Just got word: Electroplankton is hitting the U.S. in January. The music creation "toy" for the Nintendo DS allows you to tinker with music while playing around with tiny creatures. The only downside is that the game is only going to be sold online and at the Nintendo World Store in New York.

Electroplankton represents just one of the many ways that Nintendo is developing new kinds of software to reach new audiences," said George Harrison, Nintendo of America's senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. "Even if you have never played a video game, you can pick it up and start making amazing musical combinations with no instruction."

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