Months after announcing a new installment to its survival-horror/photography game, Tecmo unveiled a two-minute CG trailer for Fatal Frame IV (Rei: Tsukihami no Kame) and discussed a few specifics behind the spooky title. The video hasn't yet been released, but you can peek at screen grabs from the movie in the gallery below.
According to series producer Keisuke Kikuchi, the game's "image color" will be yellow, and the words "memory," "moon," and "mask" will be recurring themes. That's not much to go on, but we still have months before Fatal Frame IV's expected summer release in Japan.
Tecmo has teamed up with studio Grasshopper Manufacture (No More Heroes, Killer 7) for Fatal Frame IV's development, bringing in Goichi Suda (!) to help direct the game along with Makoto Shibata. Surprisingly, Nintendo will handle production, publishing, and promotion. What an interesting mix!
[Via IGN]
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1-30-2008 @ 10:48AM
John Rios said...
Neat! Suda's involved? I'm suddenly interested! It's nice he's still employable after the NMH Japan bomb. :)
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1-30-2008 @ 2:17PM
Mr Khan said...
NMH bombing was out of his hands though. If anything, the blame there would fall on Marvelous Entertainment or Spike, or the simple fact that the game was brilliantly niche, and so it was virtually doomed to sell bad
Lovin' every moment of it (spoilers) Holly blowing her own head off in defeat was awesome (end spoilers)
1-30-2008 @ 3:26PM
John Rios said...
ACK! I READ THE SPOILER!! WHY WHY AM I BARELY RANKED #9!? I have to quit my job and start assassinatin'!
1-30-2008 @ 4:06PM
danny. said...
yeah, I'm not the fastest reader in the world but I still skim parentheticals... Thanks...
If you feel the need to drop spoilers about something, try a little harder not to ruin it for the rest of us...
1-30-2008 @ 10:50AM
phoenix said...
zOMG! Nice...I can't wait to check this out =)
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1-30-2008 @ 10:53AM
Shad0wguy said...
Wow, Sudi51, Nintendo, and others? This game may turn out to be pretty good. I've never been a fan of the Fatal Frame series, but this one may be worth a try.
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1-30-2008 @ 11:03AM
Max Headroom said...
I'm suddenly much more excited for this game, and I was already looking forward to it.
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1-30-2008 @ 11:53AM
zelderman said...
sounds tasty.
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1-30-2008 @ 12:10PM
Buntaro said...
I hate to admit that I never played a Fatal Frame/Project Zero game.
Anyway, with no "real" Resident Evil or any Silent Hill game coming to the Wii, I'll keep an eye on this.
Am I right in assuming that they are using pre-rendered backgrounds?
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1-30-2008 @ 1:35PM
hvnlysoldr said...
I love how Nintendo promises to heavily promote the mature game.
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1-30-2008 @ 1:58PM
Jay said...
Now that I know Suda will have something to do with this, my excitement went up like 100%! And I was already looking forward to it because I played the last one.
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1-30-2008 @ 2:11PM
Rocketboy said...
Awesome! Awesome! If Suda's involved, the only thing I need to know is when can I preorder.
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1-30-2008 @ 2:19PM
Mr Khan said...
Fatal Frame has always been some freaky shit, moreso i always felt than Resident Evil (i find things with a scientific explanation to be inherently less scary, ghost stories like Fatal Frame have always gotten to me more)
Goichi Suda is only going to make it better
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1-30-2008 @ 3:06PM
HellsHammer said...
Fatal Frame is a great series. I would love to see a new game for Wii!
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1-30-2008 @ 5:19PM
Perverted said...
With goichi suda helping and the marketing of Nintendo we have something good(hopefully) that will sell! And it's not mini-games, it'll be a miracle.
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