

If you go for the Action Mode setup, the changes will be that you will use an upgraded lens with the R button and can put the camera away with the ZL button instead of with the X button. Pressing left or right will make it possible to switch film. There’s the option of using an upgraded lens by pressing the Y button, switching between them by pressing up or down on the D-Pad. If a ghost grabs hold of you, you will need to quickly press the ZR button to shake off the ghost. Search Mode is the one during which you have some time to review your surroundings as you try to find new clues and items, while Photo Mode is when things get a bit more hectic since there are evil spirits coming after you, and you must quickly use the Camera Obscura to use the camera to lock onto an enemy, to then take a photo with the ZR button, which is how you attack a ghost to absorb its essence to eradicate it. For both, you’ll be able to take a look at a map of the area you’re exploring by pressing the + button. The Action Mode changes things by having you ready the camera with the ZL button, aim with the L button, run with the R button, and aim the camera backward by pressing the L and R buttons at the same time. Pick up items with the ZR button, perform an action with the A button, and dodge with the B button. Before this, just ready the camera by pressing the X button, and then snap a shot while pressing the L button and pressing the Y button. You’ll run with the ZL button, aim your camera with the L button, and can aim the camera backward while running by pressing the L and ZL buttons.

For Classic, you will walk with the left analog stick and look around with the right one. There are two Operation Mode options for your controls while in Search Mode: Classic and Action. There are also new accessories and costumes for the protagonists. Along with an improved resolution and lighting, this new version includes a new Photo Mode that will allow you to use any of the characters or ghosts from the game, position them over a background of your choice, add different effects, and take the perfect horror picture. It’s now 2021, and we’re getting a revamped take on the game – once again as a digital-only release – that gives us the definitive edition of this survival horror experience. You use a special camera that can be used to not only see the ghosts but also to drain their energy by capturing their essence within the camera.Īs someone who played and enjoyed the first three games in the trilogy – FATAL FRAME, FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly, and FATAL FRAME III: The Tormented – as well as the Nintendo 3DS spinoff Spirit Camera – which used an AR booklet to make the most of the console’s camera – I was very much looking forward to checking out FATAL FRAME: Maiden of Black Water on Nintendo Switch, since I ended up missing the game on the Nintendo Wii U.įATAL FRAME: Maiden of Black Water didn’t get a physical release in North America, instead getting a digital release as a demo download that could then be upgraded to the full release by way of an in-game DLC purchase. Known in Japan as Zero and as Project Zero in Europe, it’s a survival horror game in which you must defeat the ghosts you find in the creepy locations you explore. The FATAL FRAME series was started by Tecmo way back in 2001 on PlayStation 2 when Koei and Tecmo were two separate companies. Please enter your date of birth to access this video.įATAL FRAME: Maiden of Black Water from Koei Tecmo America is revamped take on the Nintendo Wii U title to celebrate the series 20th anniversary.
