Koei Tecmo has revealed the release date for Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water have been cut and will be replaced by references to fellow Koei Tecmo properties Dead or Alive and Atelier, as previously guessed.
Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water was originally released in 2014 for the one of the last Wii U exclusives waiting for a Switch port or a multiplatform release until it was revealed during the E3 2021 Nintendo Direct that it was being revamped for modern systems.
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The new content coming to the game was also detailed in the trailer. It seems that the Princess Zelda and Zero Suit Samus costumes from the Wii U version of the game are gone, which isn't surprising considering that Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water is now a multi-platform release. Instead, there are new generic costumes that have been added in their place. Maiden of Black Water will also add a Photo Mode, as well as a new post-story chapter starring Ayane from the Dead or Alive series. The trailer also revealed that a "Fatal Frame 20th Anniversary Celebration DLC" is on the way, adding costumes based on the older characters from the Fatal Frame series and behind-the-scenes content for all of the games. A Digital Deluxe Edition with this DLC included is also planned.
It's not surprising that the Nintendo-exclusive content has been replaced with items from properties owned by Koei Tecmo, due to the game going multi-platform. The fact that a Dead or Alive character is getting a starring role in the game is more of a shock, and it seems that Maiden of the Black Water is going to have plenty of upgrades for fans of the original game to check out.
Fatal Frame: Maiden of the Black Water will be released for Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on October 28, 2021.
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