Fatally Framing Nintendo?

Nintendo now owns Fatal Frame. Who knew?

Never saw this coming, though in light of Spirit Camera for the 3DS I'm not surprised. Check out Rely on Horror's article for the details that have revealed themselves so far.

It remains to be seen if North American audiences will ever see fruit from this union, given that the two Wii releases (so far and coming) never made it to our shore. I guess Silent Hill: Shattered Memories and other Mature titles for the Wii sold well enough for Nintendo to go into acquisition mode.

Fatal Frame starts taking pictures on the 3DS

You never quite know what Nintendo will do, do you? Nintendo of America abandoned the well pedigreed Fatal Frame game made for the Wii, created by the illustrious Grasshopper Manufacture that debuted in Japan in 2008, leaving most fans hanging. More industrious fans jumped at the fan translation that takes advantage of the Wii's SD card slot.

Rumors still swirl around another Wii release, but I think it is safe to assume it will never hit US shores.

Then, when news broke about an upcoming 3DS Fatal Frame title, I figured this one would be a miss as well. As usual, I am wrong. Nintendo is partnering with Tecmo Koei to release the game under the title Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir in Spring of 2012 here in the States.

Now my only remaining question is, how will Nintendo market this Teen rated game in the US? Let's keep our fingers crossed that they do this right.