Metal Gear Ape!

[ipoder]

It seems that Ape Escape 3 for the PS2, coming out in January of next year, has an MGS omage. Exept there are monkeys.

[VulpX]

Haha, that's of course because Kojima did the Ape thing on MGS3.
Great to see how two directors use their games to show their friendship!

[Liquiduz]

Info:

As with every entry in the series, you can expect to find a plethora of unlockable content. While this is pretty atypical for an Ape Escape game, Ape Escape 3 goes the extra mile and includes a game within a game, Metal Gear Solid, that is a tip of the hat to Metal Gear Solid 3's Snake vs. Ape mode. In the unlockable game you'll take a brief detour into the Metal Gear universe and find out about the professor's past; apparently, before he decided to focus his mind on intelligence-enhancing ape helmets, the old boy kicked it with Solid Snake and company. You'll find out all this and more when the professor is asked to locate Snake, who is trapped behind enemy lines.

Unfortunately, because the prof's teams are all away at summer camp, he has to improvise and winds up sending a specially trained monkey who thinks he's Snake to get the job done. This provides the perfect setup for an MGS-inspired adventure, spread out over eight levels that come complete with bosses. Though the levels follow the themes of those you'll play through in the proper game, they're newly designed and aren't recycled. As far as gameplay goes, Metal Gear Solid offers up an authentic, although monkey-flavored, Metal Gear experience. You'll stealthily sneak about, making use of fruit-themed weapons, collecting ape tags off of your foes, and working your way to an epic battle against the latest Metal Gear. It's a fun and funny change of pace from the proper game that's a great treat. In addition to playing the MGS game, you'll unlock a variety of extras such as a movie viewer, a monkepedia, and even a tool to make your own 15-second movies that you can save to a memory card.

I'm willing to buy this game to unlock and play that mini-game, sounds and looks so fun!

[A.G.]

I'll have to through that up on the site!