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Already released in Japan as Furi! Furi! Sarugetchu, the PlayStation Move-powered Ape Escape is finally coming to North American fans of monkey snatching this summer. It is simply called PlayStation Move Ape Escape. More »
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The video game series that made PlayStation thumbsticks mandatory is now one of the first Sony franchises moving to PlayStation 3's motion controller. We wrote about Ape Escape for Move in Tokyo. In New York yesterday, we shot video. More »
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Apes go wild, again, in Furi Furi! Sarugechu—or Ape Escape Shake! Shake!, if you prefer—the first game in the monkey-snatching series to utilize Sony's new PlayStation Move controller. The goal? Grab monkeys! With the Move! More »
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What will the power of the PlayStation 3 add to the monkey-catching and pants-vacuuming gameplay of the lovable Ape Escape series? Way more monkeys with flashing lights on their heads, according to new art released to promote the series. More »
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In addition to a four game assault of Sega Genesis games, the ESRB has given a rating to Ape Quest from Sony Computer Entertainment for the PSP. No game with that title has been announced by SCEA, but we can rather safely assume its the unreleased Ape Escape game Sarugetchu: SaruSaru Daisakusen that shipped in Japan in July of this year. That would make it the fifth Ape Escape game to make its way to the handheld, but only the third to eventually be published in North America. More »
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Ape Escape may have already gotten the anime treatment in Japan, but here in the States we'll be getting our first shots of Ape Escape animation in early 2008. Frederator Productions is teaming with Project 51, Hawaii Film Partners, and Showcase Entertainment to create a series of 38 2 minute long animated shorts based on the monkey bondage video game series. The shorts should begin airing in early 2008 on the Nicktoons network. Frederator has a production blog up gives some entertaining insight into the whole monkey business. Check it out! More »
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Featured in such games as Ape Escape, EyeToy: Monkey Mania and, yes, even Metal Gear Solid 3, Sony's loveable apes have become icons for the PlayStation brand. Now, gamers can bring the apes to their own hands, with these two import-only Sarugetchu ape puppets from Taito. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=248263&view=rss&microfeed=true Way before Burger King got in the video game business, there was the McDonald's PaRappa the Rapper game. Just check out a clip from back with Sony and McDonald's (now B.F.F. with Nintendo) were thick as theives. According to an old GameSpot article, the game was a PS2 demo that contined one-level versions of Ape Escape 2001 and PaRappa the Rapper 2. The game takes place in a McDonald's, complete with McDonald's logos shoehorned in. Yum! Brian Ashcraft More »
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Little children have little hands. Using a standard PS2 controller can be more than a handful. Good thing there's the LiLiCON, a mini-controller for pint-sized players. Created by Japanese toy maker Happinet, the LiLiCON stands for "LIGHT&LITTLE CONTROLLER." There's also a turbo button to help along tikes that haven't mastered the fine art of button-mashing. The controller is covered with an Ape Escape and goes on sale July 13th, the same day Ape Escape: Million Monkeys drops. Fitting, because all children, like my son, are chimps. Brian Ashcraft More »
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