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Ape Escape 3 (2005)

SCE Japan Studio

PlayStation 2

3.88 from 128 ratings

357 members have it in their collection · 5 playing now · 96 backlogged · 86 wish listed

How long? · with extras 10h · 100% 403h (from 2 logged playthroughs)

Kei and Yumi take the lead as the new heroes. Their quest is to capture all 400 monkeys. You control either Kei or Yumi. The gameplay involves using various methods and weapons to catch them all. The game has many levels with different themes, such as a Haunted Castle, a Racing level, Jungle settings, TV studios and other settings. You … Read more
Kei and Yumi take the lead as the new heroes. Their quest is to capture all 400 monkeys. You control either Kei or Yumi. The gameplay involves using various methods and weapons to catch them all. The game has many levels with different themes, such as a Haunted Castle, a Racing level, Jungle settings, TV studios and other settings. You can slow the animals down with various objects such as a stun club or a slingback shooter, and then you can capture them with a net. New to the series are the morphing abilities, eight in all. You can morph into various characters, like a knight and perform a powerful attack or a gun fighter and shoot em up or a ninja and run along walls. You can also vehicles such as a race car to knock down the monkeys. Other features are the familiar Monkeypedia and the unlockable Mesal Gear Solid mini-game (a Metal Gear Solid spoof). Read less
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Details

Developers
SCE Japan Studio
Publishers
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Genres
Platform
Themes
Comedy, Fantasy
Franchises
Ape Escape
Series
Ape Escape

Release dates

  • Jul 14, 2005 (Worldwide) PlayStation 2
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Rating distribution

5 stars
31
4 stars
61
3 stars
29
2 stars
3
1 star
4
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TheBeautifulEric

Status TheBeautifulEric Feb 8, 2025 Completed

Pleasantly surprised by how much I liked this game. I think it's my favorite in the series now. It's so whimsical and charming, even more so than the previous games. I had a good time finding all of the monkeys and was looking forward to getting the one's that shared a bday with my friends so I could read their …

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Pleasantly surprised by how much I liked this game. I think it's my favorite in the series now. It's so whimsical and charming, even more so than the previous games. I had a good time finding all of the monkeys and was looking forward to getting the one's that shared a bday with my friends so I could read their fortunes and horoscopes. It's a shame that this is the last mainline game we got in the USA. Really hope we get a remaster or sequel since Sony seems okay with showing Ape Escape in AstroBot and MGS3 Delta.

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thebigmack

Status thebigmack Sep 20, 2022

I could really go for another main line Ape Escape entry.

C'mon Sony.

Those cheeky apes have escaped so well, they're missing from the cultural zeitgeist.

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minibit

Status minibit Jul 3, 2017

Took me by surprise that the the PAL English dub of the game was not the same as the NTSC English dub.

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