


So a little bit of paradox is necessary and probably healthy for us as creators and as human beings.” “It’s actually kind of hard to keep track of everything that’s canon, and some of these other games don’t even agree with each other. So we were very, very careful about that.”Īs Dave Grossman expanded upon, the pair have done their best to adhere to series canon, with two caveats. We embrace a lot of the things we liked in those games. We’re not saying any of those things didn’t happen, we don’t talk down to them at all. “We very purposefully don’t do anything to invalidate any of the canon that’s happened in those games.

However, it seems this isn’t necessarily the case as Gilbert reveals. At the time, the announcement didn’t make clear if it’d be throwing out the established series canon, akin to horror movie series Halloween’s 2018 reboot. They’re the second and third entries in the series’ five-game timeline. As revealed in the announcement, the game will take place between Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge & Escape from Monkey Island. The two were chatting in an extensive interview with Adventure Gamers, where they revealed some more details on the adventure. Speaking to the locals is also essential, and many of the conversation branches are pretty funny.Ron Gilbert & Dave Grossman have spoken on how Return to Monkey Island will fit into the long-running adventure series’ timeline. There are inventory puzzles to solve and elements that can be combined. This pirate adventure is played using the SCUMM interface, meaning you select certain words and use them on items or people. This budding romance wakes up the spirit of old LeChuck, and he’s gunning for young Mr. Setting out to make a name for himself the intrepid sea dog makes the mistake of falling in love with a beautiful woman, for this woman was the obsession of a now-deceased pirate LeChuck during his life. To achieve his dream, Guybrush has to impress the pirate leaders with his skills. Taking you back in time to when piracy was a way of life in the Caribbean, you take on the role of a young aspiring pirate, Guybrush Threepwood. There are four more games in the Monkey Island series, Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, The Curse of Monkey Island, Escape From Monkey Island, and Tales of Monkey Island.

It was ported to other systems in 1991, 1992, and 1993. The Secret of Monkey Island is a graphic adventure game created by Ron Gilbert while at Lucasfilm Games and published in 1990 for the Amiga and DOS.
