Monkey Island's Guybrush Announced for Force Unleashed II

[John Funk]

Monkey Island's Guybrush Announced for Force Unleashed II

Meet Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty ... Jedi Knight?

No, the image you see here to the right has not been Photoshopped (at least, not significantly). You do in fact see Monkey Island's erstwhile lovable loser Guybrush Threepwood wearing Jedi robes and dual-wielding lightsabers.

Lucasarts Force Unleashed II [http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5035077&id=287835847759&ref=fbx_album]. There is no word on exactly what it will take to get Guybrush to trade in his cutlass for a lightsaber, but I think we can all agree that the simple premise alone is pretty darn rockin'.

In case anyone is scratching their heads in confusion, Lucasarts' legendary adventure game studio was the birthplace of many game series including Monkey Island. So Guybrush and the Jedi have always been distant brethren of a sort - now it's just a bit more official.

Unfortunately, "You fight like a nerf herder" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

(Via 1UP [http://www.1up.com/news/monkey-island-guybrush-threepwood-force])

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[daemon37]

Oh wow, now I suddenly give a crap about The Force Unleashed. Well played LucasArts, well played...

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Now...just release games of the same quality of your olden days Lucas Arts.

 

[linkzeldi]

So your basically saying that at one point it is possible to have guybrush threepwood facing off against Vader. Excellent.

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

Too bad they're just releasing the skin from Monkey Island, and not releasing a proper Monkey Island (Tales of does not count).

 

[Kuchinawa212]

So when he get's chocked he can hold his breath for 10 minutes against vader?

Okay I'm getting this game now

 

[MechaBlue]

Poor Guybrush... You've joined George Lucas' other cow and now are being prepared to be milked. This makes me want to avoid this game at all costs.

 

[Jake the Snake]

That's pretty cool. *claps* good job lucasarts.

 

[daemon37]

Too bad they're just releasing the skin from Monkey Island, and not releasing a proper Monkey Island (Tales of does not count).

"Tales of" certainly does count! It has all the characters you'd expect, with a new story which brings back old favorites (Stan!) and introduces new favorites (Morrigan LeFlay!). Sure it isn't the best game ever, but it has a great sense of humor and some of the puzzles are quite clever. And above all else, it is canon.

Also, it was leagues better than "The Curse of" and "Escape from"... man those games sucked.

 

[Burgertime]

I suddenly want to see Stormtroopers replaced with Manny from Grim Fandango

 

[stiborge]

Wow. That made me laugh.

Insult Lightsabor Fighting?

 

[Flamma Man]

Hehehe, amusing.

Still not getting it.

 

[Macgyvercas]

I have even more reason to check this game out when it's released (as if dual wielding lightsabres wasn't enough)

 

[Brotherofwill]

That is incredibly lame. Am I the only one that thinks this is lame? I can't be the only one.

Now...just release games of the same quality of your olden days Lucas Arts.

Totally.

"Hey guys, our new games here at Lucas Arts totally suck balls, so why don't you look at this little goodie we put in our new game, SWTFU 2(Wow...what an abbreviation). It's Guybrush! Yes, Guybrush! A hero from back when half of our releases weren't some uninspired, dull pieces of shit that tried to play on young 13-year olds wanting to use force lightning. It's not that we made any significant changes toward the mediocre SWTFU, it's just that we know you love this little figure from your inocent childhood.

We can't wait to see all your reactions toward this new Star Wars(c)(TM)(R)(Your Soul) game.

Your SWTFU 2 Team.

PS: If you don't buy this game, we'll upload videos of Guybrush being sliced into shashlik by Darth Vader."

 

[zHellas]

I.... .... Fuck it, I'm buying this!

Hell, I'll pre-order the highest collector's edition and be the first in line!

 

[Lvl 64 Klutz]

I suddenly imagine this exchange between Luke and Vader:

Vader: "Luke... I am your father."
Luke: "Uh... how appropriate... you fight like a cow?"

 

[Loonerinoes]

this is canon, i declare it.

This. I swear I'm going to tell some canon-lawyer from SW that Vader isn't all that powerful, if this guy could beat him in TFU2. The reaction shalt be priceless!