How do you guys feel about Ape Escape?

when's 4?

>>382354929
Pretty good series that never took itself too seriously.
Also it was pretty interesting to note that Specter got less powerful but more insane with every iteration.
That and -

4WHEN
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>>382354929
Nice PS series. Pretty nostalgic.

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I never finished first game. Game always crashed in theme park during boss fight. I think it was late game or even final level, so I never finished it

Fun game but we can't have threads on /v/ because pedos overtake them every time

>>382355162
Escept in Million Monkeys and the anime i think

>>382354929
Only played the first one. The soundtrack was great and I still like to listen to it every now and again.

>>382355339
Don't lie, you always enjoy them since you're always there you faggot

I like Sayaka.

>>382355421
In case you try the other 2: 2 is meh but 3 is better, even if it has ways to make thinks too easy

>>382355339
No one even brought it up until you, you're the bigger problem.

What's the Ape Escape game with the live action cutscenes of a monkey learning karate and some other crazy gonzo shite?

I was watching my bro play it one time and it made me laugh my fucking ass off but I can't find it

>>382355826
Pumped and Primed.
There's other types of cutscenes, with different formats, i think.
Ape Escape has a series is full of weird wonderfull treasures, from the MGS crossover to Pumped and Primed's cutscenes to the anime.

>>382355826
Those were the Pumped and Primed team monkey intermissions. they were great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN975oe7iKQ

>>382355249
Was it an emulator?

>>382354929
TriHard Escape

How come Spike was no longer unable to be mind controlled in 3?

>>382355405
Wasnt he the anti-protag in MM because some monkeys framed him.

>>382356091
Doesn't work without dualshock and I don't have one.

>>382355952
>>382356052
Ah yeah that was it.

It was funny because I wasn't even playing the game I was just watching my cousin play it, and all of a sudden the juxtaposition from the game to just... well whatever the fuck this is out of literally fucking nowhere had me rofling. Reminds me of like adult swim style stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InrUEtrtrJU

>>382355056
>>382355162
This desu. Although I'm disappointed in the more animu art direction of the sequels and generally prefer the first game because of that. Maybe it's for the best.

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>>382356393
Damn

>>382356336
I think he was playable in it.
>>382356351
MM also had live action cutscenes i think, one even in english.

>>382355182
I loved the soundtrack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju-aaoSzQYc
What if Ape Escape was a girl?

>>382356393
Wasn't Ape Escape always anime?

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>>382356571
Dont even get me started on the anime/cartoon thing.

The anime was pretty good, season 1 had a fansub but 2 never did. You can still get the visual jokes and basic plot well enough to enjoy it at least.

The "cartoon" on the other hand was such an abomination it makes the nutshack look decent.

>>382354929
I will buy a PS4 when 4 comes out

>>382357616
>One of the writers for the cartoon was the creator of Earthworm Jim.

http://grvalis.tumblr.com/post/162435816984/so-this-happened

Favorite game?
Favorite character?
Favorite gadget?
Favorite minigame?
Favorite monkey?

>>382357928
3
Spike
Magic Punch
Mesal Gear Solid
Pipo Snake
But what about
>spin off, if they like one
>level
>music
>side character
>boss
>moment/memory

>ideas/wishes for a new game

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>>382357706
Yeah i mean writing was ok for your typical saturday morn cartoon, but i mean visually it looks hideous

>>382358109
Ape Escape was brutally raped.
Why was this allowed?

https://twitter.com/NebtyN/status/844673427046875138
https://twitter.com/palkia/status/832367646649638912
>>382357890

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>his

I have a feeling whenever there's an AE thread, its always the same people posting in it. I'm one of them

>>382358221
It happens to a lot of jap games.
Simply put they dont know that the west is ok with thier games as long as its puritan so they dont bother making them with west in mind unless its a HUGE game like bingbingwahoo.

The PAL/eu versions were prettyclose to the original names meanwhile the US ver had completely different names and godawful vas like even worse then your typical kids game vas.
They couldent even get Specter right and he was called Spector in ae1-2

Generally the japanese are great at marketing things to the french, mainly because they have done collas and cross country animations for thirty years now.

>>382358806
People on /v/ always liked Ape Escape

>>382358862
Is there a japanese game series that was properly managed?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRJjHWy6D94

>>382359565
Yes just look up the wikis and you can see all the name changes

>>382359832
It's like they wanted him to have more art than Yumi.

>>382357548
Yeah but it got more moe or whatever, idk I'm not up on my weeb lingo

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>>382354929

>>382360005
>Big Mission and Million Monkeys localization never

>>382357928
1
Casi
Dash hoop
Snowkidz Racing
Arnold

>>382360005
Man, I love 2. Is it that bad? Or is it just because it was my first one?

(The magnet gadget was ass, I know)

>>382360143
No, 2 is great.

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>>382360005
>All that yumifaggotry

So last time we had an ape escape thread, a thought occurred to me. Lemme just spit ball this to you guys real quick.

Do you think that Ape Escape would benefit from an Open World setting? Just have a really large local like a city or maybe even a full BotW-sized area, and then just let the monkeys loose?

To note, I'm not talking about true open world game design. I'm more thinking along the lines of a Sandbox. You would still have to get gadgets and have obstacles that prevent you from properly getting monkeys, but there aren't any levels, you just go in the direction that seems interesting to you until you're blocked off or get bored. Thoughts?

>>382360005
pipo saru racer was a good ass game.

>>382360364
Maybe it if'ts done in an interesting way, where it still feels like a platformer, by having higher and lower platforms and stuff.

>>382360446
I was thinking something that is tall, climbable, but has insides. Like a sky scraper city.

>>382360521
I guess it depends of the PS4's limitations.

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>>382356571
I remember one of the PSP games being good, couldn't tell you which one it was that I played, it was turn based if I recall correctly. Maybe I'm thinking about something else, though.

>>382360364
I'd play it. But like with all open world games it will come with open world problems. Backtracking, not being able to find what you're missing exactly, lack of variety, etc.

I'm not totally sure, but MM had some pretty open and huge levels, no?

Imagine an Ape Escape crossover with Jumping Flash

>>382360364
What about procedurally generated random monkeys in addition to pre-scripted named ones?

>>382360613
Ape Quest?

>>382360613
Academy?

>>382360819
I think that would make them less interesting. One of the fun things about ape escape was watching the monkeys for a bit and seeing what they were up to. Like the monkey hidden in the arcade just going back and forth and playing games.

>>382360819
Sounds like an Ape Escape game develiped by Sean Murray and Todd Howard.

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>>382360951
Yes, that's what it was! Thanks, anon. I remember that being a great game, I'll probably return to it just to see if I was right
>>382361075
Nah, it was Quest.

How would any of you make a new game?

ape escape is my shit. i loved 2. then played 1 and played 3. all of them were so good.
it was all good fun. I always wanted a localization for Million Monkeys.
FUCK. Ape Escape remake trilogy happening?

>>382362365
Maybe after the success of Knack 2

Another thread huh? Well if you must know I love the trilogy and I find the games charming, fun and unique spin offs are hit and miss but at their worst are average except maybe for that stupid move game, why did that even get greenlit?

>>382362730
Maybe they thought AE would work better as a gimmick based series, because of how the first game was made to sell a controller.

>>382362708
>Success
Its like any and every shitstain series has priority over Ape Escape to Sony. God damn this gay earth

>>382354929
The only good game in the series was the first one.

>>382363229
With Dunkey's meme marketing, it could work.

>>382361307
I've actually never tried Quest, but I'll go check it out if someone said they enjoyed it. If I'm not mistaken, wasn't that game strangely an American release only?

>>382356351
>Learns a full on style of swordsmanship to a point of mastery
>Was just trying to return the book
That made me laugh a little harder than it should have.

I'm surprised and impressed that nobody has posted delicious loli bike-shorts ass yet.

>>382361413
Smarter monkeys, more gadgets/transformations, more kickass minivans

If you're talking new mechanics, I'm not sure. The formula is extremely good as is.

I fucking hate monkeys.

But I fucking love Ape Escape monkeys.

>>382363881
why?

who /monkey football/ here?

>>382363958
Here here, really well polished minigame but that mesal gear solid is on a complete other level

>>382363958
Good taste, anon.

>>382364121
Yeah, its truly not fair comparing Mesal Gear to the other minigames. Am I the only who beat all stages in Monkey Climber?

>>382363931
Why do I hate monkeys? The stupid fucking things are horrifying and just creep me out and put me on edge. Whenever I see one broing it up with a human, I'm so antsy the entire time, because it could just flip at any moment and snap their fucking neck.

Why do I like the AE monkeys? Hell if I know, they're just fun little dumbasses.

>>382364237
Oh man that minigame is pretty tough I forgot how many stages I beat in it though, may try it later today

>>382364242
>no teeth or nails to tear your face off
>no exposed anus to grab and throw fecal matter with

>>382364121
>>382364139
the keeper AI could be better but still had great times playing it

>not having a centre forward with 9 power and shooting from half way at every opportunity

>>382364680
I'm honestly pretty bad at that game, so ill keep that tip for later, thank ye

>>382364564
>realistic AE reboot

>>382364776
The AI's outfield monkeys are pretty unfair with their reactions so quick Monkeys are generally the best choice to bomb down the wings past them

>>382364564
>>382364996
>Americans in charge of rebooting Ape Escape

>>382365187
>Dreamworks inspired style

>>382363229
They only made Knack 2 because they have leftover ideas that couldn't be done in time and they simply like Knack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkZSi4kaB2k

Ape Escape pachinko when?

>>382365585
Understandable, also knack 2 honestly looks like it can be a decent game from what I've been seeing but I doubt it'll sell tell though this time around

>>382365585
Is the old AE team actually working on Knack? I'm just wondering how many projects we'll have to wait through before they think about Ape Escape again. Because SCEJ is also working on a Shadow of the Collosus remake too, remember?

>>382354929
Was Mesal Gear Solid: Snake Escape canon?

>>382366163
According to Wikipedia Sony Japan Studio has 400 employees.
50 of them are Team Siren/Team Gravity.
Some of the recent projects have been VR
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIE_Japan_Studio

>>382366378
There's no reason it couldn't be. Both AE3 and Snake Eater reference the fact that The Professor worked alongside Otacon and Colonel

>>382366163
What about that tweet, where they went to a diner?

>>382366859
I only know of the 2016 year of the monkey tweet. I'm sure ideas and development for a new AE are in the works, its just that other things have constantly been taking priority over it. There's been several other hints of AE4 development like back in 2006 when Sony put out a famitsu ad looking for developers to work on the next Ape Escape.

The whole thing's just probably in a silent development hell

>>382360005
What was wrong with 2?
Also I played Pumped and Primed and it was actually pretty fun.

>>382367918
2 wasn't technically bad, it was just almost exactly the same as 1, with a few new gadgets that were overall relegated to gimmick status, and the soundtrack being done by someone else that wasn't as good. It was a sequel that didn't move forward, tried to stay still, and wound up moving half a step backwards. When you compare that to the original Ape Escape, it's hard not to be let down. AE2 is still at least a B+ game, but why settle for that next to an S-?

Mesal gear Solid standalone full game when?

>>382368746
Am I the only who thought Pipo Ocelot "torturing" the real Snake was hilarious?

>>382367918
Not him but 2 was good but it had more flaws than it should have compared to the other 2
-Level themes less exciting than it's predessor
-its gadgets that are hardly utilzed compared to the main gadgets and when they aren't very interesting to begin with except for maybe the magnet but potential wasn't reached although having to use it to kill certain enemies was standard
-magnet section on last level is pretty more 2-3 minutes of filler
-worse (but still decent) soundtrack
-gotcha box isn't efficient and when having a lot of coins can be a drag
-pipochi robot moves a tad too slow


That's pretty much it for the I can remember from playing it does improve some aspects over the first though so it's a serviceable yet unremarkable sequel

is mesal gear solid the reason why cant sony put ape escape 3 for ps4?

>>382370221
Good question. Not sure where koo koo Konami stands on it, or even if they have a say in the matter.

>>382354929
Best dead franchise ever posted in thread form.

>>382370619
It'll probably release during the summer like AE2 released out of nowhere last summer, I mean it did get rated by the ESRB after all

>>382368746
>>382369042
>Mesal Gear Rising never

>>382370619
i say this beacuse konami remove all ape escape 3 in metal gear legacy collection

>>382354929
Played 1 but never finished it. Didn't play 2. Played and finished 3, was pretty good. Played one of spin-offs on the PSP. Overall pretty fun series with good music and memorable levels.

Counting all of their items and abilities, who is the strongest protagonist?

>>382371586
Either Kei or Yumi, those transformations put them quite above Spike and Jimmy even though they both have the magic punch

>>382371586
>>382371769
Million Monkeys is more combat based and shows more items, although i'm not sure if it's canon to the mainline series, unless Ape Escape doesn't have any true continuity.

>>382371997
Oh right I forgot about MM spike might get a huge boost in power just from the items he gets in that game

>>382372113
The game even had a power up that was like Mario's super star, except it's him on fire,
He also could freeze enemies into an ice cube, i think.
He even gets to pilot some of their tanks, what if he has a bigger brain hidden in his hair?

>>382372250
Wonder what Spike has behind his hair

>>382371037
i sure hope it's true

>tfw Spikat led to some Gravity Rush fans to gain interest and coin the term "Ape Escape anon"
>This could be related to the anti Ape Escape posts we've seen weeks ago.
>A ship of two characters from different franchises could possibly start a war between both fanbases of said franchises.

>>382374260
the ship makes no damn sense and there's no chemistry between the two

>>382374389
Ask Toyama

I wish Aki was my mom

Do Spike and Jake secretly fuck?

Why was Ape Escapr 3 good?
Was it as good as the first one? I never see it get talked about so much as the first or 2nd one

>>382376416
Yumi

>>382354929
Minions tier.

>>382376551
Liar

>>382360814
>Jumping Flash

When Sony first revealed the psvr games and that wasn't one of them I lost complete faith in it ever coming back. I don't really know the limitations for VR games but it seemed like a no brainer to me.

>>382376771
Lost potential

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>>382376551
Shut your fuck.

>>382376551
Kill yourself, the servbots and pipo monkeys are 1000000x better than the minions and don't even get me started on the goddamn rabbids

All they need to do is fully remake AE1-3 in a remake collection like what Crash is doing to get people interested in it again. Then go for AE4.

>no Ape Escape 3 on PS4
FUCKIN A
OF COURSE THEY PUT 2, THE WORST ONE ON THERE

FUCK

>>382377243
I just hope they use the art style from 3/BM instead of some westernized bullshit.

>>382377270
They want people to hate the series

>>382378198
I mean, AE2 is alright. it's not a bad game, but it's the weakest of the trilogy.

>>382378542
They should have made a proper trilogy remaster

>>382378826
I'm not looking forward to that silky smooth 30 FPS with frame drops

>>382378881
Just make the graphics simpler for better framerate.
Who wants a more realistic Ape Escape, when a simple art style is better?

>>382379848
It's not about what we want, it's about what Sony thinks will make them money. This is why I would prefer just releasing 3 on PS2 for PS4, it has the smallest chance of being a giant fuck up

>>382380020
>Franchise known for being cute anime stuff
>Made to look more realistic and detailed
It sounds dumb, but i can see this happening