>First series to use DS Analog controller and was once a main PlayStation series
>Japan Studio's first game ever
>Yoshida was on some E3 interview where he mentioned people begging for Ape Escape
>Crash, Spyro, Parappa, Medievil etc returning
>Soon to be 20 years old series this year
>Some PSN avatars were shown
>AE2 and 3 were announced for PSN but 3 didn't get in
>AE1 showed up in some Red Bull gaming event
>A shirt from Hot Topic being a new piece of merchandise
>That one 2016 tweet with the pipo monkey suit, about the year of the monkey
>Some fans using an hashtag for attention
>Pipo monkey in Super Bomberman R
>In December 1st, Japan Studio held a fan event in which they revealed unseen AE concept art and put a lot of AE fanart on a fanart wall
>Yoshida even said AE1 was his favorite game to work on
>Official website was finally updated after 7 years
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ape_Escape#cite_note-2
https://twitter.com/Specter_Kuuta/status/1068911905048354816
https://twitter.com/AskPS_JP/status/1122319543131459585
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en5zhOPLJAQ