The game was conceived in late 2008, due to renewed interest in adventure game development within LucasArts. With the assistance of his wife, Elaine Marley–Threepwood, Guybrush seeks out a cure.

Players assume the role of pirate Guybrush Threepwood, who-while attempting to destroy his nemesis, the undead pirate LeChuck-accidentally releases a voodoo pox across the Gulf of Melange. Ports for OS X, the PlayStation Network, and iOS were released several months after the series ended. The game was digitally distributed through WiiWare and Telltale's own website, and later through Steam and. In contrast to Telltale's previous episodic adventure games, whose chapters told discrete stories, each chapter of Tales of Monkey Island is part of an ongoing narrative. Developed for Windows and the Wii console, the game was released in five episodic segments, between July and December 2009.

It is the fifth game in the Monkey Island series, released nearly a decade after the previous installment, Escape from Monkey Island. Tales of Monkey Island is a 2009 graphic adventure video game developed by Telltale Games under license from LucasArts.

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