The whole point of Ape Escape is to capture monkeys.
See the “ Pro Catcher” Trophy below for more details. It is a very helpful feature and will make this game very easy to complete. If at any point you die, fall of a ledge, startle a hard to catch monkey, take too much damage or just wanna restart, you can press the Options button and scrub through your gameplay and choose where you want to start from. This is not game specific thing, but a system feature. There is a new rewind feature for the PS1 Classics. Both level names will be listed in the guide below. Aside from performance differences, the names of the levels are different as well. The PAL version has been released in the Asian markets. In Japan, the NTSC version has been released. There are different versions of Ape Escape being released on the new PSN service. So, level select clean up should be at a minimum. After all, we’re talking about a game from 1999 on the original PlayStation here.Ī majority of this list will be earned automatically by simply playing through the story. These are relatively easy to find as the maps are not that big or intricate like you’d expect from a game released today. You’re going to need to find and collect 40 of the 60 Specter Coins. There are 204 monkeys total, so you don’t need to find them all in order to get the Platinum.Īs previously mentioned above, there are collectibles.
It is possible to capture 100+ monkeys during your initial playthrough but if you don’t, they can easily and quickly be captured via level select. You can also go back and capture monkeys to reach the needed 100 for the “ Pro Catcher” Trophy. You’re going to need to complete the game once and then go back and clean up some collectible Specter Coins via level select. Nothing here is missable and will take at least one playthrough to earn the Platinum.
This classic comes with 17 Trophies to earn and is a relatively stress free list to complete. TechRadar has contacted Sony for comment.Welcome to the Ape Escape Trophy guide! This seminal piece of gaming history has been released alongside the new PSN service and includes Trophies. This was the sequel to Ape Escape that only released in Japan and seen you vacuuming the trousers of the Apes rather than catching them.Įither way, it seems like Sony has something up its sleeve when it comes to Ape Escape and we can't wait to see what it is. There's also the possibility that there's not a new game at all, but instead we will finally see the release of Piposaru 2001 in the West. That leads us to think that maybe, just maybe, an Ape Escape remaster could take the same form as the Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy and Spyro: Reignited Triology, with three games rolled into one.
The series spawned several spin-off titles, but there were four core games in the main franchise (in the West). So what actually is Ape Escape? The PlayStation classic originally released in 1999 and saw you on a mission to capture some confused apes in a net who have been brainwashed by a mass-produced helmet and are causing chaos.
Plus Sony is already releasing a remastered version of MediEvil later this year, so it's entirely possible it could be gearing up to remaster some other classic PlayStation titles for current/next generation consoles. While the account isn't verified, it is followed by the official Sony Japan Twitter account, suggesting it's the real deal. I've been running around for a long time, but I wonder if there are any guys out there to chase. The Pipo Monkeys are the name for Ape Escape's Apes and the tweet seems to be from one of the dastardly sapians, roughly translating to: "Twenty years from that. The tweet is from piposaru20t, which roughly translates to Pipo Monkeys in English. Which brings us on to the Japanese tweet itself. Spyro: Reignited Trilogy released 20 years after the game's original release in 1999, so it would make sense for Ape Escape to be the same. Now, we always advise to take any rumors with a big pinch of salt, but there are actually a few aspects of this rumor that hint it could be legit.įirstly, it's Ape Escape's 20th anniversary this year (while the Western anniversary has just passed, the Japanese anniversary is this month). Image credit: Sony Interactive Entertainment