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Pirate God's on the Wii 19 Feb, 2010, 00:58 / 6 comments

By Kroms


The fifth and final chapter of Tales of Monkey Island, "Rise of the Pirate God", is now available for Wiiware in North America. Europe, being Europe, has to wait.

In other news, former Telltale designer Heather Logas finally has enough funding for her game. Congratulations, and good luck to her!

Heather's father Jerry contributed some music tracks to Telltale's very first game, Telltale Texas Hold'em. You can buy his band's album from the Telltale store. It's jazzy!

Update: Europeans can Wii with the Pirate God on Friday. Thanks to Metallus for the info.

Update by ATMachine: Er, apparently Nintendo was just kidding about that Friday European release thing. Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 5: Rise of the Pirate God will NOT be coming to European WiiWare today. Once again, thanks to Metallus for the info, although it's hardly news to be thankful for...

Update by JP: Hey-yo Europe, Australia and New Zealand. It's finally out.
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6 Comments

  • Udvarnoky on 06 Feb, 2010, 05:42…
    Although I said I wouldn't, I impulsively bought all five chapters on Wiiware out of a desire to replay the season on a big screen while lounging on the couch. I have to say, choppiness and load times aside, I'm really enjoying this version of the game for what it is, and the technical criticisms are largely overblown. The controls are perfect with the Wiimote, and the entirely MIDI (I think?) renditions of the soundtrack actually have a nostalgic charm to them. Overall I'm glad to have both versions, although I could never recommend the Wiiware ports over the PC version to anyone able to run the games smoothly and conveniently on the platform a Monkey Island game is truly made for.
  • Kroms on 06 Feb, 2010, 09:22…
    Eh, I think the game's music would be a lot prettier without unnecessary compression, or without MIDI. Stupid Wiiware.
  • Metallus on 05 Feb, 2010, 19:35…
    Just unconfirmed! It's not out today :( We were misinformed.
  • Kroms on 05 Feb, 2010, 21:45…
    Nintend'oh?
  • Metallus on 02 Feb, 2010, 18:11…
    Just confirmed: It'll be out in Europe this Friday!
  • Kroms on 02 Feb, 2010, 18:32…
    Alright, thanks Metallus!