how lame and unoriginal would it be if we went back to the same island in every game?
Well, how lame and unoriginal is it to have Stan in every game? Or always having a happy ending? Reoccurring details don't make the games boring on themselves, it's all about how these details are presented each time.
Well, how lame and unoriginal is it to have Stan in every game? Or always having a happy ending? Reoccurring details don't make the games boring on themselves, it's all about how these details are presented each time.
Well, Stan still has all the things that made him so great in Secret, while the Cannibals, Monkey Head, caverns of meat, and Herman Toothrot are gone from Monkey Island. And Revenge ended with LeChuck victorious.
In MI2 you actually went to monkey island, kind of, as Lechucks fortress is located just off the coast of monkey island. This was mentioned “in game” in MI2.
No, it wasn't.
The only hint about it's location is that it takes five days of shipping to get the voodoo crate there from Scabb Island, and it takes "hours" for Guybrush to reach Dinky Island from LeChuck's fortress after being launched by the explosion.
Yeah, I totally missed Monkey Island. Hope the next season has it, they should connect the Voodoo Lady with the island somehow. I also hope for more islands in the future btw.
No, it wasn't.
The only hint about it's location is that it takes five days of shipping to get the voodoo crate there from Scabb Island, and it takes "hours" for Guybrush to reach Dinky Island from LeChuck's fortress after being launched by the explosion.
Actually, it was. The first time there's an interlude at LeChuck's fortress a subtitle says "Somewhere off the coast of Monkey Island". So in MI2 we don't actually go to Monkey Island but at it's coast.
Actually, it was. The first time there's an interlude at LeChuck's fortress a subtitle says "Somewhere off the coast of Monkey Island". So in MI2 we don't actually go to Monkey Island but at it's coast.
That's what appears when the Fortress first pops up, next scene is Largo speaking with the Voodo Priest (now that's a character that could return in a hypothetical Season 2).
Also, if it takes hours to reach Dinky Island from the fortress and Dinky really is an atoll off the coast of Monkey, the fortress can't be anywhere near Monkey.
there was no metal gear in metal gear solid 3 no zelda in links awakening and the real mortal kombat tournment was only in the first game
I think that's exactly the point. It's normal to name a series after its first part, even though the title might be a little misleading. The "Broken Sword" adventure series does a similar thing, I think.
Also, I've heard that there was no Prince of Persia in 2008's "Prince of Persia" ...oh, and, hopefully, there was no "American Pie" in "American Pie 2". Never saw the movies, though, and never will!
Popular game titles must be named in the same way as their predecessors - it's a purchase incentive after all. No one would have bought the series if it was named "Tales of Flotsam Island"!
I wasn't sure whether or not to assume that LeChuck's ship was in the same place it was in the first game (underneath Monkey Island).
The Gulf of Melange Islands were in the background and Winslow found the ship easy, plus LeChuck had to be in the area due to the way it remained trashed and all Red Sky like.
Saying that, since the Rock of Gelato never gets mentioned again, perhaps LeChucks ship is near The Rock of Gelato??
Actually, it was. The first time there's an interlude at LeChuck's fortress a subtitle says "Somewhere off the coast of Monkey Island". So in MI2 we don't actually go to Monkey Island but at it's coast.
You should check your facts before making specific claims like that. Nothing at all indicates that LeChuck's fortress is anywhere near Monkey Island.
What about LeChuck trying to open the Crossroads with the key to the Monkey Head?
To me thats the most direct connection (if any) to Monkey Island.
You know.....the monkey head was the entrance to those hellish caves....and monkeys also works as keys to open the crossroads.....and.....and....and i probably should stop babbling nonsense and go to sleep?
In official translations he's still called "Luffy".
Either is an aceptable romanization of ルフィ. Generally either is acceptable, barring extraneous circumstances like the name being a play off of a word in another language. Even romanizations in the text itself is generally not reliable, because the Japanese can be...somewhat poor at romanizing their own language, and they can also be inconsistant(Akira Toriyama of Dragonball fame has spelled Goku as Gokuh, Goku, Gokou, and Gokuu in various chapter title pages and promitional media).
Personally, after spending the entire season exploring a completely new and different set of islands with little to no reference to past locations, I feel like Monkey Island just for the sake of having it would have felt a little forced. I figure that "Tales of Monkey Island" insinuates that these are stories set in the same universe.
And don't forget
the sequel hook after the chapter 5 credits. Who says Monkey Island won't be in a future season?
I personally liked that the writers didn't shoehorn an unnecessary visit to Monkey Island into the storyline. Such a trip would've felt forced in for the sake of a callback to previous games, most likely. The MI2 team also deliberately avoided revisiting locations from MI1 and the game was much the better for it.
(First person to counter with "But CMI said..." gets a kick in the fundament. :mad: )
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We at the VERY LEAST get to assume that the sequel to Tales will reveal that(*gasp!*) "______ WAS MONKEY ISLAND ALL ALONG!", in an idiotic and overly cartoony sequence which so heavily outweighs the good aspects of the game that it almost single-handedly ruins the whole thing.
We at the VERY LEAST get to assume that the sequel to Tales will reveal that(*gasp!*) "______ WAS MONKEY ISLAND ALL ALONG!", in an idiotic and overly cartoony sequence which so heavily outweighs the good aspects of the game that it almost single-handedly ruins the whole thing.
Monkey Island 2 is the second worst Monkey Island game I've ever played.
Zelda wasn't in Majora's Mask either, other than a memory. And the end of Link's Awakening happened.
Also, Samus drove the Metroid species to extinction but we're still calling that one Metroid, the only brothers in Super Smash Bros. are Mario, Luigi, and Popo (not to mention that Peach, Zelda, Samus, and Nana are girls), Kingdom Hearts didn't make an appearance in Chain of Memories, and they're all called Final Fantasy even though none of them are ever the last one.
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Well, Stan still has all the things that made him so great in Secret, while the Cannibals, Monkey Head, caverns of meat, and Herman Toothrot are gone from Monkey Island. And Revenge ended with LeChuck victorious.
Every jungle in MI games look the same - check jungles on Lucre (
No, it wasn't.
The only hint about it's location is that it takes five days of shipping to get the voodoo crate there from Scabb Island, and it takes "hours" for Guybrush to reach Dinky Island from LeChuck's fortress after being launched by the explosion.
The shagohod could be considered a metal gear.
it doesnt walk so not a metal gear XD (I dont think arsenal gear is a metal gear either)
Actually, it was. The first time there's an interlude at LeChuck's fortress a subtitle says "Somewhere off the coast of Monkey Island". So in MI2 we don't actually go to Monkey Island but at it's coast.
That's what appears when the Fortress first pops up, next scene is Largo speaking with the Voodo Priest (now that's a character that could return in a hypothetical Season 2).
Well... he's a villain. I love the fact that there is no other reason to give him a hugeass fortress.
I think that's exactly the point. It's normal to name a series after its first part, even though the title might be a little misleading. The "Broken Sword" adventure series does a similar thing, I think.
Also, I've heard that there was no Prince of Persia in 2008's "Prince of Persia" ...oh, and, hopefully, there was no "American Pie" in "American Pie 2". Never saw the movies, though, and never will!
Popular game titles must be named in the same way as their predecessors - it's a purchase incentive after all. No one would have bought the series if it was named "Tales of Flotsam Island"!
The Gulf of Melange Islands were in the background and Winslow found the ship easy, plus LeChuck had to be in the area due to the way it remained trashed and all Red Sky like.
Saying that, since the Rock of Gelato never gets mentioned again, perhaps LeChucks ship is near The Rock of Gelato??
But even worse - Unreal Tournament 3 didn't have a single tournament in it... :eek:
np: Monolake - Gobi 110° 35' South 45° 58' West (Gobi. The Desert EP)
You should check your facts before making specific claims like that. Nothing at all indicates that LeChuck's fortress is anywhere near Monkey Island.
To me thats the most direct connection (if any) to Monkey Island.
You know.....the monkey head was the entrance to those hellish caves....and monkeys also works as keys to open the crossroads.....and.....and....and i probably should stop babbling nonsense and go to sleep?
Wha? When did he try that?
Did I miss a chapter?
There.
If thats not the monkey head key, then i dont know what is it.
And don't forget
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Monkey Island 2 is the second worst Monkey Island game I've ever played.
I could say "I don't like rutabagas", but I'm not sure how that's relevant either.
I also dislike rutabagas. And I once purchased a CD on ebay but never received it.
Shagohad(sp?) was a Metal Gear. It was the very first.
Zelda is mentioned at the beginning. She wasn't physically there though.
True about MK.
Link's Awakening didn't even happen.
Also, Samus drove the Metroid species to extinction but we're still calling that one Metroid, the only brothers in Super Smash Bros. are Mario, Luigi, and Popo (not to mention that Peach, Zelda, Samus, and Nana are girls), Kingdom Hearts didn't make an appearance in Chain of Memories, and they're all called Final Fantasy even though none of them are ever the last one.