{"id":132607,"date":"2023-03-21T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-146642"},"modified":"2023-03-21T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T20:00:00","slug":"countdown-3ds-eshop-spotlight-butterfly-inchworm-animation-ii-korg-m01d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/03\/21\/countdown-3ds-eshop-spotlight-butterfly-inchworm-animation-ii-korg-m01d\/","title":{"rendered":"Countdown: 3DS eShop Spotlight &#8211; Butterfly: Inchworm Animation II \/ KORG M01D"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1f1ca141e156e\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1f1ca141e156e\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Butterfly: Inchworm Animation II \/ KORG M01D\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1f1ca141e156e\/butterfly-inchworm-animation-ii-korg-m01d.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1f1ca141e156e\/butterfly-inchworm-animation-ii-korg-m01d.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Butterfly: Inchworm Animation II \/ KORG M01D\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Flat Black Films \/ Detune<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><em>For the month before the 3DS and Wii U eShops close for new purchases on <strong>27th March<\/strong>, each day we&#8217;re going to highlight a specific eShop game for one of those consoles and give a short pitch as to why we think it deserves your love and attention \u2014 before it&#8217;s too late. The chance to add these to your library will be gone for good soon and, <em>for one reason or another<\/em>, these eShop-exclusives are close to our hearts.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Today, Gavin squeezes two tools into one non-game post&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><strong><em>Another<\/em> combo!? Oh, go on then, what are they?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds-eshop\/butterfly_inchworm_animation_ii\">Butterfly: Inchworm Animation II<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds-eshop\/korg_m01d\">KORG M01D<\/a>. We didn&#8217;t review Butterfly, but here are our thoughts on M01D from 2013:<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/3ds-eshop\/related-articles:35716 @ 2023-03-22T01:04:30+00:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<h2>Who made them?<\/h2>\n<p>Flat Black Films made Butterfly, and Detune was behind KORG M01D.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What&#8217;s the premise?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"6iltoZlzVxk\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Starting with Butterfly, this is a portable animation tool that goes above and beyond Nintendo&#8217;s own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds-eshop\/flipnote_studio_3d\">Flipnote Studio 3D<\/a> and delivers a much more fully-featured piece of software. It allows you to shoot video, record audio, draw, edit, import, export, and create all manner of effects, all from your 3DS (or 2DS).<\/p>\n<p>KORG M01D was an eShop exclusive in the West, an app that emulates the KORG M1, a synth released back in 1988 that featured in <a href=\"http:\/\/bobbyblues.recup.ch\/korg_m1\/m1_examples.html\">many a late-&#8217;80s, early-&#8217;90s dance tune<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"ucViXskL0w0\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<h2>Why should you get them?<br \/><\/h2>\n<p>Well, we knew that the KORG app was a winner \u2014 most of the KORG software is (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/ds\/korg_ds-10\">KORG DS-10<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds-eshop\/korg_dsn-12\">KORG DSN-12<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/korg_gadget\">KORG Gadget<\/a>), and this particular example that emulates the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Korg_M1\">M1 synthesizer<\/a> is a favourite. We&#8217;ve got some serious <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K8LDID6j5rs\">Seinfeld<\/a><\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GuJQSAiODqI\">Madonna<\/a> enthusiasts on staff.<\/p>\n<p>Butterfly: Inchworm was admittedly a new one on us, so why include it? Well, we were recently contacted by Wayne Unten who expressed his love and admiration for both these programs. Wayne is a big Nintendo fan and also an animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios, and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/03\/random-disney-animator-creates-stunning-30-second-short-using-3ds-eshop-apps\">created some brilliant shorts<\/a> on his 2DS over the years that really showcase the power of both pieces of portable software (as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds-eshop\/colors_3d\">Colors! 3D<\/a>, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/features\/countdown-3ds-eshop-spotlight-colors-3d\">we highlighted a couple of weeks back<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/3ds-eshop\/related-articles:146639 @ 2023-03-22T01:04:30+00:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>You can find some impressive examples of Butterfly&#8217;s power in the article above, or head to <a href=\"https:\/\/animatingforfun.tumblr.com\/\">Wayne&#8217;s website<\/a> to check out more, including several &#8216;How To&#8217;-style animation tutorials. Looking at the short clip below, though, the potential of this particular animation app speaks for itself:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-instagram\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/CNJE94CDxyl\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>You&#8217;ll need some serious art skills to achieve results like <em>that<\/em>, of course, but the fact that those are possible to produce on nothing but a modest Nintendo 3DS means we&#8217;ll be heading to the eShop to get this downloaded pronto.<\/p>\n<h2>How much is it?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>$7.99 \/ \u00a37.09 \/ \u20ac7,99<\/strong> for the Butterfly: Inchworm Animation II.<\/p>\n<p>KORB M01D would normally set you back $34.00 \/ \u00a319.99 \/ \u20ac24,99, BUT, it is currently on sale until the eShop&#8217;s demise with a 50% discount, bringing it down to <strong>$17.00 \/ \u00a39.99 \/ \u20ac12,49<\/strong>. <em>Bargainous!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em><em>We&#8217;ll be back soon with another 3DS or Wii U eShop recommendation as part of <em>this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/tags\/countdown\">&#8216;Countdown&#8217; series<\/a><\/em>. Let us know below if you&#8217;ve already got these in your collection and share your thoughts. Not long to go now!<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Flat Black Films \/ Detune For the month before the 3DS and Wii U eShops close for new purchases on 27th March, each day we&#8217;re going to highlight a specific eShop game for one of those consoles and give a short pitch as to why we think it deserves your love and attention \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132607\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}