Ape Escape Racer out in Japan; US release unknown

Ape Escape Racer or Ape Escape Racers or Ape Escape Racing (take your pick), known as Sarugetchu Piposaru Racer or Saru Get You: Piposaru Racer in Japan, has hit Japanese stores. If our sources are correct, the official date of release is December 7, 2006.

But despite the abundance of different names for this game, there’s a huge empty chasm in terms of news about an American release.

It’s too bad too. Unlike other Ape Escape titles, this one isn’t another minigame collection. This one is a racing game where the vehicles come in two variants: one set of vehicles is built for speed while another is built for the fine art of drifting.

Like other racing games that star the mascot-characters of previous games, this racing game lets you use weapons to slow down your opponents.

This game has a cool (and strange) artistic design twist: the apes don’t race cars. The apes are the cars. The apes have tires and engines and spoilers, and they zoom down the track. If you want to see it for yourself, just check out the screenshots or try to get your hands on the demo.

Like other Ape Escape titles, Ape Escape Racers is developed and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI).

Ape Escape Racer or Ape Escape Racers or Ape Escape Racing (take your pick), known as Sarugetchu Piposaru Racer or Saru Get You: Piposaru Racer in Japan, has hit Japanese stores. If our sources are correct, the official date of release is December 7, 2006.

But despite the abundance of different names for this game, there’s a huge empty chasm in terms of news about an American release.

It’s too bad too. Unlike other Ape Escape titles, this one isn’t another minigame collection. This one is a racing game where the vehicles come in two variants: one set of vehicles is built for speed while another is built for the fine art of drifting.

Like other racing games that star the mascot-characters of previous games, this racing game lets you use weapons to slow down your opponents.

This game has a cool (and strange) artistic design twist: the apes don’t race cars. The apes are the cars. The apes have tires and engines and spoilers, and they zoom down the track. If you want to see it for yourself, just check out the screenshots or try to get your hands on the demo.

Like other Ape Escape titles, Ape Escape Racers is developed and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI).