Fatal Frame 4 - Wii Exclusive(?) - Grasshopper Manufacture

[botticus]

I swear I don't mean to spam the Wii board tonight. I don't really have any interest in the series (though Suda's studio behind the work means I'll at least have to check it out), but I like the announcement. No exclusivity will be known until a formal announcement, but Grasshopper doesn't strike me as a studio that will be working on multiple platforms, so for now we'll have to assume it's a Wii-only project.

Tecmo has been silent about Fatal Frame for some time now, but that doesn't mean the horror franchise has been forgotten. To the contrary, 1UP learned at Tokyo Game Show that Tecmo's enlisted the help of Grasshopper Manufacture to produce the next Fatal Frame game. And here's the kicker: it's for Wii.

Grasshopper will start on Fatal Frame when work on No More Heroes, recently announced for a US release via Ubisoft, has finished. Given that No More Heroes was developed on Wii, Grasshopper seems content on Nintendo's console.

Taking photographs of ghouls has been a part of Fatal Frame since day one, so motion controls certainly make sense for the series, but the last we heard about the next Fatal Frame seemed to have Microsoft and Sony's consoles in mind. "I already have some ideas that I'd like to do if I had more development time and a more powerful system," said Fatal Frame 3 Producer Keisuke Kikuchi all the way back in July 2005.

Then again, in 2005, no one knew Wii was going to blow up, either. http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3163198

[Scrubking]

How is this spamming? Good news BTW.

[botticus]

How is this spamming? Good news BTW.Three new threads in an hour feels excessive, but hey, can't stop the presses!

[evilmax17]

The great Wii game draught continues...

[catapult37]

The great Wii game draught continues...

I take it you are unfamiliar with the series. I grant you the Wii has been / looks to continue to be a barren wasteland for people who actually like video games, but the Fatal Frame games are excellent, the mechanics are well-suited to the wiimote, and this is great news.

[botticus]

I take it you are unfamiliar with the series. I grant you the Wii has been / looks to continue to be a barren wasteland for people who actually like video games, but the Fatal Frame games are excellent, the mechanics are well-suited to the wiimote, and this is great news.I think/hope he was joking.

[Ace Harding: Private Eye]

I grant you the Wii has been / looks to continue to be a barren wasteland for people who actually like video games...
I've been playing video games for 18 years and the Wii has more games I'm interested in than the 360 & PS3 combined.

[D4rkewolfe]

^ What he said.

There has been absolutely nothing on the 360 or PS3 that has been announced that makes me want to get either of those consoles right now. I am very content with my Wii and what has been released and will be released in the future :)

[Nephlabobo]

Considering other M rated titles are dropping like flies on the Wii

(Day of Disaster, Project Hammer)

I'll believe this when I see it.

[Dr Mario Kart]

I wasnt aware that either game was necessarily going to be M rated? I assumed Nintendo didn't buy Monolithsoft to cancel their game.

[ArthurDigbySellers]

I loved Fatal Frame 1 and 2 but never got a chance to play 3. I think the Wii would be a pretty smart move control-wise. Graphically the FF games have always been pretty solid, but with those games, it is more about mood and atmosphere than graphics.

Wii exclusive or not, I look forward to this game.

[natureboy46]

I agree with what most people have said about the other consoles. I've been waiting to buy either a ps3 or a 360 and there is still nothing to make me decide on which one, or even buy either at the moment.

Personally, I can't wait for FF4 - I love that series.

[BCDraven]

That would be awesome if Tecmo decides to put the series on the Wii. I always thought it would be interesting playing Fatal Frame with the Wiimote and use the camera obscura with the motion sensing. Hopefully it's not just a rumor.