Kikuchi and fellow co-creator Makoto Shibata returned to their respective posts of producer and director, together with staff from Mask of the Lunar Eclipse and developers new to the series. Series co-creator Keisuke Kikuchi proposed the project when he saw that the Wii U GamePad could be used as the Camera Obscura.
Planning for the game began in 2011, during production of the Wii remake of Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly. The story, which is set on the fictional Hikami Mountain, focuses on three protagonists who are drawn into supernatural events revolving the area, including an ancient ritual to seal away the Black Water, a malevolent force corrupting the surrounding spirits that is tied to the fate of the titular shrine maiden Ose Kurosawa. A post-endgame story featuring Ayane, a character from the company's Dead or Alive series, is also available featuring altered gameplay mechanics. A remaster for eighth and ninth generation consoles and Windows, this time published by Koei Tecmo, was released worldwide in October 2021.Īs with previous games in the series, players navigate areas filled with hostile ghosts which must be fought by taking photographs using the Camera Obscura, which is directly controlled using the Wii U GamePad. The fifth main entry in the Fatal Frame series, it was originally published by Nintendo for the Wii U in Japan in September 2014 and worldwide in October 2015. Additionally, players who pre-order the game before release will unlock an exclusive outfit referencing Koei Tecmo’s RPG series Atelier Ryza.įatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water launches on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC, and Switch October 28.Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water is a survival horror video game developed by Koei Tecmo. This new release will feature Maiden of Black Water in its entirety, along with its Dead or Alive-themed DLC expansion, an all-new photo diorama mode, and a selection of alternate skins/outfits for the game’s protagonists.
Much like its predecessors, Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water tasks steel-nerved players with investigating creepy remote locales and confronting the spirits within - warding off evil attackers in first-person with the mysterious artifact known as the Camera Obscura. The spooky story concerns three protagonists: young psychic Yuri Kozautaka, author and parapsychologist Ren Hojo, and Miu Hinasaki, daughter of Fatal Frame star Miku Hinasaki, who travel into the Hikami mountains to investigate sightings of ghostly shrine maidens and their connection to the malevolent spirit known as “Black Water.” Maiden of Black Water is the fifth mainline entry in the ghoulish Fatal Frame/Project Zero series and was originally released on Wii U back in 2014.
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