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Electroplankton is an experimental music game for the Nintendo DS. The game was designed by multimedia artist Toshio Iwai. The North American release was limited to New York's World of Nintendo and online retailers, but the game was given a full release in Japan. The games were later split into 10 separate DSiWare downloads.

Players interact with different types of plankton in order to make music. Through a combination of stylus controls, the player can control when the sound starts and can alter the sound. The game has two modes. Audience Mode demonstarates the various interactions while Performance Mode lets the player play with no prerecorded content.

One of the games, Hanenbow, was later used as a stage for Super Smash Bros. Brawl. This stage was particularly unique in that it didn't have a specific level music but rather the music was made by the players interacting with the leaves and altering the path of the Hanenbow, much like the original game.