Ape Escape 2

The dancing minigame is unlocked from the Gotcha Box, to the left of the warp pad (where you enter levels from). By standing on the yellow pad in front of the Gotcha Box, ten of your coins will be put into the machine, and you can then use the Stun Club (blue sword) or Power Punch (boxing glove) to hit the knob in the middle, which will result in a ball rolling down the slide. When it reaches the bottom, you can bust it open with the Stun Club or Power Punch, and you will receive a random item, which can range from coins and cookies, to concept art and minigames. There is no way to pick and choose what comes out of the Gotcha Box, so you just have to keep spending coins on it until you receive the dancing mini-game.

This is easily the most frustrating trophy in the game, so be prepared to fail quite a few times. Once you’ve unlocked this mingame, you can access it by going to the Mini Game Corner to the left of the Gotcha Box and choosing “Dance, Monkey, Dance”. I recommend playing the tutorial first by selecting “Guide to controls” from the main menu, just to get the basic idea of how the game works. It’s essentially a DDR-esque rhythm game in which you have to move the analog sticks to sync up with the music. Once you feel comfortable with the controls, you can play the actual game by going to the main menu and selecting “Dance!” > “Dance alone” (or “Dance with a friend”) > “Dance Normal?” > “The Monkey’s Gonna Getchu!” > “Song 1”. There are other songs that you can unlock, but I recommend sticking with this one since it’s unlocked by default.

Once you’re actually in the game, you’ll see your monkey on the left and the AI on the right, or if you chose to “dance with a friend”, your friend will be on the right and the AI will be in the middle. The music will start playing and you’ll see red arrows scroll down from the top of the screen, and you will have to push the analog sticks in the directions the arrows are showing, with the left arrow corresponding to the left analog stick and the right arrow corresponding to the right analog stick. For some odd reason, there is no on-screen indicator that tells you when to push the sticks, despite the fact that it was there on the PS2 version. That being said, you will have to learn when to push the sticks through trial and error, and that’s where the majority of this trophy’s frustration comes into play. Below is a video of the minigame being played on the PS2 version. I highly recommend watching it so you can get an idea of where the indicator is supposed to be. Credit goes to vingamer’s Gaming for the video.

As you can see, the indicator is meant to be located between the two drumsticks at the bottom of the screen. If you can imagine those being on your screen, you want to push the analog sticks as soon as the arrows hit that point.

Depending on how synchronized your reaction is, you’ll see an on-screen prompt that says either “Nice moves!”, “Quite good!”, or “Terrible!”. To get a perfect score of 50, you will need to get mostly “Nice moves!”, however you can get away with two “terribles”. The point is that you don’t need to perform all the moves with exact precision to get a perfect score. As soon as the song is finished, a short cutscene will play where a panel of monkey judges give you their score. The trophy will pop as soon as the cutscene starts, so you will know immediately if you got a perfect score or not.