Fatal Frame (video game)
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| Developer(s) | Tecmo |
| Publisher(s) | Tecmo |
| Designer(s) | Keisuke Kikuchi |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, Xbox |
| Release date | PlayStation 2 JP 2001-12-13 NA 2002-03-04 PAL 2002-08-01 Xbox NA 2002-11-22 JP 2003-02-06 PAL 2003-05-02 |
| Genre(s) | Survival horror |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Teen |
| Media | DVD |
Fatal Frame, or 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. During her time in the mansion she sees various apparitions of her missing brother, Mafuyu. She also sees a young girl on many occasions and an angry female spirit, Kirie, who on many occasions tries to kill Miku.
Kirie was chosen to become the rope shrine maiden to guard a portal to another world. After days of exploration, Miku discovers Kirie's final resting place. Miku overcomes Kirie in a battle, thus removing the evil malice from the spirit. Then, out of the blue, Mafuyu appears. He tells Miku that he can't leave as he is a reincarnation of Kirie's true love. The shrine crumbles and the shrine maiden and Mafuyu disappear together...
If the player beats the game in Nightmare Mode an alternate ending plays instead: Instead of being with the Shrine Maiden, both Mafuyu and Miku escape and see the souls released. Some players have argued that is was canon to Fatal Frame 3.
[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.
Makoto Shibata described the inspiration for the game’s haunted house, "In an area outside Tokyo, there lies a mansion in which it’s said seven people were murdered in a grisly manner. On the same property, there lie three detached residences that surround the mansion, all of which are rumored to have ties to the mansion’s troubled past. It’s said there is an underground network of tunnels that lay beneath the premises, but nobody knows who made these tunnels or what purpose they served. Many inexplicable phenomenon have been reported occurring on the property. Bloody hand prints have been found splattered all over the walls. Spirits have been spotted on the premises… even in broad daylight. A narrow stairway leads to an attic where a spirit-sealed talisman is rumored to be locked away. Men have sought this talisman, only to be found later with their bodies broken and rope marks around their wrists. There’s a crumbling old statue of a woman in a kimono, but its head is missing. If you take a photo of a certain window, a young girl can be seen in the developed picture. These incidents have provoked fear in the people of Tokyo, and many believe that those who live near this area will become cursed. The deaths of those seven people are unexplained to this day."
[edit] Trivia
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- 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 for Rei ~zero~ (Japanese)
- Official Japanese website for Fatal Frame (Xbox release) (Japanese)
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