What led to the death of Ape Escape?

Slightly unusual gameplay/environments and the lack of consistency within the universe.
Plus wrapping up the story in the first one was a mistake because you need to do some weird plot to get specter back.

>What led to the death of Ape Escape?
They stopped making them? If they announced an ape escape 3 I'm sure people would buy it if it was good. Though it'd probably do better on the switch considering the ps4s userbase.

helga is love

Sony being shitty

Sony thought the series would work for any sort of gimmick when it's use for the DS analog controller contributed to the series having its own identity than just the monkeys.

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>3

If they make a new one, they could try and make the universe and cast more stable
Fucked up that the PSP remake even removes Jake's ponytail

>If they announced an ape escape 3 I'm sure people would buy it if it was good
I mean, it's not my favorite of the games, but I'd buy a remaster of Ape Escape 3.

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>If they announced an ape escape 3
You're a few years too late buddy. and it was leagues better than Ape Escape 2

Shit I guess I'm retarded, I thought there was only 2. At least I got something new to play.

They never released the actually decent spin offs over here.

No, you're thinking of Rayman Raving Rabbids.

they ran out of ideas

Nor the anime and manga

What's your dream Ape Escape 4, Yea Forums?

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>apes have gotten loose
>you as the protagonist are tasked with capturing them

Franchise neglected and abandoned.

What about something new?

For it to exist. And for all the previous characters to be playable.

What led to the death of older game franchises?

NOOOOOOOOOOOO

NOTHING CAN BE NEW

RELEASE OLD SHIT OVER AND OVER

MY CHILDHOOD
THE 90S

DO NOT RELEASE NEW THINGS

What if the new Ape Escape is like Kingdom Hearts and you travel through different PlayStation related dimensions while fighting against Specter?

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Funny monkey names in English, like 1 and 2 had. As a kid I understood literally none of the puns in 3 because they were just Japanese names.

The new one should be set in Detroit

cosby was innocent

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AE could have saved the vita.

Seeing as 3 had stages based on tv shows 4 could do movies or video games

Gravity Rush crossover when?

battle royale. just kidding, the best way is to approach it like the first game. go through stages getting new gadgets, having to backtrack a little, maybe more vehicles and larger stages... and for the story and ambient... maybe have the player to travel around the world to capture the monkeys, and having the apes dressed as some traditional and historical people of the place
AE3 was also about movies (Terminator for example)

Being an Ape Escape thread, post your favorite:
>game
>minigame
>gadget
>music
>monkey
>level
>protagonist
>side character
>boss
>moment/memory
>wishes and hopes for the series
And maybe a least favorite for the above too.

Death Stranding tie in ala Ape Escape 3 / MGS 3
youtube.com/watch?v=eEhVKVftOJE

Some anons complained about how you automatically quit levels after getting all levels.
What about being able to stay more time in a level for fun. even after you replay the game and have to get "every" monkey?

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>Mesal Gear Solid/Snake Escape 2 never

Sure he was.

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>First series to use DS Analog controller and was once a main PlayStation series
>Japan Studio's first game ever
>Yoshida was on some E3 interview where he mentioned people begging for Ape Escape
>Crash, Spyro, Parappa, Medievil etc returning
>Soon to be 20 years old series this year
>Some PSN avatars were shown
>AE2 and 3 were announced for PSN but 3 didn't get in
>AE1 showed up in some Red Bull gaming event
>A shirt from Hot Topic being a new piece of merchandise
>That one 2016 tweet with the pipo monkey suit, about the year of the monkey
>Some fans using an hashtag for attention
>Pipo monkey in Super Bomberman R
>In December 1st, Japan Studio held a fan event in which they revealed unseen AE concept art and put a lot of AE fanart on a fanart wall
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ape_Escape#cite_note-2
twitter.com/Specter_Kuuta/status/1068911905048354816

only played one and 2
i cant remember anything about 2 but i replayed 1 and really liked it
is 3 any good? is it better than 1 or not

>>game
Ape Escape 3
>>minigame
Specter Boxing from AE1
>>gadget
The green flying thingy from AE1
>>music
youtube.com/watch?v=uauzhxj6SpE
>>monkey
Uhh, I really like Sal-1000 (golden space flying monkey with pistol), but if we are talking about ape types, the black pants with sunglasses and machine guns
>>level
Must be Specter Land. But there are so many that are awesome...
>>protagonist
Spike. Satoru is also really funny, he's ok.
>>side character
Either professor or Natsumi
>>boss
Red monkey from AE3. Yes he is disgusting, but his battle is really intense.
>>moment/memory
Playing the remake on the PSP, not having a memory stick and having the PSP on stand-by all night. Runing out of battery and replaying the game from the start all over again, several times. Also playing on the PSP while my brother plays it on the PS1. We tried to complete the game together, as in co-op.
>>wishes and hopes for the series
Please Ape Escape 4. And be good. Dont have to be the best.

3 is good and feels like a better sequel

Big Mission had the best version of Spike.

what it this thread??

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>>game
1 because its the only one i can remember
also it feels very fuckign nostalgic to me
>>gadget
RC car
no gadget from any other game can top it
man i used to fucking love that shit as a kid
>>music
youtube.com/watch?v=ePqWzycU5MY&t=4s
>>protagonist
spike
>>wishes and hopes for the series
hopefully a new sequel with all the gimmicky controls and an RC car

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boards.fireden.net/v/thread/455871854/#455874464

I love Yumi.

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Yumi is cute and funny

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Yumi is overrated

Some of this artist is obscure and is hard to find anywhere else

>artist
oops i meant "art"

surrender user, you know you like her.

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Just gonna post some Kino
youtube.com/watch?v=uauzhxj6SpE

Helga is better.

The games not being particularly good.

explain why yumi/sayaka has way more art than helga/haruka then.

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Wrong

this exact post

actually I don't really care about a sequel desu I only like the original game

Would buy an Ape Escape 4 with both Helga and Yumi as protags.

Because one of Helga's games was a crappy minigame collection and the other didn't even come out overseas? Are you stupid or something?

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all the good art is japanese, so it doesn't matter is a game doesn't get released over here.
and besides, if she is so much better that shouldn't matter.

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>popular = better
This is why you get blamed for ruining Ape Escape threads.

is this fucking pedo on here everyday? why the fuck can't we have an Ape Escape thread without this fucker shitting it up

waifufags are a cancer plaguing this board
it's hardly exclusive to ape escape threads

there has been worse in these threads

>posting pictures of a character of the discussed vidya is offtopic
eh, ok.

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I'd love that.
we already had the Ratchet monkey.

>Game
The original Ape Escape. It was my first 3D platformer, and it still holds up really well today.
>Minigame
Galaxy Monkey
>Gadget
Dash Hoop
>Music
youtu.be/MZgLRpjTBhQ
>Monkey
Pic related
>Protagonist
Spike/Yumi
>Boss
Knight
>Moment
All of the Jake races
>Hopes
For Sony to actually do something with the series. I unironically want a PSAS2 but done right because it could revitalize a lot of interest in Sony's old franchises.

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trying to derail a thread to talk about how your dick feels about it is off-topic.
you people do the same shit in megaman threads.

What about other Sony characters being playable?

>Helga x Spike shipposting
BASED

>Yumi loliposting
CRINGE

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>game starts with the gang trying to stop Specter for the nth time
>something goes wrong
>they're sent to the future
>waaaaaaay into the future
>the apes conquered the galaxy
>now they have to go back to earth and stop God Emperor Specter and

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I love Helga but you've really gotta learn to save full size pixiv images

I see your Helga/Spike and raise you...

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will do

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It really is a mistery. Ape Escape was one of the biggest games in the late PS1 lifespan but despite that Ape Escape 2 came out to relatively little fanfare. They really didn't invest in this series as much as they should have.

Also I've got nothing against Yumi nor Yumifags but because of them the fanbase and Ape Escape threads are nothing but lolishit.

I think being able to pick which of the previous protagonists to play on a per mission basis would be a good idea. They'd be mostly the same with the unique things they had in their games. Like PiPo doing ledge saves for Jimmy or Yumifag apes stunned when they see her or whatever. Maybe Spike could swing gadgets a fraction faster or Kei has a tiny bit faster run speed like in AE3.

It's not that big of a game changer but they'd probably fuck up a new character so it's for the best.

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>Spike x Kat
Based and Apepilled

Helga x Spike is Jake x Spike erasure

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>helga or yumi
>not the green haired qt who told you how many apes to catch in the level
baka

>>game
AE1
>>minigame
Never really played the mini games much but does Mesal Gear Solid count?
>>gadget
RC car
>>music
youtube.com/watch?v=nq6EDQJZ20c
>>monkey
I never had a specific monkey as a favorite but my dad liked that one named Mooshi or something so I'll go with that
>>level
Molten
>>protagonist
Spike
>>side character
Casi
>>boss
>>moment/memory
When I learned about the AE1 slingshot glitch and tried it for the first time
>>wishes and hopes for the series
For it to exist. Ideally a new main series game but I'll take just remasters or rereleases at this point

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>>>level
>Molten
*Molten Lava

The first game's soundtrack is fucking dope as hell and if you're into it you should definitely check out Soichi Terada's other stuff.

youtube.com/watch?v=-01k8eyv9Wc

I want a bit of this, but also Spectre going from using TV to videogames because they became a bigger market, and SONY using all their IPs to just have fun by shoving monkeys into them.

>Ape Escape 3
>Messal Gear Solid
>RC Car w/Flan Skin
>Whatever the song is from the Skyscraper level in AE1
>The Puppeteer Monkey from AE3 hosting a children's program
>Wild West level from AE3
>Spike
>Natalie
>White Monkey's Mecha-Dragon in AE3
>All the collectibles across the series, or making mini-movies in AE3
>Would require that Sony gets a clue and stops putting out cinematic trash made for retards

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The Metal Gear crossovers were god tier

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when Obama escaped and became president

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>music
youtube.com/watch?v=uuP8I6uxyeY
>game
Ape Escape 3
>minigame
making the movies.
>gadget
The stun club, it looked like a lightsaber but you could beat the shit out of the monkeys.
>level
some of these questions are hard I have not played Ape Escape in so many years, maybe the Casino City one in Ape Escape 3.
>protagonist
eh they both felt quite forgettable, bland.
>side character
I guess the professor.
>boss
the singing ape because I like ruining her stupid song.
>moment
I remember noticing all those pop cultural references, like the one with Star Wars, I enjoyed seeing monkeys that were not just trying to fight me but in a way carving their own life by maybe inadvertently messing with the world and often even fighting one another.
>wishes and hopes for the series
I would love a sequel, can't say how, just to see what could be done after 2 generations and almost 3 with the franchise, I rather see that than a remaster.

>Pipo Snake returns as Pipo Boss
>Monkey White's mecha dragon now looks like a mecha dinosaur from Horizon
>Bloodborne monkeys

Sounds like a hella good time.

>Beast monkeys
>Kin monkeys
That shit would be amazing

Bestgirl, her English voice in AE2 was 2cute

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That they were. Why can't we get fun things like this anymore?

Crossovers still happen, look at Smash, or Final Fantasy and Ass Creed, or Monster Hunter world.

Pitch me some gadgets that use sixaxis and the touchpad.

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this thread made me start playing ape escape 3
thanks

You're welcome.

was million monkeys good?
always wanted to play it because of the other playable characters.

japan always holding the games, i want to play, hostage

It's okay. I beat it. It's closer to a ratchet and clank than an Ape Escape.

fag

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Reported to the FBI, enjoy your van.

say hi to them for me while you're at it

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Series got stale and lost its soul. AE1 was a pretty cool kid tier game with dark and creepy environments and then AE2 and AE3 drop that entirely trying to make it cutesy and non serious like your picture.

That the levels aren't boring shit. Seriously my biggest problem with all the post AE1 games are that they are just so boring and I can't remember one for the life of me because they all belnd together in some cartoony mess and you learn and see basically nothing that AE1 didn't already give you. In AE1 you had an Amusement Park,went inside a Skyscraper,explored dark dank ruins and even went inside the body of a fucking dinosaur. In AE2 and AE3 you visit fucking france and a fucking TV Station to fight a fucking Monkey along with stock shit like a Cartoon Haunted House and some tropics. Fuck off with that

The game has a time travel background it should take much better advantage of it. Also Custom characters and a base with a recruit system like Metal Gear Solids would b cool

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Dude I think you're forgetting that AE3 went all over the place.

a Sci-fi futuristic city, Space TV station, Medieval and swamp levels, even an Amusement park, where you can drive a car.
Not only that, the monkeys actually fight back, and are capable of outright dodging net attacks. granted they arent as hard to deal with as the green ones in AE1

YUMIFAGS GET OUT BEFORE I START LAUNCHING SOME MOTHERFUCKING EXPLOSIVE PELLETS
DON'T MAKE ME BREAK OUT THE MAGIC PUNCH

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TFW NO APE ESCAPE 3 ON PS4 OR PS VITA