Monkey IslandThe iconic point-and-click adventure series developed by genre heavyweights Ron Gilbert, David Grossman and Tim Schafer, will return to life in 2022 with Back to Monkey Island. Better yet, Gilbert and Grossman take up the role once again, ending a 30-year absence from the franchise they helped create.
Back to Monkey Island is supposed to ignore everything Monkey Island the game of the last three decades favors serving as a direct sequel to 1991 Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge. Look like LeChuck’s Revenge was the last Monkey Island game starring Gilbert and Grossman directly, it only makes sense that they wanted to finally deal with that part’s terrifying ending.
It should be noted that Murray, the talking skull in the trailer below, first appeared in 1997 Curse of Monkey Islandcalled Monkey Island 3Therefore Return don’t release everything from later released games LeChuck’s Revenge in the trash. Last Gilbert backed this up on Twittersay Curse will remain typical for the whole Monkey Island conspiracy.
Today’s announcement also mentions that voice actor Dominic Armato, tied for the role of protagonist Guybrush Threepwood, will reprise the role in Back to Monkey Island.
Heavy lifting Back to Monkey Island will be handled by Gilbert’s studio, Terrible Toybox, along with Devolver Digital and independent original work. Monkey Island Publisher Lucasfilm Games.
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Gilbert founded Terrible Toybox with Maniac Mansion co-designer Gary Winnick in 2013 to develop Thimbleweed Park, which former Kotaku reporter Jason Schreier described at time of release equal “Maniac Mansion meeting Double top with a heavy dose of nostalgia. ”
Gilbert flirted when he came back Monkey Island more than once in the past decade.
In one blog post from 2013 under the title “If I Made Another Monkey Island“Gilbert details a number of design elements that he’ll include in the hypothetical sequel, including “beautifully sharp vintage art” backed by modern hardware and “full inventory.” enough “.
“All the following games Monkey Island 2 does not exist in me Monkey Island universe,” added Gilbert, reflecting today’s announcement. “I apologize to all the talented people who have worked with them and those who love them, but I want to continue where I left off. Free baggage. In a carnival. That’s not to say I won’t steal some ideas or characters from other games. I’m not up there. ”
However, one warning Gilbert gave was that he had no interest in creating a Monkey Island if he doesn’t own the IP.
Then, in 2016, Gilbert tweeted publicly at Lucasfilm, the Disney owner asked to buy the franchise.
“I will pay them real money,” wrote Gilbert. “I’m not looking for money, I need [Disney] to agree to sell it. Very different things.”
That’s all to say it’s not clear what happened behind the scenes to make Back to Monkey Island a fact.
In any case, this is a big deal. Monkey Island is generally considered a new entry in the point-and-click adventure genre, and the series is hilarious to begin with. Although opinions may differ on the quality of the Monkey Island Games released since LeChuck’s Revenge, the return of Gilbert and Grossman is a very good sign. I can’t wait to see more from this project as we are about to release later this year.
