{"id":127140,"date":"2022-08-09T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-135690"},"modified":"2022-08-09T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T14:30:00","slug":"ron-gilbert-shares-humourous-new-look-at-return-to-monkey-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/08\/09\/ron-gilbert-shares-humourous-new-look-at-return-to-monkey-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron Gilbert Shares Humourous New Look At Return To Monkey Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1174f5639f4a0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1174f5639f4a0\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture ptris\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Return to Monkey Island\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1174f5639f4a0\/return-to-monkey-island.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1174f5639f4a0\/return-to-monkey-island.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Return to Monkey Island\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Devolver Digital<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ron Gilbert, creator of the <strong>Monkey Island<\/strong> franchise and co-writer of the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/return_to_monkey_island\">Return to Monkey Island<\/a>, has shared a fresh look at the game via a humourous video posted on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>It focuses on series&#8217; antagonist LeChuck as he delivers a verbal beating to his pirate comrades, showcasing the game&#8217;s signature sense of humour while demonstrating its divisive new art style.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/phrenopolis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@phrenopolis<\/a>! The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MonkeyIslandMonday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MonkeyIslandMonday<\/a> all hands on deck team meeting is about to start and you don&#8217;t want to be late. You know how he gets. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P7yf5XVDOL\">pic.twitter.com\/P7yf5XVDOL<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Ron Gilbert (@grumpygamer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/grumpygamer\/status\/1556656595127267334?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Suffice it to say, the new art style hasn&#8217;t go down well with some &#8220;fans&#8221; of the franchise (we <em>love<\/em> it, though!), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/06\/return-to-monkey-island-creator-discontinues-blog-updates-following-online-abuse\">who proceeded to harrass Gilbert<\/a>, forcing the creator to temporarily remove his online blog and decline from providing major updates to the game ahead of its launch later this year.<\/p>\n<p>The good news, however, is Gilbert clearly hasn&#8217;t completely sworn off showcasing new snippets of gameplay here and there. In a previous update, co-writer Dave Grossman provided a separate look at an in-game interaction, demonstrating how the series has matured since it&#8217;s last mainline outing. Observe:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/grumpygamer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@grumpygamer<\/a> and I are equally committed to advancing interactive narrative as an art form. But we have our individual styles when it comes to snappy dialog. The challenge for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MonkeyIslandMonday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MonkeyIslandMonday<\/a> this week is to see if you can guess who wrote this scene! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/42PLuk0Y6G\">pic.twitter.com\/42PLuk0Y6G<\/a><\/span>\u2014 LeDave Grossman (@phrenopolis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/phrenopolis\/status\/1554119865576742912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It goes without saying that we&#8217;re incredibly excited to get our hands on this one!<\/p>\n<p><em>What do you think of the new footage from Return to Monkey Island? Are you looking forward to playing it? Let us know!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Devolver Digital Ron Gilbert, creator of the Monkey Island franchise and co-writer of the upcoming Return to Monkey Island, has shared a fresh look at the game via a humourous video posted on Twitter. It focuses on series&#8217; antagonist LeChuck as he delivers a verbal beating to his pirate comrades, showcasing the game&#8217;s signature [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}