Nerd Mentality

I've finally had a little bit of time recently to sit down with the WiiWare version of Tales of Monkey Island, the cross platform episodic point and click adventure game from Telltale. And here are my thoughts.

You should buy and play Tales of Monkey Island, but not on the Wii. My guess is that there was simply too much content to fit into a tiny downloadable package, because the performance issues with this game make it much less fun than it should be. The game itself is funny, engaging, clever, all the stuff you'd expect from Telltale. But the textures look washed out and the frame rate feels sluggish... like you're playing to play a PC game on a computer that just can't quite handle it.

If you really want to get some Monkey Island action going, pick it up for the PC. It's even available for Mac now, if your computer happens to be shiny and white. If your PC just can't handle it but you simply can not live another day without some point and click adventuring, download Telltale's Strongbad games on WiiWare instead. For whatever reason (probably the lack of textures needed for those titles), they look and play great on the Wii.

As far as exploring Monkey Island on your Wii goes, I just can't recommend it.