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Ape Quest cover

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.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
PlayStation Portable10 February 2008Worldwide
PlayStation Vita10 February 2008Worldwide

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