![]() Overseas, the Japanese horror-styled world and story and the characters were well-received, but the controls and issues with players getting lost were commonly pointed out. Maiden of Black Water’s horror themes, type of scares, increased action focus, and mission-centric gameplay were all diversive in Japan. Kikuchi is asked about how players received the original release, and he says that because they changed the themes and type of horror with each game in the series, there was always a mix of positive and negative reception. ![]() Maiden of Black Water also focuses on a fear of water. ![]() He says that the Fatal Frame series focuses on letting players experience the dread and foreboding style of fear found in Japanese horror, while also having puzzles and combat using a special camera. Next, Kikuchi is asked to describe Maiden of Black Water. The Camera Obscura is a special camera that can exorcise ghosts by photographing them It is pointed out how the original release was a Wii U exclusive, and Kikuchi says that the number of platforms the remaster is being released on is due to them wanting as many people as possible to be able to play the game, especially since it is to commemorate the series’ twentieth anniversary. It was the twentieth anniversary, and it being a remaster, which led to this new release of Maiden of Black Water being possible. Kikuchi says that he did speak with series director Makoto Shibata a bit, as well as exchange ideas with new young employees who said that they joined because they are fans of the series, but nothing led to real projects. The Fatal Frame series had lain dormant since the original release of Maiden of Black Water in 2014, and the interviewer asks if there was any talk about doing anything with it internally. ![]() He says this is because the game was made to also surprise players who were touching the series for the first time. Kikuchi is asked if they had considered doing a compendium-style release of other previous games, and he says that their top priority was having as many people as possible to play Maiden of Black Water. The interviewer begins by asking Kikuchi what led to them deciding on making the remaster, and he says because the series has been supported by many people even after the release of the last game (the original version of Maiden of Black Water) in 2014, they hoped to be able to do something for the twentieth anniversary of the series in 2021, and that ended up being the remaster.Īs it has been a long time since the release of the original version, Kikuchi was worried about how the announcement would be received, and was relieved that people not just in Japan but all over the world reacted positively, and he thinks this shows how accepted Japanese horror is around the world Many horror games, including those developed in Japan, gravitate towards western-style horror, and Fatal Frame is one of a minority that instead draw from Japanese horror Fatal Frame series producer Keisuke Kikuchi was interviewed in the 19-26 August 2021 issue of Weekly Famitsu, in which he discusses the remastered version of Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water, previously announced for an Octorelease for the Switch, PS4, PS5, XB1, XBXS, and PC.
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