The TV Station is set up outside on an upper balcony behind Aki's laboratory. Dining tables are laid out with computer monitors and other objects to create a makeshift base of operations for Kei or Yumi to interact with, while Aki stands off to the side to give advice. In the back is a set of stairs leading down to the Shopping Area, which is implied to be part of the town that's visible in the distance.
Warp Pad[]
The focal point of the station, the Warp Pad is able to send Kei and Yumi to the film sets of TV shows that the apes have invaded. The player must capture the apes to proceed to the next stage.
There are 4 modes in total:
Normal mode. Play through the Ape Escape 3 story.
Time Attack mode. Unlocked by clearing a stage for the first time.
Free Play mode. Unlocked after clearing a stage completely of all monkeys.
Survival mode. Unlocked by [insert info here]. Survival mode rules:
Players run a marathon of every level in order, including the first monkey at the TV Station and boss levels.
Start with no lives.
No Morph Stocks.
No time limit.
Players can save and quit to the main menu, but only between levels.
Players can't return to the TV Station.
Cookies can only be obtained in the level, usually from fallen enemies.
Lives can be obtained after collecting 1000 Coins or by finding them in the level.
Completing Survival mode awards players the title of "Master", which gets added to the Ape Escape 3 title screen for everyone on that Memory Card to see.
Data Desk[]
This station is used to save or load the player's progress throughout their journey.
There are 6 save slots available.
Data recorded normally:
Character selected
Name
Percentage cleared
Last saved level ("All Clear" when completed.)
Time played (In hours and minutes)
Number of Monkeys captured
Number of Jackets
Number of Coins
Data recorded in Survival mode:
Character selected
Name
Last saved level ("All Clear" when completed.)
Time played (In hours and minutes)
Gallery[]
Where the player can view many of the still images and written materials they bought at the Shopping Area.
Concept art: Where the player can view all the concept art they've collected from the Hobby Shop.
Bonus RC Cars: Where the player can choose which style of RC Car they want. RC Cars can be bought from the Hobby Shop. There are 4 cars in total.
Normal chassis (Yumi): "Chassis for normal performance. Yumi's favorite." A red Volkswagen "love bug" with a yellow hood, a blue heart on the hood, and a silver and orange antenna on the back. Unlocked by default.
Normal chassis (Kei): "Chassis for normal performance. Kei's favorite." A red and yellow racecar, identical to Jimmy's default car from Ape Escape 2. Unlocked by default.
Black chassis: "Able to reach fastest speeds. Difficult to steer." The same model as Kei's normal chassis, only it's black and red instead of red and yellow.
Pudding chassis: "Awesome explosive power. Super-strong jiggly chassis!" An RC Car that resembles a plate of Crème caramel (aka custard, caramel pudding, flan), much like the kind that Aki enjoys.
Mon-fiction: There are 20 stories in total.
Secret photos: An album of secret photos that players can check out after buying them in the Hobby Shop. There are 30 photos in total.
Hint book: There are 20 hints in total.
Weird photos: There are 20 weird photos in total. Each shows the location of the hidden dressing rooms.
Monkepedia: Also known as the Monkepaedia in PAL regions and Saru Book (サルブック) in Japan, the Monkepedia allows players to view the data on the monkeys they've captured. This data includes their name, pants color, birthday, behavior stats, method of attack, description, and whether or not they're a fan of Yumi and go starstruck in her presence. For more information, see Monkepedia, or any of the level pages for Ape Escape 3.
Teleborg cards: Where the player can view all the Teleborg cards they've collected from the Hobby Shop.
Channel guide: Where the player can view information about different TV channels they've obtained from the Book Shop.
Home theater[]
Where the player can watch video tapes or listen to music they've collected from the Music Shop.
Movie tape: There are 30 movies in total.
List of movie tapes
1. Intro movie
2. Opening
3. Initial Capture
4. Aki's Invention
5. Monkey White Face Off!
6. Specter & Tomoki 1
7. Here's Specter!
8. Monkey Blue Face Off!
9. Specter & Tomoki 2
10. Monkey Yellow Face Off!
11. Specter & Tomoki 3
12. Monkey Pink Face Off!
13. Monkey Pink Face Off 2!
14. Specter & Tomoki 4
15. Monkey Red Face Off!
16. Specter & Tomoki 5
17. Tomoki City
18. Luxury Room
19. Dr. Tomoki Face Off!
20. Tomoki's Secret
21. Double Paradise Plan
22. End of the line for Tomoki?
23. Ending
24. Credits
25. Return of Pink
26. Specter Found!
27. Specter's Final Showdown!
28. The Two Snakes
29. Mystery Movie
30. Special Movie!
Genie dance music: There are 4 songs in total.
Genie ♪ Disco
Genie ♪ Blues
Genie ♪ Slowdance
Genie ♪ Waltz
Music disc: There are 50 songs in total.
List of music discs
1. Seaside Resort
2. Hide-N-Seek Forest [sic] 3. Saru-mon's Castle
4. Saru-mon's Castle 2
5. The Big City
6. Specter TV Studio
7. Specter TV Studio 2
8. Bootown
9. Bootown 2
10. Wild West Town
11. Wild West Town 2
12. The Hot Springs
13. The Hot Springs 2
14. Winterville
15. Winterville 2
16. The Emperor's Castle
17. The Emperor's Castle 2
18. Mount Amazing
19. Mount Amazing 2
20. Toytown
21. Toytown 2
22. Arctic Wonderland
23. Arctic Wonderland 2
24. Mirage Town
25. Eversummer Island
26. Eversummer Island 2
27. Airplane Squadron
28. Kung-Fu Alley
29. Kung-Fu Alley 2
30. Midnight Bay
31. Tomoki City
32. Tomoki City 2
33. Space-TV Fortress
34. Space-TV Fortress 2
35. Monkey White Face off!
36. Monkey Blue Face off!
37. Monkey Yellow Face off!
38. Monkey Red Face off!
39. Dr. Tomoki Face off!
40. Gorilliac Face off!
41. Specter Face off!
42. Fantasy Knight
43. Wild West Kid
44. Miracle Ninja
45. Genie Dancer
46. Dragon Kung Fu Fighter
47. Cyber Ace
48. Super Monkey
49. HAPPY☆Sensation
50. Banana Heartbreak
Gadget Trainer[]
This is where the player can practice the gadgets or the morphs they've unlocked in the Training Room. There are 8 gadget rooms and 7 morph rooms. The Stun Club and Monkey Net training rooms are already unlocked at the start of the game.
Mini Game Corner[]
Where the player can play minigames they bought from the Hobby Shop.
The player can use this station to have their fortune told in 3 different ways. These predictions will change depending on the current date.
Today's fortune. Players can scroll through a calendar, find a monkey they've captured whose birthday falls on a date of their choosing, such as the player's birthday, and read a fortune based on that monkey. The front page of the Fortune Telling menu will show a monkey that was born on the current day so that player's can read today's fortune. Monkeys in this menu can be rotated with the Right Analog Stick. To reset their rotation, press R3.
Astrological forecast. Players can choose from one of 12 monkeys, each based on one of the 12 Zodiac animals from Western astrology, and receive advice from them. Zodiac monkeys can be identified in-game by the yellow stars on their forehead. Press the SELECT button in the Apeology Fortune menu to look up a star sign by inputting the month and day.
Love fortune. Players can input the birthdays and genders of two people, such as themselves and a crush, to get a prediction of their love compatibility. This prediction is shown as a percentage score, an image of a monkey, and a written fortune.
The player cannot use their morphs at the TV Station or Shopping Area.
There is a green RC Car in the window of the Hobby Shop that cannot be purchased. It resembles Kei's Normal chassis.
Mesal Gear Solid's cost of 573 Coins is a goroawase (a type of Japanese play on words) for "Konami", the publishers of the Metal Gear series. Basically, numbers, letters, and symbols in Japanese can be written and pronounced in multiple ways, and "ko na mi" is one of many creative ways to pronounce "five seven three".
Gallery[]
Concept art of an aerial view of "Aki House Research Institute", the backside of which became the TV Station.
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