Talk:Ape Escape (video game)

message: Some reviews on IMDb and Amazon.co.uk ask the question, why did the monkeys time travel to so many points in time - if they simply travelled to the ancient past, surely that would make a change on the rest of the future?
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A resolution to this can be found in terms of understanding the structure of the game. The protagonist Spike is required to travel back from Ancient Past (Dinosaur times), slowly catching up with critical points in history around different eras and ages.
When playing the game, the first level is Ancient Plain. It could be understood that as each level (point in time) is cleared safely of monkeys (some need to be captured later on), the future is then restored to its original design. It could then be suggested that as Specter notices that history has changed back, he decides that if Spike has cleared that era, he should then find another point in time (slightly ahead in the future) where he can try to dispatch the monkeys again.
Thus the game could be perceived as a type of chase between Spike and Specter - after Spike manages to clear each era, Specter has another go to try and drop more monkeys. Then, Spike goes to that era (with the help of the Time Station, Natalie and the Professor) and clears them again, and so forth.
And to clear up, this would therefore suggest that once a level has been played for the first time, and Spike is returned to the Time Station, that any remaining monkeys (which can be captured if you enter the level a second time), for some reason, have not altered the future (at least not considerably beyond control). In some cases, monkeys are trapped or happy in these eras, so these "safe" monkeys do very little harm to affect the future. --rjcuk 09:32, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: However, after playing one of the first levels, Specter sends a transmission to the laboratory. He specifically says "Anyway, I'm going to send in my comrades and monsters to various periods to re-write the history of Earth! No longer will humans be the dominant species! I'm going to conquer the world! Don't try to stop me! I'm going to relentlessly attack whomever tries to get in my way!" This therefore suggests that Specter is not "in a race" with Spike, and that he plans to take over all of history in one go. --rjcuk 13:59, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Question on Time Travel

message: In a recent issue of Game Informer, it was said that this game was to use a special controller, but was delayed so it could use the DualShock instead. It'd be nice if someone could get some more info on this scrapped special controller and find a way to put it in the article. —Who else would it be? 03:44, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Special controller?

message: Is he known as Kakeru in the Europe/UK games? WhisperToMe 06:34, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Kakeru/Spike

message: Good Lord that US box art is ugly. Would it be possible to change it? --Mysterious Bob 19:13, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If you would like to, please add in :Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg before it gets deleted. --rjcuk 23:37, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm. The link's been deleted. I think that we are going to have to live with the US version against the UK version unless someone uploads it again. Too bad. --rjcuk 14:25, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Cover Art

message: ===American===
*Spike - Scott MacGregor
*Jake - Peter Bayhem
*Professor - Michael Sousa
*Natalie - Christiane Crawford
*Specter - Pete Burrows
===Japanese===
*Kakeru — Fujiko Takimoto
*Natsumi — Tomoko Kawakami
*Professor — Jouji Yanami
*Hiroki  — Kazue Ikura
*Specter — Chika Sakamoto
</blockquote>
--rjcuk 16:57, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Voice actors

message: *Kakeru — Fujiko Takimoto
*Natsumi — Tomoko Kawakami
*Professor — Jouji Yanami
*Hiroki  — Kazue Ikura
*Specter — Chika Sakamoto
</blockquote>
--rjcuk 16:57, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Japanese

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Ape escape box.jpg

message: There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Ape Escape (series) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you.  —RM bot 14:00, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Move discussion in progress

message: * http://www.apeescape.com/english/nonflash/intro0.html is HTML page
** http://www.apeescape.com/english/nonflash/intro2.html uses "Buzz" and "Katie"
WhisperToMe (talk) 14:52, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Stuff

message: Should we mention the soundtrack that was released?
http://www.game-ost.com/static/covers_soundtracks/4720_227748.jpg
I bought it by digital download off Play.com.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.222.227.22 (talk) 05:30, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Soundtrack 

message: Setting expiry parameter for obsolete page notice Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 17:36, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not clear to me how this edit notice is obsolete. * Pppery * it has begun... 19:54, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  The notice implies that the page still abides by British spellings and character names, when that hasn't been the case in years. Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 20:21, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: @Cat's Tuxedo Just a quick search for "colour" on the page renders a few results and so the page at least somewhat is still using British English. Terasail[✉️] 21:57, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well that makes little sense to me since there's nothing that suggests the UK was even the game's biggest market. Went ahead and fixed that. Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 22:18, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I've reverted your edit per MOS:RETAIN. – Rhain ☔ 23:13, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  Not done: @Cat's Tuxedo Please gather consensus at Talk:Ape Escape (video game) (Here) that the article should no longer use british english before requesting the change. Deciding to remove british english from the article in order to remove an edit notice without a discussion isn't the best approach. Thanks,  Terasail[✉️] 13:51, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template-protected edit request on 15 April 2022