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Fatal Frame, known as Project Zero in Europe and Australia as Zero (零, Zero, this is a pun; this kanji is normally read rei, which can also mean "ghost")^[1] in Japan, is a survival horror video game series, so far consisting of four games and a spin-off. The first and second games in the series were released for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox, the third game is only available for the PlayStation 2, and the fourth game has been released exclusively for the Wii. The series deals with ghosts, exorcism, and dark Shinto rituals.

Created by Tecmo, Fatal Frame is one of the most well received survival horror games to date.^[2] The main object of the game is to solve a mystery which is linked to Japanese folklore. The player's main enemies are ghosts; a few are friendly, but most are not. The only form of defense is a camera obscura, which allows the player to exorcise ghosts by taking a picture of them and seal their spirit in the film.

Main Series

Fatal Frame (2001)

Chief producer of Fatal Frame, 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, and then it has no head. 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."^[who?]^{[citation needed]}

After having received no news for over a week, Miku Hinasaki goes into the Himuro Mansion to look for her missing brother, Mafuyu Hinasaki. She finds no trace of her brother, save for her mother's old camera. Realizing that she is now trapped within the mansion, Miku continues searching for her brother and a way out. The game was later ported to the Xbox. The Xbox version included smoother graphics, more ghosts and an exclusive "Fatal Mode" that can be unlocked by completing the main game.^[3]

Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly (2003)

Twin sisters Mio Amakura and Mayu Amakura are visiting a childhood play spot when Mayu follows a mysterious crimson butterfly deep into the woods. Concerned for her twin, Mio follows Mayu and the two girls are led to a lost village. When they reach the lost village they enter a house to find the camera obscura. Mio and Mayu have to uncover the mystery behind the Forbidden Crimson Ritual and why the village is cursed. Originally released for the PlayStation 2 in 2003, a Director's Cut edition was later released for the Xbox in 2004. The director's cut added several updates to the gameplay, such as a first-person play mode, a survival mode, a new ending, enhanced graphics, and a greater number of alternate costumes to unlock.^[4]

Fatal Frame III: The Tormented (2005)

Released only for the Playstation 2, the game follows Rei Kurosawa, a 23 year old freelance photographer. While on a freelance assignment taking pictures of a supposedly haunted mansion the image of her deceased fiancé appears in the photographs. Afterwards, Rei begins having strange recurring dreams of an old Japanese manor during a heavy snowfall and observes her fiancé entering the house. She follows his figure into the house, where the dream becomes a nightmare.

Fatal Frame IV: The Mask of the Lunar Eclipse (2008)

The fourth installment of the Fatal Frame series was developed for the Wii in co-production with Grasshopper Manufacture.^[5] Tentatively titled Fatal Frame IV: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse and published by Nintendo.^[6]

10 years prior to the events of the game, five young girls were captured and held hostage by a criminal in a mysterious house on Rougetsu Island. They were eventually rescued by Choushiro Kirishima, a detective pursuing the criminal. Several years after the incident, two of the girls (Marie Shinomiya and Tomoe Nanamura) died mysteriously. The three remaining girls, Misaki Asou, Ruka Minazuki, and Madoka Tsukimori, now 17 years old, return to the island to recover their lost memories and find out more of what happened that day. Choushiro follows the girls at the request of Ruka's mother, Sayaka Minazuki.

Real: Another Edition (2004)

Real: Another Edition is a cellular based spin-off of Fatal Frame that was released only in Japan in October, 2004. The game made use of a cellphone camera as the camera obscura and required the players to find ghosts and fight them. The game has more than 70 spirits that can be collected,^[7] including some from the first two games in the series.

Story background and history

File:Fatalframefinal.gif

The character correlation chart of the first three games.

Throughout the series, references are made to Kunihiko Aso, a fictitious Japanese "Occultist" that lived during the late nineteenth century. Using western technology, he developed inventions that would allow him and others to make contact with spirits in the "other world."

His inventions include the camera obscura, the primary weapon used to defend against ghosts throughout the series, the spirit stone radio, introduced in Fatal Frame II as a means to listen to the thoughts and memories of spirits that had been stored in special crystals, and a projector capable of displaying ghostly images captured on film that motion picture cameras could not see.

According to Fatal Frame III, Aso's various inventions were eventually scattered about Japan and are now heavily sought after by collectors. The camera obscura used by Miku in the first game had once belonged to her mother, and Mio finds a different camera obscura while exploring the lost village.

Film

A film was announced to be made by John Rogers of DreamWorks SKG in 2002.^[8] Many fansites tipped Courtney Webb to play the lead heroine, although she has recently changed talent agencies and has since been led away from the project. Courtney Webb's company said she officially was dropping her interest in pursuing the project ^[9].

References

^ The kanji used here is 零, normally read rei, which is homophonic with the kanji 霊 rei, for "ghost".
^ ”PlayStation2 the Best”と”PSP the Best”2007年11月のラインアップを紹介！ / ファミ通.com
^ Calvert, Justin (2002-10-16). "Fatal Frame details - Xbox News at GameSpot:". Retrieved 2007-08-13. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
^ "Xbox.com / Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly DIRECTOR'S CUT - Game Detail Page:". Microsoft Game Studios. Retrieved 2007-08-13.
^ Tecmo Planning Next Fatal Frame for Wii news from 1UP.com
^ IGN: Fatal Frame Wii Revealed
^ Real: Another Edition Impressions - Mobile News at GameSpot
^ Fatal Frame
^ Beyond The Camera's Lens

External links

Fatal Frame

Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly

Fatal Frame III: The Tormented

Official Japanese website

Fatal Frame IV: The Mask of the Lunar Eclipse

Official Japanese website

[1] The kanji used here is 零, normally read rei, which is homophonic with the kanji 霊 rei, for "ghost".

[2] ”PlayStation2 the Best”と”PSP the Best”2007年11月のラインアップを紹介！ / ファミ通.com

[3] Calvert, Justin (2002-10-16). "Fatal Frame details - Xbox News at GameSpot:". Retrieved 2007-08-13. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

[4] "Xbox.com / Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly DIRECTOR'S CUT - Game Detail Page:". Microsoft Game Studios. Retrieved 2007-08-13.

[5] Tecmo Planning Next Fatal Frame for Wii news from 1UP.com

[6] IGN: Fatal Frame Wii Revealed

[7] Real: Another Edition Impressions - Mobile News at GameSpot

[8] Fatal Frame

[9] Beyond The Camera's Lens

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+'''''Fatal Frame''''', known as '''''Project Zero''''' in [[Europe]] and [[Australia]] as {{nihongo|'''''Zero'''''|零|Zero|this is a pun; this kanji is normally read ''rei'', which can also mean "ghost"}}<ref>The [[kanji]] used here is [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/零 零], normally read ''rei'', which is homophonic with the kanji [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/霊 霊] ''rei'', for "ghost".</ref> in [[Japan]], is a [[survival horror]] [[video game]] series, so far consisting of four games and a [[spin-off]]. The first and second games in the series were released for the [[PlayStation 2]] and [[Xbox]], the third game is only available for the PlayStation 2, and the fourth game has been released exclusively for the [[Wii]]. The series deals with [[ghost]]s, [[exorcism]], and dark [[Shintoism|Shinto]] [[ritual]]s.
-|-
-| align="left" | [[1932 in Wales|1932]] | [[1934 in Wales|1934]] | [[List of years in Wales|Other years in Wales]]
-|-
-|  | [[1933 in the United Kingdom]]
-|-
-|  | [[1933 in Ireland]]
-|-
-|  | [[1933|Other events of 1933]]
-|}
-This article is about the particular significance of the year '''1933''' to [[Wales]] and [[Welsh people|its people]].
+Created by [[Tecmo]], ''Fatal Frame'' is one of the most well received survival horror games to date.<ref>[http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1210993_1124.html ”PlayStation2 the Best”と”PSP the Best”2007年11月のラインアップを紹介！ / ファミ通.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The main object of the game is to solve a mystery which is linked to [[Japanese folklore]]. The player's main enemies are ghosts; a few are friendly, but most are not. The only form of defense is a [[camera obscura]], which allows the player to exorcise ghosts by taking a picture of them and seal their spirit in the film.
-==Incumbents==
-*[[Prince of Wales]] - [[Edward VIII of the United Kingdom|Edward, Prince of Wales]], son of King [[George V of the United Kingdom]]
-*[[Princess of Wales]] - ''vacant''
-*[[Archbishop of Wales]] - [[Alfred George Edwards]]
-==Events==
+==Main Series==
+===''Fatal Frame'' (2001)===
-*Seven men and four women receive custodial sentences after a riot at [[Bedwas]].
+{{main|Fatal Frame (video game)}}
-*[[28 March]] - [[Rhondda East by-election, 1933|Rhondda East by-election, 1933]]
-*[[22 July]] - [[Amy Johnson]] and [[Jim Mollison]] take off from [[Pendine]] on the first non-stop flight from the UK to the USA.
+Chief producer of Fatal Frame, 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, and then it has no head. 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."{{Who|date=July 2008}}{{Fact|date=July 2008}}
-==Arts and literature==
-*[[Percy Cudlipp]] becomes editor of the ''[[Evening Standard]]'' – the youngest ever editor of a British national newspaper.
+After having received no news for over a week, [[Miku Hinasaki]] goes into the Himuro Mansion to look for her missing brother, Mafuyu Hinasaki. She finds no trace of her brother, save for her mother's old camera. Realizing that she is now trapped within the mansion, Miku continues searching for her brother and a way out. The game was later ported to the [[Xbox]]. The Xbox version included smoother graphics, more ghosts and an exclusive "Fatal Mode" that can be unlocked by completing the main game.<ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/adventure/fatalframe/news.html?sid=2894837&om_act=convert&om_clk=gsupdates&tag=updates;title;8 |title=Fatal Frame details - Xbox News at GameSpot: |accessdate=2007-08-13 |last=Calvert |first=Justin |coauthors=GameSpot |date=2002-10-16 }}</ref>
-===Awards===
+===''Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly'' (2003)===
-*[[National Eisteddfod of Wales]] (held in [[Wrexham]])
+{{main|Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly}}
+Twin sisters Mio Amakura and Mayu Amakura are visiting a childhood play spot when Mayu follows a mysterious crimson butterfly deep into the woods. Concerned for her twin, Mio follows Mayu and the two girls are led to a lost village. When they reach the lost village they enter a house to find the camera obscura. Mio and Mayu have to uncover the mystery behind the Forbidden Crimson Ritual and why the village is cursed. Originally released for the PlayStation 2 in 2003, a Director's Cut edition was later released for the Xbox in 2004. The director's cut added several updates to the gameplay, such as a first-person play mode, a survival mode, a new ending, enhanced graphics, and a greater number of alternate costumes to unlock.<ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/f/fatalframeIIcrimsonbutterfly/ |title=Xbox.com / Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly DIRECTOR'S CUT - Game Detail Page: |accessdate=2007-08-13 |publisher=Microsoft Game Studios }}</ref>
+===''Fatal Frame III: The Tormented'' (2005)===
-*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - [[Edgar Phillips]]
+{{main|Fatal Frame III: The Tormented}}
-*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - [[Simon B. Jones]]
+Released only for the Playstation 2, the game follows Rei Kurosawa, a 23 year old freelance photographer. While on a freelance assignment taking pictures of a supposedly haunted mansion the image of her deceased fiancé appears in the photographs. Afterwards, Rei begins having strange recurring dreams of an old Japanese manor during a heavy snowfall and observes her fiancé entering the house. She follows his figure into the house, where the dream becomes a nightmare.
+===''Fatal Frame IV: The Mask of the Lunar Eclipse'' (2008)===
+{{main|Fatal Frame IV}}
+The fourth installment of the Fatal Frame series was developed for the Wii in co-production with [[Grasshopper Manufacture]].<ref>[http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3163198 Tecmo Planning Next Fatal Frame for Wii news from 1UP.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Tentatively titled ''Fatal Frame IV: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse'' and published by Nintendo.<ref>[http://wii.ign.com/articles/848/848539p1.html IGN: Fatal Frame Wii Revealed<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+years prior to the events of the game, five young girls were captured and held hostage by a criminal in a mysterious house on Rougetsu Island. They were eventually rescued by Choushiro Kirishima, a detective pursuing the criminal. Several years after the incident, two of the girls (Marie Shinomiya and Tomoe Nanamura) died mysteriously. The three remaining girls, Misaki Asou, Ruka Minazuki, and Madoka Tsukimori, now 17 years old, return to the island to recover their lost memories and find out more of what happened that day. Choushiro follows the girls at the request of Ruka's mother, Sayaka Minazuki.
-===New books===
-*[[David James Davies|D. J. Davies]] – ''The Economic History of South Wales''
-*[[Caradoc Evans]] - ''Wasps''
-*[[Lily Tobias]] - ''Eunice Fleet''
+===''Real: Another Edition'' (2004)===
-===Music===
+Real: Another Edition is a cellular based [[spin-off]] of Fatal Frame that was released only in Japan in October, 2004. The game made use of a cellphone camera as the [[camera obscura]] and required the players to find ghosts and fight them. The game has more than 70 spirits that can be collected,<ref>[http://www.gamespot.com/mobile/adventure/realzeroexperience/news.html?sid=6108757&om_act=convert&om_clk=newsfeatures&tag=newsfeatures;title;1 Real: Another Edition Impressions - Mobile News at GameSpot<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> including some from the first two games in the series.
-*
+==Story background and history==
-==Film==
+[[Image:fatalframefinal.gif|thumb|right|The character correlation chart of the first three games.]]
-*
+Throughout the series, references are made to Kunihiko Aso, a [[Fiction|fictitious]] Japanese "Occultist" that lived during the late nineteenth century. Using western technology, he developed inventions that would allow him and others to make contact with spirits in the "other world."
+His inventions include the camera obscura, the primary weapon used to defend against ghosts throughout the series, the spirit stone radio, introduced in ''Fatal Frame II'' as a means to listen to the thoughts and memories of spirits that had been stored in special crystals, and a projector capable of displaying ghostly images captured on film that motion picture cameras could not see.
-==Broadcasting==
-*[[28 May]] - the BBC begins broadcasting the [[BBC Regional Programme|Welsh Regional Programme]] to South Wales from the Washford transmitter
-*[[17 July]] - the BBC begins broadcasting the [[BBC National Programme|National Programme]] to South Wales from the Washford transmitter
-*The first broadcast is made from the [[Urdd]] Eisteddfod.
+According to ''Fatal Frame III'', Aso's various inventions were eventually scattered about Japan and are now heavily sought after by collectors. The camera obscura used by Miku in the first game had once belonged to her mother, and Mio finds a different camera obscura while exploring the lost village.
-==Sport==
-*[[Rugby union]], although collecting the 'wooden spoon' in the [[1933 Home Nations Championship|Home Nations Championship]], [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] beat [[England national rugby union team|England]] at [[Twickenham Stadium|Twickenham]] for the very first time, after ten previous attempts.
-==Births==
+===Film===
+A film was announced to be made by [[John Rogers (writer)|John Rogers]] of [[DreamWorks|DreamWorks SKG]] in 2002.<ref>[http://www.mania.com/39829.html Fatal Frame<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Many fansites tipped [[Courtney Webb]] to play the lead heroine, although she has recently changed talent agencies and has since been led away from the project. Courtney Webb's company said she officially was dropping her interest in pursuing the project <ref>[http://www.cameraslens.com/movierumors.php Beyond The Camera's Lens<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>.
-*[[7 February]] - [[Stuart Burrows]], opera singer
-*[[21 March]] - [[Michael Heseltine]], politician
-*[[14 May]] - [[Siân Phillips]], actress
-*[[20 June]] - [[Dai Dower]], British, European and Empire Flyweight Boxing Champion
-*[[24 September]] - [[Terry Davies]], Wales rugby captain and British Lion
-*[[12 November]] - [[Jeffrey Thomas (politician)|Jeffrey Thomas]], politician
-*[[31 December]] - [[Glyn Davidge]], Wales international and British Lion rugby player
-*''date unknown''
-**[[Bedwyr Lewis Jones]], writer
-**[[Gwilym Jenkins]], statistician
-**[[Alan Watkins]], political journalist
-==Deaths==
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
-*[[14 January]] - Sir [[Robert Jones (orthopaedic surgeon)|Robert Jones]], orthopaedic surgeon (baronet)
-*[[18 January]] - [[John Thomas (chemist)|John Thomas]], chemist (ICI), 46
-*[[2 February]] - [[Sir James Cory, 1st Baronet]], politician, 76
-*[[4 April]] - [[Sir Marteine Lloyd, 2nd Baronet]], 82
-*[[29 May]] - [[Llewelyn Kenrick]], footballer, 84
-*[[16 July]] - [[John Tudor Walters]], politician
-*[[10 August]] - [[Alf Morgans]], Prime Minister of Western Australia
-*[[17 October]] - [[Sid Bevan]], Wales international rugby union player
-*[[10 November]] - [[Herbert Lewis]], politician
+==See also==
+*[[Yūrei]]- Japanese ghost
+*[[Onryō]]- vengeful Japanese ghosts
+*[[Kagome Kagome]]- a children's game, featured in a puzzle in the first game
+==External links==
-[[Category:1933 in Wales| ]]
+'''Fatal Frame'''
+*[http://www.fatalframe.com/ Official US Website]
+*[http://www.tecmo.co.jp/product/zero/index2.htm Official Japanese Website]
+'''Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly'''
+*[http://www.fatalframe2.com/ Official US Website]
+*[http://www.tecmo.co.jp/zero2/ Official Japanese Website]
+*[http://www.projectzero2.com/ Official European Website]
+'''Fatal Frame III: The Tormented'''
+*[http://www.tecmo.co.jp/product/zero3/ Official Japanese website]
+'''Fatal Frame IV: The Mask of the Lunar Eclipse'''
+*[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/r4zj/index.html Official Japanese website]
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