"Tales" of Monkey Island
Sorry if this has been answered before, but if it has it must have been some time ago since I couldn't find a thread on this:
Why exactly was TOMI called Tales of Monkey Island? It's weird that I only start thinking about the title now that I completed the game, but I'm really wondering.
To me it looks like it maybe used to be a working title and then was taken over in order to a) not to give away too much about the storyline or b) because they thought it was neat to have part of the company's name in the title of their first Monkey Island game.
On second thought, I'd have a hard time thinking about a more descriptive title myself, yet all of its predecessors had more significant ones (only that in "Secret", the secret isn't really part of the plot).
Why exactly was TOMI called Tales of Monkey Island? It's weird that I only start thinking about the title now that I completed the game, but I'm really wondering.
To me it looks like it maybe used to be a working title and then was taken over in order to a) not to give away too much about the storyline or b) because they thought it was neat to have part of the company's name in the title of their first Monkey Island game.
On second thought, I'd have a hard time thinking about a more descriptive title myself, yet all of its predecessors had more significant ones (only that in "Secret", the secret isn't really part of the plot).
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I think I read that at first they wanted to actually have different tales or something, each episode being its own story, then the idea changed but the name stuck.
No clue how true that is tough. Otherwise I guess it's because the company's called Telltale?
That would somehow clash with "The Pox of LeChuck", wouldn't it?
...So? The Curse had nothing to do with Monkey Island either.
True, but it was never referred to "The Curse of something else" during the game either, just "curse".
If the title had been "The Pox of Monkey Island" it would feel weird to hear the Voodoo Lady revealing to Guybrush that he's suffering from the "Pox of LeChuck."
Though I do recall wondering if it had anything to do with incorporating the company's name into it too.
Okay, I like that.
When i first heard of the game back at e3 09 i thought it would be tales as in sam and max season 1 different tales the main characters had to go through that somehow tied the plot together not really chapters of a story that each chapter was just one issue you face for your overall goal.
Note, this is just a joke. I'm not at all complaining about not visiting MI.
We need a redesign of the DVD art for this now.
Paging Irishmile...
Yes, this is basically what I was about to say.
How does "Shorter Interconnected Stories of Monkey Island" sound to you?
Can you share some other titles that were an option?
Funny, I was just thinking that I don't see the "a story which is very much about the inter-connectedness of a bunch of people's smaller stories", unless you mean every single story ever written is that as well. I mean, it's very much focused on Guybrush, saying that other characters exist and have a past and future isn't really saying much.
But still, I like it more than, say, "The pox of Monkey Island", because Tales of feels more fresh and something newcomers like me can play.
The Monkey Island section of the Monkey Island games are usually my least favourite, they're too isolated or something
What I mean is that it sounds too much like rationalisation after the fact to me. With that definition, Tales of Sam & Max, Tales of Wallace and Gromit or Tales of Strong Bad would all work better than Tales of Monkey Island.
And for that matter, other Monkey Island games could be called Tales of Monkey Island just the same.
The name is fine. It just says absolutely nothing about the game, has little to do with it, and saying it does because of these reasons (there are several characters! the story is divided into episodes!) just sounds like you're trying too hard to make the title seem fitting.
Also, "Tales of..." sounds more fantasy-ish. And fits better with Monkey Island than Sam & Max, Wallace & Grommit, etc.
Now that you point it out, neither do mine. Still, Tales doesn't even have a "Season One", does it? So we're led to believe it's the whole title. Although I guess a future game, if any, could be called Tales as well + subtitle. Might get confusing but it wouldn't be a unique occurrence.