Fatal Frame head to the Wii

[rashad]

Tecmo has been silent about Fatal Frame for some time now, but that doesn't mean the horror franchise has been forgotten. To the contrary, 1UP learned at Tokyo Game Show that Tecmo's enlisted the help of Grasshopper Manufacture to produce the next Fatal Frame game. And here's the kicker: it's for the Wii.

Grasshopper will start on Fatal Frame when work on No More Heroes, recently announced for a US release via Ubisoft, has finished. Given that No More Heroes was developed on Wii, Grasshopper seems content on Nintendo's console.

Taking photographs of ghouls has been a part of Fatal Frame since day one, so motion controls certainly make sense for the series, but the last we heard about the next Fatal Frame seemed to have Microsoft and Sony's consoles in mind. "I already have some ideas that I'd like to do if I had more development time and a more powerful system," said Fatal Frame 3 Producer Keisuke Kikuchi all the way back in July 2005.

Then again, in 2005, no one knew the Wii was going to blow up either.
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3163198


The 3rd party support continues.

 

[Addendum]

I got the first 2 on Xbox. Very bizarre games.

Hopefully the Wii players will enjoy it

 

[Sandman138]

Nice, I'm still trying to beat the first one. That game scares me in all the right ways.

 

[rashad]

Yeah I love the Fatal Frame series too. I can't wait to see what Grasshopper comes up with.

 

[KALEL114]

Tecmo announced last year that the next Fatal Frame would be coming to the Wii. No other console version was mentioned, even though the series had previously appeared on the Playstation 2 and Xbox.

Many hoped that Fatal Frame 4 would make its way to one of these systems as well. These hopes have now been dashed.

At a Tecmo Press event Nintendo has been revealed as Fatal Frame 4’s publisher. Tecmo and No More Heroes developer Grasshopper Manufacture will be working together to create the game exclusively for the Wii.
Quality third party titles are coming Nintendo’s way, with strong Wii sales tempting talented developers. The Wii-sclusive is planned for this Summer.

http://www.ripten.com/2008/01/30/tecmos-fatal-frame-4-published-by-nintendo-wiisclusive/