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Ape Escape 3 is a platforming video game published and developed by Sony for the PlayStation 2 video game console. It was first released in Japan on July 14, 2005, and was later released in North America on January 17, 2006, in Europe in May 5, 2006, and in Australia on May 18, 2006. It was re-released in Japan under the PlayStation 2 on November 2, 2005.
egins when Specter, the Pipo Monkey's Leader, finds a pipo helmet, and hires the human scientist Dr. Tomoki to aid him in his evil plans.
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Ape Escape 3 is a platforming video game published and developed by Sony for the PlayStation 2 video game console. It was first released in Japan on July 14, 2005, and was later released in North America on January 17, 2006, in Europe in May 5, 2006, and in Australia on May 18, 2006. It was re-released in Japan under the PlayStation 2 on November 2, 2005.
Plot
It begins when Specter, the Pipo Monkey's Leader, finds a pipo helmet, and hires the human scientist Dr. Tomoki to aid him in his evil plans. They establish TV stations protected by the Freaky Monkey Five where they plan to broadcast TV shows worldwide. The television shows that are broadcast on every television put every human except the twins, Kei and Yumi, their aunt Aki, and Natalie into a mindless trance. When Natalie informs Kei and Yumi that Spike, Jimmy and the Professor were all infected by the television show, Kei and Yumi go out to catch the monkeys and thwart Specter and Tomoki.
Their mission was to go to every movie set and capture all the monkeys there and destroy the satellite there. Kei and Yumi easily capture Monkey White, Monkey Blue, and Monkey Yellow. When they reach the TV Station where Monkey Pink is, Kei and Yumi's attempts to capture her fail and she escapes. They manage to capture Monkey Red afterwards.
When they reach Tomoki City, Tomoki challenges them to a battle in his giant robot. Tomoki, after being defeated by Satoru and Sayaka, and being humiliated by Specter, he lets them take his rocket to space to defeat his former partner. Once they reach Specter's Space Station, they capture all the monkeys and deactivate the movie sets on their way to Specter. When they reach Specter, he tells them his plan about how he'll use his space station to cut the earth in half and keep half of it for the monkeys. Afterwards he gets in his new Goliath Mech and tries to activate his plan. He is defeated and the two escpae from the satellite, leaving Tomoki to give his life to deactivate the Twin Heavens plan. Strangely, he survives with no explanation. After Specter is defeated, Monkey Pink releases him and the rest of the Freaky Monkey Five, leaving them to be caught again in extremly similar missions. To complete the game one hundred percent, all the four hundred forty-two monkeys have to be caught, all the time trials have to be completed with a gold time, and all the items, CDs, Video Tapes (except 28), Car Skins, Genie Dance tracks, books, etc. have to be bought. The game holds a total of four hundred thirty-four monkeys if the secret code monkeys are not caught.
Gameplay
Though its gameplay is similar to its predecessors, Ape Escape 3 features new changes to the series. The game allows the player to choose between a playable male character (Satoru) and a playable female character (Sayaka) at the beginning of the game (Though they have the same story and play the same). It centers on one of the two playable characters venturing throughout television programs to capture invading monkeys. There are now 400+ monkeys to capture in this game. A new feature in this game is the ability to morph into different outfits through a device built by Aki. Another addition to the game is "Monkey Steal!" If you attack a monkey too much not only will it try and face you head on, it may even steal a Gotcha Gadget. If that Gadget is the net, the player may get caught and will be brought back to the hub (The game treats you as though you had used Escape by letting you keep all the monkeys that were caught, returns any stolen items, and you do not lose a life from it). The stun club and the monkey net are the only gadgets that can get stolen.
Characters
Minigames
As in the first two games, Ape Escape 3 contains minigames. To get them, the player buys them from the Hobby Shop.
Reception
- X-Play gave it a 3/5.
- Game Informer rated it 8.5/10
- The highest score of 90/100 stated "This is the best and most spirited of the Ape Escapes, which is faint praise if you're only familiar with the recent half-assed PSP version. [Apr 2006, p.91] Computer Games Magazine"
- The lowest score of 60/100 stated "It's not badly done - a good, clean, simple, average game." EuroGamer
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