Ape escape 2

Secrets
Get a different monkey netWhen 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.

Hint: 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.

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.

Glitch: Switched soundtracks
Go to the soundtracks area in the extras menu. Select either "Gotcha Rythmn" or "Monkeys Gonna Getchu". Listen to them to hear that they are switched.

Faster credits
Hold X while the credits are displayed.

Hint: Money $$$ Money
Go to the casino level. It helps to get rid of any black pants wearing monkeys in the first part of the level. Break open all of the slot machines in a counter-clockwise direction. After awhile you will meet a rat-looking enemy that takes your money when you run into it. Let him hit you and allow him to take your gold. Then, quickly hit him and all of your gold will be dropped. Grab all of it quickly; after you collect 5 gold pieces they turn to silver stars. After 5 silver stars, they turn into gold stars which are worth 10 gold pieces. Continue hitting the slots and you will find one more of these rats.

After you defeat Spector (Mech-Monkey Sub-Boss) and unlock the extra monkeys, go to the Simian Citadel level. Toward the end of this level, you will find a wizard-monkey named Tommy. If you do not catch him, he constantly creates enemies. One of these enemies is the rat thief. Let him steal your coins, then steal them back. You can use the Super Hoop to catch him. Keep repeating this until your coins are at 999. Note: even if you catch Tommy and save the game, you can still return in time trial mode to perform this trick.

Go to Casino City level and destroy the slot machines going left and around in a circle. Once all the slot machines are destroyed, leave the room and return. Destroy all the slot machines again and repeat if desired. Note: You may want do this after you catch all the monkeys in the level so that the monkeys with black pants and guns do not hurt you.

Spike
Defeat Specter for the second and final time. Highlight "New Game" at the main menu, then press L1 + X to play as Spike from the original Ape Escape

Unlock the Final Boss
Collect all 300 monkeys to unlock the true final boss with specter

Alternate ending
Get all 300 monkeys to face the real final Boss. Win the battle to view the good ending. Dance Monkey Dance mini-game: Complete the Ninja Hideout level. Monkey Climber mini-game: Defeat Specter to unlock the Monkey Climber mini-game.

Monkey Soccer mini-game
Complete the Enter The Monkey level. Control menu screen: Hold R1 and rotate the Left Analog-stick and Right Analog-stick to control Zapper's facial expressions.

Spike
Complete the game after finding all 297 monkeys. Highlight "New Game" at the main menu, then press L1 + Start to play as Spike from the original Ape Escape.

Glitch: No See-All Scope
After getting all 300 Monkeys enable the "Play as Spike" code. While playing Spike, even though you have all the gadgets you do not have the See-All Scope which lets you find the monkeys you get with the Magic Punch gadget.