It was revealed the game would be developed with the help of Grasshopper Manufacture. This signals a major break for the series, with the previous three titles having been released on Playstation 2 and eventually, Xbox. Tecmo, developer of the previous titles of the series, revealed the game was going to be released exclusively for the Nintendo Wii console. Wanting to uncover her memories, as well as to find Misaki and Madoka, Ruka returns to the island and to Rougetsu hall Development She also remembered the time when her mother was ill and told her not to visit the island. After an unknown amount of time passed, Ruka Minazuki, a friend of Madoka and Misaki as well as one of the original five children who escaped from the island, was seen playing piano and recalling some memories two of her friends, Marie and Tomoe had died by an unexplained cause of death and Madoka and Misaki went to the island and never returned. Using it, Madoka defeated her first spirit but later succumbed to the curse itself and was spirited away. She encountered visions of spirits on her way and managed to enter the Asou museum,where she found the Camera Obscura. Madoka was separated from Misaki and forced to wander on her own. in the beginning of the game, Madoka Tsukimori and Misaki Asou were seen wandering around Rougetsu hall, an abandoned sanatorium built for the Luna Syndrome sufferers. Plot For more details see: Fatal Frame IV Chapters The story set in 1980. Now two of the kidnapped girls have died, and Ruka, Misaki and Madoka have taken it upon themselves to find the truth behind the island's mysterious deaths and their lost memories. However, a mysterious incident occurred on the island two years later, and none of its inhabitants were left alive. Shortly after the incident, the five kidnapped girls and their families were taken to live away from the island. They were rescued by a detective named Choushiro Kirishima, who found them underground, on the eve of the island's ceremonial Kagura dance. The three girls are the only survivors of a kidnapping incident that occurred on the island ten years ago, however they have no recollection of the incident. She finally journeys to the island herself after two of her friends, Misaki Asou and Madoka Tsukimori, went themselves and have yet to return. She travels to the island, her old childhood home, in hopes of uncovering memories she doesn't recall. Ruka Minazuki looks towards Rougetsu Island as she approaches it from a boat. Ruka contemplates her memories while playing an old song she remembers on the piano. The game centers around the motifs of the moon, memories and masks, and the dominant color throughout is a vibrant yellow, alluding the brightness of the moon against a dark sky. Fatal Frame IV was developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and published by Nintendo on Jin Japan.įatal Frame IV employed a brand new story and gameplay elements exclusive to the Nintendo Wii.
It was the first game of the series to not be developed and/or published by Tecmo, the first to not be released to a PlayStation console and also the first game of the main series to never be released outside of Japan. It is the prequel to the original Fatal Frame. Zero ~Tsukihami no Kamen~, known as Fatal Frame IV: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse to players of the fan-made English language translation patch, is a Nintendo Wii exclusive, Japanese survival horror game and the fourth installment in the Fatal Frame series.