You can play with Pikachu in any of the Pokémon games, but Japanese musician Kaseo actually plays Pikachu during his performances.
Kaseo is a techie as much as he is a musician, and his instruments of choice tend to be the type that he modifies himself using found objects. He describes the process as circuit-bending.
His recent sound device of choice is a hacked Pikachu figure, in which he’s added metal spikes to help warp the sounds the toy usually produces.
Want to see and hear a choir of 12 circuit-bended Pikachus? At right, the "12 bent Pikachu orchestra +1," performed by Kaseo at the Enban live house in Tokyo late last year.
Circuit Bending Pikachu by Kaseo [Designboom]
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