Fatal Frame 3DS getting US release as Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir

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REDMOND, Wash., Jan 17, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Hand-held gaming fans with a taste for scary stories and paranormal activity have something special to look forward to this year. Nintendo of America has confirmed plans to launch Spirit Camera(TM): The Cursed Memoir, an immersive, horror-themed game developed exclusively for the portable Nintendo 3DS(TM) system, across North America on -- when else? -- Friday, April 13. The game uses the built-in camera functions and augmented-reality features of Nintendo 3DS to enhance a sinister, spellbinding storyline, incorporating players' own pictures and surroundings to create a personalized 3D horror experience.

Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir introduces a mysterious girl named Maya who has been hiding in the shadows of an old house. Players must help Maya break free from a terrifying curse by aiding her escape from the clutches of a malevolent woman in black. By using the Nintendo 3DS system's built-in camera, players can view Maya in their own surroundings as the game's eerie events unfold.

Included with the game is a 16-page AR Book, known as the "diary of faces" in the game's Story Mode, which serves as a gateway into this haunting experience. As players view the book's images through the lenses of the Nintendo 3DS camera, they enter its pages using augmented reality. At times, pages will come to life in the form of movies, revealing past events that offer insights into the mysteries surrounding the diary. In other moments, characters will emerge from the pages into the player's world via augmented reality in the form of evil spirits that attack from all directions.

"Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir will give Nintendo 3DS owners an extraordinary new way to enjoy the system's augmented-reality features and 3D capabilities," said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. "Everywhere they go, they'll be able to transform their real-world surroundings into a chilling hand-held adventure."

Remember that Nintendo 3DS features parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visit http://www.nintendo.com/3ds .

For more information about Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir, visit http://spiritcamera.nintendo.com .

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[Luxuria]

That... thing's face at the end looks like a Pokemon.

 

[moothemagiccow]

Gonna be pissed if you buy that game secondhand and don't get a manual

 

[Dead of Knight]

It is a sad thing when people are shocked when Nintendo localizes something that isn't Mario/Zelda/Metroid/Kirby.

 

[SteveGo]

[quote name='moothemagiccow']Gonna be pissed if you buy that game secondhand and don't get a manual[/QUOTE]

So buy it new...?

 

[Bezerker]

[quote name='SteveGo']So buy it new...?[/QUOTE]

He'd rather not support the developers . The Fatal Frame guys just keep putting out too many games this generation in America so I guess I cant blame him.

 

[pete5883]

It's funny, a horror game like this is something that's made to be played in the dark, but AR works like shit in the dark. Can't wait to play this in a well-lit room :lol:

 

[SteveGo]

[quote name='Bezerker']He'd rather not support the developers . The Fatal Frame guys just keep putting out too many games this generation in America so I guess I cant blame him.[/QUOTE]

Right? God forbid we encourage them to bring more games stateside.

 

[moothemagiccow]

last time i checked i was posting on cheapassgamer.com not generousprincipledgamer.org
way to freak out over a bad joke

 

[SteveGo]

[quote name='moothemagiccow']last time i checked i was posting on cheapassgamer.com not generousprincipledgamer.org
way to freak out over a bad joke[/QUOTE]

What joke? You were saying you'd be pissed if you were too cheap to buy the game new and didn't get a manual. If the manual is that important to you, buy it new.

 

[Chronis]

So we don't get Fatal Frame 4, an actual new game on a console with a huge ownership base, but we get this instead? Geez, can't wait for this to bomb so we never see another FF game here again.

I feel like if TecmoKoei is going to partner with Nintendo, they should just make a Monster Rancher game.

 

[Sir_Fragalot]

This is why I bought the 3DS, for weird experiences like this that are going to be one of a kind and great. I mean I know Fatal Frame is a developed franchise, but to be able to do what the 3DS is doing sounds awesome.

This is pretty much a Day 1 for me.

 

[greenday0066]

Why WOULDN'T they use Fatal Frame in the title? Doesn't make sense. And bring over that damn wii Fatal Frame while your at it Tecmo!