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Keisuke Kikuchi (Fatal Frame series producer) interested in making a new entry for Switch
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Like the Okami thread, I don't really think someone saying, "yeah, it'd be cool to make another one." is a hot scoop.
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i think the difference is kamiya is not in a position to make an okami sequel even if he wanted to, that's not the case here. Kikuchi has been the producer on every single FF game (including remakes and spin-offs), and they even made a game on the Wii U. localization shenanigans aside, nintendo has funded and published 4 games in the series despite non of them being a hit. so this makes it more a matter of when, not if.
I don't know why people keep doubting Fatal Frame is going to get a Switch game when Nintendo (at least NCL) is so supportive of it and this is a system getting a TMS port even. I think Fatal Frame will come eventually.
Yeah I feel like with KT's massive support, ports of Fatal Frame 5 and the eventual Fatal Frame 6 are inevitable at this rate. I mean WE GOT FF5 ON WII U OF ALL THINGS! :P
I'll still never figure out how Nintendo bagged Fatal Frame like this. They don't seem to own it, but they co-own Spirit Camera which is an official spin-off. It's never been made clear what Nintendo's role in ownership is.
I'll still never figure out how Nintendo bagged Fatal Frame like this. They don't seem to own it, but they co-own Spirit Camera which is an official spin-off. It's never been made clear what Nintendo's role in ownership is.
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they co-own the IP, and have been funding and publishing all new entries since 4 on Wii.
At some point between Project Zero 2 Wii and 5, they at least got joint trademark rights to the series.
Which, hilariously, the trademarks on PZ2Wii's box was what people previously used to debunk Nintendo's ownership, despite the timing of everything meaning the box was probably printed before whatever deal happened.
Nintendo doesn't co-own the trademark/IP. Fatal Frame (Project Zero) is still fully under Koei Tecmo's name.
What Nintendo owns are individual games. Nintendo owns Fatal Frame 2 Remake, Fatal Frame 4 and Fatal Frame 5. They also own the Spirit Camera IP. All these trademarks are under Nintendo's name.
They probably have or had a deal to general franchise rights and exclusivity, outside of trademark stuff. But we don't really know it.
What Nintendo owns are individual games. Nintendo owns Fatal Frame 2 Remake, Fatal Frame 4 and Fatal Frame 5. They also own the Spirit Camera IP. All these trademarks are under Nintendo's name.
They probably have or had a deal to general franchise rights and exclusivity, outside of trademark stuff. But we don't really know it.
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oh, then i guess there's misinformation on the internet. wikipedia says they co-own the IP too :/
This isn't true as of PZ5's European release, where they stopped noting that KT had sole ownership of the trademark as they had with previous games.
The japanese trademark for Project Zero is only under Koei Tecmo's name.
Edit: Here is the Zero trademark. Owner is Koei Tecmo
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I think it's a shame that it is not already in the making. I somehow always thought, Fatal Frame would be started working on quite early in the Switch's life cycle, being announced somewhere in the middle and released a few months after. Like Astral Chain. Same is true for Pikmin. Oh well...
4 was ok, It had amazing moments and some of the best scares in the series.
5 was the worst by far, not scary, bad pacing and all-around boring.
They need fixed camera angles back, most of the jump scares worked because of it. Having the camera controlled by you means in order to guarantee a scare they need to play a cutscene where it would happen thereby ruing the surprise
Yes please! Fantastic game (minus the forced use of Wii U tablet).
Yeah.
I don't remember if what I played was 4 or 5, but the game design was absolutely atrocious. Constant random cutscene interruptions for terrible tutorials.
It was 5, considering 4 didn't came out anywhere but Japan.
Unless you've gone out of your way to grab a japanese copy of 4 and patched it.
He co-directed too. It shows with how much the game is about the moon lol.
I would so love a collection of the Nintendo Fatal Frames for Switch and a sequel would amazing.
I liked for an just recently replayed it a bit.
I still need to play 5, which is still sealed in it's pretty Box 🙈
I liked for an just recently replayed it a bit.
I still need to play 5, which is still sealed in it's pretty Box 🙈
They don't co-own the development of Fatal Frame but they co-own the publishing rights. So if they feel like they want to see what's happening for the final release they'll step in, but from my understanding they don't greenlight these games. Koei Tecmo does.
That's good news. I was afraid that they had gotten tired of the series. I imagine we'll see a port of FF5 next year, and a FF6 in time for the 20th anniversary. In my dreams they'll do HD ports of all the old games in the series with Fatal difficulty and new ghosts like the first two games on Xbox.
Also it kills me how many people still think that Nintendo own the IP. That stupid sourceless story from a few years ago really did a number on discussion of this series.
Also it kills me how many people still think that Nintendo own the IP. That stupid sourceless story from a few years ago really did a number on discussion of this series.
Port the 2 Remake (which only came out in Japan and EU territories I think) and 4 (which was Japan only) first, then do 6.
A Fatal Frame Collection on Switch would be awesome.
A Fatal Frame Collection on Switch would be awesome.
If a new Fatal Frame/Project Zero was made I hope they put more effort into it. I didn't like 5 at ALL.
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That's awesome, and I hope journalists keep asking KT about that franchise.
Kikuchi has been pretty busy with Gust projects since the last Fatal Frame, didn't know he was on Fairy Tail now.
5 was good, I wouldn't mind a port. Same for 4 if we get a western release out of it.
Kikuchi has been pretty busy with Gust projects since the last Fatal Frame, didn't know he was on Fairy Tail now.
5 was good, I wouldn't mind a port. Same for 4 if we get a western release out of it.
