Launch of the Screaming Narwhal
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| Launch of the Screaming Narwhal
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| Developer(s) | Telltale Games |
| Designer(s) | Dave Grossman |
| Series | Tales of Monkey Island |
| Engine | Telltale Tool |
| Release date(s) | July 7, 2009 |
| Genre(s) | Graphic adventure game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player video game |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Wii |
| Media | Download, DVD |
| System requirements | 2.0 GHz CPU 512 RAM 64 MB video card[1] |
| Input | Keyboard and mouse, Wii Remote, Wii Nunchuk |
| Followed by | The Siege of Spinner Cay |
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Launch of the Screaming Narwhal
After several years of swashbuckling, Elaine Threepwood-Marley is captured by LeChuck, who continues in his efforts to impress her with his powerful deeds. In a showdown at the Rock of Gelato, Guybrush Threepwood comes to the rescue wielding the Legendary Cursed Cutlass of Kaflu, which he has constructed using a recipe obtained from the Voodoo Lady. An act of unfortunately-timed showboating botches Guybrush's attempt at wielding the weapon, though, and finds the Mighty Pirate™ struggling to throw together a substitute at the last possible moment. Guybrush engages in battle with LeChuck, eventually stabbing the ghost pirate through the chest with the glowing cutlass; however, rather than destroying him, the attack causes LeChuck's voodoo energy to dissipate, contaminating Guybrush's left hand with LeChuck's sickly mojo and turning LeChuck back into a human! The evil power contained in Guybrush's infected hand causes an explosion on the deck of Elaine's ship, sinking it and sending a screaming Guybrush hurtling skyward.
Guybrush awakens on the shore of Flotsam Island, his mind set immediately to thoughts of escape. However, he quickly learns that the winds there are not so favourable-- it seems there is no off-wind available for the launching of a vessel, as all winds on Flotsam appear to flow toward the center of the island. Guybrush sets out to find a way to change that.
He learns of an informant to the local newspaper-- codenamed "Deep Gut"-- and causes a newsworthy (and pirate-flavoured) ruckus on the island in order to meet with the mysterious figure. Meeting at a creepy shack at the far end of the island, Guybrush learns Deep Gut's true identity: the Voodoo Lady! She informs him of a possible way to rid himself (and the rest of the Caribbean) of the "Pox of LeChuck" he unwittingly unleashed at the Rock of Gelato: an enormous and powerful voodoo-sucking sponge called La Esponja Grande.
Meanwhile, he meets an adversary trying to corrupt his attempts to leave. A scientist named Marquis De Singe who is extremely interested in Guybrush's own-willed hand, and is trying everything to get to know more about it.
In order to get off the island, Guybrush needs a ship, and must commandeer the Screaming Narwhal, the only pirate ship on the island.
Finally Guybrush changed the winds, and he sets out to another island to rescue his beloved Elaine from the clutches of LeChuck. He arrives at his destination, but gets interrupted by an unknown character... With a blade to his throat... →
Characters
See Flotsam Island
Notes
- When Guybrush carves the eyes on to the cheese, as he says the word "Cheese" he raises his hands and waves them slightly. This is a nod to Wallace, from the Wallace and Gromit series, known for his love of cheese and the same hand waving. An episodic form of Wallace and Gromit, also created by TellTale Games, preceded Tales of Monkey Island.
