Ape Escape 2: Quick Gadget Swap
Saru! Get You! 2 · サルゲッチュ2
Brings the quick gadget roulette of the Japanese Saru! Get You! 2 to the American Ape Escape 2, using code that was still sitting on the US disc.
What it restores
In the Japanese release you could press the face button of the gadget you were already holding to open a small roulette and switch gadgets on the spot. The Western release dropped it. WillMidia compared the two versions and found that almost all of the feature was still on the American disc: only the code that opens the roulette had been taken out. The patch puts that missing piece back.
How it works in game
- Press the button of the gadget you are holding again to open the roulette next to it.
- Keep pressing it to cycle; gadgets you haven't found yet are skipped.
- Use the gadget with the right stick, or press R3, to confirm. If it was already on another button, the two trade places.
- Pressing a different face button closes the roulette and switches to that button.
Playing it
The project offers a PCSX2 cheat-style patch, which the author recommends on that emulator because it keeps PCSX2's game-specific timing fix and your old savestates working, and a small script that makes a patched copy of your own disc image for real hardware. It targets the American release. Follow the instructions on WillMidia's GitHub page. Credit to WillMidia.