Just preceeding the (re?)announcement of EMI for the PS2, LucasArts linked to this LA Times interview with EMI Project Leaders Mike Stemmle and Sean Clark about the upcoming port.
The article, like most non-gaming press articles, has some errors. For instance it opens with "Never before has this long-running PC comedy adventure series [...] made an appearance on home consoles," but obsessive fans all know that Monkey Island 1 was ported long ago to the SegaCD (I think it was SegaCD :).
Anyway, it does have some interesting questions as well. Or at least I thought so...
Q: How has the franchise survived over a decade relatively unchanged save for a couple of face-lifts?Clark: I'd disagree with that face-lift assessment. Though it looks that way on the player's end, each game was completely brand new. Tons of new characters were added, the artwork was converted to 3-D, etc. "Monkey Island" has gone through more evolutions than you'd think.