Alternate ending
Get all 300 monkeys to face the real final Boss Win the battle to view the good ending
Dance With Pink Monkey
You can use the Pink Monkey as an alternative character in the minigame Dance Monkey Dance You recieve her randomly from the gotcha box It is not known whether you have to complete certain stages in the game before she appears as she VERY rarely appears and can take four thousand gold coins and up to get It is however a guarantee that you will have most if not all of the gotcha box items before she appears
Easy 999 Coins
On your second time through the game go to Simian Citadel and track down the magician monkey Tommy who hangs out by the fountain Dont net him Instead let him summon his mouse thieves and let them steal some of your money When you hit them and they drop your coins there will often be enough floating around to trigger the multipliers turning the single coins that they stole into x 5 and x 10 coins Grab them and youll have way more money than you started with Since Tommy will always supply more thieves you can do this over and over until youve maxed out your coinage
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
MAKE IT SNOW ON LIBERTY ISLAND
you go on to the first level then go to the fountain jump in then press l2
Minigames
Clear these certain stages to unlock these minigames from the Gotcha Box
Play As Spike
Successfully complete the game after finding all 300 monkeys Highlight New Game at the main menu then press L1 Start to play as Spike from the original Ape Escape
Scroll Credits Faster
To scroll through the credits quicker hold down X
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 first enter the castle When you first 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
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 Note The fastest way to do this is to wear your Super Hoop to move faster
Unlock the Final Boss
Collect all 300 monkeys to unlock the true final boss with specter
