Yeah and only the first one did it properly. 2 and 3 just made the music quieter in terms of volume, Ape Escape 1 actually took away instruments and left just a quiet basic tempo of the music left. It is freaking awesome!
12:20 “Ape Escape is an absolute PlayStation classic.” Apparently Sony didn’t think so when they made the PS1 Classic, especially not incorporating a DualShock on it
Sees video, thought of the cjszero01 review. Sees him in the comments. Bro I've been watching your videos since 2010. Pretty much the whole reason why I'm watching Antdude still. Thank you.
Ape Escape is one of the greatest platformers ever... Man, so many obscure or niche platformers that are great... Mischief Makers, Jumping Flash, Croc, Klonoa, Chameleon Twist, Plok, Mr. Gimmick, Jazz Jackrabbit...
It's not underrated. Nor is it overlooked. It's in this wierd Gray area where it's not famous and it's not criminally overlooked. This leads it to not be talked about much. It just exists. It's something everyone knows about but nobody talks about for some reason. Like the goldilocks of recognition. The perfect amount of recognition to just not be talked about.
I actually recently replayed this one and you pretty much nailed exactly how I feel about it, complaints and all. It does hold up quite well still, and its soundtrack is one of my favorites. We need more.
Finally! Talking about my favorite game OF ALL TIME! I wish the PSP was more popular cuz if the remastered version of Ape Escape would've caught on they might still be making more today!
So... who else wants him to cover the other games? I'll admit, I've never really played the original Ape Escape, but man, Ape Escape 2 was my childhood, and I really love it.
I remember playing the demo of Ape Escape 2 all the time when I was little. The farthest I got was when you get to that submarine 😂 also the opening theme was very catchy!
one of my favorite series ever, i played a lot of ape escape 2 and 3 as a kid so they are my favorites! ape escape 2 introduces proper boss fights and ape escape 3 introduces transformations that give you powers for a while this series is just super fun and silly and the music and level design is great! playing these always cheer me up
Great video Ant! And oh my god, this game is so nostalgic for me, use to play this all day when I was about 6. Even though I never even beat it... Gonna dust off my PSP and give this game another go after about 8 or 9 years.
I keep telling my friend that ape escape 2 is not that bad...he just really hates Jimmy. I prefer the first and 3rd game overall. Spike is the man and Yumi is best girl. The music in the 2nd game was not done by Soichi Terada so it lost some of that Ape Escape vibe for me.
Ape Escape is one of my all time favorite games. I love that you played Crumbling Castle in the background of the video, which is my favorite song of the game. Note on the minigames, as solo playing games, they are kind of meh, but in 2 player, they are a lot of fun, especially for people back then who didn't have many games to play. A (ski) racing game, a fighting game and an arcade shooter might not seem like a lot today, but back then it added a lot of variety.
Y’know what I like about your channel so much? Your videos are generally pretty positive. Oftentimes I see videos trashing on games just because they can, but you don’t seem to do that. It’s almost like you like liking stuff or something. Keep up the good work, comrade. 👍
Don't do my ape escape like that.... I'll hurt you bad boy.... I'll hurt u. I'll hit u in the one that wink. N the one that stink... Respect muh gangster..
I remember this game. The sounds was loud the voices grateing the controls a cluster fuck and the monkeys a pain in the ass but I loved every second of it. I even remember useing the toy car to ram into the monkeys as i jump from tree tops to do a leaping catch.
You're perfectly right, it is fondly remembered by those who played it! C: This one and the two sequels were some of the most fun time I had with videogames in general! We need more games with a crazy tone like this, every game seem to be about conflict, despair, anguish---which ok, it's great to have but... I'd love more of this crazy and comedic games C": I think A Hat in Time is a great come back to that spirit but we need more! APE ESCAPE 4 PLEASE!
this series was still a thing at least in Japan. not sure if it still famous there though. but damn, you just made me remember this damn cool game. this was basically my Crash/Spyro from PS1, since i never played any of those two until the PS2 era (at least with Crash, never played Spyro). i loved this game to death as a kid. one of my favorite PS1 games ever.
God, I have VISCERAL memories of this game. It was one of the 2 games my older cousins got with their Playstation the Christmas it came out, and that summer, we played the living hell out of it. Good times
"Ape Escape, Astro Bot, and Knacks are the only Sony platformers I can think of" Obviously you've forgotten about Ratchet & Clank, Jak & Daxter, Sly Cooper, and LittleBigPlanet
10:13 not to mention that in most of the less open ended levels like tic toc clock you have to do the same path over and over again when if the stage didint kick you out you could have grabbed all of the stars in one go.
*Says there's no real boss fights in this game.* completely forgets to mention the boss fight against Specter's airship at the top of the TV Tower, and the boss fight against Jake at the Theme Park...
For those who are curious, the composer for Ape Escape's OST is Soichi Terada. If you've listened to some of his work around the release of this game, you can hear the similarities between his work and this game. For reference, check out his album Acid Face.
As someone who has never played an Ape Escape game (I know, shame on me), I think my favorite things about this game is that it (at least seems to) has the manic energy of a good saturday-morning cartoon.
3:45 this is literally why I am watching this video. I still havent played this game to this day, but always remembered the name because my 7 year old brain went crazy trying to figure out why I couldnt move. I don't remember how I found out I needed a different controller, but I do remember being crushed 😂
Ape Escape 3 is one my favorite games of all time, so I’d absolutely love if they made some kind of Recaptured Trilogy. I really hope they include PipoSaru Racing in it as a bonus, though.
Man that was a blast to the past. I love ape escape, I remember last year picking the first game up to re add to my collection and it was so fun to go through the game again.
Two things were always so memorable to me from playing this game *(which I still have btw)* 1. Spector's PAL voice: I have no idea who did Spector's voice for the PAL/Australian/European version of this game, but he did such an incredible job of voicing Spector. I was so bummed when they replaced him and dumbed Spector down for the 'lols'. 2. Soundtrack, mainly the T-rex's theme. Along with the original Spyro the Dragon games and Kameo: Elements of Power's soundtracks, Ape Escape's soundtrack stood out a lot too. I think this game is up next for a remake :)
Dude, how do you forget the boss fight with the massive ship on the tower? I think the clown counts too, then there's the Go Karts Jake and the final specter battle. Also mini fights with robots, a badass looking silver knight and monkey mechs
I was born just a little too late to catch the Spyro and Crash Nostalgia, I played them a bit, sure, but most of my nostalgia falls upon Ape Escape, Sly Cooper, and Jak and Daxter. Ps2 Era games that i sadly don't see receiving a Crash/Spyro overhaul. Ape Escape 1 i'd say is an easy contender for a remaster, but including 2 and 3 would make a trilogy a hard sell, they still hold up pretty well graphically, 3 especially. I would love to see you talk about 2 and 3 in the future.
More people do need to play Klonoa. I remember this is the first game I played that NEEDED a twin stick controller. I remember renting it at the local video game store, and the person behind the counter was like "do you have a duel stick controller? you can't rent this without one"
Ok, I know this comment a year later doesn’t matter, but I’ve never watched Ant Dude before, and I’m subscribing already because no one ever talks about Ape Escape anymore and it is my all time favorite game ever. Thank you Ant Dude, and lets push to get that remake!
I still need to finish the first two Ape Escape games, but Ape Escape 3 is one of my all-time favs. One of the last physical PS2 games I bought in a long ass time too.
I love Ape Escape! Besides it being a really great fun game I actually won my copy of Ape Escape and a Dual Shock controller from Toonami. Back when they were hyping up the game they ran a promotion that if you called a special phone number at the right time you would win. If I remember right it was either 100 or 1000 callers would win the game and controller, and like 1 or 5 would win a bigger prize set. I can't remember what the bigger prize was, but just winning the game and controller was enough for me. 😊 I'm sure there's a video on TH-cam showing the promotion.
Ahh I remember borrowing not only this game but my friends dual analog controller, not realising it would become the future of video game controls...a simpler time...also that Ape catch sound effect will forever be burned into my brain 👍🤘
I will hugely argue that most of the monkeys have different ways of approaching them that makes them super fun to catch without it getting super repetitive. So while it’s true it is repetitive, I think a lot of the charm comes from what the monkey does, how it reacts to you, and where it is in the stage that makes the repetitive nature of catching or collecting something more interesting and developed with its charm.
![[안방1열 풀캠4K] 베이비몬스터 'DRIP' (BABYMONSTER FullCam)│@SBS Inkigayo 241110](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/AQ4RIghEvUs/mqdefault.jpg)
I also loved how if you crouch, the music will change its tone.
That little attention to detail for the OST is really appreciated.
Soichi Terada is the best composer
Mystic System - And he did all three games. Bless him.
@@Goleon 2 actually had a different composer, but he came back for 3.
Jazzy Jefferson Dynamic soundtracks before dynamic soundtracks was a thing
Yeah and only the first one did it properly. 2 and 3 just made the music quieter in terms of volume, Ape Escape 1 actually took away instruments and left just a quiet basic tempo of the music left. It is freaking awesome!
12:20 “Ape Escape is an absolute PlayStation classic.”
Apparently Sony didn’t think so when they made the PS1 Classic, especially not incorporating a DualShock on it
I don't understand why that is... It's removed from the PSN Store on PS3 as well!
Moshugaani it wasn’t on there to begin with
I'm still surprised that Metal Gear and Ape Escape are in the same universe.
I'm surprised Snake could understand what the monkey was saying.
*Time travel op*
really?
Serious?
Mesal Gear Solid is a bonus mode in the third game where you play as Snake Monkey on a mission to save Snake.
So Spectre's plan is pretty much "reject humanity, return to monkey"
10/10
Correct
mm monke
*monke
This series needs more love, attention, and an HD remake from the ground up.
Sees video, thought of the cjszero01 review.
Sees him in the comments.
Bro I've been watching your videos since 2010. Pretty much the whole reason why I'm watching Antdude still. Thank you.
So does boku no pico 🙊
There is On the Run, but as Ant said, the accuracy and controls are sacrificed greatly making a bit more frustrating to play.
And a Smash rep
Just like the Pac-Man World home console series!
Ape Escape is one of the greatest platformers ever... Man, so many obscure or niche platformers that are great... Mischief Makers, Jumping Flash, Croc, Klonoa, Chameleon Twist, Plok, Mr. Gimmick, Jazz Jackrabbit...
I agree, those are all great.
I would add High seas havoc and maybe Tomba. I cant think of any other good 3D platformers.
@@JetWolfEX I remembered one soon as you said High Seas Havoc... DYNAMITE HEADDY. Ever hear of it??
I somehow forgot that one, I've played through it before.
Dude, croc is fucking legit!!! ...
And lightsaber tho..can't lie I thought the same thing.... Fuck Mario 64..
@DevilKaz mhm.
Ape Escape was a childhood favorite. So glad I can get some fresh content on it.
Ape Escape 3 is one of the most underrated games ever in my opinion.
that fusion weapons to armors with the camera stuff to record a "stupid scene" from the monkeys are gold~
I love that game
I agree and I loved pumped and primed aswell
No Glover is the most underrated game ever
It's not underrated. Nor is it overlooked. It's in this wierd Gray area where it's not famous and it's not criminally overlooked. This leads it to not be talked about much. It just exists. It's something everyone knows about but nobody talks about for some reason. Like the goldilocks of recognition. The perfect amount of recognition to just not be talked about.
Real gamerz only use dual analog controllers
Real gamers fight skeletons
Nah, Playstation mouse
Real gamers only use the sony analog joystick. Sure you have a major inability to strafe most of the time but that's no big deal.
Real gamers only use the powerglove
@@casuallycompliant3045 it's so bad 😎
Ok, Ant. You know what’s going to happen when you review the first installment of a game series.....Ape Escape 2 and 3 please.
nintendolife25 bonus round: do ape escape pumped and primed too !
He started!
Well ya got that now
Ya happy now?
For wath console is the 3
Also there has a party game
Of this series for PS 2
When AntDude was describing easy to catch monkeys in this game, it's like he was describing a lot of the moons in Super Mario Odyssey.
Lmao factual
Ape Escape Recaptured Trilogy for tomorrow's direct.
EDIT: HA GOTTEM
Except this was literally made by Sony.
@@KeybladeMasterAndy MGS1 was on Playstation, They then remade it for Gamecube. I don't think that argument stands
A pancake can always dream....
Yoshi Terminator
The argument very well does stand. You can’t put a game DEVELOPED by Sony on a different console. MGS1 was by Konami.
I'm pretty sure ape escape would never follow the same fate as of Crash and Spyro.
My childhood glad you bring this up!!!
Shaman X good joke
I thought this said "childhood, glad you could show up."
Man, I miss Ape Escape game.
12:16 "GOTCHA! GOTCHA! GOTCHA!"
Sigh... one of the most satisfying gaming moments from my childhood.
1:09 IT'S KNACK BABY, THE KING KNACK BABY YEAHHHH HAHAHAH
KNACK 2 THE FUTURE BABYYYYY
UP TO THE TOP BABYYYYYY
it's a masterpiace,
but there is ONE GAME IT WILL NEVER BEAT!
SUPA MAHRIO BRUDDAS 2 BABY GAME OF THE YEAR 15 YEARS IN A ROW
Knack 3D, okay Nintendo?
I actually recently replayed this one and you pretty much nailed exactly how I feel about it, complaints and all.
It does hold up quite well still, and its soundtrack is one of my favorites. We need more.
This series NEEEEEEDS to make a comeback in 2019. This series was the best especially 3.
YES! THIS SERIES NEEDS MORE LOVE!! One of my favorite 3D Platformers of all time
This is why I can't go to Europe. Anyone with the name Jake is banned.
Sucks to be a Jake
New Age Soldier no your lying as a European I know loads of jakes
@@Sarahbryson321 please tell me you know it's a joke
Jake Paul
@@tropicplaysgames3198 you mean Jake Skywalker.
I’m about to go bananas
To the Moon?
Me too!
...those coin games were fun...
No
At least the MC doesn't shower everyone in coconut creampies
Huh. I wonder how many people you’re subscribed too.
Hello
His
@Last Past yep, unecessary hate and threats too
Keep up the good work.
Finally! Talking about my favorite game OF ALL TIME!
I wish the PSP was more popular cuz if the remastered version of Ape Escape would've caught on they might still be making more today!
Speaking of which, who tried to get ExoParadigmGamer to soon make “ROR: Ape Escape (PS1 Vs. PSP)”??
2:07 as a British guy called jake I’m questioning my existence
My wife and I play through this and 100% the game once a year. One of our top favorite games of all-time!
So... who else wants him to cover the other games? I'll admit, I've never really played the original Ape Escape, but man, Ape Escape 2 was my childhood, and I really love it.
Personally, I only liked the first one.
Shenron: yourrr wish is… graaanted
Can you talk about the very unknown munchables on the wii
Level 1 Pokémon Let's Go
Level 100 Ape Escape Remaster
Christopher Moon Oh Hello Again
THATS HOW MAFIA WORKS
Lovely.
Christopher Moon you aren’t funny
I assume level 80 is Metroid Samus Returns or Metroid Zero Mission
SHOULD'VE TALKED ABOUT KNACK 2 BABY
Whenever I try to enter Europe an invisible wall just straight up blocks me. Makes plane rides awkward.
1:08 *GASP!* It’s VideoGameDunky...
KNACK 2 THE BEST GAME ON THE PS4
Me: hey it’s Pokémon
Ant dude: SHUT YOUR MOUTH!!!
KNACK 3 THE WORLD BABYYYYY
1:09 Knack review confirmed maybe, BAYBEEEEEEEEEE
You’re so close to 300k! You really deserve it. Your videos are always great.
I hope you review 2&3 eventually! Many reviewers forget they exist
I remember playing the demo of Ape Escape 2 all the time when I was little. The farthest I got was when you get to that submarine 😂 also the opening theme was very catchy!
Ah, one of my favorite childhood PS1 games. I used to play the crap out of this, Toy Story 2, and Spyro 1.
one of my favorite series ever, i played a lot of ape escape 2 and 3 as a kid so they are my favorites! ape escape 2 introduces proper boss fights and ape escape 3 introduces transformations that give you powers for a while
this series is just super fun and silly and the music and level design is great! playing these always cheer me up
Finally, My favorite nature documentary.
This game was my childhood! I feel like these games were often overlooked and underappreciated. Who knew catching monkeys would be so much fun.
“Loveably Unstable”
Same
Great video Ant!
And oh my god, this game is so nostalgic for me, use to play this all day when I was about 6. Even though I never even beat it...
Gonna dust off my PSP and give this game another go after about 8 or 9 years.
The Ape Escape trilogy are some of my favorite platformers. Ape Escape 2 is one of my favorite games ever.
I keep telling my friend that ape escape 2 is not that bad...he just really hates Jimmy. I prefer the first and 3rd game overall. Spike is the man and Yumi is best girl. The music in the 2nd game was not done by Soichi Terada so it lost some of that Ape Escape vibe for me.
@@areoblast Jimmy has my favorite design of the four main characters. My personal ranking for the games is 2, 1, 3.
Ape Escape is one of my all time favorite games. I love that you played Crumbling Castle in the background of the video, which is my favorite song of the game.
Note on the minigames, as solo playing games, they are kind of meh, but in 2 player, they are a lot of fun, especially for people back then who didn't have many games to play.
A (ski) racing game, a fighting game and an arcade shooter might not seem like a lot today, but back then it added a lot of variety.
Ey m8 you should do a PlayStation allstars battle royale video.
@@douglaswickline6025 oh you watch caddy too? What did you think of his RE2 video?
I watch him sometimes but not as often as antdude. Just thought of it because spike from ape escape is in it.
@@nitrilefighter8471 ah. And the fact that they covered this game
@@douglaswickline6025 I agree, I just wish he could make longer reviews like that
Y’know what I like about your channel so much? Your videos are generally pretty positive. Oftentimes I see videos trashing on games just because they can, but you don’t seem to do that. It’s almost like you like liking stuff or something. Keep up the good work, comrade. 👍
So it’s a Pokémon game with monkeys where u play as yugi from yugioh and Dr light and bootleg roll guide you.......Sweet
Wow, 10/10 GOTY
Savage Sandles and to make it even better; in the english dub of the sequel, Spike is actually voiced by Yugi from Yugioh
Don't do my ape escape like that.... I'll hurt you bad boy.... I'll hurt u. I'll hit u in the one that wink. N the one that stink... Respect muh gangster..
What could make my day even more better?
*Antdude uploads*
.......I hear the choir of Angels singing.
With all the Sony Remakes happening , i have absolutely no Doubt that a Ape Escape remake will happen.😄👌
5 years later......💀
I remember this game. The sounds was loud the voices grateing the controls a cluster fuck and the monkeys a pain in the ass but I loved every second of it. I even remember useing the toy car to ram into the monkeys as i jump from tree tops to do a leaping catch.
I played the mini game in metal gear... it was lit
Games 2 and 3 were pivotal childhood things of mine
This video makes me happy
when my psp worked i played ape escape: on the loose and i had a blast.....then my psp broke
You're perfectly right, it is fondly remembered by those who played it! C: This one and the two sequels were some of the most fun time I had with videogames in general! We need more games with a crazy tone like this, every game seem to be about conflict, despair, anguish---which ok, it's great to have but... I'd love more of this crazy and comedic games C": I think A Hat in Time is a great come back to that spirit but we need more! APE ESCAPE 4 PLEASE!
I want Ape Escape 4 as much as i want Half Life 3
Mystic System woah it’s that good.
this series was still a thing at least in Japan.
not sure if it still famous there though.
but damn, you just made me remember this damn cool game. this was basically my Crash/Spyro from PS1, since i never played any of those two until the PS2 era (at least with Crash, never played Spyro).
i loved this game to death as a kid. one of my favorite PS1 games ever.
Do the PS2 games next, they were more of my childhood
God, I have VISCERAL memories of this game. It was one of the 2 games my older cousins got with their Playstation the Christmas it came out, and that summer, we played the living hell out of it. Good times
"Ape Escape, Astro Bot, and Knacks are the only Sony platformers I can think of"
Obviously you've forgotten about Ratchet & Clank, Jak & Daxter, Sly Cooper, and LittleBigPlanet
Insomniac, Naughty Dog, Sucker Punch, and Media Molecule. Just saying, they developed each.
@@onihaiena6152
They are owned by sony (the series) and the developers too (except for insomniac)
He meant and even _specified_ in the video that he was talking about *Sony developed* platformers. The ones you listed are only _published_ by Sony.
@@LOOMING_WRAITH_OF_BAD_OMEN Which is what he was talking about.
@@otaking3582
Wrong. "Published" and "developed" are two different things.
10:13 not to mention that in most of the less open ended levels like tic toc clock you have to do the same path over and over again when if the stage didint kick you out you could have grabbed all of the stars in one go.
I like ape escape 2 and 3 i never played 1
1 is my favorite! It had the best stage design and music, IMO. 3 is a close second for me, though.
i only played the first one recently, i didnt like it as much as the sequels but its still really good and worth playing !
I absolutely loved this game series it’s so good to see someone talking about it 🙂
*Says there's no real boss fights in this game.* completely forgets to mention the boss fight against Specter's airship at the top of the TV Tower, and the boss fight against Jake at the Theme Park...
As a real little child, defeating that airship was so difficult. True boss battle in my memory
He dun goofed upped. (AntDude that is.)
Still remember those commercials for this game, never owned it back then (rented it) by I LOVE this series ^^
Well this is appreciated now do persona :)
For those who are curious, the composer for Ape Escape's OST is Soichi Terada.
If you've listened to some of his work around the release of this game, you can hear the similarities between his work and this game.
For reference, check out his album Acid Face.
KNACK 2 BAYBEEEE
10/10 MASTAPIECE
ITSA MASTAPIECE
I am a PERSON *10/5
8:02 "Specter, what... how... who...? What's going on here?" I love the legit confusion in her voice. 😂 😂😂
Wait..
Spectre's a woman?
@@larrypoppins6273 no. The girls name is Natalie
Hey do sonic 4 episode1&2
As someone who has never played an Ape Escape game (I know, shame on me), I think my favorite things about this game is that it (at least seems to) has the manic energy of a good saturday-morning cartoon.
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3:45 this is literally why I am watching this video. I still havent played this game to this day, but always remembered the name because my 7 year old brain went crazy trying to figure out why I couldnt move. I don't remember how I found out I needed a different controller, but I do remember being crushed 😂
Am I weird or does Spyro reignited hard on the eyes like it’s too bright
Here's an idea, Turn down your brightness.
You can’t there’s no option I tried trust me
@@thatoneguy9983 use your TV or monitor settings
Ape Escape 3 is one my favorite games of all time, so I’d absolutely love if they made some kind of Recaptured Trilogy.
I really hope they include PipoSaru Racing in it as a bonus, though.
Specter looks like a furry
Jorgen Tacetta :thinking:
:Thinking:
specter might have turned me into a furry, because i had a huge crush on him as a kid before i knew what a furry was
Akira Kurusu ...okay...
Fascinating
Man that was a blast to the past.
I love ape escape, I remember last year picking the first game up to re add to my collection and it was so fun to go through the game again.
R A P E E S C A P E
W E E B A L E R T
Obito no
HIDE YA KIDS, HIDE YA WIFE, AND HIDE YA HUSBAND, BECAUSE THEY'RE RAPING EVERYBODY OUT HERE!
Two things were always so memorable to me from playing this game *(which I still have btw)*
1. Spector's PAL voice:
I have no idea who did Spector's voice for the PAL/Australian/European version of this game, but he did such an incredible job of voicing Spector.
I was so bummed when they replaced him and dumbed Spector down for the 'lols'.
2. Soundtrack, mainly the T-rex's theme.
Along with the original Spyro the Dragon games and Kameo: Elements of Power's soundtracks, Ape Escape's soundtrack stood out a lot too.
I think this game is up next for a remake :)
Ape Escape 2 is better
@Shaman X it is the best one
Sammy2tone10 3 and 1 were great. 2 was trash
The only trash Ape Escape game is the one on the PS3 for PS Move.
6:13 "This is the Magic Punch, it's _really_ powerful."
Thinking back i think Ape Escape was the game that got me use to the analog sticks
I loved Ape Escape me and my mom would play it all the time back in the day when I was in my 30's and her her 50's.
Great vid !! I never played this first one but I remember Ape Escape 3 so fondly! Just a straight up fun silly platformer
OH MY GOD
i clicked on this video from the Pinkmin 2 one, because I already watched it, AND THE INTROS SYNCED UP PERFECTLY
Dude, how do you forget the boss fight with the massive ship on the tower? I think the clown counts too, then there's the Go Karts Jake and the final specter battle. Also mini fights with robots, a badass looking silver knight and monkey mechs
APE ESCAPE, YESH, MY FAVORITE CHILDHOOD GAME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TALKING ABOUT IT, YOU ARE OFFICIALLY MY FAVORITE TH-camR. 💙✨
I was born just a little too late to catch the Spyro and Crash Nostalgia, I played them a bit, sure, but most of my nostalgia falls upon Ape Escape, Sly Cooper, and Jak and Daxter. Ps2 Era games that i sadly don't see receiving a Crash/Spyro overhaul. Ape Escape 1 i'd say is an easy contender for a remaster, but including 2 and 3 would make a trilogy a hard sell, they still hold up pretty well graphically, 3 especially. I would love to see you talk about 2 and 3 in the future.
Oh man, Kids were at every arcade I’ve been to. It’s an arcade classic.
More people do need to play Klonoa. I remember this is the first game I played that NEEDED a twin stick controller. I remember renting it at the local video game store, and the person behind the counter was like "do you have a duel stick controller? you can't rent this without one"
7:11 "Even if jumping is mapped to the trigger button" *Presses bumper button*
Ok, I know this comment a year later doesn’t matter, but I’ve never watched Ant Dude before, and I’m subscribing already because no one ever talks about Ape Escape anymore and it is my all time favorite game ever. Thank you Ant Dude, and lets push to get that remake!
I still need to finish the first two Ape Escape games, but Ape Escape 3 is one of my all-time favs. One of the last physical PS2 games I bought in a long ass time too.
I love Ape Escape! Besides it being a really great fun game I actually won my copy of Ape Escape and a Dual Shock controller from Toonami. Back when they were hyping up the game they ran a promotion that if you called a special phone number at the right time you would win. If I remember right it was either 100 or 1000 callers would win the game and controller, and like 1 or 5 would win a bigger prize set. I can't remember what the bigger prize was, but just winning the game and controller was enough for me. 😊 I'm sure there's a video on TH-cam showing the promotion.
Ahh I remember borrowing not only this game but my friends dual analog controller, not realising it would become the future of video game controls...a simpler time...also that Ape catch sound effect will forever be burned into my brain 👍🤘
Ty for making a video on my favorite PS game of all time. So much love been a fan for 3years now!!! Keep it all up Much love
I will hugely argue that most of the monkeys have different ways of approaching them that makes them super fun to catch without it getting super repetitive. So while it’s true it is repetitive, I think a lot of the charm comes from what the monkey does, how it reacts to you, and where it is in the stage that makes the repetitive nature of catching or collecting something more interesting and developed with its charm.
Ape Escape was my first game ever. Still play it to this day
1:09
"KNACK 2 DA FUTURE BABY
OH SHIT KNACK 2 IS COMING OUT"
Ah yes, my new spirit phrase,
'Lovably unstable'