Okay, who didn’t see this one coming? Show of hands?

Let’s be honest here; with such a fertile ground of classic adventure gaming available to mine it was pretty much a foregone conclusion that the other Monkey Island titles would be getting the same revamp love as last year’s The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition. And that’s just what LucasArts announced this evening!

Indeed, ye scurvy bilge rats! Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge sets sail this summer for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, iPhone/iPod Touch, PC and probably every other platform in the known universe if you just give them time enough. And it’s not just the same old facelift (and… earlift? what would a re-orchestrated soundtrack count as?) that the first release got (though it does have all of those same features again).

No, this time, Monkey Island 2 SE sports some fresh new doodads, such as the option for direct control over Guybrush Threepwood if point-and-click controls aren’t your thing, a new interactive hint system that will highlight objects of interest, audio commentary from the game’s creators, and an in-game art viewer as well!

Not enough for you? Man, you are hard to please – I don’t even know if the treasure of Big Whoop will be enough to satiate your hunger. How about the added announcement that if you missed the first Monkey Island SE due to not owning one of the platforms it was released on, that you’ll soon be able to find it on PS3, Mac (via Game Agent), and from TellTale and Instant Action’s stores for PC.

Good? I thought so. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go clean Rob Rich’s exploded head off of the floor after that news. The gr3ml1n5 are refusing to do it. Ewww…