Monkey Island has many admirers to this day – but why? And what does that mean for the new series part?
It sounded like an April Fool’s joke: On April 1st, 2022 Ron Gilbert announces that he is working on a new Monkey Island. It’s clear, Ron. Stop playing with our feelings.
Three days later, Gilbert and publisher Devolver confirm that the news is true: the game will be called Return to Monkey Island, and Gilbert’s old comrade-in-arms Dave Grossman is also involved. The short teaser trailer has been played a million times on YouTube to date, and the associated GameStar news has collected over 45,000 hits!
By the beard of LeChuck, Monkey Island continues! If that’s not a reason to be happy!
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And if that’s not reason for a podcast by getting to the bottom of the Monkey Island phenomenon! Why is this series still popular after 32 years? Nobody can explain that better than Dimi and Jonas, the editors’ biggest Monkey Island fans.
With pirate hater Micha they talk about their best Monkey Island memories, but also the low points of the series in the awkward 3D offspring Escape from Monkey Island and the Telltale series Tales of Monkey Island, in which the old spark just didn’t want to fly anymore.
And of course we talk about our worries and hopes for Return to Monkey Island. After all, Return to Monkey Island not only follows in the footsteps of the first visits to Monkey Island, but also in those of Curse of Monkey Island, one of the best adventures in gaming history.
Can that succeed or is disappointment inevitable? You can hear it on the podcast!
Return to Monkey Island – First screenshots show the new look of the pirate adventure
Our making-of including an interview with Ron Gilbert and Bris Schneider-Johne on 25 years of Monkey Island:
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