

2008 · Sony Interactive Entertainment · Role-playing
Ape Quest
PlayStation exclusive
The ape kingdom is cursed and it's up to you, the prince, to redeem yourself and restore peace to the land! Battle your way through the evil minions that have overrun Toqsica Kingdom by leveling up your character, collecting new weapons and items, and completing an endless variety of mini-games in this RPG-style ape adventure. It's more fun than a barrel of monkeys, or apes for that matter!
- Released
- 10 January 2008
- Platforms
- PlayStation PortablePlayStation Vita
- Genres
- Role-playing
- Developers
- Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Publishers
- Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Series
- Ape Escape
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Themes
- Comedy
- Country
- Japan
- Age ratings
- ESRB E
About
Ape Quest (known as Sarugetchu: Piposaru Senki in Japan) is a role-playing video game developed by Shift and Alvion and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation Portable. It is a spin-off of the Ape Escape series. It was released in North America and Europe exclusively on the PlayStation Store and a UMD in Japan only. It is downloadable as a free Starter Pack, with the remainder of the game available as three separate downloadable chapters.
›Story
The king of the Toqsica Kingdom sends his son with the respected knight D' Apetagnan on a pilgrimage to the seal that holds the Apetron, a group of apes that terrorized the kingdom ages ago, who also are known as the Pipotron Brothers. However, the king's son impulsively eats the banana-shaped seal, releasing the Apetron upon the land again. Now, the prince must save the land from its curse.
Keywords
- minigames
- digital distribution
- playstation tv support
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
The player takes control of the prince and travels across various areas, meeting Ape Team members, fighting monsters, earning Chips (the game's currency) and carrying out quests. The player must choose from predetermined routes consisting of turns, in the way of a board game. The player traverses across these routes, but once chosen, the player cannot move or stop. On each turn, the player can open the menu, which allows the player to save, equip items and perform other actions (this can be done at the end of each route as well).
Turn-based battles and minigames can also occur randomly. Battles rely on the equipment used and strength. Minigames, on the other hand, are entirely based on skill (these can deduct hit points, or "Guts", as well). The player can also visit towns and dungeons as well as members of the Ape Team.
Story
The king of the Toqsica Kingdom sends his son with the respected knight D'Apetagnan on a pilgrimage to the seal that holds the Apetron, a group of apes that terrorized the kingdom ages ago, who also are known as the Pipotron Brothers. However, the king's son impulsively eats the banana-shaped seal, releasing the Apetron upon the land again. Now, the prince must save the land from its curse.
Reception
Jeff Haynes of IGN praised the game's humor and criticized the repetitive nature of its gameplay.
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