>>16125775
>First game was important to Sony because it was the first game to use the dualshock controller.
>It was a successful game but they dropped it for a while until Ubisoft localizes AE2.
>Another success, making Sony thinking they could do anything with this IP.
>Forms a good trilogy like other PlayStation series only to be 40% of the series, with the rest being spin offs in different genres.
>Most of those spin offs aren't even good and the ones that are are mostly in japan only.
>Some were only made to sell shit gimmicks that nobody liked.
>The "alternate" series being this idea showing that Sony had no idea what the fuck Ape Escape even was, which may have given the series a bit of an identity crysis.
>No proper remaster compilation, just awkward PSP port and PAL AE2 in PSN.
>Monkey cameos in other games showing Sony thought it was the only thing people liked about the series.
>Website pretending to be an official source of news about the series was never truly fact checked.
>One of the main characters was brought into a weird crossover to show what the series actually was, only to be one of the weakest characters and get a shitty looking model.
>A trailer for Puppeteer celebrarting the history of Japan Studio showed some of their games, with Ape Escape being only represented by the last game, which was the shitty PS Move title, rather than the first game, which might as well be the studio's first game ever.
>A true sequel was planned since the third game and 10 years later, it was the year of the monkey, making Sony do a little jab and AE, only to end the year with a reveal for a sequel to a series nobody likes.
>That planned fourth sequel fans keep asking for was dropped in favor for the shit spin off that was the last game in the series.
>No one is making an interesting fan project or even acknowledging its abuse.
>Anime was never in the US, so they got a shitty flash cartoon instead.
>There were even 3 mobile games, but were lost.