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[SolidSnakex]

Jumping Flash for Morpheus would be quite something.

It makes more sense for it to use Morpheus than any other game that Sony has in its library.

 

[kinn]

Jumping Flash is perfect for Morpheus.

This.

 

[kasane]

ape escape for vita

patapon for vita

and jumping flash pls

 

[SerTapTap]

Patapon, loco loco first.

Yes, fuck everything else. Except Gravity Rush 2.

 

[entremet]

Sony murdered Ape Escape...if you thought Nintendo was bad at milking they got nothing on mid 2000s sony...honestly I think Sony believed people no longer liked Ape Escape due to poor sales of the spin offs...no Sony we love Ape Escape games not games that happen to have Ape Escape monkeys in them

Main series
Ape Escape (PlayStation) - June 1999
Ape Escape 2 (PlayStation 2) - July 2001
Ape Escape: On the Loose (PlayStation Portable) - March 2005
Ape Escape 3 (PlayStation 2) - July 2005

Spin-offs
Ape Escape 2001 (PS2) (Japan only) - July 2001
Ape Escape Million Monkeys (PS2) (Japan only) - July 2006
Ape Escape Racing (PSP) (Japan only) - December 2006
Ape Escape SaruSaru Big Mission (PSP) (Japan only) - July 2007
Ape Quest (PSP) (released in North America & Europe exclusively on the PlayStation Store and a UMD in Japan only) - January 2008

Party games
Ape Escape: Pumped & Primed (PS2) (Japan & USA only) - July 2004
EyeToy: Monkey Mania (PS2) - August 2004
Ape Escape Academy (PSP) - December 2004
Ape Academy 2 (PSP) (Japan & Europe only) - December 2005
PlayStation Move Ape Escape (PlayStation 3) - December 2010

EDIT: The series desperately needs an adrenaline shot of creativity. The gameplay is really really fun, but from the safe artstyle to the copy and paste between games, they really need to innovate. Honestly outside of the pretty great monkey design the game has no attachable characters or artstyle, would love a reboot in the style of modern western cartoons.

Nintendo gets a bad rap about milking. They don't milk.

You also get one main Mario Kart per system. One main Mario per system--although they've up the ante here by having a 3D game and 2D game now. Galaxy 2 was the first sequel to a 3D mario in the same system.

The criticism of Nintendo that's valid is that they're shy about new big major IP.

Also using Mario characters for all their sports games doesn't help either, but it does sell.

 

[Garraboa]

Actually I'd kill for a new LocoRoco.

 

[Bare Grills]

Sure, right after they finish the last guardian.

 

[sn00zer]

Nintendo get a bad rap about milking. They don't milk.

You also get one main Mario Kart per system. One main Mario per system--although they've up the ante here by having a 3D game and 2D game now. Galaxy 2 was the first sequel to a 3D mario in the same system.

The criticism of Nintendo that's valid is that they're shy about new big major IP.

No... Nintendo milks the shit out of Mario Universe..... sooo many spinoffs and games its insane...when people say milking Mario they mean Mario-verse

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[Brofist]

Can they be made into cinematic third person adventures? Probably not then.

 

[Red Crayon Aristocrat]

Whoaaaaa, that would be totally mind blowing if Ape Escape returned.

Even if it doesn't though, at least the series ended on a high note with the third game.

 

[SlashBringingHasher]

nah no hope. shawn layden and kodera are looking into making the platforms for service. and having a few big jewls games to advertise like god of war and tlou. he said it himself. less games only big games.

unless they make them into adult cinematic third person action adventures

 

[LucidFeuer]

Unfortunately, Sony governance has become completely degenerate.

Instead of investing in studios, franchises and backlog, they're killing their most important assets for the future...so I wouldn't count on it.

 

[Breakage]

These sort of games were from a time when the PlayStation platform revelled in its Japanese quirkiness. Nowadays things are more orientated towards the West.

 

[theclaw135]

Quirky or second tier games are okay, but I don't think Sony has internally made a AAA game in Japan since before the PS3 even released.

 

[Red Crayon Aristocrat]

unless they make them into adult cinematic third person action adventures

Picturing an Ape Escape in the vein of a Last of Us or Uncharted is pretty funny.

 

[danielberg]

Ape escape yes.. the rest not so much.

 

[Shifty]

I would be down for more Ape Escape. I thought it was a real shame that the series devolved into spinoffs before more or less dying completely.

Also did we for reals need a 5-year thread bump for this news?

 

[Bryank75]

Ape Escape would be great, they need something like that and a Twisted Metal battle royal.

 

[SlashBringingHasher]

Picturing an Ape Escape in the vein of a Last of Us or Uncharted is pretty funny.

its sad

 

[CatCouch]

I want a new Jumping Flash. JF2 was my jam as a kid~

 

[Shin]

Here's something much better (with a grain of salt and all that but so far he's right about everything AFAIK):

 

[mcjmetroid]

Ape escape remake please. It's the only thing I want of those types of games.