Fatal Frame Out Of Focus For America

While Japan has been getting their game on with Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse, America has yet to see a release date, let alone much news about it. The kicker? The game came out in July last year. Fatal Frame has always had an audience, at least one large enough to garner sequels so what’s the big deal?

Pressed about it, Fatal Frame’s Publisher, Tecmo had this to say:

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.

With the recent wacky decisions Nintendo of America have been pulling, this doesn’t surprise me. Whether it be Mother 3 not coming out stateside, or the various plethora of other titles, I wonder what the hell they’re thinking. And they don’t seem to understand why some gamers are upset.

But hey, I guess we’re all insatiable. Right Nintendo?

Via: Destructoid