New trailer offers first hint at Return to Monkey Island's story

[Ohio Joe]

When Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman spoke to Ars in April, shortly after the surprise announcement of Return to Monkey Island, they weren't ready to discuss details on where the franchise's story would be going after LeChuck's Revenge. Today, though, a new trailer and marketing materials for the game give us our first hints of what Guybrush Threepwood himself says is "a story about the time I finally found the secret of Monkey Island" (and the first mention of a Switch version, which will be a console exclusive).

It is "many years" after Guybrush's last encounter with zombie pirate LeChuck, and "Guybrush himself is adrift and unfulfilled" as "Melee Island has taken a turn for the worse," according to the game's official website. Love interest Elaine Marley "has turned her focus away from governing," while a "hip, young" Captain Madison and his pirate crew "have shuffled the old guard from power." Manic salesman Stan, meanwhile, has been imprisoned for "marketing related crimes," which you can learn more about in an interactive conversation on the game's website (something "non-fungible" may have played a role...)

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/06/new-trailer-offers-first-hint-at-return-to-monkey-islands-story/

I really, really hope this is going to be the nostalgia trip (with updated gameplay) it is being made out to be.