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Fatal Frame IV coming to Europe, not to North America (THANKS AGAIN YOU NOA JERKS)

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Originally Posted by IGN

A Tecmo spokesperson gave IGN the following statement:

"Nintendo holds the publishing rights to 'Fatal Frame Wii,' which was developed by Tecmo LTD. and Grasshopper Manufacture and released in Japan on July 31, 2008. Nintendo of America has since then decided not to publish the title in North America � consequently, the title will not be released in this territory. As the owner of the IP, Tecmo feels very unfortunate that the fans of the series in North America will not have a chance to play the game, but respects the final decision made by Nintendo of America."

Note that Nintendo of Europe is already advertising the game.

So yeah, another FUCK NINTENDO OF AMERICA thread.

But... But RT, it's a horror game! What would Nintendo do if it scared some little kid or grandmother? Or what if it offended somebody? We can't let people get offended!

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Originally Posted by NonCon (Post 911903)

But... But RT, it's a horror game! What would Nintendo do if it scared some little kid or grandmother? Or what if it offended somebody? We can't let people get offended!

Snrkt.
Hahahahaha!
All you DO is off-TH-TH-TH-THAT'S ALL FOLKS!

Nah, I'm just kidding ya.
It seems a bit weird that they wouldn't publish it. Have they given a statement on why it isn't published in the US by NoA?

Yeah!
Specially since fatal frame is waaaaaaaaaaaay much more violent and offensive than Madworld, Manhunt 2, no more heroes or Resident Evil 4... Nintendo of America is protecting YOU

It's probably not being published on the US due to "bad sale predictions"

I think NoA said that was something up to Tecmo, and only recently did Tecmo make the announcement that, no, it was Nintendo's decision, and Tecmo would prefer to bring it to the US.

I never thought I'd end up having to import the game from Europe.

uuuh... big problem for some people (not all). Fatal Frame 4 will be PAL, and USA wii is NTSC... those with System version above 3.2/3.3 will have a hard time playing this.

Once again, Nintendo invites it's customers to rape their console just a tidbit more...

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Originally Posted by Bells (Post 911909)

Yeah!
Specially since fatal frame is waaaaaaaaaaaay much more violent and offensive than Madworld, Manhunt 2, no more heroes or Resident Evil 4... Nintendo of America is protecting YOU

The difference here is that those games were published by third parties. The whole reason Fatal Frame IV is a Wii exclusive to begin with was that NCL bought the worldwide publishing rights a few years ago. It's why it's so maddening to see NoA not wanting to do anything with the franchise.

If Tecmo wanted to publish the game by themselves here, they'd have to rebuy the publishing rights from Nintendo and then pay for a localisation despite the fact that Nintendo of Europe would have already done the translation. They would also have to remove a ton of the cool shit, like the Luigi, Samus, and Captain Falcon costumes.

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Originally Posted by Bells (Post 911909)

It's probably not being published on the US due to "bad sale predictions"

I gotta find the specific link, but I remember reading Fatal Frame IV is the best-selling Fatal Frame in Japan.

Didn't Suda 51 do Fatal Frame IV?

From the OP:

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Originally Posted by OP

Nintendo holds the publishing rights to 'Fatal Frame Wii,' which was developed by Tecmo LTD. and Grasshopper Manufacture and released in Japan on July 31, 2008.

So yes.

But, I was under the impression that Suda had been cursed by a Haitian witch doctor that none of his games would sell well in Japan.