Might LucasArts bring Secret of Monkey Island to iPhone?
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In an interview with Destructoid, producer of the latest iteration in the Monkey Island series Craig Derrick explains that he was given the task of bringing the franchise to new platforms three years ago - and the iPod was one of them.
“My very first project at LucasArts was exploring ways to bring games like Monkey Island to new platforms, including porting it over to the iPod,” says Derrick.
The Apple version apparently turned out to be a non-starter, however, since iPod gaming was too small a market to justify the development time required. But now that Monkey Island is back on the map (with the Special Edition due for PC and XBLA), it seems almost unfiesable that LucasArts would be ignoring the success of the iPhone.
Classic graphic and point-and-click adventure game adaptations are pouring onto Apple's touchscreen platform, and it'd be a simple crime against gaming for LucasArts's wealth of adventure games to go un-ported.
Our prediction? Pencil Secret of Monkey iSland onto your iPhone Christmas list.
