Fatal Frame (video game)
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| Developer(s) | Tecmo |
| Publisher(s) | Tecmo |
| Designer(s) | Keisuke Kikuchi |
| Release date(s) | PlayStation 2:
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| Genre(s) | Survival horror |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB (T) Teen |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
| Media | DVD |
Fatal Frame, or Rei ~zero~ (零～zero～?) in Japan and Project Zero in Europe, is a video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox consoles hailing from the survival horror genre. It is the first of three games from the Fatal Frame series.
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[edit] Plot
"I wonder how long it's been since my brother and I started to see things other people can't see."
On a dark September night in 1986, a young college student named Miku Hinasaki arrived at the Himuro Mansion to look for her missing brother, Mafuyu. Mafuyu went to the mansion to find his friend and mentor, a mystery novelist named Junsei Takamine, who went there previously to research a book with his editor, Koji Ogata, and a friend versed in the paranormal, Tomoe Hirasaka. Armed with only a flashlight, Miku enters Himuro Mansion, which has a long history of bloodshed, curses, and horrific rituals. She later finds the mysterious camera that Mafuyu had brought with him, and that the siblings' mother passed down to them that can kill ghosts when she takes pictures of them.
[edit] Controversy over truthfulness of the plot
Supposedly, the game is based around the true story and legends surrounding Himuro Mansion in Japan. The mansion is rumored to be the gruesome death site of a Japanese family and several of its associates a few decades ago. However, when asked, Makoto Shibata, the series producer, said the game was based on two old Japanese urban legends and ghost stories; he made no mention of the previous tales of the Himuro mansion murders, which brings into question the factuality of this previous 'basis' for the true story. It is also worth noting that the game was not explicitly advertised as being based on a true story in Japan, and that the "based on a true story" tag line was not used until Tecmo released the game outside of Japan.
[edit] Trivia
- In the Japanese release of Fatal Frame, Miku is 17 years old. When the game was distributed to the US and Europe, her age was upped to 19 years old and her appearance was altered to appeal more to western players. (These changes are particularly amusing, because Miku's older brother, Mafuyu, was not similarly changed and now looks completely unrelated to her.)
- The Xbox release for Fatal Frame in Japan used the name Fatal Frame whilst the PlayStation 2 release used Rei ~zero~.
[edit] External links
- Official English website (English)
- Official Japanese website (Japanese)for Rei ~zero~
- Official Japanese website for Fatal Frame (Xbox release) (Japanese)
