I am a big fan of the Ape Escape series in general and am surprised by the real lack of love it gets from game fans. I mean, every now and then there's a nod to the first (which in my opinion is still one of the greatest platformers ever) but the real praise seems to elude it. It was obviously bigger in Japan as the game entered the greatest hits line, but in the west only the first got any notoriety and the others kind of slipped under the radar. I'm not as fond of the spinoffs although they're not bad by any means. My only gripe about the main series is that they felt like more of a rehash half of the time but still good nonetheless. This may be why they're holding off making the fourth, to avoid exhausting the series (like the original Spyro team did with the first Spyro trilogy). So it's understandable. I also think this is a better trilogy than Jak or Sly, which had good stories and humor but weren't as addictive to me. So who else is a fan?