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Fatal Frame IV: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse
零～月蝕の仮面～ Rei ～Tsukihami no Kamen～ Project Zero IV: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse
Developer(s):	Tecmo & Grasshopper Manufacture
Publisher(s):	Nintendo
Distributor(s):	Nintendo
Release date:	Japan - July 31 2008
Genre:	Survival Horror
Game modes:	Easy, Normal, Hard & Nightmare
Ratings:	Japan: Cero C;
Countries:	Japan
Platform(s):	Wii

The fourth game of the Fatal Frame Series, released for the Nintendo Wii console.

Storyline

10 years ago, five girls were kidnapped and held on Rougetsu Island. The girls were eventually rescued by police detective Choushiro Kirishima who was in pursuit of a wanted criminal. All the girls had no memory of what happened during the time of their capture. Now, years later, two of the five girls have died, and the other three (Ruka, Misaki and Madoka) travel back to the island, in search of their lost memories and the truth about what has happened. Now simply a private investigator, Choushiro Kirishima also returns to the island at the request of Ruka's mother to bring the three girls back.

Release dates

There are currently no plans to release this game to the PS3 or Xbox360 consoles. A Tecmo representative stated that the game would not be released outside of Japan on any other system with any other company.^[1]

Wii

• Japan - July 31st, 2008

• US - Not scheduled for release.^[2][3][4]

• Europe - Release canceled.^[5][6]

Development Info

• Game was privately announced at 2007 Tokyo Game Show
• Tecmo publicly announced the game on January 30th, 2008 at their winter press conference.^[7]
• Game was released on July 31st, 2008 in Japan for 6800yen.
• Suda51 is involved as director of the game (as is Makoto Shibata). ^[8]
• The soundtrack was scored by Masafumi Takada and Etsuko Ichikawa.^[9]
• There are four playable characters in the game. Different stages feature different characters (similar to Fatal Frame III).
• Game features Resident Evil 4 style gameplay (3rd person over the shoulder).
• Kikuchi and Shibata have mentioned that this game is the best yet of the series.^[10]
• An unofficial translation project by fans, replacing Japanese text and subtitles with English, was completed in January 2010. An expansion to this project has also been announced by a separate group, who will be adding an English voice track for players to use instead of the original Japanese track.

Main Characters

The main heroine of Fatal Frame IV. Several years ago, Ruka (a previous native of the island) and four other girls were rescued by a detective after being kidnapped as a child. Now, the remaining two girls have left for the island of Rougetsu, where it all started. In search of her lost memories, Ruka too heads out for the island.

One of the surviving kidnapped girls, Misaki is a strong-willed girl who has to have her way. Lead by the vision of a girl in black who appears in her memory, Misaki heads towards Rougetsu Island. However, soon after arriving to the island Misaki, lead by her curiosity, abandons the cowardly Madoka.

One of the surviving kidnapped girls, Madoka has a timid personality. Upon Misaki's urging, Madoka follows her to Rougetsu Island. Soon after arriving to the island, Madoka begins to have second thoughts, and suddenly finds herself separated from Misaki. Madoka is the first character you play in the game.

The detective who rescued Ruka and the other girls from Rougetsu island several years ago while in the pursuit of a suspect. Now just a private eye, he travels back to the island, upon the request of Ruka's mother, to find Ruka and her friends.

Chapters

• Chapter 0 - Prologue

咲き触れ / Blooming Touch ???

• Chapter 1

音連れ / Musical Accompaniment

• Chapter 2

共鳴 / Resonance

• Chapter 3

忘日 / Forgotten Day

• Chapter 4

空身 / The Empty Body

• Chapter 5

双面 / The Masked Pair

• Chapter 6

月守歌 / Tsukimori Song

• Chapter 7

無苦 / Without Suffering

• Chapter 8

朔夜 / Sakuya

• Chapter 9

帰来迎 / Kiraigou

• Chapter 10

殘桜 / Lingering Cherry Blossoms

• Chapter 11

月蝕 / Lunar Eclipse

• Final Chapter

零域 / Zero Stage

Book

• Zero Tsukihami no Kamen Official Guidebook

Misc Info

• The theme song is Zero no Chouritsu by Tsukiko Amano.
• The ending song is NOISE also by Tsukiko Amano.
• The game's official image color is yellow.
• The keywords are moon, mask, and memory.^[11]
• The theme is 'Feeling fear with your body'.^[12]
• There are three main glitches in the game, one of which will freeze gameplay.
• Unlike previous games, this game was developed by the newly created Team TACHYON, instead of the Project Zero team (now disbanded).
• Fatal Frame IV Staff

Official Links

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/r4zj/index.html
http://www.tecmo.co.jp/product/zero4/
http://wii.com/jp/articles/zero/
http://wii.com/jp/creators-voice/zero/

References

1. ↑ Riley, Adam. (June 3, 2009). Tecmo Discusses Nintendo's Cancellation of Fatal Frame 4 Wii. Cubed3.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-05 from [1].
2. ↑ (April 10, 2009) Fatal Frame Shuttered in US, EU. Gamespot.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-06 from [2].
3. ↑ Casamassina, Matt. (April 8, 2009) Fatal Frame Never Coming to America?. IGN.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-06 from [3].
4. ↑ Furtado, Matt. (April 7, 2009) Fatal Frame 4 Not Coming to US. Kombo.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-06 from [4].
5. ↑ (May 29, 2009) Sorry guys, Fatal Frame IV isn't coming to Europe either. GoNintendo.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-06 from [5].
6. ↑ (May 30, 2009)Les fantômes n'effrayeront que le Japon. LiveWii.fr. Retrieved on 2009-06-06 from [6].
7. ↑ Tecmo 2008 Winter Press Conference (January 30, 2008). 零～月蝕の仮面～. Press Release. Retrieved on 2009-03-01 from http://www.tecmo.co.jp/special/conf2008win/index.html
8. ↑ Gantayat, Anoop. (January 30, 2008). Fatal Frame Wii Revealed. IGN.com. Retrieved on 2009-03-01 from http://uk.wii.ign.com/articles/848/848539p1.html
9. ↑ Fatal Frame IV Preview (2008, April). Games TM Magazine, 52.
10. ↑ Creator's Voice. Wii, Nintendo Japan. Retrieved 2009-03-01 from http://wii.com/jp/creators-voice/zero/
11. ↑ Gantayat, Anoop. (January 30, 2008). Fatal Frame Wii Revealed. IGN.com. Retrieved on 2009-03-01 from http://uk.wii.ign.com/articles/848/848539p1.html
12. ↑ Creator's Voice. Wii, Nintendo Japan. Retrieved 2009-03-01 from http://wii.com/jp/creators-voice/zero/