Fatal Frame’s Lost Decade

[Cloudman]

curl-6 said:

It's a damn shame that Fatal Frame 4 never got an official Western release; in my humble opinion it's a near masterpiece and the best horror game of the 7th gen.

Thankfully, fans have created a complete English-language homebrew patch, so if your Wii is modded, (a fairly easy process) you can play through the Japanese version with English subtitles and text. I'd highly recommend doing so if you have any fondness for old school horror in the vein of, say, the first few Silent Hill games or other Fatal Frame titles.

The Wii remake of Fatal Frame 2 is also excellent, and can be played natively if you're in PAL regions, or on a region-unlocked NTSC Wii.

Yeah, this is basically my feelings on this myself. It is sad the west couldn't enjoy this, but not all hope is lost, haha. With some minor modding, anyone can play it, and I whole-hearted recommend it. It's that good.

Also to OP, I dunno if I would put the blame on Ninten on Fatal Frame's situation. The series was always niche, and Ninten only worked with 2 of them, only of the games being left in Japan. It may be that thanks to the joint efforts of Ninten and Grasshopper that Frame 4 turned out to be the best it could be. So yeah, I think Ninten did more good than harm to the seires.