Nintendo only did xenoblade after ungodly amounts of begging for it.
Pandora's Tower and Last Story were not localized by Nintendo
Nintendo of Europe seems to have a bit more of a clue than NoA. But i stand by what I say. I will gladly eat crow if it is announced for Release outside of Japan to the US, but i have absolutely no faith in them to do it.
Sometimes I wonder why these executives can't do simple math.
Hell, someone could at least translate the whole game without new voice-overs and just subtitles, and charge what, 500 bucks?
I really, really don't understand why a complete, full fledged game with global appeal is somehow not localized.
Fuck that scene, that's probably the scene I remember the most from the second game. It also happens in a supposedly "safe" area at a time when you don't even have to be there.
It's the same for me, I just went there to save my game and suddenly... Chills.
That's one thing I think the series is very good at I should mention, optional scenes most players would miss but those who stumble on them... So creepy. There's a number of these scenes in all the games, completely off the beaten path or if you are unlucky to do something in a certain area. Those scares in the series I have not seen done in any other horror game, and they are the best/worst.
Nintendo of Europe seems to have a bit more of a clue than NoA. But i stand by what I say. I will gladly eat crow if it is announced for Release outside of Japan to the US, but i have absolutely no faith in them to do it.
Definitely a real horror game. You can get the first three games on US PS3 PSN and they had more copies of the first three games on PS2 made only a few years back, so not overly expensive to get a new copy of the older PS2 games either. Series is up there on terms of high-quality well-executed horror, along with the older RE and SH games. A big difference with this series and those two series though is that FF hasn't lost its horror way, yet at least.
There's a number of these scenes in all the games, completely off the beaten path or if you are unlucky to do something in a certain area. Those scares in the series I have not seen done in any other horror game, and they are the best/worst.
Sometimes I wonder why these executives can't do simple math.
Hell, someone could at least translate the whole game without new voice-overs and just subtitles, and charge what, 500 bucks?
ehhhh
There are much higher costs involved. The translation will cost way more than 500 bucks and this doesn't even include QA, etc. The executives can definitely do math. Sometimes they just underestimate the amount of people, that will buy the game.
I'm pretty sure that this will get a western release though.
if you go into a certain closet in the doll house in Fatal Frame 2, there is usually nothing in it and it seems there isn't much of a point to it. You can't see inside it well though as the camera-angle doesn't change from the hallway the closet is in when you enter it, so you can't see inside without pulling out your camera. But if you pull out your camera to look about and take a look out of a window in the closet, the ghost of a child will suddenly really quickly bang itself against the window and look right at you.
Or that FUCKING
mirror
in Fatal Frame 3...
I have no idea why more horror games don't do this. It's very effective, and sure most players won't see it, but it adds a lot to the game, things to explore/find, and scares the player may really not see coming, even on multiple playthroughs.
Sometimes I wonder why these executives can't do simple math.
Hell, someone could at least translate the whole game without new voice-overs and just subtitles, and charge what, 500 bucks?
I really, really don't understand why a complete, full fledged game with global appeal is somehow ont localized.
Yeah if you think that it cost $500 to localize a text heavy game plus hire voice actors then you are sorely mistaken, localization is expensive and lengthy process.
Not that it matters since Nintendo of Europe did all the work and Nintendo of America just piggy back on it.
Definitely a real horror game. You can get the first three games on US PS3 PSN and they had more copies of the first three games on PS2 made only a few years back, so not overly expensive to get a new copy of the older PS2 games either. Series is up there on terms of high-quality well-executed horror, along with the older RE and SH games. A big difference with this series and those two series though is that FF hasn't lost its horror way, yet at least.
ehhhh
There are much higher costs involved. Even the translation will cost way more than 500 bucks and this doesn't even include QA, etc. The executives can definitely do math. Sometimes they just underestimate the amount of people, that will buy the game.
Ok, that was more or less a joke, but let's say that NOA decides to translate subtitles only. I believe that this is extremely easy to be done technically, just replacing the japanese text. The QA at this stage would probably be already done by Japan.
Now, suppose you sell 20.000 copies. Now suppose all of them are digital. And finally, suppose that this launches with a MSRP of $ 39.99. That's 800.000 US dollars.
For sure there are other types of costs involved, but I really believe that a simple localization job as described above plus other expenses would never reach that amount. And I'm supposing the worst possible case scenario.
I tried to break it down one page back. If you take out all the symbolism, it means "glossy black" or "jet black" and is used to describe a hair color of women.
if you go into a certain closet in the doll house in Fatal Frame 2, there is usually nothing in it and it seems there isn't much of a point to it. You can't see inside it well though as the camera-angle doesn't change from the hallway the closet is in when you enter it, so you can't see inside without pulling out your camera. But if you pull out your camera to look about and take a look out of a window in the closet, the ghost of a child will suddenly really quickly bang itself against the window and look right at you.
Or that FUCKING
mirror
in Fatal Frame 3...
I have no idea why more horror games don't do this. It's very effective, and sure most players won't see it, but it adds a lot to the game, things to explore/find, and scares the player may really not see coming, even on multiple playthroughs.
The best one I recall is in FF3 when you walk past a seemingly useless
closet
several times during the course of the game, and if you decide to check it again at a specific point
the door slams shut, doesn't open, and when you look into your camera the wall is covered in pale screaming faces and noises start blasting from the walls.
Shivered the fuck out of me the first time it happened to me.
I tried to break it down one page back. If you take out all the symbolism, it means "glossy black" or "jet black" and is used to describe a hair color of women.
heh how I interpreted it is thus:
'Wet Crow' I attributed to be being wet from blood or wet from rain. Rain could be seen as an ill omen in this case. Miko, being Shrine Maiden, can be intended to relate to a harbinger of death (death in this case regarding to horrifying or nightmarish/brutal) or horrible misfortune.
Yours is a good explanation though.
Be sure to play it at night and come back here with impressions.
As a heads-up on all Fatal Frame games, the game's beginnings are usually kind of slow but they get better as it goes on. It's not that the beginnings are bad, just the later sections are much better (in my opinion, at least).
Fatal Frame 1 isn't long though, you can easily beat it in 5-8 hours the first time through. Think it took me 6, almost 7 hours the first time I played, and that included me getting stuck in some places.
As a heads-up on all Fatal Frame games, the game's beginnings are usually kind of slow but they get better as it goes on. It's not that the beginnings are bad, just the later sections are much better (in my opinion, at least).
They usually slowly build the atmosphere in the beginning and go through the tutorials. And of course, they have to keep the scariest places for last to make it a gradual descent into hell. lol
A special heads-up for FF1: Don't waste your films.
Nintendo only did xenoblade after ungodly amounts of begging for it.
Pandora's Tower and Last Story were not localized by Nintendo
Nintendo of Europe seems to have a bit more of a clue than NoA. But i stand by what I say. I will gladly eat crow if it is announced for Release outside of Japan to the US, but i have absolutely no faith in them to do it.
Well shit I want to get into this series. But I'm too much of a pussy to even play them. The last "horror" game I played was Eternal Darkness on GC, even that was more of a mind fuck game than a scary game. Maybe I'll man up to play them. Will play the first 3 on psn or maybe they'll announce some hd remakes down the line.
You can find the Fatal Frame games on Xbox for fairly decent prices on Xbox on Ebay and Amazon, about $20-40 individually for both of them.
Which Fatal Frame is the 'best' really ranges from person to person, though generally the most recognized one as being the 'best' is Fatal Frame 2. However, opinions are kind of all over on what game in the series is the best/worst.
The bright side is that the Xbox versions of Fatal Frame 1 and 2 are definitely the best versions of the game, especially in the case with 2, which added a lot of new content from the PS2 release (the Wii Remake of 2 is more an altogether different beast in many ways even if its the same game, but its also very different).
I feel its kinda hard to make a game/movie scary when you make a whole presentation about it with several people and details about your multimedia project...
Not that im complaining (too much) because with the current lack of horror games ill take anything i can....
But i wish someday a publisher could work on a marketing push for a horror game that could work WITH the game...
(how did the Nanashi no Game series worked this, does anybody know?)
So what's with the Hollywood adaptation? Same guy from the resident evil films. Shouldn't this be something Nintendo should tag on twitter or something so big movie blogs can pick it up?
Always had Fatal Frame in mind since the Wii U game pad unveiling. I really hope this will see localization outside of Japan. Looks like run speed is a little faster in this one as well, that's a good thing.
So what's with the Hollywood adaptation? Same guy from the resident evil films. Shouldn't this be something Nintendo should tag on twitter or something so big movie blogs can pick it up?
So what's with the Hollywood adaptation? Same guy from the resident evil films. Shouldn't this be something Nintendo should tag on twitter or something so big movie blogs can pick it up?
