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     I don’t want to talk about the art since so much is said about it but after having seen the trailer I wonder still about if Guybrush is a kid or not. Why there’s scrapbook with his name on it? So that all the games are his imagination and pages on the scrap book?

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    1 hour ago, ThunderPeel2001 said:

    Yep, he certainly put more effort into MI2's and TP's difficulty levels than the CMI team did... but having tried them all CMI's was far more satisfying to me. I guess I don't think an Easy mode is worth the effort. Fans won't play it, and I doubt newbies are about to jump into the fifth instalment of a franchise? 🤷‍♂️ (Unless Devolver are hoping to snag new fans with this?)

     

    I'm sure they are aiming to sell to the new fans more than existing fans.

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    2 minutes ago, fentongames said:

     

    Jojo Jr. tells Guybrush that his father, Jojo Sr. , was swinging on the lever that controlled the Monkey Head switch after being trained to hang there (in MI1), but never recieved the command to let go, so he "starved to death, waiting for a simple command that never came!"  Guybrush can also examine his grave later on but I don't remember if he had any particular quips about it there.

     

    As a side note, the monkey in MI1 that hangs on the switch is never named in-game, but in MI2, the piano playing monkey is actually named Jojo, and is unrelated to both Jojo Jr. and Sr. I guess all monkeys in this world are just naturally called Jojo!

     

    Thanks! This is from Escape right? I finished it when it was out and forgot the details.  

     

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    2 hours ago, Goury1 said:

    Thanks for the link Glokidd! :)

     

    I'm a bit worried about the hint system. I hope that it will be optional and that the more veteran players will get a chance to play the game without any hints being forced upon them...

     

    It should be like Special editions are. As long as you do not press a key   it should not give you any. 

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    2 hours ago, Goury1 said:

    Sorry, I've jusst finished replaying MI2, and LeChuck apperently doesn't mention Guybrush's sister in the tunnels. It's my mistake. I must have remembered it wrong.... I wholehartedly appologise for misinformation! 

    No need to apologize. I tried again and could not get it but he mentions in Wally's room. Maybe he's just making it up (since he does not want to admit he likes doll houses)  and he does not have a sister since at the end we only see 2 siblings. 

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    The length and complexity of MI2 Part2 and MI1 Part 1 are amazing. They consist most of their respective games. You can do 3 trials in any order or find map pieces in any order. i hope MI3 will have something similar! Also there are very short parts like MI2 Part 3 or MI1 Part 2 which are defined by travelling to a new location. 

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    23 minutes ago, ThunderPeel2001 said:

     

    ....Willy Beamish Has a Mental Breakdown and Thinks He's a Pirate. Monkey Island was always about actual voodoo pirate tales. 

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    In the end, I just want a good pirate story, but let's see what Ron and Dave have cooked up!

    Ron said it will be a solid pirate adventure in the adventure's interview. So we are good!

    And Willy Beamish! Oh my , only makes me remember disk swapping. On Amiga you had to swap disks 1000000 times. Disk 2 had something every part of games needed so it was hell. 

     

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    Just now, Zaxx said:

    When it comes to the idea of making Elaine into Guybrush's sister I can imagine Ron Gilbert just sitting in a room saying "I know what Monkey Island needs: incest!" So yeah, hard pass, how about Kate Capsize instead?

    I'd say if Elaine is the sister, it was to magnify Star Wars spoof, eventually when all this talk would turn to be a result of the spell and these will be left behind.

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    1 minute ago, Goury1 said:

    Does he? I would need to replay MI2, but I'm quite certain that the sister is also mentioned in the tunnels... 

    I finished MI1 last week and MI2 last night to quench my MI thirst while waiting Return and also to refresh the "canon" knowledge. :) It does not mean that she's not mentioned anywhere else. I will reload  Dinky Island save and try all the combinations. The dialogues with LeChuck are so critical. 

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    5 minutes ago, ThunderPeel2001 said:

     

    Given they cut back to Elaine and even capitalised the word "SPELL", I think that's especially important for understanding what happened.

     

     

     

    Yes. That was the part that gave me most hope when I first played it. But at what point that spell got cast?  It has to be after they met where the X was otherwise when they met he was already under the spell. The cargo guys like theme part employees and the lights to the tunnels to the cottage in Phatt Island, are other hints that everything can be in a theme park. If spell is the reason we think there's a theme park, then it had to be cast even before.  

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    Just to recap: LeChuck had plans for Guybrush to make a chair off him then after he escaped he made a voodoo doll of him to send him to another dimension. It did not work well only send him in the next room. While doing the voodoo he brought up brothers story. Their (or guybrush's parents being around and voodoo doll that Guybrush made working implied they could be really brothers too. Then there's the theme park indications: the employees around, the the tunnels with electric lamps, rail road tracks. They all complete the theme park story and them being there to have fun.  Guybrush wandered off and LeChuck went after him to agonize to avenge his toy.  But on top of all that there's Elaine out saying LeChuck casting spell on Guybrush. So at what point would the spell be act ive? Even during the back story we see hints of eveything being in a theme park, tunnels to Rum Rogers' cottage are like the theme park tunnels (not the user :) ), also the cargo delivery guys seem like the theme park employees.

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    These 2 quotes from the Verge interview hit me hard. This is what Monkey Island is all about!!!!

     

     

    "And revisiting the world, revisiting Monkey Island — I haven’t done that in a long, long time. I remember when I first started this project, and I was writing code, and I first typed the words “Guybrush.” It sent a chill down me because I had not typed those words into code in 35 years. That was really fun to just kind of relook at the world again."

     

     "And then I told him that it was the new Monkey Island, and he was just floored. Which is a reaction I get from a lot of people. Before, when we were bringing people on, and we’d talk to them, the minute I mentioned, “I’m making a new Monkey Island….” One person literally started crying. They were so happy that this was happening. "

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    1 minute ago, TimeGentleman said:

    You laugh, but considering the granularity of speculation about the exact structure of the game so far, I think it's a valid distinction.

     

    Anyway, another interview (thanks MixNMojo front page!): https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/14/23021974/return-to-monkey-island-ron-gilbert-dave-grossman-interview-screenshots

    Not saying it was not valid. It was a good distinction.  What I meant it was right after our time in MI2 amusement park but "in" is better.

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    Amazing interview for the time being.
    It's not exactly MI3a but starts after amusement park (which is a great relief). Somehow other games won't be invalidated. I hope Guybrush and Elaine  are not married like Ron wanted back then.

    I can relate and value very much how stressed Ron felt for a new MI game. He knows how it means to so many and does not want to disappoint. The way he says  it's a great pirate  adventure makes me happy. 

    Graphics are a bit disappointing but as long as they will make us feel the atmosphere they will be fine. I understand very well they do not want to be seen as a retro game. 

    All in the all it's a great time to be a Monkey Island fan. I cannot wait!

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