So what was up with ELECTROPLANKTON anyway?

[@thorhighheels]

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]

i love you

[@ytfisthisathing]

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]

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

[@Monty-or9sb]

PI.

[@ytfisthisathing]

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

[@CBrownathan]

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]

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

[@Nov-5062]

Hey! Don't disrespect the PSP please

[@CBrownathan]

@@Nov-5062 no disrespect here friend

[@Nov-5062]

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

[@GooBomber1]

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]

much better that kids plays this than moronic phone games

[@smudgebapYT]

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

[@kadnhart6661]

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]

someone already made an album entirely from this game

[@Maximum_777]

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]

​@@Maximum_777 album is amazing

[@Maximum_777]

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

[@Bane_Amesta]

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

[@uncreativemedia]

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 :)

[@RoroRainDrop]

The patreon segment music is really good, such a vibe

[@Fantasticanations]

yeah that was a genuinely beautiful moment

[@luman1109]

i fuck with Thor Higheels videos heavy

[@fnytnqsladcgqlefzcqxlzlcgj9220]

YOUR. ASS. IS. HEAVY!

[@DefamedRice]

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

[@noneofyourbusiness4616]

you may be entitled to compensation

[@alexevaldez]

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

[@Sophilautia]

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

[@degmcgee]

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

[@anthonywheeler2082]

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!

[@Ali-fs7ze]

I just realized, the NDS was very PSX coded.

[@ChiliDishGambino]

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!

[@theheavenlywaffle9140]

BABE WAKE UP NEW THORHIGHHEELS ON ANOTHER NICHE GAME

[@noneofyourbusiness4616]

babe's not waking up... what did you do...

[@wispy36]

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

[@ParmMannREBORN]

Thank you Smash for making me know what Electroplankton is

[@Squirrelsquid]

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.

[@kittyshippercavegirl]

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

[@zucchinin]

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

[@SealedFantasy]

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

[@dorianhinkle5595]

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

[@hemangchauhan2864]

LOVE, love your return to 10-20 min videos

[@JE-nr6xw]

animalcule is the original name for microorganisms BTW :)

[@Geno746]

Gez's classic catchphrase It's Electroplankton Time

[@rileyninja9733]

So thats where the smashbros brawl stage comes from

[@snailyman]

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

[@littIebeats]

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

[@YujiNakaSonic]

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]

I’m feeling exactly the same way

[@Hummus420]

I like it when the blood circulation is good

[@EnigmaticGentleman]

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.

[@nelgluhak6709]

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

[@blueylewis9419]

Thor talks the way people dream

[@jelemefer]

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

[@onnuhhhh]

thats whats up (with electroplankton)

[@NemesisTWarlock]

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

[@its_uh_bella]

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]

The Guinness Book is not a reliable source of information.

[@johnny40000]

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.

[@MidnyaDaCow]

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

[@Unquestionable]

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.

[@Amesadoodledandy]

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.

[@beat-man5167]

i could see some dude plugging a ds with this game in a live show maybe with the projector on

[@UltraRoboMD]

oh yeah, that's some good blue

[@gabrieleliottminucimotta7540]

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

[@elivcdxv1852]

Smash bros stage

[@elivcdxv1852]

Wait one minute ago LETS GO

[@fufzooz]

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

[@cucumver8159]

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.

[@espasphalt]

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

[@riv7254]

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 :]

[@Shmeve0]

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

[@thorhighheels]

lol yea i do have one

[@D0Gdidthemath]

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)

[@kimmymochii]

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 ^^

[@Geno746]

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

[@maccamachine]

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

[@MrDumbRodent]

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

[@H45556]

“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

[@FailureOfAName]

Thor creating music from a DS game is a vibe.

[@yokothespacewhale]

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

[@WorldFungusChamp]

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.

[@straitJacketFashion]

Gotta love the Machinarium ost

[@greenhowie]

Completely different thumbnail style than usual, the Thors they are a-changin'

[@FightCain]

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.

[@fnytnqsladcgqlefzcqxlzlcgj9220]

Dude I loved electroplancton as a kid!

[@revolverdot4856]

thank u so much for ur videos High the Heels

[@forcelightningcable9639]

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

[@lowkeyalextho]

she electro on my plankton

[@Skelecopter-]

I LOVE ELECTRIC PLANKS

[@rainbowkrampus]

Is that the exercise where you balance on your forearms and toes while someone jabs you with a cattle prod?

[@rasyadiskandar759]

fast and bulbous like an electroplankton eating dough out of a nintendo ds

[@bananabike279]

Loved these odd little Nintebdo games like these, so experimental

[@goatbone]

First game I ever imported. Japanese version with the little blue earphones.

[@cybercop0083]

It’s like The little mermaid, with all the music and salty sea songs

[@amalgamidol]

i forget if you've talked about it earlier or not but i'm glad to know thor fucks with sims 2 on DS

[@hark5496]

Delightful vid

[@nineh9739]

electroplankton is one of my favourite synths, I have a google alert set up for romhacks of it in the hope someone will patch out the ocean noises. hannenbow is my favourite, the one where you can tap beats would be fucking awesome if I could see the bpm and mute the nintendo music.

[@shawnmm1]

I gotta know how the video gets made, they always are so joyful and enjoyable to watch, do you script? use bullet points, or u just got that Pikachu in ya?

[@livchamps9573]

reggie was cooking when he invented electroplankton

[@JohanCruyff-wj4pf]

Has anybody else ever thought that this game looks like it should be a SCE game? Like the kind of weird, cartoony, music oriented exclusive they would make for PSP or Vita or something? I don't know if that makes sense to anybody else but me.

[@TheSoulreaver5]

damn that was some good elektroplankton

[@makikuma91]

Holy moly, never seen this game. I will eat my salad if there isn't a electroplanktonmegalovania.

[@david02129]

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

[@JennyTheNerdBat]

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

[@mrant9317]

some of the patreon musical segments end up on his soundcloud

[@H45556]

commenting for engagement yippee so good!

[@rashidbrown345]

SONIC 3D!?

[@JE-nr6xw]

this game looks amazing

[@ucankushincorporations1318]

I wonder if a collab with Posy could work

[@randybutternubs1209]

AQUAZONE MENTIONED

[@TheDandy99]

You ever hear of Barquoe and Linda? Both seem your jam

[@TheWeirdAgnostic]

I wonder how many modern indie games have this sound.Any recommendations?❤

[@uirusux]

12:31 Mario Party 5 menu theme??

[@petrock4041]

What’s up with ThorHighHeels? I hope he’s happy :)

[@SkoddieAltair]

NEW THOR LETS GOOOO

[@PANDORAZTOYBOKZ]

It's not old nor slavjank, but you should check out Paradise Killer, a very queer coded vaporwave themed investigation game, akin to an open world Ace Attorney

[@TwisterTH]

This is kind of a random question, but I have to ask- Have you played Rabbids Go Home for Nintendo Wii? And more specifically, have you tried that Cack-a-Phony mini-game?

[@Nov-5062]

I'll never forgive those rabbits for killing rayman and his reputation

[@rainbowkrampus]

This is what Midinous is lacking, cartoon sea monkeys.

[@SagamiBoy2001ch]

Bro i thought you got hacked from the thumbnail alone 😭

[@PSCHC_YT]

ahhh yes my favourite heels

[@handsumgerman]

Thorhighheels-ass Video game

[@Todd-_-Umptious]

So elektroplankton was a bunch of standalone modular sequencers? Why the fuck didnt they just say so?!?!

[@throwawaydetective9080]

So basically Electroplankton is the sickest DAW on the DS?