The game is short but packs tons of mostly ripe optional stuff to keep you amused.
Monkey gangsters playing mah-jongg in the back of a Chinese restaurant? Bust out the Dragon Kung Fu outfit and it's on.
Power-up costumes like Wild West Kid and Miracle Ninja might have cynical gamers rolling their eyes, but while each getup is required at certain moments, the game constantly inspires you to switch to your favorite costumes for the fun of it, with wacky scenarios that parody films like Friday the 13th, Titanic, and even Bruce Lee's Game of Death. As usual, you'll use both analog sticks in clever ways to net your monkey quota via lightweight puzzling and hop-and-bop action. Not because I'm a simian sympathizer, but because the series always makes catching the little guys so damn fun.
I admit I was happy to hear that the monkeys from Ape Escape were running loose and causing mischief once again.
