Electroplankton (universe)

Electroplankton (universe)
Developer(s)	indieszero
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Designer(s)	Toshio Iwai
Genre(s)	Music
Console/platform of origin	Nintendo DS
First installment	Electroplankton (2005)
Latest installment	Electroplankton: Marine Snow and Volvoice (2009)

The Electroplankton universe (エレクトロプランクトン, Electroplankton) is one of the many unique universes represented in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The universe consists of only a single title (excluding the DSiWare re-release, split up as the game's 10 stages for individual sale): a relatively obscure music creation software. In Brawl, its only representation is a stage, Hanenbow, and a few stickers. In Ultimate, the Hanenbow stage returns with a new music track and a Spirit.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Stage

• 
  Hanenbow is a secret stage in Brawl representing the Electroplankton universe. It is unlocked by finishing Event 28: Flower Blooms in the Echoes. Hanenbow is the only stage where My Music does not work; the music is generated by the actions of the players and the Hanenbow that fly around the stage. The leaves change color and angle when struck.

Stickers

Name	Game	Effect	Characters
Electroplankton	Electroplankton	AttackElectric+012 Attack +12	All characters
Hanenbow	Electroplankton	AttackElectric+012 Attack +12	All characters
Nanocarp	Electroplankton	AttackElectric+012 Attack +12	All characters
Volvoice	Electroplankton	AttackElectric+012 Attack +10	All characters

Electroplankton

Hanenbow (Electroplankton)

Nanocarp (Electroplankton)

Volvoice (Electroplankton)

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Stage

• Hanenbow is a starting stage coming back from Brawl.

Spirit

• Hanenbow also appears as a Spirit.

Music

• Electroplankton (Remix) - A new remix incorporating melodies and samples from Hanenbow, Luminaria, Lumiloop, and Beatnes.
• Electroplankton (Original) - The ambience sounds that are heard in Electroplankton and used in the Hanenbow stage. This track was previously in Brawl but was unavailable in that game's Sound Test.

Trivia

• Electroplankton, Metal Gear, and Miiverse are the only primary universes to be entirely dropped from a Smash game, with Metal Gear and Electroplankton having no content whatsoever in SSB4 and Miiverse having no content in Ultimate. Ice Climber, while having its sole playable character(s) not returning and not having any stages in the same game, is still represented by trophies, two music tracks and the Polar Bear's appearance in Smash Run. However, both Metal Gear and Electroplankton made a return in Ultimate.