmymochii
    @kimmymochii 2 месяца назад

    damn that Time Hollow soundtrack at 0:55 brings back memories
    not sure if you played that one yet, but might be interesting since it's a VN I never really heard anyone talk about ^^

  • @D0Gdidthemath
    @D0Gdidthemath 2 месяца назад

    I remember briefly playing Electroplankton at a games museum type place once and loving it, maybe someday I'll try and track down my own copy
    (sidenote; I wonder if Toshio Iwai has ever collaborated with Yann Tomita, it seems like their interests overlap)

  • @fnytnqsladcgqlefzcqxlzlcgj9220
    @fnytnqsladcgqlefzcqxlzlcgj9220 2 месяца назад

    Dude I loved electroplancton as a kid!

  • @WorldFungusChamp
    @WorldFungusChamp 2 месяца назад

    All I want is Electroplankon with midi capabilities. I'd love to use it to sequence/trigger other instruments or sync it to other stuff.

  • @FightCain
    @FightCain 2 месяца назад

    THOR THOR THOR THOR THOR!
    Finally got notified lol
    Also you should make a tune using electroplankton sounds lol
    Electroplankton, to me, represents the epitome of the DS's identity: portable, creative, and relaxing experience. DS was a maverick piece of gaming hardware. Like I don't know any other handheld console that makes you hold the hardware on its side to play games and "games" like that horror game you hold sideways and well, edutainments.

  • @lilacKurage
    @lilacKurage 2 месяца назад

    Omg Love Plus mentioned ❤

  • @uirusux
    @uirusux 2 месяца назад

    12:31 Mario Party 5 menu theme??

  • @egon3705
    @egon3705 2 месяца назад

    don't forget the harp noises that the main menu makes

  • @fullcapsethan
    @fullcapsethan 17 дней назад

    i used to pray for times like this.... a thorhighheels elektroplankton video

  • @elivcdxv1852
    @elivcdxv1852 2 месяца назад +7

    Smash bros stage

    • @elivcdxv1852
      @elivcdxv1852 2 месяца назад +2

      Wait one minute ago LETS GO

  • @vinnitsuki5797
    @vinnitsuki5797 2 месяца назад

    16:39 god damn tien lookin pretty swag

  • @julien2983
    @julien2983 2 месяца назад

    I really appreciate your perspective on these types of games that I would otherwise dismiss as "full-priced tech demo nintendo-bullshit"

  • @FailureOfAName
    @FailureOfAName 2 месяца назад

    Thor creating music from a DS game is a vibe.

  • @yokothespacewhale
    @yokothespacewhale 2 месяца назад

    I have always and continue to swear I played this as a flash game before the ds release

  • @UlisesBarboza
    @UlisesBarboza 2 месяца назад

    here just to get an up date on the ThorHightHeels , just move and the is was hard to get a hard line to connect to the dsl or fiberoptics

  • @hark5496
    @hark5496 2 месяца назад

    Delightful vid

  • @Coolbindus
    @Coolbindus 20 дней назад

    what's that transitioning effect is called around 6:44 ? like in old video games, cannot find how to do it

  • @straitJacketFashion
    @straitJacketFashion 2 месяца назад

    Gotta love the Machinarium ost

  • @spncrgrn
    @spncrgrn 2 месяца назад

    Hey Thor I'll be honest i might not finish this one but congrats for having music in that new New Balance skate video !! i'm kidding ofc i'm gonna watch this shit

  • @forcelightningcable9639
    @forcelightningcable9639 2 месяца назад

    10:10 this one reminds me of the dancing psychic detector wave thing from Akira

  • @specknacken6507
    @specknacken6507 2 месяца назад

    Thor doing a video about "Elekrtoplankton" is like me going to the "Natty or Juice" Subreddit.
    Just 5 times a day.

  • @Tudmoke
    @Tudmoke 2 месяца назад

    I just played through Time Hollow for the first time (not a fan unfortunately) so it was a trip hearing the music kick in at the beginning

  • @lukesoup27
    @lukesoup27 2 месяца назад

    Oh I didn't know those official DS earbuds were packaged with more games. I have a pair thanks to Daigasso! Band Brothers

  • @jelemefer
    @jelemefer 2 месяца назад +2

    To adress your title, the top screen is a zoomed in image of the bottom screen

  • @bananabike279
    @bananabike279 2 месяца назад

    Loved these odd little Nintebdo games like these, so experimental

  • @aubreyscott662
    @aubreyscott662 2 месяца назад

    Where can I find that image of Mario knocking over the wtc

  • @MrDumbRodent
    @MrDumbRodent 2 месяца назад

    god i hope that the Bryce trophy bit was a clue that youll cover Disaster: Day of Crisis someday

  • @nelgluhak6709
    @nelgluhak6709 2 месяца назад +7

    you'll love that i graduated on monday and literally mentioned electroplankton in my thesis lmao

    • @olldomu5790
      @olldomu5790 2 месяца назад

      what was the topic? gamification of art creation? may I read it please?

    • @nelgluhak6709
      @nelgluhak6709 2 месяца назад

      @@olldomu5790 overall look at sound in video games. I'd send it, but it's in Croatian :(

    • @olldomu5790
      @olldomu5790 2 месяца назад

      @@nelgluhak6709 oh well! cool subject, congratulations on graduating!!

    • @nelgluhak6709
      @nelgluhak6709 2 месяца назад

      @@olldomu5790 thank u! 🥰

  • @H45556
    @H45556 2 месяца назад

    commenting for engagement yippee so good!