Ape Escape: Pumped & Primed

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Ape Escape: Pumped & Primed
ApeEscapePumpedPrimedCover.jpg
North American cover art
Developer(s) Japan Studio
Publisher(s)
Composer(s) Soichi Terada
Series Ape Escape
Platform(s) PlayStation 2
Release
  • JP: July 1, 2004
  • NA: October 19, 2004 [1]
Genre(s) Party
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Ape Escape: Pumped & Primed [lower-alpha 1] is a video game developed by Japan Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan and Ubisoft in North America exclusively for PlayStation 2. It is the fourth title in the Ape Escape franchise. It was never released in Europe, despite being advertised in the UK and Australia.

Contents

Gameplay

Spike, Natalie, Casi and the Professor join the High-tech Tournament, a virtual world. Helga, the previous champion, is on an important mission to find the disk based on her father's research, hidden in the trophy. Unlike other Ape Escape games, this game is more of a party game, similar to Mario Party and Sonic Shuffle . The game consists of a series of competitive minigames using various vehicles and gadgets from previous Ape Escape games, such as battling underwater using submersibles, racing on foot, and collecting the most coins. The story mode is broken up into different tournaments with 3 to 4 players, where 1 to 2 players must finish at least 1st place to pass.

Reception

The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [2] Reviewers pointed that its high qualities lie in its visual and sound effects, [7] and on its game mechanics, [9] but it lacks re-playability and overall appeal. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a better score of all four sevens for a total of 28 out of 40. [5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: ガチャメカスタジアム　サルバト～レ, Hepburn: Gacha Meka Sutajiamu Saru Bato〜re
  2. ↑ Two critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the game each a score of 5.5/10, and the other gave it 6.5/10.

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