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That scandalous “Return to Monkey Island”-logo incident 07 Apr, 2022 / 8 comments

While we at Mojo are excited about Return to Monkey Island, we also cannot shirk our journalistic integrity and report on scandals surrounding the sixth entry into the franchise. Anonymous sources have sent us a comparison of promotional logos, one from the website and trailer and one from the website’s OG image. (The latter being the one you see when you link to the site on Twitter.) To wit…

One is in the style of the original logo, the OG closer to the one from the Tales of Monkey Island era. One hydrated, one shriveled. What can we read into this? I think it’s safe to say it is all part of… Cover-up image Although, it’s hard to say which logo is censoring which, I think it’s safe to say that the purists amongst us prefer the original. We are also old, so take that for what it’s worth…

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    MiguelAlves on 09 Apr, 2022, 14:18…
    It seem they went back and fixed the OG image. It now matches the logo from the teaser trailer and website.

    New OG image
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    KestrelPi on 09 Apr, 2022, 08:30…

    St_Eddie

    Nostalgia be damned. The rejigged logo is superior. The torn map effect suits the pirety nature of the series.



    I mean, it's all taste of course but I agree. The updated logo from the newer games modernised it a bit while still feeling respectful towards the original, and I think the 'torn map' effect feels nice and piratey. I think the torn map version of the return logo is a nice compromise between the two.
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    St_Eddie on 07 Apr, 2022, 22:47…
    Nostalgia be damned. The rejigged logo is superior. The torn map effect suits the pirety nature of the series.
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    Khil01 on 07 Apr, 2022, 20:09…
    This is the hard hitting journalism I've been craving.
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    shuv-oohl on 07 Apr, 2022, 16:53…
    What the hell are you talking about Max?
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    Remi on 07 Apr, 2022, 16:17…

    OzzieMonkey

    Lol the hype has slowed down to the point where we're analysing logos.



    Clearly, you weren't here for the EMI days. ;

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    OzzieMonkey on 07 Apr, 2022, 15:48…
    Lol the hype has slowed down to the point where we're analysing logos. Clearly we're starving for more details. In all honesty though, it's nice to have the original logo, though I never had a problem with the Tales logo and didn't know people took issue with it until, well, now. I kinda liked the torn map effect it had.
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    Jason on 07 Apr, 2022, 15:08…
    The return of the classic logo for "Return" was, irrationally, one of the more exciting elements of that trailer for me. The dehydrated version isn't a disgrace or anything, but...yeah, I hope that was just an idea they were toying with before realizing the iconic original wasn't broken in the first place. And say, isn't she a beauty in purple and blue?

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