Ape Escape 3
Note: This game is also titled Saru Get You 3 .
Cheat mode
At the title screen, press Start, then hold L1 + L2 + R1 + R2 and press Start to display the Secret Password entry screen. Then, enter one of the following passwords to activate the corresponding cheat function. Note: Passwords in the Japanese version are in Hiragana.
- Mesal Gear (Mesaru Gear) Solid mini-game
Enter ” yumenokyouen ” as a password in the Japanese version. Alternately, successfully complete the game by defeating Specter to unlock the Mesal Gear (Mesaru Gear) Solid mini-game in Hobby Shop for 573 Gotcha coins. Complete this mini-game to win 1,000 Gotcha coins and unlock Hard mode. To get the Croc cap and unlimited items, rescue all twenty hostages.
Mesal Gear (Mesaru Gear) Solid scenes in Movie 28 and last two Simian Cinema movies
Enter ” 2 snakes ” as a password. Enter ” futarinosune-ku ” as a password in the Japanese version.
Blue Pipotron Ape
Enter ” coolblue ” as a password. Blue Pipotron Ape is on the wings of the jet in the Flying High Monkey level. Exit the yellow plane and he will appear in front of you.
Dark Master Ape
Enter ” blackout ” as a password. Dark Master will appear in the Kung Fu Alley level. Enter the construction area and find the small room with a Kung-Fu switch.
Red Pipotron Ape
Enter ” redmon ” as a password. Red Pipotron Ape is in the “toy room with blocks” in the Let’s Go Out With The Monkeys level.
SAL-1000 Ape
Enter ” grobyc ” as a password. SAL-1000 Ape is near the clock tower in the Castle level. Look in the area with the second exit in the hidden dressing room that leads to Saru-mon’s Immobile Castle. Enter ” rusagu-boisa ” as a password in the Japanese version.
SAL-3000 Ape
Enter ” SAL3000 ” as a password. SAL-3000 Ape is in a dressing room in the Space TV Fortress level. Search the vending machine area which second exit in hidden dressing room that leads to the Gotta Love Specter level. Hit the Number 5 to find him.
Shimmy Ape
Enter ” 2nd man ” as a password. Shimmy Ape is hidden past the back door the icy hideout (Piposaru costume area) in the Winterville level.
Spork Ape
Enter ” krops ” as a password. Spork Ape will appear in a cabin at the Hide-n-Seek Forest level.
Yellow Pipotron Ape
Enter ” yellowy ” as a password. Yellow Pipotron Ape is in the first area in the Monkey Come, Monkey Go level.
Gageru Ape (Japanese version)
Enter ” rusarukeka ” as a password.
Kuro Sennin Ape (Japanese version)
Enter ” kuroihoumonsha ” as a password.
Pigaru Ape (Japanese version)
Enter ” futarimenootoko ” as a password.
Ratchet Ape (Japanese version)
Enter ” ginganoraihousha ” as a password. Ratchet Ape is in a dressing room in the Space TV Fortress level. Search the vending machine area which second exit in hidden dressing room that leads to the Gotta Love Specter level. Hit the Number 5 to find him.
Survival mode
Enter ” sabaibaru ” as a password in the Japanese version. Alternately, capture all apes then catch Specter a second time.
Monkey Throw Stadium (Ape Olympic) mini-game
Available for purchase in the Hobby Shop for 1,500 Gotcha coins after getting a 50% game completion.
Utlim-ape Fighter (Sarutimate Fighting) mini-game
Available for purchase in the Hobby Shop for 1,500 Gotcha coins after getting a 75% game completion. Successfully complete this mini-game to win 1,000 Gotcha coins.
Ape Movie Studio (Saru Cinema Studio) option
While playing the game, look for a camera with activation pads found in various levels. When the monkeys are not on high alert (yellow or less), step on the pad and press X to get an option to shoot a movie clip. Press X again to get the movie file. The Movie Studio option will be unlocked after all twenty movie files are unlocked, and will replace the “X” at the menu. The monkey studio is found in the Cimian Cinema area of the Shopping District. In the Japanese version, view at least eight Saru movie files in the Saru Cinema. The Saru Cinema Studio option will replace the “X” at the Saru Cinema main menu. Select this option to edit or create Saru movies.
Alternate title screen
Successfully complete Survival mode. In the Japanese version, the word “Tatsujin” will appear in Hiragana at the title screen.
Control Mesal Gear Solid title screen
At the Mesal Gear Solid mini-game title screen, press L1 or L2 to change the background.
Monkey tag in Mesal Gear (Mesaru Gear) Solid mini-game
Shoot a monkey with the banana pistol then do a combo attack.
Finding hostages in Mesal Gear (Mesaru Gear) Solid mini-game
Use a Watermelon (Suika) Bomb near cracks in walls to find hostages.