I'm sure you'll agree that Tecmo makes a damned fine videogame, but my favorite of all their works is the Fatal Frame/Zero/Rei series of games. While it isn't the most popular of the survival horror games, I think it manages to be one of the scariest, and I've been looking forward to details on the upcoming Wii version since we first heard about it last fall.
Famitsu has new details on the title that they're calling Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse (or Rei: Tsukihami no Kame). This Nintendo/Tecmo/Grasshopper Manufacture (No More Heroes, Killer 7) collaboration brings back Fatal Frame 3 producer Keisuke Kikuchi, who says that "the moon, a mask, and memory play a major role in the title," the fourth of the series. It looks like Suda Goichi (Suda 51) will get his hands on the title as well.
At an event, two minutes of footage from Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse was shown off. It seems that the game features a girl who lost her memory. Famitsu says that not much was revealed, but the girl does sneak into a old house (of course!), and they say that the game looks like a Japanese-style horror film.
Kikuchi says that he thinks the Wii control scheme and horror games are a good match, and that we should look forward to this new Fatal Frame. What do you think? Do you think the pairing will work?
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9:49 AM on 01.30.2008
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However, I want to get this game... but the Fatal Frame titles are widely regarded as the scariest shit in gaming... and I'm a huge pussy.... =(
It's like they don't wanna say anything good about the Wii and ask us to say it instead. Or maybe they're hoping that we bash the title. Either way, they always let us do the dirty work of judging the title. It's just a bit odd is all.
It's not that at all. We want you to engage us in conversation about the game. We treasure our reader's comments.
I hope you all know what I'm talking about.
+ Suda/Grasshopper on this game has me really excited
As if the people here need an opening? :)
I don't know of any game where the Wii controller 'won't work'. There are PC games where it would be hard to make any console controller work..but there really isn't enough difference between Wii and traditional controllers to make it 'not work'...it's just 'different'.
Maybe you are referring to software design choices? (Like completely unnecessary motion controls?)
Now i have to buy a wii :/
i was going to get ssbb anyway...
Looking forward to this one though.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
The Wii?! I stopped playing fatal frame 2 because Silent Hill 2 came out on the Xbox and it looked so much better.
I agree that this game is scary as hell, but for a game that realize so much on images and visuals to create its horror, I'd have hoped they'd have upped the ante with high res ghosts and school girls.
=)
Actually, I don't think there is any way that this could even come remotely close to failing. It's EXACTLY what the Wii was made for. I will be there in day -1.
They ALWAYS do that, not just for Wii games, but pretty much everything that gets posted, unless it's a review. Pay more attention.
now I'l either have to buy tomy's "my first waggle stick" or get the fuckin thing on psp when it gets ported over.
I'm sure the assertion that the Wii is perfect for Survival Horror means that we're probably going to be using that remote as a flashlight or a torch or something. Besides, when does it make sense to port a game from the most popular thing since oxygen to a handheld that's taken years and a redesign to begin to build steam?
BTW, the second reason I wanted a Wii was for SSBB. Not that anyone cares...just mentioned there were two reasons, so...yeah.
Continue!
now I'l either have to buy tomy's "my first waggle stick" or get the fuckin thing on psp when it gets ported over."
That's right, because every title on the Wii is minigame shovelware!
This is exactly the type of game the Wii needs. Something that's dark, not full of minigames, and actually has the potential to use motion controls really well, at least in the puzzle portions of the game.
And Suda51 is playing a role in it? Sign me up!
I love ghm. I'm in the process of building a fansite for them...
sigh... they're so great...
As for this game, I noticed the lace on her dress looks like lace. It may seem like a small detail, but how easy was that to do last gen? The Wii has about twice the memory and twice the power of the 6th gen systems.* This is just another indication of what it can do.
*The Wii, according to the leeaked specs (which were largely confirmed by people looking at the insides of the Wii), has the three combined attributes of the 6th gen. The Xbox's speed (with fewer transistors, to keep power low), the PS2's flexibility (the reason its graphics could even come close to those), and the GC's memory management (how Factor 5 could set the 6th gen polygon record on that system).
As for this game, I noticed the lace on her dress looks like lace. It may seem like a small detail, but how easy was that to do last gen? The Wii has about twice the memory and twice the power of the 6th gen systems.* This is just another indication of what it can do.
*The Wii, according to the leeaked specs (which were largely confirmed by people looking at the insides of the Wii), has the three combined attributes of the 6th gen. The Xbox's speed (with fewer transistors, to keep power low), the PS2's flexibility (the reason its graphics could even come close to those), and the GC's memory management (how Factor 5 could set the 6th gen polygon record on that system).
I haven't played Fatal Frame games, but hopefully this turn out to be a great.
Bravo! :D
Another cool game coming to Wii. Pretty soon some of those people who sold their Wii's, during drought time, will be picking new ones again, if they can find any to buy.
Glad to see Suda 51 onboard, the guys a star on an Itagaki level. What's also good is that FF is coming to Wii, when certain Konami employees recently said crap about not doing Silent Hill 5 on Wii. Bravo for Tecmo to fill that gap then, as FF deserves more fans, praise and appreciation.
Fatal Frame and Alone in the Dark on Wii, things are looking up.