The game's music and graphics were also lauded. Critics praised the game's story, writing, humor, voice acting and characterization 1UP.com described Guybrush as Telltale's strongest and most expressive character yet. Tales of Monkey Island received generally positive reviews.

The game's music was composed by Michael Land, and the core cast of The Curse of Monkey Island reprised their voice roles. Production began in early 2009 franchise creator Ron Gilbert was involved in project planning, while development was led by Dave Grossman, who co-designed the first two Monkey Island games.

It was developed concurrently with LucasArts' special edition of the 1990 game The Secret of Monkey Island LucasArts oversaw production of Tales of Monkey Island, and ensured that it matched the remake in certain areas, such as art direction. 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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