A few days ago we saw for the first time the announcement of a new installment of the Monkey Island franchise, directed by the iconic Ron Gilbert, and we still find it hard to believe that we will be able to enjoy a new installment of this saga, and also this year 2022. But with so many years without having released another title set in this universe, many fans wondered if the story would take into account the previous installments or not, and today we have learned that Return to Monkey Island will be very careful with the story canon.
It has been the very Ron Gilbert who, on his personal Twitter account, has responded to a fan question about whether Return to Monkey Island was going to be outside of the main canon or not. Gilbert replies that he can be calm, since the title will be within the canon of the previous titlesso doubts about this aspect have finally dissipated.
Return to Monkey Island will be very careful with the story canon
MI3 doesn’t go out of canon. We were very careful about that. Murray is in this game.
— Ron Gilbert (@grumpygamer) April 4, 2022
It’s official, Return to Monkey Island announced for 2022
The more we learn about Ron Gilbert’s title, the more excited we are that we’re months away from enjoying it for ourselves. Now would be a great time to revisit the previous works that made history in the video game industry so many years ago, or on the other hand, enjoy them for the first time.