Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water should have been playable at E3 2015

With Fatal Frame being a more unusual property, one would think Nintendo would want to show it off. The company would want hands-on experiences and responses from E3 2015 attendees to hype the game up and get people excited. This was an opportunity for the company to get more people excited about the console and a future game, and it feels like it’s been squandered.

[HammockGames]

Bummer. The Fatal Frame series usually satisfies.

The Wii U could use some positive buzz, and imho this would helped.

[LgbtWarrior]

Nintendo needs a serious shake up in management.

[ZeekQuattro]

I want the game but I doubt this would of made a difference at E3. Lets be realistic here.

[Loadedklip]

It's a game we knew about so it wouldn't have made a big difference as you said but every little bit helps.

At least make the statement stronger that the rest of 2015 has some good to great games even if 2016 is a huge question mark for the Wii U.

[HammockGames]

@ Zeek and Loaded

Agreed fellas. Wouldn't have made a major difference.

But anything would have been welcome in the desertlike conditions of Nintendo's E3 for Wii U owners. All that was missing was the tumbleweeds.

[Loadedklip]

The game seems to actually use the gamepad in actual GOOD unique ways as well. I don't know why this wasn't there nor was Devil's Third.

Nintendo doesn't push the little third party support they get (yes I understand Nintendo has co-owns the IP but I mean the developer making the game).

Nintendo imo still is one of the best publisher of quality games but business wise ... they make so many decisions that are hard to understand.

[Shinox]

"Fatal Frame 4 and 5 and should have been on all consoles"
Fixed

[RPGrinder]

Fatal Frame was shown off at the Treehouse a ton. It was not playable but who cares.

[ShrektheHulk]

"Should have".

I hate seeing this mentality. There are a ton of reasons why a demo wouldn't be presented at E3, anything from contractual obligations to just not wanting to create a vertical slice of the game as a demo, especially seeing as the game is already out in Japan. The work being done right now is most likely translation work and they would have to make the decision about offering a demo that could possible spoil parts of the game or creating a brand new "level" just for E3.

[TeamLeaptrade]

I'm okay that it wasn't playable. I will be happy to play it when it finally comes out though.

[TricksterArrow]

Why do almost every Fatal Frame protagonist looks like a magazine fashion model? I don't mean particularly their looks but their outfits. They are all so... Fashionable? o_o