Many Fatal Frame fans were unable to play the latest Fatal Frame game due to Nintendo only releasing it in Japan. But if you were unable to get your hands on the fan-made English patch, here is a chance to watch the full game in all it's horror filled glory.
Below is the introduction level, featuring the ill-fated Madoka as she searches for her friend Misaki, who mysteriously disappeared at the beginning of the game. The rest of the playthrough can be viewed at the source.
Hardcore Gamer: Nintendo has a problem – region-locking. A dirty word for niche gamers and importers alike, Nintendo’s consoles have been consistently lambasted for this draconian and arbitrary restriction. But despite continuous backlash, the Wii U has continued this dubious tradition – and this speaks volumes about Nintendo’s attitude toward localization.
How is region locking not a problem? I guess if you don t want to play any region locked games but I do- there are many I want to play and there are many others that want to play them-
Region locking is one of several restricting policies that is hurting Nintendo and its customers
sure overseas business make no money then on the localization if it never existed
why do you think Nintendo is doing more localization
Kotaku:
"The Fatal Frame series is one of the creepiest survival-horror game series out there and certainly my personal favorite of the genre. But as with all series, some games are better than others. So let's rank them, shall we?"
is Fatal Frame III worth playing?, I bought 2 in last year's sale of the dead and enjoyed it (first game ever that truly spooked me) was considering picking 3 in this week's sale but I have heard its not very good
Its very good. Scariest out of all of them, id say. Its a long game and theres some tediousness in it, but its still miles ahead of most games these days. I say go for it.
I definitely disagree with Kotaku ranking 4 over 3. 4 is damn near broken with an awful framerate and impossible to 100% complete. 3 is at least a technically capable game with great ps2 visuals and progressive scan support.
I didn't mind the technical issues in Fatal Frame 4. But I think Fatal Frame 3 has a better story, setting, and characters than Fatal Frame 4.
Not that Fatal Frame 4 was a bad game, but it's probably my least favorite of the series.
It was 2003 when I first managed to play Fatal Frame 2 in PS2. It's unlike anything I've ever played in that time. Silent Hill 3 doesn't even come close.
Up to this date, I still feel it's one of the best games out there in the horror genre.
I'd say FF: 2,3,1 (haven't played 4 or 5 due to Nintendo's selective hearing since fans have been begging for them to come westward. Same with the FF2 remake. They could easily win E3 next year by announcing a 2,4,5 bundle for wiiu.
NE:
"Blue bars represent Japanese sales debuts of the various Fatal Frame games. Combining the blue and red bars represents lifetime sales.
All things considered, Fatal Frame: The Black Haired Shrine Maiden’s debut wasn’t too terrible. It sold more than the last two games for Wii – a console with a much higher install base. "
selling the best since the PS2 era. And people think Bayonetta sold badly in Japan.. Japanese devs and most of the publishers (apart from capcom and Square enix) dont blow money on huge marketing campaigns.
Its quite incredible that the series can progress with such weak sales...
I find it funny that the indie tribute to this series "Dreadout" is ten times more known and popular than its inspiration. What Nintendo needs to do is release this in the west and get the youtube personalities that make obscure horror games sell and have them advertise the game, by playing it.
I gotta admit, I was surprised at how low Fatal Frame's sales were. I knew it was a niche series, but I always assumed the sales were at least a bit higher than that.
Still, I hope FF5 makes it to the West...even if it's only a digital release. I think the game has potential to do well if it actually gets some decent marketing and some hype from game sites (which the other games didn't really get).
It's such a shame this was never released in the West. It wasn't a perfect game (you can see things like invisible wall collision and slow character movements in the above video), but it was still a really fun and scary game. And it was better than the majority of survival horrors released on the Wii. (How the hell did Ju-On: The Grudge get released over here, but not Fatal Frame 4?)
Here's hoping Fatal Frame 5 makes it to the West. With a bit of spit and polish, this series could become one of the best horror series in the current gen imo.
And hopefully Tecmo learned their lesson not to trust Nintendo to publish their games. Apparently they were pretty upset with Nintendo's mistreatment of FF4. I'm not surprised.
I got to play all the way through FF4 (Project zero Mask of the luner eclipse) and its a solid games, It has all the things you expect from a FF game, The new over the shoulder view adds to the tension, The western style haunted house gives you a few unexpected surprises in the story and the game difficulty has been upped, all in all a great game that should have made it to the west.
Another game that should have been localized.
Thankfully the fan translation is available for importers.
How strange...I was just talking about this series of games in a forum, and suddenly this pops up here.
do u get to see boobs in this game or in this series?
sorry i just have to know :)