Secrets
Get a different monkey net
When playing as Spike, push select to go to the gadget select screen. Then
select the monkey net. Push R1 when the net is selected. You should hear a
sound. Get out the gadget select screen and then select the monkey net.
You now have a water net while on the ground. Fire a net by pushing the
right control stick button.

Unlimited lives
In the Ninja Hideout level, there is a garden of bamboo plants. Also
nearby are a couple of rocks. If you break the rocks with your
stick, there will be some cookies and a jacket. You can keep going
to another part of the level and returning. The cookies and life
will be there again. Do this as many times as needed to get 99
lives. *** The fastest way to do this is to wear your Super Hoop
to move faster.

Shortcut in Castle Frightmare
There is a way to get to the end of Castle Frightmare without going
through the obstacles you encounter if you take the right path when you
1st enter the castle. When you 1st enter the castle you will notice
that you cannot use the left path unless you go all around the castle and
activate it, but you can jump on top of the railing on the left side and
jump over the stone blocking it and activate the switch without going
through all the obstacles.

Glitch: Switched soundtracks
Go to the soundtracks area in the extras menu. Select either "Gotcha
Rythmn" or "Monkeys Gonna Getchu". Listen to them to hear that they
are switched.

Faster credits
Hold X while the credits are displayed.

Money $$$ Money
Go to the casino level. It helps to get rid of any black pants
wearing monkeys in the 1st part of the level. Break open all of
the slot machines in a counter-clockwise direction. After awhile you
will meet a rat-looking enemy that takes your money when you run
into it. Let him hit you and allow him to take your gold. Now,
quickly hit him and all of your gold will be dropped. Grab all of it
quickly; after you collect 5 gold pieces they turn to silver stars.
After 5 silver stars, they turn into gold stars which are worth 10
gold pieces. Continue hitting the slots and you will find one more
of these rats.

After you defeat Spector (Mech-Monkey Sub-Boss) and unlock the extra
monkeys, go to the Simian Citadel level. Toward the end of this
level, you will find a wizard-monkey named Tommy. If you do not
catch him, he constantly creates enemies. One of these enemies is
the rat thief. Let him steal your coins, then steal them back. You
can use the Super Hoop to catch him. Keep repeating this until your
coins are at 999. *** even if you catch Tommy and save the game,
you can still return in time trial mode to perform this trick.

Go to Casino City level and destroy the slot machines going left and
around in a circle. Once all the slot machines are destroyed, leave
the room and return. Destroy all the slot machines again and repeat
if desired. *** You may want do this after you catch all the
monkeys in the level so that the monkeys with black pants and guns
do not hurt you.

Spike
Defeat Specter for the 2nd and final time. Highlight "New Game"
at the MAIN MENU, then press L1 + X to play as Spike from the
original Ape Escape

Unlock the Final Boss
Collect all 300 monkeys to unlock the true final boss with specter

Alternate ending
Get all 300 monkeys to face the real final Boss. Win the battle to
view the good ending.
Dance Monkey Dance mini-game:
Complete the Ninja Hideout level.
Monkey Climber mini-game:
Defeat Specter to unlock the Monkey Climber mini-game.

Monkey Soccer mini-game
Complete the Enter The Monkey level.
Control menu screen:
Hold R1 and rotate the Left Analog-stick and Right Analog-stick to
control Zapper's facial expressions.

Spike
Win the game after finding all 297 monkeys. Highlight "New Game" at the MAIN MENU, then press L1 + Start to play as Spike from the original Ape Escape.

Glitch: No See-All Scope
After getting all 300 Monkeys enable the "Play as Spike" code. While
playing Spike, even though you have all the gadgets you do not have
the See-All Scope which lets you find the monkeys you get with the
Magic Punch gadget.

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