Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse Interview: Bringing the game overseas, series' future, and more
Bringing a ghost to life
Siliconera spent some time interviewing Producer Yutaka Fukaya and Director Makoto Shibata on their latest game Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse. In this interview they discuss various topics and we’ve put together some of the more interesting questions and answers we found in it.
Let’s begin!
On the topic of bringing the game overseas:
Jenni Lada: When did work begin on the worldwide release of Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse?
Yutaka Fukaya: Although we began working on the game around the beginning of 2022, we had the concept since well before then.
Lada: How difficult was it to prepare these new ports, and what sorts of unexpected issues came up during development? Was one easier to create than the others?
Fukaya: It wasn’t significantly more difficult than other titles, but the fact that it was a port from the Wii, a hardware system that is not like any other, was one of the points that required ingenuity. It’s not exactly a difficulty, but if I can mention something that took a lot of time and effort, it’s definitely the visuals. We have devoted a lot of resources to the visuals and raised the quality of the game.
On the topic of what can we expect in the future:
Hashimoto: With Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse receiving its first official English release in North America and Europe, does this mean that Koei Tecmo has further interest in the games and would consider re-releasing Fatal Frame I, Fatal Frame II, and Fatal Frame III on modern platforms?
Fukaya: I can’t make any definite promises here, but if through the release of Mask of the Lunar Eclipse we find that many players want to see more of the series, we may be able to respond to that interest.
Hashimoto: Do you see the Fatal Frame series getting a new game, given that reception to Fatal Frame returning has been extremely positive in the West?
Fukaya: The same would apply for a new game in the series, just like in the previous answer. I hope everyone will pick up and enjoy this title and join us in getting everyone excited about the Fatal Frame series!
As usual, no promises were made for the release of any other games, but if people show enough interest and pick up the game, they may be able to continue the series. You do get the feeling that they want to continue with it, and, who knows? Maybe in a year or two we may finally see a new entry!
Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse is coming to Nintendo Switch on March 9th!
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