Double Shot

Back on track!

2007-11-16T23:12:00.000-08:00

That's right! Double Shot is back and staying here as a Fatal Frame news blog for all fans. And we have news!

Fatal Frame 4 coming to WII!
As maybe many fans already know, then a Fatal Frame 4 will be released on WII. Emi of Beyond the Camera's Lens could finally break the news out, as it finally got announced on the internet.
The team of Fatal Frame will be working with Suda51 and his people at the Grasshopper. First after releasing another game, No More Heros, will they have time to work on Fatal Frame 4.
Sadly, we dont have any information yet, if Fatal Frame 4 should come to other consoles (PS3, Xbox360).

There will be more news as soon as we know more! :)

Double Shot moving!

2007-01-28T23:38:00.000-08:00

Double Shot is moving!
Double Shot will get a new and much more better site with information, gallery, media and much more about the Fatal Frame/Project Zero series!
The new link will be posted this weekend! ^_^

Still alive

2006-11-08T00:26:00.000-08:00

Double Shot has been down in the past weeks, and I'm sorry about that.
The reasons is that there hasn't been any big news about the Fatal Frame games. TGS (Tokyo Game Show) wasn't having big news for a Fatal Frame 4. The only Fatal Frame news is that in a new WII game, Super Swing Golf, Miku Hinasaki has been found!

Zero 4D closed, more movie rumors?

2006-07-13T04:09:00.000-07:00

Zero 4D park closed!
The Fatal Frame 2 amusement park has been closed. If you don't know, what Zero 4D is, take a look here.
The website is still up though. But there isn't much to see.

Many thanks to Beyond the Camera's Lens for this!

Courtney Webb won't play Miku?
As cameraslens wrote: "Maybe good news or bad news (depending on if you liked the actress or not)."
But according to Amazingly Courtney Webb Courtney has change casting agencies.
Regardez tells that, her new agency has decided not to push her towards a role in the Fatal Frame movie. Instead the agency want the actress focus on four upcoming voice acting roles for VGs and various animes.
If that is true, then we need to wait longer to see the true cast.

Another thanks for BCL and Amazingly Courtney Webb!

FrameZero updated!

The awesome Fatal Frame cosplay site has updated with a new amazing layout!
If you like Fatal Frame cosplays this site would be amazing for you. Wil has done alot of great work to make this site!

Check it out yourself and find out!

Zero 3 website updating again!

2006-06-23T11:32:00.000-07:00

Melody of Tecmo is back!

'The Melody of Tecmo cellphone service has been around for a while, but it was called something else until recently when it was renamed. The phone service allows users to download songs & sounds from their favourite Tecmo video games, as well as phone backgrounds etc. The service is not limited to the Fatal Frame series, as Dead or Alive, Tokobot, Gallop Racer, & Monster Rancher 5 are also supported on the service.'
( -Taking from Beyond The Camera's Lens. )

This can still not be done in US or Europe. Only in Japan those it work.
Go and check it out here!

Head's up

2006-06-14T02:27:00.000-07:00

Movie status:

The latste new was that Courtney Webb was telling us, how big fan she was for the Fatal Frame games. She is still rumoured to be Miku Hinasaki, but people starts to worry, if there is going to be a Fatal Frame movie. Just keep hope up!

Fatal Frame 4: Coming or not?

We haven't new rumours about the 'upcoming' game yet. Although that Kikuchi-san (the creator of the Fatal Frame games) has told that he was very inspired by the new Nintendo's Wii system.
Wii is one of the newste game controller. It seems very famous in Japan already.

No Fatal Frame 3 for xbox?

The reason could be because of Xbox306 and Wii.
Now, since the new Xbox and Wii is the lastste controller you can buy now, games creators want to make games for it.
So if you ask me personal I think, if Fatal Frame 3 will come to xbox, it will be for xbox360.
Still, we want a xbox version!

Fatal Frame 1 remake?

I got a few emails about this. Right now, I can't say anything about Fatal Frame 1, besides it's the first Fatal Frame game, of course.
Fatal Frame 1 'REMAKE' and Fatal Frame 4 is only rumours.

2006-06-09T04:32:00.000-07:00

Susan Regar from BCL's forum just posted out that Courtnet Webb is talking about Fatal Frame.

This is the first time, Courtney Webb herself has spoken how about Fatal Frame, the movie she is rumored to star in. In the UK, Courtney Webb appeared Sci-Fi Honor Movie Conference in London but while she was there to chat about Siren, many fans had picked up on the fact she was rumored to be playing Miku in the up-coming adaption. Courtney had a few words to say about this topic,

"I'm a huge fan of Project Zero I have all three games, I'm a videogame obsessive! (laughs) They are really scary so when I heard it was going to become a movie, I was like "ding ding" to my agent and saying you got a get me a role in this movie, I don't care if its to be killed in the first thirty seconds but the producers have got my stuff so its only a matter of time before I know for sure."

Sci Fi Events has more details of upcoming Sci Fi conventions and conferences and Courtney has been asked to take part at the London Expo.

Many thanks for Susan for posting this on BCL! It's still rumors, if she is going to be Miku. But it does look a bit promising. :)

Fatal Frame 4 E3 rumors?

2006-05-14T09:51:00.000-07:00

While Tecmo haven't talked about a xbox version for Fatal Frame 3 or a Fatal Frame 4 game yet, there have been some 'whisper' around.

Beyond The Camera's Lens has been founding out that Shibata-san & Hasegawa-san (creator of Trapt with Kikuchi-san) are currently working together on a new project. BCL believes that this could be Fatal Frame 4, which is the new project, but we are still waiting for a answer to come from Shibata-san himself.

Another thing:

Gametrailers.com is telling that Kikuchi-san was dropping FF4 hints to a lot of people at E3. What was more interesting is that Gametrailers.com goes onto a talk about how Kikuchi-san was very inspired by Nintendo's Wii system( the new Nintendo, if you are wondering), even citing the fatal frame series specifically as to ideas he could use with their controller system.

Rei-chans note: Could be funny, if he was thinking about a camera as controller and you need to take pictures of your TV, while playing. <:)

Read more here.

Many thanks for Beyond the Camera's Lens for all the news!

No show for Tecmo?

2006-05-05T01:02:00.000-07:00

Many have been wondering if Fatal Frame 3: The Tormented is going to be on Xbox and Xbox360. There has been no news about it yet, either have there with Fatal Frame 4, which many fans wish Tecmo is gonna talk about on E3.

But the news are bad... According to IGN (quoting Famitsu magazine)
Tecmo has revealed its lineup for the show will be focusing on three titles. Korobot Adventure for the PS2 (Aka Tokobot aka Karakuri this game has three names now?) which was also designed by Keisuke Kikuchi (fatal frame creator). Xbox 360 will have Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 and the a game for the Nintendo Revolution called Pangya Revolution. All three of the tiltles will be shown in Video Form.

No news about FF3 to xbox or FF4 yet. Let's keep our fingers crossed about the news.

- source Beyond The Camera's Lens

For some days ago I got a email from Shinobu, who gave me another link of Fatal Frame 4. (Or more PS3 news)

They say that Tecmo also are going to make Fatal Frame 4, or they just name it.

The PS3 Game Lineup So Far:

Capcom

Return of a "beloved fighting franchise"

New Ghouls N' Ghosts

DMC 4

RE 5

Rockstar

GTA 4

Western-themed action game (likely Red Dead Revolver 2)

Eidos

Tomb raider Next-gen

Tecmo

Fatal Frame 4

There is alot of other games named, but I took the ones which is ALSO rumored around other sites. This is still just a rumor, but you can already see how many sites, there says there will be a Fatal Frame more. We are still waiting for Tecmo to confirmation the news!

Fatal Frame movie news, Fatal Frame 4 rumors!

2006-04-27T23:12:00.000-07:00

Image of Courtney Webb from Ablazingly Courtney Webb

Ablazingly Courtney Webb, Regardez (her agency) has confirmed, that Courtney Webb is looking into the role of Miku. BUT! The agency also reported to Ablazingly Courtney Webb that casting for the movie hasn't started, so Courtney Webb is still a 'might be', but as of yet not the 'official' actress for this role.

- source(BCL & Ablazingly Courtney Webb)

Fatal Frame 4 rumors!

This new is back from January, but it's still good to know.

Lik-sang.com came with a article for the PS3 system. It included a list of games that the website claims as 'confirmed' to be in development. But Lik-sang.com doesn't make any mention where this comes from. The thing that makes this article most interesting is that Fatal Frame 4 is listed there. Another thing is that a 'Fatal Frame' also are listed. Maybe they will re-made Fatal Frame 1 for the PS3?

But remember, that there haven't been any of this from Tecmo, so this is still only rumors and not official words yet.

- source (aghalidefairie of FF LJ community)

1up.com reporting FF4 too.

1up.com did also have something about FF4 is currently in development.

Producer Keisuke Kikuchi has said in an interview that a Fatal Frame title for next-gen consoles is already in planning stages. Survival Horror fans will be delighted at the notion of snapping photos of ghosts in glorious high-definition.

I'd rather wait to see what Tecmo says about this, before we can say anything if this is official or not. Emi from BCL says that the 1up.com staff are pretty close with Kikuchi-san & Project Zero. Again, she says that she won't call it official, before Tecmo says something.

- sources(BCL, 1up.com & KuroiOokami45 from gamefaqs)

Mini scan

2006-04-25T09:49:00.000-07:00

Finally I find something about Fatal Frame 3: The Tormented in Denmark.

But...

-_-;;

Look, how much there is about it.

At least it's something.

7/10?!
Yes, the same as Tomb Raider: Legend. ;D

2006-04-24T21:58:00.000-07:00

Aghalidefairie from LJ has posted this article, which tells not only about the new PS3, but they has also a list over which games there is confirmed for the PS3!

Yes, people, Fatal Frame and Fatal Frame 4 stands there!! Read it! ^_^

http://www.lik-sang.com/news.php?artc=3777

Why Fatal Frame stands there? They might re-releasing the game for PS3, I'm not sure though. All this is still rumours, but the article does show which games there is confirmed.

I hope this is true! I really hope they are telling the truth!

Fear in Photographs - New Affliate!

2006-04-17T10:55:00.000-07:00

Double Shot has been so lucky to affliate a new Fatal Frame series site. Believe me, I have been looking for Series sites (A site will information about all the games).

Fear in Photographs is a new site, which just came up two days ago. The layout is amazing red and creepy. (This is gonna be a really good site, I believe!) The site is still under construction, but take a look at it!

Fatal Frame refrences and a interesting article

2006-04-16T07:05:00.000-07:00

Fatal Frame refrences!

24-1/2: As one can hardly avoid noticing. Elgala's viewpoint here is a reference to Tecmo's RPG horror game for the Xbox, Fatal Frame, in which a girl investigates her brother's disappearance by exploring a haunted mansion with a magical camera that has the power to capture the gruesome events that once occurred there.

Not really 'her brother'. They thinks it's FF1, but it is FF2, if anyone should get confused about this.

Otaku_sweetie from LJ found this, and Emi-san from BCL got the scans. Thanks to both of them!

Also, in a movie called 'Stay Alive' is there a man, who is saying: "It's a new game called 'Stay Alive'. Seriously man it's the sickest sh*t since Fatal Frame. It's creepy."

And as many already knows... For movies there is refrences to Fatal Frame;

Woman in Box (And well) - Sadako/Samara (Ringu, The Ring)
Rei & Ghost scene in attic - Juon (The Grudge)
Growing stain on Rei's wall - Dark Water
'Ghosts' hovering around Yoshino - The Eye

Many thanks for Emi-san to tell us this!

A interesting article - Playboy gives 4 outta 5 bunnies

You heard me... Playboy has also review Fatal Frame 3: The Tormented! Shrine-Maiden from BCL's forum was nice to let me use this. Syn13 from BCL came with a little funny comment for the article "Playboy rates Fatal Frame III with sexy results". Could be true, if they though about it.

Many thanks to Shrine-Maiden for letting me use it!

New logo and links

2006-04-09T01:26:00.000-07:00

Double Shot got a new logo, which is simple and fine. :)

I'm in Fatal Frame 3 mode, and I just needed to change it.

Anyway, I got this email from a Fatal Frame fan yesterday, and gave me a link to the owners site.

Silent Scream is a cool Fatal Frame site, which I'm gonna link back, as soon as I have a button.

The site has good informations about the games as well. And it's not only for characters from the games, but also good informations about the rituals.

Fatal Frame 4 news?
There hasn't been anything yet. When the Playstation 3 comes out, let's hope that we hear something from Tecmo.

Fatal Frame movie?
There hasn't been anything either. Besides that Courtney Webb is still rumored to be Miku Hinasaki.

Fatal Frame 3 to xbox?
Get's alots of emails about this... No, there hasn't been any rumors about if FF3 will come to xbox. I hope myself, that it will.

Amano Tsukiko singles and FF3 scores!

2006-04-04T08:05:00.000-07:00

I though, I should start to post here again. People thinks Double Shot is dead. XD

Anyway, Tsukiko Amano, the amazing singer of Koe and Chou (Theme songs for FF3 and FF2) will release 5 new singles on 31 May!

This is a amazing new for fans!

Thanks for Miroku-san from BCL!

GamerWithin.com gives PZ3 a 9.4 Overall!

Cain Dornan from GamerWithin.com has written a review of Project Zero III: The Tormented. You can read it all here!
For me it is a awesome review! Just look!

The breakdown in scores of the game:
Gameplay: 9.5
Graphics: 9.5
Sound: 9.7
Lifespan: 8.8
Overall: 9.4
This overall score of 9.4 is the highest score that the game has received from any reviewer!

Many thanks for BCL for the news!

Late out and review

2006-03-10T07:34:00.000-08:00

Dark Zero has a review of Project Zero 3: The Tormented. They gave it 8.2 which is pretty cool! Read it all here!

As I said in the lastste post; Norway, Sweden and Denmark(No idea, if Norway got it now) haven't got Project Zero 3 in the stores yet. Fans are feeling that the game won't come at all. And yes, I'm also mad over it, since I haven't got it.
The release date was set on 24th Feb, where alot of fans got it. Sadly, some places didn't heard anything about it, before in March.
Then it was set on today (10 March), but they delayed it a week more. Let's NOW hope that it comes and there won't be any problems anymore.
Fans are giving up soon, and more want to order it over the internet.

And as I promised looooooong ago(so sorry), I promised a friend to post these pictures, and he wanted to tell a bit about them.

Explanation of pictures:

Nikko is famous hallowed ground in Japan. 3 large sinto-shrines, large temple, 2 syougun's tomb and small shrine, temole, tomb, innumerable.

Daiyuuin is Iemitsu TOKUGAWA's tomb and splitual house.
Iemitsu was 3ed syougun of Edo-bakufu.
syougun was top of samurais.
bakufu was government managed by samurai.( Government managed by tennoh(emperor) was called Cyoutei.)
Edo is called Tokyo now.
Japanease had 3 bakufu. Kamakura-bakufu builded by Minamoto family in 1192. Muromachi-bakufu builded by Asikaga family in 1338.at last Ieyasu Tokugawa(Iemistu's grandfather) and his family builded Edo-bakufu in 1603.
Kirlie killed in 1837, in those days Edo-bakufu managed by 12th syougun Ieyoshi Tokugawa.

Nikko is Tokugawa family's sacred plase.

Mon is gate. Daiyuuin has afew mons. nioh-mon, niten-mon and more.
Warrior statues put on mon.It is the guard.

narabi-jizou : Jizou is hotoke. idol from stone. maybe you know. twins-jizoh appear FF2. narabi meaning stand in a line.
They say when count narabi-jizoh in night, they misscount number. therefore, Narabi-jizoh is called Bake-jizoh. Bake meaning phantom.

Nikko tamozaea royal villa used by emperor. It has old japanease style.

Kitano-shrine is small. Its deify God of scholarship.

(Thanks alot! These pictures is also taking by him. ^_^)

Late, but I'm still here

2006-03-08T22:22:00.000-08:00

Many thinks I have forgot Double Shot. NOOOO! I love Double Shot, because it does half of the work for me here.
I haven't updated this lately, because Voice Over got done, and now I'm working on a new layout to Tormented Dreams. yes, I do.
The layout is looking good and everything, but where the writing is, there isn't good space for me to write. And that's why I didn't updated that one either.

Anyways, I have also been sick lately and tomorrow (10 March) Project Zero 3 will come to Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
It has been delayed in two weeks now. And if you haven't got it yet, then wait until tomorrow and ask your game store!

Project Zero 3 site

2006-02-22T01:18:00.000-08:00

Official? Yes, it is.
It looks pretty much like the Zero 3 Japanese website, and plus it has the same informations. (Besides not all the wallpapers are up.)

ProjectZero3.de is a german officialsite for the third game. It also stands on the site.

And the Project Zero logo is looking amazing. Like on the Project Zero cover of the game.

There is more news on Beyond the Camera's Lens about other informations.

http://www.projectzero3.de/ visit it here.

News News!

2006-02-10T10:50:00.000-08:00

Sorry, for the long time to update this. This week has been very stressful for me, since I only have 97 days back in school. (Yay!)
Okay, let's move on, shall we?

Anthology Scans!
Many thanks to Keke from the BCL forum for posting and scanning these lovely pictures!

Here is some more from the forum!

Take Two Interactive Interviews Shibata-san!!!

This is pretty spoilerish for Fatal Frame 3.

Emi has updated BCL with this HUGEEEEEE interview that Take Two got with one of our heros, Shibata-san himself!
Read everything here. (Hope you don't mind, Emi.)

Thanks for the amazing news, Emi!

A off-site thing:
Hey Lauren, thanks for the email you sended me. I replied you yesterday and I haven't found any news about NFS3 yet. As soon as I do I will post it here. ^_^

Bad news for Denmark:
I was in the mall today, and I asked to get Project Zero 3 (Fatal Frame 3) to the side for me, so I just could get it when it came without standing in tons of people.
He told me... *sighs a bit and prays* that the game wasn't on their list. So he told me that either, I came to early that he could tell me anything about the game. OR... that the game wasn't coming to their store.
Well... I'm mad, because the store will have poster of a new game there comes! Gah...
But okay, I more want the game. I can find it somewhere else...^_^
Besides... the store is not only a game-store but a COMPUTER/GAME/TV/Much-more-so-I-can't-think.

Also... Soon will Tormented Dreams has alot of scans from the FF3 guide and the Zero 3 comic book, since I have them both now. (Thanks to my mom www- wait... she doesn't have a website. XD;)
And also, Tormented Dreams will also soon have game-play-cutscenes. (No idea, though.. kinda waiting for Emi to answer or have time for it. ^_^)

And about Voice Over, there has been down in LONG time now - It's on it's way, I just need a few pictures here and there and then it will be up.
And it's new layout its... not good, but it's bigger then before. ^_^

More Fatal Frame Movie rumors.

2006-01-31T09:30:00.000-08:00

Lots of Fatal Frame Movie/Courtney Webb Rumors!

There has not been any official confirmation about Courtney Webb playing the role as Miku for the upcoming Fatal Frame Movie yet, so all this is only rumors.

First off, in regards to the SciFi UK news report that allegedly mentioned Courtney in the Fatal Frame Movie, Courtney Webb Fans United posted the brief transcript of what was said.

"And lastly, British actress Courtney Webb has been tipped to play Miku in the super-scary Fatal Frame movie. Scheduled to start filming, with an estimated, $20.000.000 budget. The movie is said to be still set in Japan, with a mixed of Japanese and American actors, to appeal to wider audiences."

Courtney Webb - News on the Star mentions about an article supposedly from Boom Magazine about the actress. Article scan is here. Emi thinks it's fake, and I can only agree with her.

Susan, the webmistress of CW News also added this:

"This doesn't look like a legitimate article so take anything it says with a pinch of salt. I'm trying to add a poll to see who doesn't mind her as Miku but i think a fatal frame site should do that."

Yes, let's say that it is fake....

The text looks pixelated, the image used faded & blurry, and there are some serious grammaticle errors( Emi-san saw it all). The article itself is not at all close to the layout quality of examples the Boom Magazine website. (Not to mention, why would rich people be interested in a little known teen star?)

Btw, as per Susan's suggestion, there is a poll for this newstopic. In regards to Fatal Frame, the article says this:

"Not only does Courtney have a movie being released. But she's in negotiations to (p)lay Miku in the ultra scary Fatal Frame series. Courtney won't comment on the rumours, but she will tell us that she's going to Tokyo this year to film another Japanese movie. I play a Japanese/English girl in the future. "That's all I can say"

Lastly, Ablazingly Courtney Webb reported that Courtney Webb Fans United is reporting that Courtney is going to Japan for 3 weeks as part of a Horror Movie Conference and to film a movie. According to the latter, they're unsure whether it's for the Fatal Frame Movie or for Saihoirn another movie she's going to be in. She'll also be attending the "Black Kiss" screening in Tokyo as well. Besides filming, CWFU is also reporting that she'll be doing promotional interviews for the new movie (whatever it may be). I have only seen her in one movie, so I can't say much about her. Right now, we can just hope for the best.

Thanks to Beyond the Camera's Lens for the amazing news!

Sites

2006-01-17T22:59:00.000-08:00

I need to update this more...

Well, I was just looking around Fatal Frame sites and gave to the Chou site (FF2 fansite) and I saw it has a wonderful new layout.
Check it out!

Beyond the Camera's Lens has also got a awesome make over! Plus the forum as well! Amazing job, if you ask me! It's very Fatal Frame-ish!

FrameZero has got a new banner, which looks amazing! Great work, Wil!

Rain (a other fatal frame cosplay site) has have these wonderful cosplay of Rei Kurosawa. That looks awesome!

Also, this is the official cover for the Europe release. It looks pretty cool. ^_^

And if you are looking for Fatal Frame 3 cutscenes, then try to visit Tormented Dreams (eh, my site) and there is a few...
And the Zero 3 site hasn't updated either... We still want wallpapers, Tecmo!^^

Pre-order Project Zero 3!

2006-01-11T23:01:00.000-08:00

Yeah, Europe fans can now order this game! (I'm doing when i get home ;) )
Thanks to luvremix from LJ there sended the Fatal Frame Community two amazing links to us!

http://play.com/play247.asp?pa=srmr&page=title&r=PS2&title=872842
price: £29.99

http://shop.game.net/ViewProduct.aspx?cat=10243&mid=327989
price: £32.99

I'll order my own on play.com, since it's cheapest price for now. ^_^

Also, BCL is going to have a big maker over! The site is down for a little while, but don't worry, it's gonna be cool!

and for them who waits for being linked by Tormented Dreams: Don't worry, I'm working on, and have already change the link section, but I didn't uploaded it yet. It will come this weekend with alot of cutscenes as well. ^_^

Time for a update!

2006-01-01T05:50:00.000-08:00

Finally I can update Double Shot again. :)
First off, Fatal Frame news...!
Beyond the cameraslens got news about TakeTwo's first online blast for Project Zero!
There is alot of information there.

SPOnG.com's Project Zero III Interview with Shibata-san!
Yup, he is back and wanna tell us more about FF.
Find it here!

Thanks to BCL as well!

Fatal Frame makes top 100!
Kei-san from BCL's forum posted that Official Playstation Magazine got Fatal Frame on a top 100 list!
Fatal Frame
simply terrifying
PUB:Tecmo
DEV:Tecmo
OPM score:4
"Resident evil has the zombie angle, Silent Hill has the creepy,Jacob's Ladder-esque angle.What does that leave for the survival horror genre but the haunted-house angle? That's just what Fatal Frame went for,and its excellent tactic of fighting ghosts with only a camera makes for one of the most terrifying games ever made.Like Silent Hill, it doesn't stray far away from the survival-horror formula,but through virtuoso manipulation of the diffrent tupes of fear,the game delivers an astonishingly intense,viscerally frightening experience."

Thanks to BCL and Kei-san!

Edge Magazine's Fatal Frame III Review!
The magazine has a cool review about Fatal Frame 3.

Thanks to BCL again!

Amakuramio from BCL's forum, was so lucky to interview Shibata-san!

Amakuramio: (Laughs)... Well Mr. Shibata, What would you like say the Fans of Project Zero?

Mr. Shibata: For the Fans, Thank you for supporting the TECMO and the Project Zero Games. We inspired those fans and the gamers for us to do this kind of projects. I'd really like to thank you all! Good Luck and keep supporting Tecmo.

Read the whole here!

Thanks to The Last Frame!

Annnnnnnnd, for site news:
Tormented-Dreams is UP! Check it out if you want. ^_^
Also... Voice Over (a Amano Tsukiko fansite of mine) is now getting a maker over as well!

Not site updates for me:
Beyond the Camera'sLens admin has beginning a new forum layout, which looks very cool. For fans there goes to the main site, try to check out the forum. It's so fatal frame-ish that it couldn't be better!

Fatal Frame 3 artwork at Ebay

2005-12-20T21:52:00.000-08:00

I was looking at ebay and saw this pretty artwork you can buy.
The person you see here, is The Topless Maiden from Fatal Frame 3: The Tormented. It cost US $9.99 and remember to check the shipping. :)
Down of this page, can you also see others artworks by the artist.

Order it here!

There is also of Miku Hinasaki and her cat, Ruri.
Cost: US $9.99
Order it here!

And Rei with ghosts around her. (I was thinking to order this one...>.>)
Cost: US $9.99
Order it here!

Zero Comic Anthology!

2005-12-20T10:33:00.000-08:00

Amazon has now the Zero 3 Comic Anthology ready for ordering! There are two stories in the comic, the first one is a horror based story which appears to follow the events of Zero ~Voice of the Tattoo~ (IE Fatal Frame/Project Zero III). The second one is a parody story of some kind.

Order it here!

Thanks to Beyond the Camera's Lens!

Fatal Frame 3 Review on G4!

2005-12-18T00:33:00.000-08:00

G4 has now a very cool review on their site. Adam Sessler talks about Fatal Frame 3: The Tormented.
They have also writing little bit about the game here.

The video is about some of the story of FF3, but they tells also about everything else. Like Miku, who is "Rei's sister" as they says. Not true!
As we already know, Miku is the first main character in Fatal Frame 1. G4 also says that Miku is the cleaner of the house her and Rei is living in, which is very true.

G4 also says that the ghosts in the game can come from anywhere. Yup, we can see that.>.>

Adam says that Fatal Frame 3 looks like they two first ones. Maybe because you enter the place again? Yeah.
The video is great, and also funny. Watch the spoilerish video here!

2005-12-10T10:02:00.000-08:00

The Europe release date is set on 24 feb next year! BCL updated and told us it was true!

Also... As many knows... I'm also the owner of Tormented Dreams.
The site have been down in LONG time, please I have worked on layouts, but never found the right one.

I was lucky, very lucky, that I got a email from a guy which wanted the FF3 US cover (I'm still trying to get it) but he also made this LOVELY LAYOUT!

I really can't wait to see it up. I hope people will like it. :)
Thanks to CJ-Darkness for making it. I love it so much!

Project Zero news! For Europe fans!

2005-12-09T09:45:00.000-08:00

Emi-chan from Beyond the Camera's Lens has finally found out the release date for Project Zero 3! The date is currently set for February 24th, 2006 and we (Emi and also myself) is still looking for the official date.

Also this weekend I promise to get ALL the links up. It's a mess and I know there is a few there want to be there. They will come this weekend.

X-play, Old Grandma and much more!

2005-12-04T21:54:00.000-08:00

X-play Reviews Fatal Frame III!
Set those recorders for December 6th, (Tuesday) at 11pm ET/PT. Episode #5130 of X-play (part of G4TechTV) will be reviewing our beloved Fatal Frame III. If you miss that show, it will reair on December 7th at 4pm And yes, we'll try to bring you screencaptures (if not clips). Meanwhile, read X-play's written Fatal Frame III Review! The Game scored 3 out of 5 stars.

Grandma versus FF3's Stroller Grandma!
If you're not familiar with the gamer blog, oghc, let us familiarize you with it. The blog's full name is Old Grandma Hardcore. It's a blog about a certain gamer's grandmother who is an amazing gamer in her own right! The blog chronicles Grandma's gaming exploits, trials, and tribulations, and it is a fanastic blog.
Well, Grandma bought Fatal Frame III and has been plugging it! (Apparently Grandma is a huge fatal frame fan! Hey, the more the merrier!) And yes fans, grandma has her own imput on the slowly becoming infamous Stroller Grandma of Fatal Frame III.
So check out the FF3 blogs!
WARNING! BAD language is used here.
(and the others while you're at it!)
Grandma Buys Fatal Frame III
Sweet Jesus! They're gonna eat Grandma!
Shopping CartsGrandma was also a fan of Fatal Frame 2, and has several blogs on that.
Grandma Confronts an Old Nemesis
The Camera is Bugging
We made a video!
Grandma has destroyed Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly
Grandma sells copy of Fatal Frame II

AmanoTsukiko.net to go down
I know this should be on Voice Over, but I'm working on a new layout for it.
If you don't know already, AmanoTsukiko.net goes through frequent redesigns. Just as a warning to fans, the experation date of the newestdesign is set at December 31st!Also, if anyone was able to get Amano's experience on Gyao and could take screenshots for me, I'd be REALLY appreciative! I had problems viewing the video.

Thanks to Emi-chan from Beyond the Camera's Lens!

Much news!

2005-11-30T03:54:00.000-08:00

Kikuchi-san mentions Fatal Frame in Tokobot interview!

Poor Kikuchi-san, it seems even though he does make other games, he can't help but getting Fatal Frame and Gallop Racer questions.
His recent interview with GameInformer about Tokobot (his new PSP game) is no acception. (But hey, we're not complaining, the more fatal frame news! The better!).
Here's highlights of the interview that mention FF:

Game Informer: This game is very different than the games you normally work on. How did you come up with the design?

Keisuke Kikuchi: This game is for all ages. The game itself is taking advantage of the features of the system. The game system itself was created for Fatal Frame and Trapt.

GI: It’s funny, I was thinking about it and you work on horror-type games like Fatal Frame, and this is a very cute platformer. Where did you come up with the idea for Tokobot?

Kikuchi: The main concept of this game comes from Shibata-san, the director of Fatal Frame III who also works on Gallop Racer. With Gallop Racer, you could recognize very cute characters. The PSP is a very different market so when it came out, we came up with this concept. The PSP can handle the many characters that are on screen at the same time. I though it would be very interesting to control so many characters at once.

GI: Who created the music for Tokobot?Kikuchi: Okuda-san. He also did the sound design for Fatal Frame.GI: What about making a Fatal Frame game using the Revolution controller?

Kikuchi: My team members said the same thing. (laughs)

The last interesting bit of the article was that when Kikuchi-san was asked if he was working on Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 projects right now, he said, "I'm not working on a specific project right now".Whether or not this contradicts IGN's Fatal Frame PS3 or Gamespy's Fatal Frame PS3 announcement is uncertain. (Remember Kikuchi-san likes to be sneaky with his answers at times. :) )Read the full GameInformer Tokobot interview here!

FF3 high scores at last!
According to Akatsuki666 over at gamefaqs.com the most recent issue of OPM (Official Playstation Magazine) gave Fatal Frame 3 a 4.5 out of 5! This, without a doubt, is the best score the game has received yet!

GameInformer Preview
As we mentioned before, the previous issue of GameInformer (superman was on the cover) had a preview article of fatal frame, Roselite was very kind and sent in a scan! So, read up on the ff goodness! If you notice, the magazine said the release date was November 1st, this is because the magazine went to print before the 'official' release date of November 8th was announced.

More Movie news!
This comes from Ablazingly Courtney Webb which got it from eFGForum.com.
At the moment Courtney has no projects in the pipeline she's wants a break to just "be a teenager!" and she currently trying to lose two stone before Christmas. Rumour has it that Courtney has to lose the weight to play Miku in the up-coming Dreamworks Production of Fatal Frame due out late next year. Currently weighing in at ten stone, Courtney is slightly voluptuous and the weight lost can only help achieve her future dreams.Again, this is still considered to be a rumor.

Many thanks to Beyond the Camera's Lens for all the news!

Rei's camera

2005-11-25T12:17:00.000-08:00

As we know there is TWO cameras in the game. The Camera Obscura and Rei's working camera.
Now we already know a few things about The Camera Obscura, but I wanted to share a bit information about Rei's working camera.

Her camera is really looking like a Minolta XG2.
Minolta XG2 is a really old camera, that you almost don't use anymore, but the camera itself it very good. (The picture you see of the camera is taking by me and it's my own. Proud, huh?;D)

The cameras bliz can be added at the top at the camera, or in left side(look at the rei picture). I haven't got the bliz yet, but when I do, I will be sure to post a piture.

The camera cost about 300 pund, a very normal prize for a camera like that.

Not really news...

2005-11-22T11:18:00.000-08:00

Sorry, I haven't updated, but the only news there have being around is ranking about The Tormented.
And because I having been online much and posted here, it's because I'm working on a new layout for my other site: Tormented Dreams.
The site is only about Fatal Frame 3, and it takes a loong time, before it might be up.

Anyway...
I just got the Fatal Frame 3 guide book and there was this very amazing picture of our heros!

The picture shows the creators of the games, Keisuke Kikuchi(on the text picture to left) and Makoto Shibata(to right).
A lot of scans will soon come on! Be sure to check these days, if you want them! ;D

Edit:
Gamespot has some new gameplay footage on their site! View them all here!
They have also some pretty new pictures!! They are spoilerish, but if you played the game already then... Go and look!

Thanks to Beyond the camera's lens!

Tecmo news, and other updates!

2005-11-17T09:35:00.000-08:00

Sorry, I haven't posted here yet, but I had other things to do.
Anyway, Tecmo's Japanese site for Fatal Frame 3 have updated! You can now download and receive voices from the game on your cellphone! Sadly, it's only for Japanese cellphones.

The site also tells about japanese fans has requested the FF3 wallpapers! OMG, why can't we do that?>.< The Pacifiers' Song
SPOILERS!
In FF3 there is four small girls, which is the pacifiers. Those girls is singing a song (which is very like the FF1, with the demon kids).
We already had the Romanji version, but Kei-san was so nice to write the English version down!

Verse 1
Sleep child, go to sleep
sleep child, go to sleep
If you cry, the boat you'll ride
the boat to the other side
once you get there
the bib you shall wear
and you will be punished
should you lie still

Verse 2
Sleep child, go to sleep
Sleep child, go to sleep
If you should wake
from your slumber at night
great wooden stakes
shall pin you down tight
lest the doors open wide
and the others that sleep wake too

Verse 3
Go to the other side
Go to the other side
Cast the boat, take a ride
cross the rift to the other side
further and further to the other side
it must sail bearing your tattoos
and our offering of tears

Kei-san also scanned the US cover!

Manual cover:

Many thanks, Kei-san!^_^

New pictures! SPOIERISH!

2005-11-12T13:29:00.000-08:00

Since I got new pictures I wanted to share a the most of them! This is SPOIERISH!!!

Thanks to Sae-Yae for showing me the site and for FF-fans for the pictures!

Spoilerish!!! Very!!!!

Easter Eggs

2005-11-12T01:31:00.000-08:00

SPOILERISH! The following pictures are from in game!

Please, do NOT copy these pictures or text, without asking me or yume no horousha from BCL's forum. If I found out that you do, you will get a really nasty email from me.

In The House of Sleep is there many easter eggs like in Crimson Butterfly. Here is some of them, thanks to yume no horousha.
This is a doll, which is MOVING during the game. You can find the doll in Chapter 5 as Kei, before getting the Camera Obscura. Pictures:

And as many already know, you can go into Himuro Mansion and also The Lost Village. As for the Lost Village, there is also a creepy easter egg which reminds me of Wanderer, the first ghost you fight in Crimson Butterfly.
Pictures:

This is Wanderer from Crimson Butterfly:

I think they looks like each other, but they are surely not!

As for Himuro Mansion, we all know that Miku was there in the first FF game, and yes she is there again...
And a little easter egg is there too!

Two words: Poor Miku!
I can't see who it could be, but the face reminds me of Kirie(not the dead one). But I'm sure it's the next Shrine Maiden.

Remember not to COPY this without asking me or yume no horousha! Instead you can show the site with the link.

Rankings everywhere

2005-11-11T11:03:00.000-08:00

There have being a lot of Fatal Frame 3 rankings since the game hit the gamestores in US.

I found one, there had ranking The Tormented very much, with the most great things like sounds, gameplay, story and so on with about 4/5 stars. But the weird thing is that they writes about like it was a game with no story. Yeah, sounds weird, but it is true. Yahoo Games gave the title: " The super creepy Fatal Frame series gives players the chance to 'shoot' troubled spirits with the Camera Obscura once again."

But then when you read it:

"Following in the "shudder"-bug footsteps of the series, The Tormented introduces a new player-character photographer named Rei Kurosawa (talk about your unnecessary social pressure!). By the Fatal Frame standard, she's an unusual beauty, tall and slinky -- but she's in unusual misery, hagridden by guilt over the death of her beloved fiance Yuu, dead in a recent car crash (with Rei behind the wheel at the time). "

It sounds like the game is boring.

Anyway, there haven't being posted new wallpapers on the japanese FF3 site, so I really think they don't make more. But I hope they do!^_^

Prologue

2005-11-09T22:00:00.000-08:00

Beyond the Camera's Lens got the Prologue of Fatal Frame the Tormented!

"Why did I survive?"
This thought has haunted Rei ever since that day... The day she lost her fiance in a car accident - while she was at the wheel. One day, freelance photographer Rei Kurosawa receives an assignment to shoot pictures at an old Japanese manor. Rumor has it that the manor, situated deep in the mountains and miles from anywhere, is haunted.During her work that day, Rei sees something unexplainable: her fiance. Yuu Asou. As far as she knows, he is dead. Setting off in pursuit of her dead lover, Rei finds herself wandering deeper and deeper into the ruins of the abandoned mansion. At the end of a crumbling passageway she turns a corner, and suddenly the scene around her changes. Snow is falling heavily, and reaching out ahead of her are rows and rows of countless gravestones. The scene bears no resemblance to the abandoned house where she has been taking pictures.
"Where am I? What is this place...?"
Afraid and confused, Rei begins her search for Yuu...

This is from the Fatal Frame III Guide

Thanks to Beyond the Camera's Lens!

US! Say hello to House Of Sleep!

2005-11-08T09:47:00.000-08:00

"Welcome to the Tormented House, US!"
Fatal Frame III: The Tormented will be releast tomorrow, so I had a idea for fans (who goes to see DS) for having a little fun, before they get the NEW game in the Fatal Frame series!!!

(The most of the following information is NOT true!)

Rei Kurosawa lost her fiance to a car accident. After a few days she is ready to find a other lover, Kei Amakura! The great thing is that Kei was best friends with Yu Aso (the fiance), so Rei had a great chance to get him.
After a few days after talking to Kei, Rei takes on her work again... To her bad luck it was a mansion.

"A MANSION?!" was Miku Hinasaki's first words when her boss told her to help her.
As they entered the mansion, Miku started to be scared, but Rei took care of her.

" I'd hear this house was haunted... to bad it's not..." Rei said and started to take pictures.

"Rumors... are just rumors... I'm gonna load these up!" Miku ran off.

*Later*

Rei found out that this house WAS haunted. Her dead fiance was standing right in front of her, and Rei didn't believed her own eyes.

"Yuu? What in the House of Sleep are you doing here?!"

"Wrong line again, Rei-san! Over again, 3.2.1..." Keisuke Kikuchi was pretty tired of making this sceen over and over.

Sadly, Rei started to get nightmares of the mansion. And found out that a blue snake tattoo was growing on her arm. She didn't want to tell Kei or Miku. She though she was going crazy about the dreams and the tattoo. Miku told Rei that she had dreams about her lost brother, Rei started to wonder about this. Then Kei came and said that something was wrong with he's dreams too.

None of them knew what to do. Rei said that they should try to understand the dreams, but so easy can't it never be...They three friends found of that ghosts was in their dreams too. And they all had the same tattoo as Rei, Kei and Miku got. And small things came in the way for them.

Rei: Get your nasty hands of my pretty face!

Miku: You gonna be kidding me! Two and two... four. Seven and seven... Rei-san!!! What is seven + seven?!

Kei: *whispers* I got you, your weird topless ghosts! Mawhaha...

Topless: *whispers* Mwahaha... now we can make him do the ritual! *starts to cry* Men only likes me because I'm topless!!

Other woman ghost: Isn't that the point of buying the game?O.o

And now to the more... important:

Go and buy that game! But don't forget to make your normal homework ;D

We love the games, Keisuke Kikuchi and Makoto Shibata! You two made the best horror game ever. The gameplay looks great, the characters as well, everything!

I know all the fans last wish for this... Make one more!^_^

Developmental Diary Part 4

2005-11-06T01:59:00.000-08:00

The last installment of Shibata-san's Fatal Frame III Developmental Diary is up on Gamespy.com!

"To progress through the story and collect information in Fatal Frame III, you can receive mail, ask Miku to investigate something, and listen to the voices of ghosts. So, you get fragmentary information from various sources. Also, Rei, Kei, and Miku gather different information as they each search the House of Sleep separately. "

Very cool, if you ask me! ~_^

"We made the system so that the heroine goes back and forth between the House of Sleep in her nightmares, and her own house in the real world. The player can come back to the house in the real world by just stepping outside the House of Sleep at certain times in the game's story. I let the player decide when he or she wants to come back to the house in real world. Once the heroine comes back to the real world, all items are reset to normal conditions and can be used again. So the player can then go to the nightmare world at his or her own pace. "

Just like Silent Hill 4: The Room. You can get out of the nightmares by walking though a hole. But in Fatal Frame 3, you just have to find the exit in The House of Sleep.

"We did this on purpose because we want the player to imagine and hypothesize about the secrets and the history of the House of Sleep. We even included wrong information. This is an experimental try. Normally, the player would get to know the figure of the story (or the secret) as more information is collected. But we wanted to make the player get caught up in the chaos, and make them imagine more. With this chaos situation, the player is drawn deeper into the story, and gets the feeling that they are part of a massive mystery. "

Wrong information, huh? Don't worry, Shibata-san, all the fans will find out the true story about House of Sleep! ~_^

"The second proposition is to make the action better and improve the gameplay as result. Rei has the flashlight to beat ghosts without focusing the camera angle. She is the proper character to run away from the ghosts. Miku can make ghosts move slowly, and can charge the power of the camera two times more than usual. Also, she can enter narrow spaces such as a crawlspace under the floor. However, she lacks physical strength and her camera shooting range is narrow. So, she is the type of character who requires technique on the part of the player. Kei has little spiritual power, but has a special ability in that he can hide from ghosts. His camera does not have much power per shot, which requires him to do several rapid-fire shots. So, Miku and Kei have unique features, and the player can enjoy different gameplay styles with them. "

That is cool! Fatal Frame 3 will rock the stores around the world!

"For me, it is not just a video game, but precious artwork, created with careful detail. I strongly believe that the game experience of Fatal Frame III will be special in video-game history. I hope that you play the game and have this artistic experience. "

I can only agree with Shibata-san here!

Read it here!

Fatal Frame III scores!

2005-11-04T09:44:00.000-08:00

IGN got a new great review for Fatal Frame 3! Many fans are really impressed with the 9.0 in presentation the game received! The game's lowest score was in gameplay, with a 7.0.

Overall score for the game: 7.8 out of 10
9.0 - Presentation
8.5 - Graphics
8.5 - Sound
7.0 - Gamplay
7.5 - Lasting AppealFor those who wish to compare previous installments FFII: CB received an 8.5 overall and FFI received a 7.9 overall. (The review scores are from IGN's PS2 reviews only)Check out the article yourself!

Thanks to Emi-Chan and Eiko82 from BCL's Forum!

Fatal Frame 3 articles

2005-11-02T10:01:00.000-08:00

Tom's Hardware Guide has a small preview of Fatal Frame III: The Tormented, and the author's opinions on it. Spoiler free and light-hearted article.

Best quote:
"The Fatal Frame franchise may not be the most well-known franchise. But it has a cult following."

For those who may get concerned, the word cult is used here as a positive term here, not a negative one.

The November issue of Gameinformer is also running a Fatal Frame III preview. It's on newstands now, so check it out!

EGM (Electronic Gaming Magazine) released their scores for Fatal Frame III: The Tormented. 6.5, 7.5, & 7.0.

Thanks to: Emi-Chan, Mio-Chan, Akatsuki666 from gamefaqs.com, Maggie and Gameinformer!

Developmental Diary Part III

2005-10-29T10:26:00.000-07:00

The third part is already up! Shibata-san talks more about the game, and get's more deeper into it! This is spoilerish.
He talks about the tattoo and a little bit about Topless. (Aka Reika Kuze).

Read it here.

Thanks to BCL!

Interview with Kikuchi-san!

2005-10-28T10:22:00.000-07:00

SPOILERISH!

KikizoGames has meet Kikuchi-san!

That's true! Kikizo talked with Kikuchi-san about Trapt and Fatal Frame III: The Tormented. They interviewed him, so let's check out what they asked about! ^_^

After a little talk about the other game, Trapt, Kikizo starts:

Kikizo: Cool. So, please tell us about what's new with Fatal Frame III: The Tormented...?

Kikuchi: As this is the third title in the series, I wanted to make it the scariest yet. The characters come and go between the world of reality and the world of nightmares. There are three playable characters available, and each of them has specific abilities.

Kikizo: We see a sinister looking pattern on the girl's shoulder in the trailer, what exactly is that?

Kikuchi: Yes, it's kind of sinister! There's this mystery in the game, the Curse of the Tattoo. The ghosts that appear in the world of nightmares wear tattoos on their bodies. It spreads over the body, and once it fully covers the body, you can't come back from the world of nightmares to realiuty. The player has to find out the secret and mystery of the Curse of the Tattoo, and try to stop it spreading.

Kikizo: The previous games have been set in older, traditional Japanese-style settings, whereas now we can see that the girl lives in a more modern environment and that the place where she is encountering all these horrors is a dream world. What made you make the switch?

Kikuchi: So this time we have adapted, because of this peaceful world of reality, and the world of nightmares. I have prepared such two different worlds as a contrast; in the world of reality it seems peaceful but, as a contrast, the world of nightmare looks more horrific and fearful. But as the story proceeds, the nightmares start blurring into reality, little by little.

Kikizo: Fatal Frame II: Director's Cut was quite well received by gamers - but were there any areas you wanted to improve for this third game?

Kikuchi: The basic system is almost the same. However, I tried to prepare a totally new story and the special effects, to establish the atmosphere in this game.

Kikizo: Were there any Japanese horror films, maybe like 'The Ring', that were inspiring for the development of the series?

Kikuchi: When I created the game, I collected a lot of information. I started by checking old stories. In the course of the research, yes, there were certainly a few movies that had some influence.

Kikizo: The visuals are very pretty for PS2, maybe even to the standard of some next-gen stuff - is it all real-time or are there pre-rendered FMV elements?

Kikuchi: Basically, it's all real-time, although a few parts are adapted - pre-rendered.

Kikizo: What's behind the decision having these cute, young girls as the lead characters in such a scary game?

Kikuchi: In Japan, it is said that the female, or also the young, have stronger spiritual power. That's why I chose young girls. And the cuter the better, right?! [laughs] Also, the reactions of the girls look scary, and that makes you more frightened.

Kikizo: Would you describe the kind of horror that we see in this game as more psychological, as in the Silent Hill series, or is it more immediate horror that makes the game scary?

Kikuchi: We made a deep analysis on the feelings of fear. When you see something bad, you may have this feeling of disgust; maybe the feeling of tension when walking alone in a graveyard; maybe even the feeling you could be cursed. There are these various feelings. When I started creating this game, the basic concept was to create the ultimate horror game. So, what is the scariest thing? It's a psychological thing; the imagination creates the scariest things in the players' minds. So it's often psychological, but I tried to combine many things. Frightening with different techniques, and trying to combine these different aspects of horror - this is how we've done it.

Kikizo: What are the main differences between the three playable characters?

Kikuchi: Primarily, the way you attack and the way you move. As well as the main character, Rei Kurosawa, there is Miku Hinasaka from the original Fatal Frame, who is playable. She's a small girl, so she can hide in places where other characters can't. Kei Amakura is also playable, he's a male character who is a journalist, but has better physical powers. So while Miku has stronger spiritual power, with the ability to move furniture and cause damage - she can't move about and jump to places like Kei is able to.

Kikizo: All the Fatal Frame games have had a camera that has been used in various means. Now, since a lot of the action takes place in the nightmare world, what use will the camera be?

Kikuchi: The camera's function is something you are meant to see - so you can still use it in the world of nightmares.

Kikizo: Erm, correct me if I'm wrong, but was there a point in the trailer where we see hands reaching down over her breasts? Was that intentional? Is there a more adult theme that goes with the horror?

Kikuchi: No, there is no sexual theme! [laughs].

Kikizo: OK then! Thanks again for your time, and good luck with both games!

Thanks to Beyond the Camera's Lens for telling us this!

The Whole update thing!

2005-10-27T10:59:00.000-07:00

Yeah, I feel behind now.O.o
Anyway, Beyond the Camera's Lens has updated once again! Which means? BEST NEWS!

Great ones:
Cheers to IGN about releasing a full english video - Compilation Video. The video is a complilation of beginning scenes and gameplay footage..not what I would call spoiler material. Just a head's up for those who are waiting until the big release day!You can view the video here.
(I'm very----- sad over Rei's english voice. I though it was very light, but sadly no. If you ask me, she sounds like she is 40 years old. OMG? Yes! *whispers* She is 23!>.<) Bad ones:
JEERS and utter annoyance to IGN's preview article of Fatal Frame III: The Tormented.
He makes fun... of the ENTIRE game!
He questions Rei's reckless driving that got Yuu killed.. and pretty much makes fun of the entire opening plotline. Sure, as experienced players..we can kinda chuckle a bit, but for people who don't know the game at all...this makes FF3 look like a JOKE and waste of time survival horror...instead of rank #3 in top survival horror games it has come to be known for.So instead of an actual...preview...we have a sarcastic...non-funny...annoying article that would make any fatal framer want to cry out in injustice. If you didn't like the game THAT much..and obviously didn't want to write an article on it...you should have passed it off to someone else. We've had joking articles before (just to start off with a great punchline)...but never to this needless and unprofessional extreme. OK, nice joke IGN, where is the real preview? Before IGN has brought us several enlighting and fantastic fatal frame articles..only to have a great literary legacy ruined by such a disappointing review.

PS. Kei Amakura is NOT Miku Hinasaki's brother. Mafuyu Hinasaki is Miku Hinasaki's brother. Please get your facts straight on game articles you write and wish to critize.

(Special thanks to Eiko82 and BCL for the following IGN information)

More news!

2005-10-26T09:26:00.000-07:00

Tecmo Japan's Zero ~Shisei no Koe~ website has updated with another interview with the Fatal Frame director.

The Japanese interview is a little more indepth and personal. Shibata-san shares some of his ghostly experiences and how they effected him and made it into the fatal frame games. He also explains a little bit about the idea behind the 'Voice' and overall theme in ~Shisei no Koe~ and some of the reasoning behind setting up the ingame story the way he did.

WARNING! The interview does contains ending spoilers!!!

Read it here!

Site update!

2005-10-24T00:43:00.000-07:00

... But not for this site.

My other site, Tormented Dreams, is finally up!
It does ALSO contain spoilers!
It's only about Fatal Frame 3: The Tormented and yes... click on the picture to visit the site! You are WARN!

Not only that, but FrameZero has some great theme pictures of Rei Kurosawa, Miku Hinasaki and Kei Amakura as cosplays! Check them out, everyone! :)

New wallpaper!

2005-10-21T06:51:00.000-07:00

A pretty new wallpaper of Reika Kuze, the Topless woman, there is the Tattooed Shrine Maiden in Fatal Frame 3! I really like this one.*uses as background*

There is also news on Voice Over.

And GameSpy has also updated with new sceenshots! And also a part II of the diary by Makoto Shibata.

Thanks to BCL for this!

Makoto Shibata's developer diary!

2005-10-18T10:55:00.000-07:00

Gamespy.com have up Makoto Shibata's(worked with the FF games as well) developer diary of Fatal Frame 3: The Tormented!! Mostly he talks about the fear element of the Fatal Frame series. He also talks about having personally experienced poltergeists since he was young. Fatal Frame 3 is inspiration from his own nightmares, which is pretty creepy. (I can't wait for the game!XD)Shibata talks about having come up with all of the game elements and also directed the series. Click here to read the article.

Wallpapers and scans!

2005-10-15T15:36:00.000-07:00

Tecmo's Japanese site for Fatal Frame 3 has a new cool wallpaper! Check it out!

This is very spoilerlish for (many already knows) Fatal Frame 3: The Tormented
Emi-san from Beyond the Camera's Lens has being so nice to share some scans from the Fatal Frame 3 Guidebook!!

Again... Many thanks for sharing these, BCL. Sorry, because the picture is small, but I couldn't upload them without taking the size down of them. If you wanna have the right site, please take a look at BCL's forum.

"Picture of Courtney Webb as Miku"

2005-10-12T21:42:00.000-07:00

Before I post it, I will like to say, there is something wrong with the picture. Either had they edit it with somehow, or else it is a really weird picture. Sorry for that.

"Finally got the Courtney as Miku picture up thanks to Anime Guy for the graphic. Its not too bad either click on the thumbnail or click here to see the fan art. I'm also contacting her agency to find out the truth about these rumours. Thanks to Techmo for the promotional photo."
If you ask me, I don't know if it is the fanart or if it is Courtney. First they say it's her, and then that the picture is from Tecmo. Oh well... Here is the picture.

Thanks to Ablazingly Courtney Webb.

It's on it's way!

2005-10-11T22:01:00.000-07:00

The creator of Ablazingly Courtney Webb has posted a little more about Courtney will maybe play Miku Hinsaki in the Fatal Frame movie.

"Not much news about Courtney appearing in Fatal Frame movie, but someone (don't know who) sent me a fan photo of Courtney as Miku, I'm in the process of editing it, to make it smaller and making a thumbnail. "

When the picture comes it will be showed here.

Source - (Ablazingly Courtney Webb)

The release of Fatal Frame III: The Tormented to the states of course! I have changed the date above to the 25th of October, since most game sites have been agreeing on THIS as the date now. (go fig). I'm trying to get confirmation on an actual official date.

Fatal Frame 3 in OPM. This month's issue of Official Playstation Magazine has a one page article on Fatal Frame 3: The Tormented! (It also has a page article on Trapt, Kikuchi-san's other game also coming out fairly soon!) Pick up your copy of OPM if you can! :D It's the most recent issue (I think?)
Chelsea, who sent Emi the OPM scan, also sent me this ad for the game! Which I have to say, looks pretty sweet! Here's what it says on the ad:

"The Creepiest game on the immediate horizon. Period." - (something) Games
"It's a bone chiller in every regard." - IGN
"Tecmo's Photographic horror series returns in its slickest and scarest incarnation yet!" - Gamespy
"The sharpest, most graphically accomplished iteration in an already stunning series" - 1up.com
"...one of the scariest games ever made making the silent hills and resident evils looking like sunshine and bunnnies." - CVgames

Wilwarin of Frame O was very kind to provide BCL a very pretty scan from the Guidebook of Fatal Frame 3!

And also some information on what is contained within the guidebook itself.
Some interesting things to note:

Ruri (the cat) was given as a gift to Miku from her parents. (Apparently from beyond the grave...since both of Miku's parents are dead by FF1. I think this is a continuity error on Famitu's part.)
Mio Amakura was originally supposed to be the third character. Yes fangirls, instead of Kei, we would have had Mio, however the producer (Shibata-san I think?) said that Mio's story was over with FF2: Crimson Butterfly. Hence, Kei Amakura was created!
Rei originally was going to have a skirt, however the costume designers for the game thought it would be cooler for Rei to wear pants!

The book itself is broken into 5 chapters.
chapter one:知之章(chapter of knowledge):system
chapter two:探之章(chapter of search):scenario walkthrough
chapter three:指之章(chapter of point):mission mode
chapter four:魂之章(chapter of spirit):spirit data(map and spirit files)
chapter five:錄之章(chapter of record):data list(item and files)appendix: interview, gallery,report of dream and tattoo rituals by Aso Yuu.(modified by Kei Amakura, ofcourse)

Again, for US or European fans who would like the book you can purchase it off of Amazon Japan.

Fatal Frame 3: The Tormented official info
Emi was able to ask the PR rep at Tecmo USA some questions concerning the third game that some fans have been asking me for a while.

1. Will Fatal Frame 3 come out with any promotional merchandise such as posters (like the game did in Japan and in the US with the previous installment of Crimson Butterfly)
Answer: There is no Fatal Frame merchandise this time around.

2. Is there any plans for an official guidebook (in English) for Fatal Frame III?

Answer: There is no official guide planned for Fatal Frame III. We usually only do this with the much bigger games (such as Dead or Alive). Your guess was right -- we simply don't have much demand for guides and merchandise for smaller niche titles like Fatal Frame.

Special thanks to Kate Mitchum, Tecmo USA's Public relations representative for Fatal Frame III: The Tormented for taking the time to answer Emi's questions.

Thank to Beyond the Camera's Lens for this!

2005-10-07T23:08:00.000-07:00

Enterbrain.co.jp has published an image (with content information and a release date) of the next Zero 3 Guidebook (in Japanese).

The only issue is that it's listed title is the SAME as the old one. So if you're a crazy fan (like me) and must have the book. Look it up by th ISBN number: ISBN4-7577-2499-3.The book is scheduled to be available for sale on October 7th 2005 a a price of 1,680 yen. (A little less than $20 US)

Thanks to Beyond the Camera's Lens for this!

FF movie and more FF4 rumours

2005-10-04T22:07:00.000-07:00

The creator of Ablazingly Courtney Webb mentioned on her website wanted to mention that the rumour of her asking for a part in the movie "its only a rumour and probably not true." And for fans who were questioning Courtney not being hired because she isn't Japanese, she's actually 1/4th Japanese. Also Starpages.net also seems to be covering the circulating rumours about Courtney Webb's role in the Fatal Frame Movie. See here for more info

- source (Beyond the Camera's Lens)

More Fatal Frame 4 rumours?

Actually, this is an older article by CVG, but it hadn't caught it until now. 4players.de is also reporting the same article. Here's what it says:

In an interview with Japanese website IT Media, producer Keisuke Kikuchi disclosed that his team is busy designing a further instalment for the next band of consoles, which will allow them to throw twice as many enemies at players. With Project Zero 3 currently set for PS2, it looks like the unnamed title in question could well be Project Zero 4. See, we knew that maths GCSE would come in handy one day.

It's much the same as IGN had said, which still could be a mistranslation or misinterpretation of what Kikuchi was saying!

- source (Beyond the Camera's Lens)

A little note

2005-10-02T23:31:00.000-07:00

If you wanna see more Amano Tsukiko news, then please visit Voice Over. I don't post anymore news here, since that Double Shot is a Fatal Frame blog. Voice Over has got a new look, but still needs sections to come up. It's one of my other sites, that's why I know it.

But AmanoTsukiko.net has updated again with new photographs of Amano in her jedi outfit! Check it out!

Thanks to BCL for this new!

Fatal Frame Movie Casting!

2005-09-29T21:51:00.000-07:00

This is as far as now only rumours!

Well, we've got another casting rumour for the part of Miku in the Fatal Frame Movie. (And it's not Milla Jovovich). According to Ablazingly Courtney Webb, the actress has actually approached Dreamworks about getting a part in the movie (she is reported to really want the part of Miku, but will take any part.) Also, G4TV in Japan (Not to be confused with the TV show G4 Tech TV in the US) also mentioned that she was considering (or being considered) taking the role of Miku.Sadly, both links that the website links to are down..so I have no way of doublechecking to see in fact if these rumours are true. Courtney Webb was recently in The Grudge by Dreamworks where she played as a Sick Girl (she was uncreditted in the movie). As soon as I find out more information on this, I will let you guys know!

- sources( BCL, Laura & Ablazingly Courtney Webb)

Also.. Play-Asia.com usually highlights a game per week at an exceptionally low price. This week it's Zero ~Shisei no Koe~! So for you gamers with Japanese (or modded) playstations that have the ability to play Region 2 games...and you've just been waiting a LITTLE longer before getting your copy...now is the time to act!

Sadly, just after two single days and the game is already out of stock! It's a good thing and a bad thing.

But you can see keep a eye on the site, and maybe you will be lucky to find it!

Check it out!

- sources( BCL )

Amano Tsukiko.net is UP!

2005-09-24T01:25:00.000-07:00

Yup! And there is a lot of things already! The website includes information on all her records up until now, a message from the artist herself, artwork, and pictures taken from the set of her Koe PV! (which is the best part!)
PonyCanyon, which distributes Amano's albums and records, also put up an official promo page with selections of the songs (thankyou S.I.R. from BCL forums) However, once again, the TITLE song of the album seems to be mysteriously nonexistant.

Listen to the songs here

This is also up on Voice-Over, which is a part of Double Shot.

Tecmo updates once again!

2005-09-22T05:20:00.000-07:00

This is the Official U.S. cover! It look so azaming, and is also pretty scary at the same time! Thanks to Sae-Yae for saying it was up on Tecmo's English site. I found it as well, but I didn't know how to get the big version of it.O.o

Finally we got this azaming Kei Amakura wallpaper! It's really cool, if you ask me. >;D
Also... Tecmo has a little about Amano Tsukiko(the singer of the two Fatal Frame games) her new album up! A Mood Child In The Sky, which looks pretty scary that new cover.

Find more on the site info about the album on the site!

And you can hear some of the songs on this one! Thanks to S.I.R for telling us this!

And one more thing. I don't want to have more comments with sites, there is not have anything to do with Fatal Frame/Project Zero. Comments of the blog is okay, but I will delete every comment there hasn't anything to do with the updates/news. Thankyou.

No news?!

2005-09-21T05:32:00.000-07:00

That's right.
TGS had no spot of Fatal Frame 3 on their site. None of the games was even showed up or talked about. Only one of Keikuchi's other game for PSP called Tokobots was there.

Also...
Beyond the Camera's Lens just found out that some of the translation from the Japanese version of FF3: The Tormented is a bit wrong!
A little girl in the Japanese version of the game says: "doko ni ikita" which means "Where did (someone) go?"
But in the previous trailer she said: 'traitor'.
It seems like there was a script change or something like that in it.

But for sure in the Japanese version of the game, she does ask Rei "Where did (someone) go?" instead of calling her a traitor.

Thanks to Emi-Chan for the news and for Yume no horousha to clear it up!

And the very beautiful wallpaper of Rei you see up there, is made by BCL's forum member Akaichou! Thanks for letting me use it!

Brazil's scans and translation!

2005-09-18T00:18:00.000-07:00

Okay, folks... We now have a amazing new article from Brazil! The follow scans and information can be spoilerlish!

The newest episode of the most frightening series of terror of PS2

No machine guns, bazucas or powerful weapons. Nothing of trained heroes which know what to know to solve everything. Nothing of deformed, big and terrible monsters. Only ghosts, a spooky atmosphere and, for your defence, a photographic camera. This is the world of Fatal Frame III: The Tormented.
Games of terror aren’t innovations in the world of games. Halloween, for Atari, and Clock Tower, for SNES, marked the beggining of the genre, but it was the 3D of PlayStation that made the genre well-known, with Resident Evil. Just in that moment was possible to bring the style of theater for the TV, which made the videogames full of skilled heroes and well armed, like in the american style, facing monsters more terrible each time.
This is where Fatal Frame detachs itself. Following the Japanese-terror style, the game, since its first episode, ignores the tradicional knows-everything hero and is about normal people, haunted by ghosts and supernatural entities, that make a psycological atmosphere much tenser, without liters of blood or horrible creatures.

Fatal Frame III tells the story of Rei Kurosawa, a 23-year old woman that, after her boyfriend’s death, begins to have constant nightmares with a sinister mansion. The worst thing is that whenever Rei has the dreams, an unkwon tattoo spreads itself more and more through her body without explication. The Camera Obscura, photographich machine able to exorcie ghosts, is back, and while the protagonist uses it to keeps herself alive from the ghosts, Kei Amakura, a young journalist, and Miku, the heroine of the first Fatal Frame, have to help her to solve the mistery of this Mansion of Dreams.[Is real called: House of Sleep]
In the visual part, the game stands out with animations in well done CG and a visual for the characters that is in the limit of PS2. The atmosphere of terror is completed with the sound and the camera angles of a movie, with black-and-white screens, flashs, distortions and all the visual effects that characterize the good moveis of Japanese horror.
But, negative points, still exist and, like the ghosts of ancestors, the problems wchich haunt Fatal Frame III are the same of the previous versions. The long pauses for loading in each door you open and the imprecise gameplay confuse mainly when fighiting against the ghosts. But these flaws are insignificant when compared to the quality of the game; so, follow the following walkthrough and prepare yourself, because your life once again will depend on the Camera Obscura.

Developer: Tecmo
Producer: Tecmo
Site: www.tecmo.co.jp/product/zero3
Type: Terror/Adventure
Players: 1
Best point: Graphics and the terror
Worst point: Gameplay (What the?>:()
Graphics: 9,5
Sound: 9,5
Gameplay: 5,0
Challenge: 7,5
Amusement: 9,0
Note: 9,0

HAUNTED WALKTHROUGH

To gain more points and make your Camera Obscura gets better, this walkthrough tells every location of every ghost as you progress. Because of this, whenever the text warns you about the presence of a ghosts near whatever place you are, try to take a photo of it.

CAMERA OBSCURA
The function of the Camera Obscura is to exorcise the ghosts and register spiritual energy. To increase its velocity, power of damage or another caracteristics, you must find uprades or buy them with points that you gain when defeating spirits.
-After being hit by ghosts, you lose spiritual energy. Recover it using herbal medicines, sacred waters or stone mirrors.

After investigating the mansion which her boyfriend, Yuu, visited before his death, Rei Kurosawa was touched by a malign spirit and now the spooky tattoo spreads itself through herself after each nightmare.

Many thanks to Yuna Amakura for the scans and the translation of the scan!

Cool News From BCL!!!

2005-09-16T06:41:00.000-07:00

Beyond the Camera's Lens has this cool update on the site! Emi-Chan have just got a new scan, not about Fatal Frame 3, but about Fatal Frame 4. It's interesting to note the article reads:
"What every major publisher is working on, whether they want you to know about it or not..."
On the scan you can see some games(not only Fatal Frame 4) like Spider-Man 3, Need for Speed Underground 3, Tomb Raider next-gen and also Gran Turismo 5. You can find the scan on BCL's front site!

Amano Tsukiko news!
Amano Tsukiko's main website just got updated and will be reopening September 21st. (The same day her album, 'A Moon Child in the Sky' comes out.) It looks like it's going to be space alien themed!
Her Otokura website also updated with another radio interview plus a few more online and magazine interviews. Also, for Amano fans looking for merchandise, Black Peace Now/Peace Now's (a street punk/Japanese gothic lolita store) is offering a Amano Tsukiko bag which says 'a moon child in the sky'. Check it out!

Tokyo Game Show Convention this weekend!
It's already that time of year for TGS. Right now, Tecmo Japan hasn't release their TGS release list yet, but they are listed as being exhibitors! :D Check out the official site (in english) here.
1up.com's TGS coverage
Gamespot's TGS Coverage

XPlay on G4 TV Highlights Fatal Frame 3
So lucky that we have Emi-Chan... or else we didn't know what will happened around the Fatal Frame World!:P
XPlay talks about the Winchester Mystery House and throws in shots of the game here and there so you are still slightly aware that this premier party was for the game.
X-Play tends to do their game reviews and ratings when the games come out. (And they did mention Fatal Frame III will be out in November 2005 for the US).
Also... We were shown some of the same scenes we've known about (granted...these were in english voices and subtitled). What is funny, is there was no mention of Kei Amakura ANYWHERE. Just Rei and Miku.

Emi-Chan record the XPlay and have these cool sceens! This is not all of them, you can visit the site for waching more.

Find more here... BCL will maybe have this record up later. We are not sure when. ^_^

2005-09-14T04:25:00.000-07:00

EXTREME thanks to Lisa for sending Emi-Chan an email about this!

G4 Tech TV will be featuring Fatal Frame on their September 15th (Thursday) show! (11pm ET / 8pm PT)

The episode review reads the following:

"We preview Tak: The Great Juju Challenge and take you to the Fatal Frame Event. Plus our review of Darkwatch and more Games for Cheap Bastards."

We hope they're talking about the recent event at the Winchester Mystery House in San Fransico! Check your local listings for G4 Tech TV!

- source (Beyond the Camera's Lens)

Fatal Frame on the Xbox 360

Alright you Xbox owners. A few people wondering if they will be able to play their Xbox games or for those waiting for a 360 if they'll ever get a chance to play any fatal frame games on the platform. Well, here is your chance to have yourself heard fatal framers!1up.com is having an xbox compatibility poll asking people to VOTE to decide what Xbox games they want to play on the 360. (While our first fatal frame is not on the list, Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly is.)

So what are you waiting for??? Go vote!

- source(1up.com & BCL)

More Fatal Frame 4 rumours?

2005-09-12T12:20:00.000-07:00

Lord Dorkus (from Tecmo Forums) has mentioned that PGM has released their game lineup for the PS3 thus far. The lineup includes a notation for Fatal Frame 4 under Tecmo's releases for the PS3. So is this more positive information for a fatal frame 4? Fans can only hope!Magic Box also had the following information about the rumoured 4th edition of the series although they didn't list a source...saying Kikuchi-san announced it. (This info was postem July 28th, 2005)

"Tecmo producer Keisuke Kikuchi revealed that the company is working on the 4th installment of Fatal Frame for the next generation consoles (PS3 and Xbox 360)."

- sources Beyond the Camera's Lens

FF3 in Europe & Jedia Amano

2005-09-11T07:43:00.000-07:00

Special thanks to fan starla zero and Beyond the Camera's Lens for sending us these scans!

Games TM magazine September issue (in the UK) has a wonderful 2 page article on Fatal Frame 3 (or as they are calling it in the article, Fatal Frame Zero). While diehard fans might be used to the images by now, European fans should remain hopeful that this means they haven't been forgotten and hopefully news of a European release of the game will come soon. While Games TM Magazine makes no prediction of release dates (Like Playstation UK magazine did with March 2006), they do mention that the game is out in Japan. And of a december 15th release in the US. (WHere did they get that from?!)

Jedi Amano: While there is a LOT of Amano news to share (magazine appearances, dates for her latest tour in Japan...all of which you can find on her official otokura website. A Loyal fan sent me an email concerning her Moon child in the sky album.
Apparently J-poop, which is an english online magazine that talks about japanese releases...has short sound clips of MOST of Amano's songs available for fans to download and listen to! 'A Moon child in the sky' is the album which will feature Koe, the themesong from Fatal Frame 3. So what are you waiting for?! Go Listen to the songs!
PS. I believe the photograph is of her from her PV which is of the Title track from the album..which is sadly unavailable at this time.
Many thanks to Emi-Chan and Starla zero.!

Two new wallpapers!

2005-09-09T05:57:00.000-07:00

Thanks to lesleysmith25 from Beyond the Camera's Lens for telling us this!

Both of these wallpapers is feature at the corner of the kimono room in blue and black. The blue one is titled 'illusion' and I think it's aptly named.

Conflicting Reports

2005-09-06T11:00:00.000-07:00

Is The Tormented the last game of the fatal frame series??While BCL has reported 'hopeful' rumors of a Fatal Frame IV, GamerFeed's interivew with Kikuchi-san & Shibata-san isn't as inspiring:

GF: Finally, with the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on the way, do you feel that the series can expand even more or do you have perhaps another idea for a new series?

Keisuke Kikuchi: The Fatal Frame series, as far as we're concerned, will be completed after The Tormented. The story is complete, it's done. But, of course, we're always striving to do more, and we have ideas that we wanted to implement but we couldn't on the current system. So, when the 360 comes out, I'm sure we would want to try out doing stuff we can't do now, that we couldn't do with the current system. But it could be a new series. We don't know yet.

You can read the full article here.

Many thanks to Beyond the Camera's Lens!!

We have also got two new affiliates:

Thanks for emailing me, both of you. And remember, I will love to add you on my link list. It will be great to have Fatal Frame sites and fans from around the world. So feel free to email me. ^_^

For over 1,000 hits!

2005-09-05T09:11:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everyone, who have visit the site! I'm very greatful that people are visit it, and I hope that you will still do! Many thanks to Beyond the Camera's Lens members, who have helped and visit the site! And also thanks to Zero Shot for many great news! And not only that... many thanks to everyone who have made Double Shot better!

THANKYOU!

Fatal Frame VS Silent Hill

2005-09-04T10:30:00.000-07:00

Made by Henry.

Okay, I have got a lots of emails about if Fatal Frame was better then Silent Hill, so this is why I'm making this.

What diffent is there between the games? The Fatal Frame games is a Japanese horror game, while Silent Hill is just a horror game with scary things like a Japanese style.

What diffent is there between the gameplay? Fatal Frame has the beautiful spooky background and the background music makes everything much more scary. And in Fatal Frame you have only one weapon, a camera. Silent Hill has also that real-look background, the sounds is also great, but not so scary as Fatal Frame. In Silent Hill can you have many more weapons then in Fatal Frame.

A camera or a gun? Haha. Well, the camera(s) in Fatal Frame is like a gun. You will take a picture of a ghost, and that's is like you are shoting it. A gun is Silent Hill(or other weapons) is a weapon to fight monsters.

Nightmares? Silent Hill is there the 'real world' and the 'nightmarish world', where they monsters comes. Only in Fatal Frame 3 is there both worlds. In Fatal Frame 1 and 2 there is a village or a haunted mansion, there is waiting for us. In Silent Hill is there other places.

Monsters or ghosts? First... you can 'kill' monsters with guns in Silent Hill, but can you kill a ghost with it? No. That's why Fatal Frame has a amazing camera with powers to 'kill' the ghosts.

Fatal Frame or Silent Hill? If you like Japanese girls there is trapped in a mansion or old haunted village, where ghost tries to help you or kill you, and a camera there shows picture of these ghost and that a ghost suddenly pops up in front of your camera, then Fatal Frame is something for you. If you like the to-much-real-look horror games and like something pops up from the walls in your apartment, then Silent Hill is something for you.

A little help from Sae-Yae. And many thanks for making a amazing wallpaper, Henry!

Tecmo rocks!

2005-09-02T06:37:00.000-07:00

Again, and very fast, Tecmo has got a new wallpaper up! It rocksss so much!

I can say that they make very *amazing* wallpapers!

As now, that we have got the new wallpaper, Double Shot have got a new logo(banner). Yay!

GameInformer previews the third game!

2005-08-31T21:39:00.000-07:00

SPOILERS!
So, yeah well after Emi-Chan got back, you already know what that means. The news will come faster!^^

Anyway, GameInformer have their Fatal Frame 3 site, and there is nothing new, but GameInformer does have a host of downloadable movies of both ingame gameplay and some of the beginning game FMVs. But all of the downloads (4) is in Japanese, so don't think it is in English. Some of the FMVs is in gameplay version.

To download the FMVs, check this site, and the sceens doesn't have subtitles in English.

1 download: Intro. (Cutsceen)
This intro starts with that the rain falls down, and we follow Rei Kurosawa walking slowly and hurt over against her car, where she finds Yuu, her boyfriend, dead.

Then later, we sees Rei on her work. Taking photos of a old mansion, and Miku Hinsaki is helping her. Rei takes a picture of a hallways, where suddenly a shadow is. The shadow is Yuu. Rei follows it, and find herself in a wrong place.

2 download: Nighmare. (GamePlay)
The sceen starts with Rei is running in the mansion, some "snow" is falling down of the skys.
As she runs/walks into the mansion, she sees Yuu and follows him. (This is like FF2: Crimson Butterfly. Mayu are just follow butterflies.)

Next gameplay:
Rei is running around, and suddenly a ghost shows up.
When she starts to run away, she suddenly hear something behind her. A man is running after her with a weapon in he's hand, trying to kill her.

Next gameplay:
Rei sees Yuu again, and he is still walking away from her.

As she follows him, a little girl talks to her. Evil ghost or just a help?
And as she follows Yuu more, our Topless friends shows up.

3 download: Camera Obscura. (Gameplay and cutsceen)
Well, Rei is running around, trying to find Yuu, and trying to find out what there is going on here.
As she sees Yuu over her, she follows him, and suddenly finds a camera: The Camera Obscura.
Now Rei can have to cameras. Her own (working one) and Camera Obscura.

4: download: Ghostbuster: (GamePlay)
Rei is trapped in these nightmares and have to find out again. So she finds a door, which is locked. She needs to go and find something to unlock it. She does and on the way back, a femal ghost trys to kill her.

- sources( Beyond the Camera's Lens)

Double Shot have also make two new buttons!

Amano's new album cover!

2005-08-29T05:03:00.000-07:00

Amano's 4th album cover! Wow, she looks creppy! A Moon Child In The Sky, is the new album name of it!

Here is the track listing for the CD:
1. A MOON CHILD IN THE SKY
2. Devil Flamingo
3. JOKER JOE
4. Idea (A Moon Child mix)
5. Stone
6. Hisui (A Moon Child type)
7. 1/2 -a half-
8. Koe
9. Satou Mizu
10. Parade
11. Hakase to Kujaku
12. Kakan

Yes, Koe is on. So if you haven't got Koe (the theme song for Fatal Frame 3) yet, then you can buy this CD!

Thanks to Miroku-san from BCL's forum and BCL itself.

Also... A WARM welcome to Emi-Chan (Beyond the Camera's Lens), who just got home from her wedding and honeymoon! Welcome home, Emi-Chan, I hope you had a nice wedding!

Not only that, BCL's admin had also birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EMI!

Tecmo News and Pre-Order.

2005-08-27T07:25:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the late update.

Again, Tecmo got a really nice Fatal Frame 3 wallpaper! (Thanks to Sae-Yae for telling it.)

Also...Tecmo's English version of their site got this "wallpaper" up.

And I was around some websites today, and I found that you already now can Pre-Order Fatal Frame 3: The Tormented. IN ENGLISH! Take a closer look, and find out more here.

Haha, and I just got a counter up! So I can see who man who vitit the site. Already 10? Hey, I just got it up. Thanks everyone!XD

z-o-g pictures of FF3 & GameSpy interview!

2005-08-24T05:31:00.000-07:00

This is what I have been looking for! And I have totally forgot about this great site! (Stupid me)

I WARN everyone, because there will be Miku's cat(Yes, not Rei's) will be seen, and also some cool pictures of the game.

SPOILERS! These not not all of them!

To see more:
Sceen gallery
Costume gallery
Ghsot list galery

Totally, and many cookies thanks to Maskrider!!!

And GameSpy has this great interview on their site about Fatal Frame 3: The Tormented! It's from the trailer and interview before I think.

Inada: So, you know Mr. Kikuchi. Here's a new face, Mr. Shibata. He's actually the director of Fatal Frame. We kept him behind the scenes, because he's the one who actually came up with all of the sick ideas. He's the one who actually practices and believes in the spirit world.

GameSpy: I remember, a couple of years ago, you had the Fatal Frame II unveiling event, and Kikuchi-san said there's someone in Japan...
Inada: That's him. [Laughs] The infamous guy.

GameSpy: I was wondering if you could give me a little bit of a background on Fatal Frame III?
Shibata: The main character, Rei, gets into a car accident where she ends up killing her boyfriend. After the accident, she goes to this mansion, a ruined mansion, and starts to interact with the spirit world, and that's how the story starts. You will see a character from Fatal Frame 1, Miki, who joins the adventure. GameSpy: Does this take place a few years after the original Fatal Frame game, timeline-wise?
Kikuchi: Of course, Fatal Frame 1, II, and III are three independent stories, yet at the same time, it is a parallel story. [Fatal Frame III is] set up as a story that takes place roughly two years after Fatal Frame 1's story.

GameSpy: This is the third Fatal Frame game for PS2. Is it tough coming up with new ideas, or do you find that when you finish the previous game you have leftover ideas and you're eager to get to the next game?
Kikuchi: So of course, the underlying concept for Fatal Frame is still there. This version, in particular, has multiple playable characters. That's something we've always wanted to do. The previous version had pretty much stayed in the state of a dream, so to speak. You fought in the state of a nightmare. This game will allow you to go back and forth between the reality and the dream world, or nightmare world, and that's something we've always wanted to do.

GameSpy: Something that you had talked about earlier, Kikuchi-san, is that you don't believe in the occult but Shibata-san does. I was wondering if you could tell me more about that, and if that affects the development going back and forth?
Kikuchi: Absolutely no problem.

Shibata: There's really no problem because if I say "this is good" or "this is interesting" or "this is something that we should do," then Kikuchi can say yes or no -- mostly yes.

Kikuchi: My job is to basically balance out everything that Shibata wants to do. If we did everything that he wants to do, or what he has in his vision, it's not going to fit in our capacity that we're given. My job is to basically find ways to commercialize Shibata's ideas.

GameSpy: Japanese horror movies, starting with The Ring, have become quite popular in America, and it has continued, not fallen off, with recently The Grudge. Are you surprised that there's a staying power for Japanese horror movies in America and how that might be affecting the popularity of your games?
Shibata: The first The Ring became a big hit and I was quite surprised. But then I was pleasantly surprised that American people could understand the concept.

Kikuchi: I, too, feel scared when I watch American-style horror movies, so that basically makes me believe that the feeling of fear is universal, no matter what the style is.

GameSpy: I find it interesting that most horror games seem to come out of Japan, even though Western-developed games have become very popular in this generation. Silent Hill, Resident Evil, and Fatal Frame are the three best-known horror series. Do you have any insight into why that might be?
Kikuchi: What I think is that in order to make a good horror game, you need to know how to control yourself by not revealing the fear ... you have to fight your temptation to just do something that [puts] everything out there, everything in your face. It's very difficult to resist the temptation to not show anything in a room that has nothing, to try and create a fearful experience. Maybe the American culture and nature is to want to just show it, do it, let it out. Japanese are better at controlling their urges to hold it back and not show anything, everything all at once. Maybe that's why.

Shibata: I believe that the American game developers, they start their project by figuring out the game system. Then you move forward once you figure out what the game system should be. Japanese developers, on the other hand, go in more with the emotional aspect of the game: how gamers will feel when they play this type of game. Consequently the horror genre is a better fit for such an approach for developing a game.

GameSpy: I want to ask Kikuchi-san the same question I did the other day [then in regards to Trapt, this time about Fatal Frame III]. Why is it always a cute female character starring in the game?

Kikuchi: If I answer your question, I'm going to just give you the same answer again, so I'm going to ask Shibata to answer that question.

Shibata: It's quite simple. This is a game that is not violent. You can't muscle your way through. To portray that concept, obviously a female main character is better. We all know that females are a bit more spiritual than men. So it was a very obvious choice to pick a female character to play this role.

GameSpy: There are several playable characters in the new game. I was wondering if you could tell me a little about them, and how you came up with them?
Kikuchi: There are three objectives we had in implementing multiple characters to become playable. For one, we wanted not only to show a strong woman as the main character, but to show how a weaker character could become a playable character in the story. Number two is to show the variation on the playability aspect of different characters. It's always nice to have more variety of playability, and to do that we had to have multiple playable characters. Thirdly, I wanted to portray the characteristics of different playable characters. Some are small characters so they can hide better than others, or they're a little more nimble than the bigger character, or whatever. It was all about letting the players experience more variety of characters.

GameSpy: I'd like to finish with a question that's a bit more general. There's some debate with whether with Xbox 360 coming out this year if Microsoft is pushing the next generation too fast, or whether Sony's approach of holding it out longer is better. I was wondering if you were excited about making next-gen games, or you'd rather continue to make current-gen games longer?
Kikuchi: From a developer's point of view, I always feel the pressure from the big bosses that we need to come up with something that will utilize the new, next-generation system which will appeal to the consumer. It's moving rather rapidly, and sometimes I wish we wouldn't have to be pressured in that way. Of course, as a developer I'm challenged and intrigued with the new generation platforms, and always looking forward to see what we can do with them. From a business standpoint, it would be better if all three console makers would work in unity so that we can provide more ... so that we're not always chasing after something that is new.

Thanks to GameSpy!

Fatal Frame 3: The Tormented Interview with Keisuke Kikuchi & Makoto Shibata!!!

2005-08-23T05:28:00.000-07:00

Yay!!! English version on this one! Yeah, also Miku's voice can be heard.

Keisuke Kikuchi tells a little about Fatal Frame 3, and the diffents about the three games. And really, this interview is really good! And of course this is SPOILERLISH! Because you will seen some new sceens!

Watch it here...

Thanks to Beyond the Camera's Lens for saying it will come soon! (But I found it first, hehe>:))

Freddie Kruger in FF3 & Reply from John Rogers!!

2005-08-21T03:05:00.000-07:00

Made by Rei-Chan. (Me)
SPOILERS!

Thanks to MioKawaii from BCL have been so great to post this sceen!

Rei has lost her boyfriend, sadly... But hey, she is single!

It really looks like Freddie Kruger, but can it be a female or? Find out when you buy the game!

As we know Rei was chosen to be the Babe of the Day at GameSpy, but... because of a shower sceen? O.o

Hmm, yeah. She is naked, but you don't see anything... yet.. Still, this sceen is so freaky that it could be a movie!

Many thanks to MioKawaii for post this up!

And then for the Reply from John Rogers! Many, Many, MANY thanks to Zero Shot for letting me put up this!

Zero Shot had email John Rogers, who is going to making a Fatal Frame Movie, and this is what happened. (This is not news, but at least something!)

Zero Shot wrote: You probably get lots of emails that you have to shift through day after day, but hopefully you'll take sometime to read and (hopefully) reply to this one ^__^;;;

I was just wondering if we'd be recieving any news on the Fatal Frame : The Movie any thime soon. It was claimed that the movie was going into production early 2004, but nothing was heard. Moviesonline also claimed the movie would be coming out in November 2005 (or 2006). Which seems pretty unlikely...
It just seems the movie's just been casually forgotton... Usually no news is good news, and I've sort of been fighting with my self whether to email you or not, incase I get a nasty reply back (laughs nervouisly). I would love to hear anything at all about the movie, or even reassured the movie hasn't been forgotton. I'm very excited to see Fatal Frame on the big screen - I hope it's success :D
Thank you for reading this

From
Kerrianne Harrington

John Rogers wrote back!: Oh no, we were actively moving on to the next step -- but the UNiversal/Dreamworks deal has just slowed things down a bit.
The big issue is that we really want to make it super-creepy, and the recent glut of imported Japanese-horror means we've got to really dig and an make it different.
I assure you, though, several highly-paid humans are indeed working ont he movie.

Thanks,
John

Many thanks to Zero Shot!

Videogame Babe of the Day: Rei Kurosawa!

2005-08-20T04:36:00.000-07:00

This update is FULL OF SPOILERS!

Lots of updates now! Enjoy ;D

IGN has a lot of news on their site!

First some cool new sceenshots! SPOILERS! They are new! Find them here...

Also, GameSpy(who is working with IGN) has named our hero from FF3, Rei Kurosawa, as the Babe of the Day!
Find it Jeff Hall

August 19, 2005 - Tecmo is among the leaders of the pack when it comes to developing game babes. Latest in the line is Rei Kurosawa, making her debut in this third edition of the Fatal Frame series, "The Tormented".
In this spookily-adeventurous 3-quel, the name of the game is (of course) stayin alive!
Life sucks.

At least it does in the Fatal world. In this game, it gets even suckier when our cute protagonist finds herself moving between crappy real life and the crappier nightmare-world. Which isn't to say this is a crappy game, however.
This is horror, and every good horror title needs to have some depressing environments with which to thoroughly spook you.

Not to be deterred by game babes' status as imaginary (i.e. not real), we still can't help wondering about the answers to some of our common questions.
Like for example: relationship status. Well, seeing as Rei's adventure is kicked off by her finding picture of her dead boyfriend in a haunted mansion,
we'll take it she's single. Yay!

Let's imagine we were Rei, and had a camera obscura of our own. Well, being hot, we'd probably spend countless hours using it on ourself, hiding it in discreet places in the bathroom, and spend time soaping ourselves up in the haunted shower.

But there's no time for that. We'd need it for our own safety, as it's our only defense against the forces of darkness. And speaking of the forces of darkness, even some of the ghosts in Fatal seem like they could have once been hot.

Is this where we get into a clinical discussion of necrophelia? Nah, we'll spare you from it this time.We'll instead tell you that Rei's constantly tortured by nightmares, where she realizes that the ghosts are real, and won't leave her alone. Neither will we. She's also got this snake tatoo that becomes increasingly prominent as time goes on through the game. What's the secret of the tatoo? Well buy the game, kill the lights, and find out!

Thanks and full credit to Zero Shot for point this out to BCL and Double Shot!

And one of our affiliates, Another Angel's Thanatos, has found this tips article! It's a little bit info about Fatal Frame: The Tormented. But it looks great! Thanks for this!

- Sources: Fatal Frame sites: Zero Shot & Another Angel's Thanatos. Games sites: IGN & GameSpy.

Miku fanart/fanwallpaper!

2005-08-18T05:47:00.000-07:00

Trout, one of the BCL's members, have done a very VERY great Miku Hinasaki wallpaper.
I have to say, that I haven't seen so beautiful a drawing before! Thanks for letting me put it up, Trout! ^_^

Also... If she is watching the site sometimes... I wish you much luck on the wedding, Emi-Chan!

There will come something up here, when you comes back from the wedding. ^_^ Have some nice days, and please... be careful to both of you!

Sceenshots from the first FF3 ending!

2005-08-14T22:21:00.000-07:00

SPOILERS! Don't watch these pictures! It's one of the ending! Thankyou!

All of these pictures is taken by me, and thanks to BCL's member MioKawaii for posting it.
Enjoy! ^_^ And if you wanna use some of these, please email me or leave a comment with your name and site. Thankyou. Rei-Chan.

Project-Zero All Staff

2005-08-13T08:53:00.000-07:00

DIRECTOR
Makoto Shibata

PROJECT MANAGER
Kohei Shibata

MAIN PROGRAMMER
Kenichi Asami

CHIEF CG DESIGNER
Hirotugu Takao

CHIEF MOVIE CREATOR
Daisuke inari

PROGRAMMER
Katsuyuki Okura
Jin Serizawa
Makoto isizuka
Yuichiro Watanabe

PLANNER
Takahito Ebato
Tsuyoshi Iuchi
Takeshi Suzuki
Kazuhiro Yamaguchi

SCENARIO WRITER
Makoto Shibata
Tsuyoshi Iuchi

EVENT DATA EDITOR
Masaaki Nagaura
Tomoya ichikawa
Takeki Kaifuku

STAGE MODELLER
Ryosei Mlucky
Rie Iizima
Moriyasu Kokubu
Keiko Kuriki
Ryo Tanioka
Takatoshi Kobari
Ayako Hasegawa
Akiko Akahori

CHARACTER DESIGNER
Gyota Hiromi

GHOST DESIGNER
Hiroyuki Yazaki

CHARACTER MODELLER
Hiroyuki Yazaki
Gyota Hiromi

MOTION MANAGER
Yoshikatsu Yoshizawa

MOTION DIRECTOR
Masaki Koshikawa

MOTION DESIGNER
Takehiko Kanaoka
Daimon Kazuaki
Syuichi Okada

FACIAL ANIMATOR
Daimon Kazuaki

MOVIE CREATOR
Yuichi Uchida

CHIEF 2D DESIGNER
Akira Nishimura

2D DESIGNER
Keiko Kuriki
Hiroki Watanabe
Masaru Ueda

SOUND DESIGNER
Atsuo Saitou

COMPOSER
Ayako Toyoda

MA ENGINEER
Shigekiyo Okuda

TECHNICAL DESIGNER
Hirota Takayuki

MOTION ACTOR(IN GAME)
Aya Fujiki
Yuki Ide

ART WORK
Kiyotaka Sugiyama

SALES
Toru Akutsu
Juntaro Kono
Jun Aragaki

PUBLICITY
Satoshi Kanno
Eriko Tsuchihara
Takayuki Kikuchi

INTERNATIONAL DIVISION
Isamu Fukada
Mitsuru Tsutsumi
Keiko Kawashima
Miho Sano
Mie Takahashi

IMAGE SONG
Tsukiko Amano
(PONY CANYON)

VOICE ADTOR
Junko Minagawa
Lika Wakusawa
Yusei Oda
Takaya Kuroda
Kinryu Arimoto
Nana Yamaguchi
Kaho Kohda
Miyu Tsuzurahara

OPENING & PROMOTION MOVIE PART DIRECTOR
Jun Asakawa
Polygon Pictures Inc.

PRODUCER
Hideyuki Saito

PRODUCTION MANAGER
Akiko Isobe

LEAD SEQUENCE
Satoshi Oyamada

MOTION CAPTURE
LinksDigiWorks Inc.

MOCAP PRODUCER
Kazuhisa Nishimura

MOTION ACTOR
Aya Fujiki
Aiko Hibi

SOUND EFFECTS
Media Entertainment Co.

MIXER
Masayuki Yamamoto

SOUND DESIGNER
Satoru Yamauchi
Takashi Uno

TECHNICAL COOPERATION
MAVERICK Inc.

SPECIAL THANKS
Masato Miura
Yoshimitsu Fujisawa
Hitoshi Nunokawa
Naoki Koizumi
Hirotomo Tokura
Atsushi Sugita
Zin Hasegawa
Fumihiro Ikegami
Kazuhiro Syouji

MIYAZAKI HIROSHI
Hiroshi Adachi
Tomoaki Inoue
Atsushi Oota
Yutaro Takahashi
Yasuhiro Nakamoto
Hiroyuki Nishi
Hideaki Fukai

PRODUCER
Keisuke Kikuti

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
MAX NAKA

TECMO

Tecmo update!

2005-08-12T05:40:00.000-07:00

Again, Tecmo have got a great new wallpaper of Rei Kurosawa and two blue dark hands behind her!

Also BCL have got the translation of Kikuchi-san's Zero 3 interview! Check it out!

More FF3 game-play info!

2005-08-11T10:29:00.000-07:00

Miyu, J.Saviour, Ri Hoshino, Yume no Horousha, Lesley, Eiko, Andmebrick and Pupu have updated this GREAT GREAT info to BCL.

Okay, this is VERY spoilerlish! There is two pictures of Rei Kurosawa in a diffent costume, with cat ears.

The pictures will come soon. But now when we are talking about FF3(I do all timeXD) Miyu Tachibana have say yes to I could put more info up. Thankyou so much!

New names for ghost:

1)Topless woman--Reika

2)Topless woman's lover--Kaname

3)Kaname's father--Akito

4)Kaname's mother--Kuse Kyouka:She's the hostile ghost "flying woman" in the kimono room with a koto, a dressing table, and scary locks of hair on the wall. When she is defeated, she will cry "Akito-sama" before vanishing. Also the ghost Kei has to fight to get the key to the box.

5)The Kuse family(owner of the house of sleep)

6)Kaname's sister:Amane(probably):She is one of the four girls with hammers and nails. Kei found her sitting in the corner of a room, crying for her brother, just before the place where he jumps across the rooftop after Kaname's shadow. I think she is murdered by the other three girls in the basement before the way to the ceremony site, perhaps to prevent her from helping Kaname. (You will see her body on the floor, surrounding by the three girls, when you first reach this point.) There are blood stains and three or four nails stuck out of the floor where she used to be. (evil little girls.-.-lll)

7)Woman in hospital--Takigawa Yoshino:She's the sole survivor in a plane crash. Her parents and boyfriend/husband(?) are killed so she feels guilty for being alive, and thus is drawn into the House of Sleep.

8)A mother's ghost--Makie

9)A girl ghost--Kozue: Makie and Kozue are missing people in some old news clips. Apparently they are searching for their husband/father. Kozue also feels sorry that she is the cause of him missing, and she writes this in a note found in the game, apologizing to her mother. More will be told as to what this is all about.

If you will read more on the endings, then visit this site. (BCL)

Costumes:
Rei: a total of 4
-Black kimono with pink and blue flowers. The flowers on her kimono are irises.

-Red kimono(patterns unsure of now)

-A working lady outfit(details will be added later)

-Gothic lolita dress with a apron(maid version). And is similar to Alice in Wonderland's dress with velvet rims and shorter length.

When there comes more(Maybe of Miku and Kei.) then I'm sure it will be post here. On that note: You can see the cats ears all the time on Rei, but that is NOT. It's only a accessories. ^_^

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Also, Beyond the Camera's Lens have got two new scans! A EGM scan and a OPM!
You can find them on BCL front site, just look down.^_^

And to them who ask me information about how to find things in FF1 and FF2, I don't want to telling that. If you need help with the game, please visit a site. And if you need cheats, then go to a cheat site. I don't post those information, because this is a update site/blog, not a helper site. It's not to be mean, but I love to help, but really, I don't post those information.

Thankyou,
Rei-Chan.

Sooo lucky!!!

2005-08-10T08:38:00.000-07:00

I had a big problem before. I had forgot my password to this and becuse of some weird error, I couldn't find it.
Anyway, not much news yet. But here is some of the Koe sceens, there will come more on later!

JUMP!NG↑GO☆LETS GO⇒

(Sorry about the messed up. It's this blog who does it!)

All credit goes to BCL! Note: This it NOT all the sceens from the movie. Take a better look on BCL's link here.... (I hope it's okay I link to your sceenshot site, Emi-Chan.^_^)

Site update

2005-08-09T05:51:00.000-07:00

We have got a new afilliate! Please, visit this very great site!

As well have I made two new buttons to link back to my site.

Also, the sceens of Koe will maybe be here tomorrow.

(And from tomorrow on there will be late news, because of work, school and many more. I will update the site when I have the time, so this is my last day. And for them who email me to send Koe: I don't send Koe to everyone. I only send it to them I know and them who IS Fatal Frame fan.
Thank you,
Rei-Chan.)

A little update

2005-08-08T02:56:00.000-07:00

This wallpaper have been told, but to showed!

Feel free to save it on your own computer, and don't take this link.

Also BCL have got great updates! Check a look, everyone! Remember: BCL and Double Shot will have spoilers from now on! Any new updates is spoilerlish, and will spoil a lot! So don't email me anymore about this, Thankyou.

And the link section is also updated here. Check out the links, you won't get nothing! :) I still need a little more links around the Project Zero/Fatal Frame world, but I promise that they will come up!

And BCL have been nice to let me use some sceenshot from Amano Tsukiko's KOE and two scans of the great singer!!^_^ Thank you so much, Emi-Chan!
The sceens will come up as soon as they can. :)

Here is the b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l scans!

Thank you, Emi-Chan!! They are so great!

Fatal Frame 3, storyline and much much more!

2005-08-07T08:49:00.000-07:00

Only spoilers will be in this text! Do NOT read if you don't want to spoil the game!

One of Beyond the Camera's Lens members, Tachibana Miyu, have been very nice to point out Fatal Frame 3's storyline, endings and much more!

ENDINGS:

Ending 1:

-Kei dies, and turns into ash.(Those who are covered by tattoos turn into ash)
-Rei will wake up, startled and checking whether are the tattoos still there and cried.
A strange thing is that they didn't say what happened to Miku.. oh yes, she was surrounded by ghosts when you enter her room after waking up.

Ending 2:

-All 3 of them lived and mio too!
-After defeating topless woman, the bodies of both herself and her boyfriend lies there. She is staring at the corpse of her boyfriend, eyes opened and Rei closes it for her.
-You will then keep walking till you reach a door which reveals a ocean, which in Japanese tradition, is called "常夜海", and something like "三途之川". which means the netherworld. The sky there is dark and gloomy, without anyone there. You'll see paper boats floating around but it seems to be stopped in the travel of time.
-A sound then came from the back. A wooden boat behind you. -You will then go back to topless woman and her boyfriend's bodies and put them in the boat. Pushing the boat away, like sending them to the world of the dead.
-You will then see many human shadows appearing at the end of the sea and together with the paper boats, moved towards the ocean.
-Each boat represents one dead person. The shadows move with their own little paper boats. -Then you'll see someone familiar. Who is Yu!
-Rei chases after him, begging him not to leave her and take her away as well. -But he didn't seem to hear at first. Rei then bends down crying and he appears in front of you. -By then, the tattoos would have almost overcomed every part of your body.
-Then they have a conversation:

Rei: "Yu..Yu...don't leave me again......I want go with you this time.........I want you to be with me all the time.........because of you, I have learnt many things and also because of you, I managed to survive until now........I am sorry....really sorry.........I want to go with you this time."

Yu: "Thank you........I am really glad to hear this...but....I have to go already........if you are dead, I will be very sad........I will always live in your heart when you are alive..............so....so.......I hope u can continue to live(or survive)......."

And he hugged her. By then, he took away all the tattoos on her body.
-After he disappears, Rei wakes up in peace.(That sounded strange but its important because sadly, she always wakes up in fear, pain or in a state of shock.O__o)
-In the running clips/staff introduce, the little images behind shows Miku and Rei sitting together at the beach (seems to be having a talk), Rei and Kei sitting together at a bank of river, Rei teaching Miku how to develop films and Kei introducing Mio to Miku and Rei.

Other things:

-The first ending of ff2 is used to continue ff3.
-The reason why Kei appeared is because Mio fainted and never woke up(Mio is from Fatal Frame 2:Crimson Butterfly).
-Mio has the tattoo too in the game.
-The tattoo's meaning is endless missing (missing someone).
-In other words: Rei is in the dreamland because she misses Yu, Miku because of her brother and Mio, Mayu. As for Kei, it seems like its unknown.
-Kei resembles the topless woman's boyfriend. (Now we know why she always pesters him.
-Miku fainted(she was chasing after Mafuyu (Yes, Mafuyu is back too.)
-Topless woman's name: 久室零華 (I don't know how to convert it..and I'm pretty sure her name was revealed in other threads..^ ^)
-You CANNOT get ending 2 just by playing hard/nightmare, you must at least complete the game once. And on the second round, you have to defeat a female ghost using Kei.
After defeating her, go to her room after getting a key to a box(?) and you'll find an accessory belonging to the topless woman.That will prevent you from being killed by her.
-And the woman in the hospital is NOT Mio. She was the only survivor in a plane crach and entered the dreamworld. She is also the first person to be reduced to ask in front of you.
-Seems like the Shop is back for you to buy new clothings, accessories, movies and posters!
-It seems like the mansion is more confusing right now but the puzzles are easy.
-The black cat belongs to Miku!
-The little girls are not the mikos, they are just a part of the holding the ritual by hammering nails into the shrine maiden's body. They can be a real pain, when you fight them.
So the picture where Rei was surrounded by them, means it is battle time! (Seen from a FF3 trailer)

Camera:

-All 3 of them hold different ones but they look about the same
-Many new abilities eg: something about using all the blue balls in one shot?
All will be ruduced when you use a skill. (at the bottom left hand corner) -->"無'' is the ability...NEVER RUN OUT OF FILMS!
It is also good because you ONLY get 2 zero films in the game and less than 10 films for type 90. -->"祭" is the ability that when you take up your camera, it is automatically charged, so you can deal more damagde.
-Sadly, the 2 abilities above can only be obtained in a hard way. Like "無'' can only be obtained after finishing nightmare.

Costumes:

Rei: A total of 4
-Black kimono with pink flowers,maybe sakura
-Red kimono(patterns unsure of now)
-A working lady outfit(details will be added later)
-unknown yet!

Miku: A total of 4

-Blue kimono(patterns unsure)
-kimono(colour and patterns unsure)
-Gothic Lolita(details unsure, but it is described as the normal GL you see on street or anime)
-unknown yet!

Kei: A total of 2
-Pure dark blue Kimono
-brown kimono

Accessories:

Rei: A total of 4
-Cat ears(black at the back and white in front)
-yellow flower on her head
-unknown
-unknown

Miku: A total of 4
-Cat ears
-Hairband(looks something like that)
-unknown
-unknown

Kei: A total of 2
-light brown rope around his head
-unknown

Cat:
-crimson butterfly clip near either its left or right ear
-a piece of silk
-like material around its neck(colour unknown)

Spirits:
-There are a total of 217 spirits for you to capture in order to complete your spirit list!

Why the comeback of past characters/crismon butterfly?
Miku:
-I'm sure most of you know by now.. but she came to work under Rei, a photographer, as her assistant.
Mafuyu:
-The Mafuyu you see in the dream is NOT real. Because the mansion draws people who misses someone too much, miku imagined seeing her brother.
Mio:
-Fainting and leading to coma, she never woke up. Her uncle, Kei, being worried, went to Rei and only to find out that Mio did not wake up is because she herself was trapped in the dream.
Crimson Butterfly: -unknown yet

Storyline:
Firstly, this mansion(house of dream?) belongs to the 『久世』family. There is this shrine behind the mansion that belongs to them, built for the purpose of conducting rituals. It is to take away the pain and sorrow of the tattoo on the shrin maiden, which is very painful. After that, she will be placed at 終ノ淵 to guard the 常夜海 as to save the people of world. Men cannot enter this shrine. But there can be exceptions. When the family needs someone to continue their family line, they'll bring a man, who is a total stranger and bring him there. When he fulfils his job getting the selcted woman pregnant, he will be chased away. 秋人, is the one be brought to this place and he fall in love with 久世鏡華, thus having a child named 秋人要. 秋人 being his family name. However, it is not acceptable to have a boy, thus the family decided to kill him. But his mother helped him to escape to a village. Later on, she had a girl named 雨音.(She is one of the little girls carrying hammer and nails) 秋人要 fell in love with 雪代零華,who was one of the four little girls. Because 雪代零華 is an outsider.....her village was destroyed by unknown reason, so she was adopt by 久世, therefore changing her name to 久世零華. 久世零華 loved 秋人要 but she intended to forget about him after agreeing to be the shrine maiden for the tattoo ritual. But unfortunately,秋人要 chase her till終ノ淵 and was killed right in front of her. But to become a shrine maiden, she had to absorb the pain and sorrow from the world but because of her sudden pain and sorrow due to the death of her boyfriend, the ritual was reversed and it burst out.(something like the hellish abyss erupting in All God's Village) and ever since then, anyone who suffers from missing someone who is dead, will be attracted to the dream. But also, they must have the guilt and feeling responsible for the person their missing's death. (Eg:Miku thinks she caused her brother's death because she couldn't save him. Rei thinks she is responsible for Yuu's death. Mio thinks she is responsible for Mayu's death.)

Rituals:

1. 紫魂の儀----Use fresh blood to mix with the blood of the dead to make a type of ''ink'' to be used in the tattoo ritual. Oh yes, in the game, you'd be able to see the word "柊" in many files. It means pain in the game but from an ancient tale, it means snake or some kind of plant.(Is unsure but just some extra info for others who are interested.=)) After 柊 withers, it will flow to 涯の流水, which either means a river, valley or the other name of 常夜海. where the ending is held.

2. 刺魂の儀----The ink is used to carve 柊 on the shrine maiden, who had to guard the 常夜海.

3.咎打ち----The little girls(the little mikos whom we presume to be) are called 鎮女. It is a type of rank and their job is to hammer nails through the shrine maiden's body. And at the same time, having to sing a children song to allow her to rest in peace. The nails they carry, are a type of special wooden nail. They use it to hammer through the shrine maiden's hands and feet, sealing their sorrow.

4. 見切り----(I'll try to update more on this later)

5.戒の儀----(I'll try to update more on this later)

Thanks to Miyu & her friend for this great update!

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Also, BCL will have updates tonight. Please, check it out! And Zero Shot was really nice to make a banner. Thank you so much! It rocks!!!

And there will be ALOT of spoilers and updates now, because Zero 3 is out in Japan.

- Sources( Tachibana Miyu & Zero Shot)

Fatal Frame/ Project Zero 4?! Is it true or?

2005-08-05T07:06:00.000-07:00

(Thanks to Zero Shot for point this out!)

The journalist who wrote this article, conserning Fatal Frame continuing on the next generation of game consoles may be mistaken.
"I said this in GameFAQs as well, but don't get too excited folks. The journalist got his facts wrong. Kikuchi-shi did not say that they were working on the next Fatal Frame game, but said that if they were to develop on a different hardware, including the possibility of the next generation consoles, he would like to add something new. This was in regards to the question whether they were going to port FF3 to the Xbox like the previous two games, which Kikuchi-shi answered that they had no plans to do that yet."

So this is NOT sure at all. Fatal Frame 3: The Tormented is just come out in Japan, and there will be more and more updates now!

And Zero Shot have also set up the LYRICS TRANSLATION OF KOE!!!

Tecmo updates!

Tecmo has a new Rei Kurosawa wallpaper up! Check it out!

GameSpot updates!

Three movies (this mean SPOILERS, everyone!) are now able to be watch.
Number 1
Number 2
Number 3

Please, save this on your own server!

- sources (Zero Shot & GameSpot)

Fatal Frame Producer Speaks, and Next-Gen Fatal Frame!

2005-07-29T12:48:00.000-07:00

(Thanks to BCL for saying this!) When the text is like this, it's because it's me talking.:D

1up.com has posted a article about Keisuke Kikuchi talking about the development of Fatal Frame 3 and his approach to the player's sense of fear for the third installment of the series.

Take a look, everyone!

And if you don't wanna change site, then you can read it here. ;D (Remember... when the text is like this it means I will say something.)

As the town of Silent Hill boards up its windows until resurfacing next-generation, Tecmo's camera flashin' Fatal Frame series continues moving forward with a third installment with producer Keisuke Kikuchi at the helm.

Japanese publication ITmedia found time to sit down with Kikuchi and talk with him about the sequel. Kikuchi believes fear stems from manipulating the game environment, story and directing. Whereas Fatal Frame concentrated on environment and the second game on story, there's a new approach for the third.
"I felt like I wanted to challenge myself and do something new, and that's when I thought of 'interactive fear'," he says. "I want players to actually be afraid of searching out the truth because they will be afraid to find out what horrible things await their character." And we love the way, you want it!
Keeping with the theme of threes, Fatal Frame 3 features a total of three playable characters, but it's not meant to artificially enhance the game's length. Instead, the intent is to experience different kinds of fear as players switch between Rei Kurosawa (the series' first male lead), Kei Amakura and Miku Hinasaki, the main character from the original. Tecmo appears to be bringing the storyline full circle this time around. Characters have varying abilities, which means the scares will come from different and unexpected places depending on who you're running around as. Three characters?! Can't it be better?;D
Just because Miku is returning, though, doesn't mean players should expect a continuation of the original game. Kikuchi isn't a fan of interconnected sequels, a feeling that shouldn't change with Fatal Frame 3. As with Tecmo's Deception series, later installments featured characters and traps from previous games as a nod to the fans, but that was the extent of their influence.
"I prefer the type of games that players who haven't played any of the previous entries can jump right in and enjoy it to the finale with no problems, so that's how I make my games," he says. Yeah, because it will be sad for others, who doesn't know about the other games.

Part of what makes the conclusions to psychological horror games like Silent Hill and Fatal Frame are their bizarre endings. They often don't make complete sense in order to provoke their fans to replay the games for additional clues and discuss what really happened amongst themselves. Kikuchi is deviating from that approach a bit in Fatal Frame 3, and intends on making the ending a little more digestible. It won't, however, be 'dumbed down.'
"Maybe a few hours after the ending sinks in, the player can watch the ending movie again and get a slightly different feeling," he says.

I want players to actually be afraid of searching out the truth
A common theme amongst already revealed next-generation games is an effort to toss hundreds or thousands of enemies on the screen at once, and Kikuchi shares that desire for his future games.
"For instance I feel that with the current system if I can do 10 things I really want, then with the next system I can probably do 20 things I really want to do or show," he says.
Though Fatal Frame 3 may bring some closure to the series, it's by no means the end of producing horror games for Kikuchi. "I do still have some unrealized visions," he says. "I already have some ideas that I'd like to do if I had more development time and a more powerful system."
Fatal Frame 3's currently headed to PlayStation 2 this week in Japan, with an eventual US release in the fall. Previous installments have received Xbox ports months after the initial release, but Kikuchi says there are no plans for something similar right now.

Next-Gen Fatal Frame
(Thanks to Zero Shot for point this out!)

IGN reports that in a recent interview with IT Games Kikuchi (the Producer of Fatal Frame) confirmed that plans are being made to ensure that Fatal Frame continues on the next generation of game consoles.
Though he didn't specify which next-gen systems he was referring to, history points at a likely PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 release -- as all three of the previous games began as PS2 titles while two of them were eventually ported to the Xbox later on. The possibility that the next game could also appear on Revolution shouldn't be ruled out, either. No other information regarding the next Fatal Frame was given, but we'll keep you updated should that change.

- sources (Beyond the Camera's Lens & Zero Shot)

Gamer Room's Scans!

2005-07-24T03:44:00.000-07:00

Spoilers! If you don't wanna see scans from Fatal Frame 3, then stop to visit the site. I will do my best to find info about the game, so don't say that I didn't put a spoiler tag on it! Thank you.

Hattori-san have been so nice to let me use the scans here!

SPOILERS! (This will may spoil the game! So do NOT look, if you won't have the game spoil a little.)
Please, do NOT copy this scans! Upload them to your own server.

sources (Game Room)

Gamer Room updates!

2005-07-22T11:33:00.000-07:00

Gamer Room has also updated the site, and lots of new scans can now be WATCH! People, some I have seen, has taken some of Gamer Room's pictures! If I see anymore people doing it, I will (and I'm already doing9 warn Hattior-san about it!
Back on news...
Lots of scans can now be watch, and I still wait for a answer for putting them up.
Find the scans on: Gamer Room!

Tecmo's Official Japanese Website

2005-07-22T09:00:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Tecmo and Beyond the Camera's Lens for the info!

Tecmo has (for some time ago) updated their site! There is TONS of things! More info about the game and more great stuff to learn! Also, the first two wallpapers is up!

Go and check the site out here!

Scans

2005-07-22T01:21:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Gamer Room for the scans!

Do NOT DIRECT link the scans or pictures to your site! Upload the pictures to your own server! You can ask me, if you will have them.

Gamer Room Scans!

Thanks for the scans, Hattori-san!

Characters of FF3! SPOILERS

2005-07-22T01:01:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Beyond the Camera's Lens for the info!

Rei Kurosawa, a young woman, has missing her lover since he's dead.
The young woman finds a mansion, where her job was to take photos of it. In one photo she sees her dead boyfriend, Yuu.
After seeing her dead boyfriend, Rei starts to dreaming about the Mansion,
and some strange things happens.
Rei wakes up, and feel something cold on my back, a snake tatoo grows.

Info: Rei is 23 year old and is journalist.
After her boyfriend die in a car accident,
Rei is given a photographying assignment to take pictures of a reportedly 'haunted house'.
Upon taking a photograph, the photograph revealed the image of her dead boyfriend.
As she searches through the mansion, Rei is discovering a weird snake tattoo appearing on her body.
What is also unnerving, is that several of the spirits she sees in the house have it too.

The Kurosawa girl get's help from one of her lover's friend,
Kei Amakura, a non-fiction writer.
He was a close friend to him, and Kei had made a promise of something to him.
Kei has not a strong six senes, but he can move things and jumps around.

Info: Rei recruits the help of Kei to investigate the mansion.
Kei was a close friend of Rei's boyfriend.
Kei also made a promise to him about something (what we don't know).
He himself is also searching for a 'missing person'.
Kei is the younger brother of Shizu Amakura, thus Mio and Mayu's uncle.
Not much is known about Kei right now, except that he is a non fiction writer,
he was close with Rei's boyfriend, and that he has an extremely weak (almost no) sixth sense.

Rei get's also help from her assisstant, Miku Hinasaki.
Miku is back, and she though she lost her power and her brother that day,
but her power has return, and they comes back to her now.
Mafuyu, (Miku's brother) and Yuu (Rei's dead boyfriend) had worked together with Kei, too.
Mafuyu and Yuu had introduced Miku and Rei for each other, and after Miku and Rei lost them, they two girls has live together.
In the dreams, Miku returns to Himuro Mansion and maybe some old friends comes again.

Info: After getting over the disappearance of her brother Mafuyu, Miku Hinasaki continued on with her life and now work's as a photographer's assisstant.
Yes, this is Miku from the first Fatal Frame.
On a way or a other her powers are back,
and she actually has the strongest spiritual sense of the three characters in the game.
Not much else is known right now, except that Miku is Rei Kurosawa's assisstant.