I can look past the performance issues to see that Ape Escape 3 is Japan Studios at top form in terms of their presentation and gameplay variety. Pure, unadulterated fun with the only concession being a frequently dipping frame rate. For a game that looks this good running on such aging hardware for the time I'm rather impressed for what Ape Escape 3 manages to achieve on a content scale while looking as good as it does.

In terms of gameplay mechanical changes/additions, mini-games, and overall content scale, Ape Escape sees its peak here; by far the best entry of the series in totality. I still have a soft spot for the mostly breakcore-esque soundtrack of the original.

After hitting creditd at 54%, I'm immediately diving back in to hit 100%! I'll flesh out further thoughts, then.