Ape Escape: SaruSaru Big Mission
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Saru! Get You! SaruSaru Big Mission (Japanese name: サルゲッチュ ー サルサル大作戦 Sarugetchu Saru Saru Daisakusen) is a video game in the Ape Escape
series released in Japan for the PlayStation Portable
system. It is the latest game in the series made by Japan Studio. No information has been announced for it to be released out of Japan.
and Ape Escape: Pumped & Primed
, the game borrows heavily from Ape Escape 3
. The same graphic engine is used, which is a first for Ape Escape, as usually all game's graphic's are re-created for each game.
In a different approach to the normal Ape Escape gameplay, SaruSaru Big Mission has you controlling the Pipo Helmet shaped lab. By latching it onto a monkey, they can gain control of it, including any abilities it may have. If the monkey takes too much damage, they will lose control of it. The aim is to utilize the monkeys' abilities to reach the end of the level safely.
Ape Escape
Ape Escape is a platform game published, produced and developed by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. It was originally released in 1999. It was re-released for the Sony Greatest Hits and Best for Family line-ups in 2000; for the Platinum Range in 2001; and for the PSone Books...
series released in Japan for the PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable
The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...
system. It is the latest game in the series made by Japan Studio. No information has been announced for it to be released out of Japan.
Storyline
Specter kidnaps the Professor, Aki, Sayaka, Satoru, Hikaru and shrinks his laboratory, with Kakeru and Natsumi and who he kidnapped inside. Despite that, the lab is at least small enough to be disguised as a Pipo Helmet, which then Natsumi and Kakeru have to control the monkeys (named Piposaru in Japan) to help rescue their friends as well as defeat Specter.Gameplay
Unlike other stand-alone titles in the series such as Pipo Saru 2001Pipo Saru 2001
Pipo Saru 2001 is an action video game developed and published by SCEI for the PlayStation 2 video game console. It has only been released in Japan. A demo was released through McDonald's named the "Happy Disc". The levels were slightly altered to contain Fries and Burgers as life's and the levels...
and Ape Escape: Pumped & Primed
Ape Escape: Pumped & Primed
Ape Escape: Pumped and Primed, known in Japan as Gacha Mecha Stadium Saru Battle , is a video game that was developed by SCEI for the PlayStation 2. The game was published by Ubisoft and SCEI in 2004. It is the fourth title in the Ape Escape franchise...
, the game borrows heavily from Ape Escape 3
Ape Escape 3
Ape Escape 3 is a platforming video game published and developed by Sony for the PlayStation 2 video game console. It was first released in Japan on July 14, 2005, and was later released in North America on January 17, 2006, in Europe on May 5, 2006, and in Australia on May 18, 2006...
. The same graphic engine is used, which is a first for Ape Escape, as usually all game's graphic's are re-created for each game.
In a different approach to the normal Ape Escape gameplay, SaruSaru Big Mission has you controlling the Pipo Helmet shaped lab. By latching it onto a monkey, they can gain control of it, including any abilities it may have. If the monkey takes too much damage, they will lose control of it. The aim is to utilize the monkeys' abilities to reach the end of the level safely.