At the same time we knew we couldn't alienate our original fans.
#The secret of monkey island special edition piranah dogs update
We knew if we wanted to bring new gamers to it we had to update all of these areas and focus on accessibility to the new player via updated controls and an in-game hint system. Plus, the game was very dated graphically (which is also, of course, part of its charm), had no voice over dialogue and at times is very challenging to a novice. As great as the original is we knew that a generation of gamers may never have heard of Monkey Island or be familiar with the classic LucasArts point-and-click adventures. I believe you have to look at the barrier of entry for both groups. How do you get the balance between attracting new players and satisfying the needs of fans of the original? Last summer I was closing out another internal project and our new president, Darrell Rodriguez, asked me to look into ways of revisiting the library titles that best reflected the LucasArts heritage of great story and characters and of course Monkey Island was on the top of my list. And, hell, why not throw in an episodic game done by Telltale in for good measure! These were the typical fanboy conversations I was involved in here at LucasArts and I loved it, but I, like many, figured this would likely never happen. We discussed doing a direct port of The Secret of Monkey Island on iPhone or XBLA we talked about adding new features to the original game and we even briefly discussed the idea of doing an original, SCUMM-based 2D sequel set between Monkey Island 2 & 3. We've discussed revisiting the franchise for some time now, but we needed the right project and platform to reintroduce players to the world and characters of Monkey Island. It's always a great time to revisit Monkey Island.
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