Making Fatal Frame: PS2's Only 'Successful' Japanese Horror Game | Crimson Butterfly | The Tormented 

With the fusion of Koei and Tecmo, the series was hit hard. Project Zero/Fatal Frame was heavily pushed on Xbox systems, yet, none of the games were ever available in Microsofts big Backwards-Compatible programme. On the Wii and Wii U, the series went completely in a Gimmick direction. Now Koei Tecmo is selling the old games again at a full price, to be fair, with optimization and the bonus that Mask of the Lunar Eclipse was never officially released in the West. But it really seems like they will go downward the Remaster route and it will get harder to sell the next 3 games individually at a full price. Hard to say if they are working on a complete new game. But that's still more than we got in the past 10 years from Silent Hill.

If only many Western players can play the original trilogy with original Japanese voices rather than the English dub only without Roms...and emulators...

Yeah it's good but not as everyone expected it to be like I guess if you want people to bring it back up then fine that's cool and okay but don't act like no one has ever played the game before because many have upon end.......

Agreed.

It's been all over tiktok for a month now. Ppl are starting to appreciate it a lot, whether they play it or not.

Yeah and FF3 does it better actually. Also impossible to emulate in cinema since you have no agency to spend time in a place that you feel as YOURS, truly a game only narrative device.

Fatal Frame 2 already had a remake on the Wii... only released in Europe outside Japan... Also If only many Western players can play the original trilogy with original Japanese voices rather than the English dub only without Roms...and emulators...

I was hoping for that since the PS3 era

Also a review for Rule of Rose😂

Can’t forget that the previous direct showed MGS volume 1 collection heading to switch. So yeah, agreed. it’s weird that a FF/PZ trilogy wasn’t announced at the previous direct. I’m sure KT/Tecmo must have plans to bring the FF/PZ trilogy at some point, though perhaps we’ll likely see FF2 Wii edition head to modern platforms before we hear anything about a remaster collection port for current gen consoles.

@@maroXUprising I mean, I don't know if the original trilogy just has some weirs licensing issues due to being on the Playstation originally, but as you mentioned, there was a Wii port of 2. Nintendo clearly wants to Mandela Effect that Fatal Frame has always been theirs, so I don't know why they aren't getting the lead out. Kind of like how Chrono Cross definitive edition has been on the Switch for a couple years, but therr have scarcely been rumors of so much as a Chrono Crusade port even for Switch Online.

@@maroXUprising And as you mentioned, it'a an MGS vol 1... which suggests that they plan for a vol 2, combined with the fact that it felt like a third of the games in the last direct were planned for 2024, so who knows how long the Switch has to expand its library.

@@tomforge614 Not sure if Nintendo has this mandela effect of which you speak. It’s clear though that Nintendo did not see any level of success in co-owning an IP like FF if it doesn’t reach decent enough sales to begin with to where they would heavily market those games…compared to the likes of Bayonetta 2+3 where Nintendo cared enough to fund the Bayonetta IP with Sega to bring us 2 & 3. In which both games resulted in good sales and good marketing behind them. Unfortunately I have not played the recent re-release of FFIV & V…. I’m curious though if KT has regained full control of the FF IP since FFIV & FFV were able to release in multiple platforms. Yeah I Never heard of any rumors about a chrono crusade port heading to NSO. So that’s interesting to know. As for how long does the switch have going for to expand its library. Well, It’s only a matter of time. Sure, 2024 seems to have several games heading to switch as mentioned. I do think the next generation Nintendo console will probably be teased by the end of 2024.

@@maroXUprising By Mandela effect, I was simply referring to how the original trilogy was on PS2, so you would figure Nintendo would have been more aggressive on re-releases their own consoles to try to disassociate Fatal Frame from the PS2.

Good for you sadly If only many Western players can play the original trilogy with original Japanese voices rather than the English dub only without Roms...and emulators... Japanese games in a Japanese setting with only English dubs available make so much sense... In real life Japanese people are speaking perfect English...yeah.

Didn't use enough febreeze!

Same. I bought the latest release to US (and played it) hoping that the numbers will encourage them to release the others and/or create a new game.

@@Marichainz Right? Especially since the pre order for Maiden of Black Water was that you can dress up the characters as the main characters from the 3 games. It’s like, why must you tease us so??? T^T

Koei Tecmo owns the rights. That was made clear as water when they released Maiden of the Black Water and Mask of the Lunar Eclipse on all modern platforms under the sun without any mention of Nintendo in the intro logos or credits. I have them both on PS4 and PC. The original trilogy never even released on Nintendo systems, so it's only matter of Koei seeing if it's profittable to re-release them. Funnily enough, back then both games were the only ones that kept my interest for a Wii and a Wii U, now I can forget about them.

If its the rope ritual it could be very VERY possible if its strong or very thick rope and has enough force to pull. Medieval era had a similar method in a torture device known as a stretching rack. There was also a similar practice done as a form of execution involving ropes around the limbs and horses galloping off in different directions

Thanks for the info, I had never heard that.

@@thegamingmuse No worries! It's a typical mistake in the west...! Technically, Taoism and Shintoism are incorrect terms, instead being Tao and Shinto. Buddhism is the one folks generally agree is correct, and the assumption is that that's where the mistake comes from. Since that one has an -ism, and the other two are of similar cultures, they must also have an -ism. Any practitioner of those two beliefs however would point out it's wrong and just a misconception of the west, as Tao and Shinto are belief systems, not religions by any official categorization - they do not have any religious texts, only guidelines on co-living with nature and one another. Also no one spiritual authority - they don't have a Pope like or Christ-like figure (that's why Buddhism gets the -ism, Buddha is their main holy figure, Shinto and Tao are about the natural cycles of life and death, spirituality, respect towards your ancestors, and balance between man and nature.) Sorry for the nerd-out, just yeah, knowing that it's an honest mistake, I feel like I coulda explained the point better! I studied this stuff back in highschool (as our history teacher saw that a lot of folk beliefs and religions shaped the countries he spoke of.) and in Uni I studied Japanese language, culture and history, so I got irked hearing it said wrong >

Amazing video by the way, I love it so far despite the one complaint!

Honestly of the three, I find the 1st and the 3rd more enjoyable, but 2 definitely has its moments. I'd love to play the Japan only 2 remake, it would be interesting to see what they updated/changed in the newer version.

I think she means the theme of "Japanese Horror" Because obviously RE is still really successful and the 2 first SH were also successful.

@@iSaggitariusYT The first *four* SH's, which were Japanese, were immensely successfull

@@Stigmatix666 Third and fourth were not successful in it's time. Granted, The Room is a Japanese Horror Story with US people on top. I know the developers are Japanese. It's the style I'm talking about. FF are pure japanese. The others are Japanese developed but have western settings. Even RE didn't have japanese acting until Revelations 2. But I get it, the title is wrongly written. It should be specific about the japanese setting.

As someone who has heavily researched them all, FF was mpre financially successful than SH2 thru 4. And RE4, to me personally, isnt a pure horror exp like FF and SH so it appeals far more broadly and is guaranteed to be better off financially anyway. In pure horror, FF sold well, and wasnt overly expensive to make. That is not the case w SH.

Took the words right out of my mouth. Practically click baited.