The monkeys have escaped onto the Playstation 2.
In this story , Spike's cousin named Jimmy is helping the Professor's granddaughter named Natalie around the lab while the Professor is off on a must needed vacation but he leaves for Jimmy to transport the new Monkey Pants over to the park but in the process sends the Monkey Helmets too in which the cute white monkey named Specter who had caused trouble back in the first Ape Escape game on the PS1 gets his hands on the helmet once again then comes up with another plan to take over the world by creating a laser to make humans lazy so the monkeys could take over much easier so now Jimmy must use all kinds of gadgets in which some old and some new to capture the run away apes in time.
Just like in the first game the main goal in each of the levels you go to is to capture the certain amount of monkeys that is asked in order to continue on to the next level but in the meantime you can take in a good look around the areas to find out stuff like gold coins that can be used to get cool things from the Gotcha Box like comics , mini games and many more.
And of course we cannot forget about the gadgets that are given to help you out in the field which all the gadgets that you know and love from the first title return along with some new ones for you to use for your own free will.
For most of you out there that like to add a good challenge to your game play then you should take on the Time Attacks that is unlocked after you finish the level you are in which times you to see how fast you can move to see if you can complete the task in record time when catching monkeys or even taking on the bosses.
Ape Escape 2 is a good game that is fun for all ages so if you are a fan of the series or not then you have the choice to give this game a try and at the same time so those monkeys who the real champion of the animal kingdom really is.