oo oo ah ah talk about monkey games.
there’s a lot of them:
all nonhuman simians/“saru” count!
please don’t talk about neuralink, it makes me a sad monkey.
There are two apes, Blizzard and Chaos, in Primal Rage. They’re the coolest characters in the game, because apes are cooler than dinosaurs.
Obligatory early mention of the eternally perplexing 「the Saturn is better than the PlayStation because the Sega chimpanzee prefers playing games rather than answering to the basic survival instinct of accepting nutrition hey you know what maybe you can get cocaine in Japan after all if you work in advertising?」 commercial.
Ape Out - the other ape escape game
Rampage - also has a lizard and a wolf that are basically apes
Toki - nasty gobbin‘ brit ape ’gov
King Kong - the 360s secret killer app
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West - Andy Serkis is 99% ape
Rhythm Heaven Fever - excellent golfers, watch inhabitants and tambourinists, plus there's a mandrill
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey - is serious about those apes
Tokyo Jungle - is not so serious
and finally…
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - will make you fear apes, then you have fight two at once
I was going to mention this one but then I noticed it was in the list! I love how deranged and insane this game is. Y’all should play it if you haven’t, it’s a Taito made Gameboy game where you train a monkey to fight in organised boxing matches. What else do I need to say.
Shout outs to George from the arcade classic Rampage, it’s sequels, and hit movie starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
@chazumaru lol I had actually never seen these commercials before. “Play Saturn and lose control of your life.”
I keep forgetting about Enslaved!! I’ve been meaning to play that for the longest time. This year!!!
@connrrr Enslaved is real cool. absolute 7/10.
Mother 3 - Salsa and Samba are adorable, but monkey subjugation makes me sad 
@kory :(
@connrrr sorry!! How about bubble monkey to lighten the mood:
@kory :)
it’s ok, I was empathizing with you. REMINDER, though (Mother 3 spoilers): things work out for Salsa and Samba in the end.
always thought that ( ´H`) was a good mouth shape, as bubble monkey exemplifies.
@connrrr “H” is definitely top 5 mouth shapes.
Incidentally, one of my other favorites is the
“( + + + )” plus signs as teeth look exemplified by classic monkey boy DK
@kory that’s a great mouth too! very much a classic.
OK, I promise I’m not the Congo’s Caper Guy – I just tried it myself for a few minutes because I love the Data East/Jaleco jamboree that is Nintendo Switch Online, but I think maybe Tatakae Genshijin 2 gets overlooked because it got a dumb American name & bad art in the form of Congo’s Caper. It’s decently charming, & your lil caveman dude turns into a monkey when you get hit – it’s like the game’s small Mario form, but a monkey
@tokucowboy I certainly overlooked it until this post! I like the sprite animation of the monkey boy and his super jump feels great to perform. Also he turns into a golden monkey when you collect three red orbs and that’s kind of a trope?
Peter Jackson’s King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie
@copySave got it but I thought I would share the official title (of the official game (of the movie))
@Moon I thought for sure this game was going to turn out to be British, but nope.
I’d love to know who painted that cover.
