Koei Tecmo’s Fatal Frame growth crew confirmed that the success of Maiden of Black Water and requests from followers contributed to Mask of the Lunar Eclipse‘s remaster getting greenlit. During the Fatal Frame segment on Koei Tecmo’s TGS 2022 reside stream, the crew left a message explaining the choice to provide the brand new remaster.

We have translated the message as follows:

Last yr, the Fatal Frame sequence had its twentieth anniversary. We had quite a few issues on what we may do to all of the followers who’ve supported us up till then. As a end result, we launched a remaster of Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water.

After a while handed from the discharge, it gathered a lot consideration from everybody, and we acquired numerous sorts of opinions. We truly really feel glad that individuals around the globe hope to see a sequel and [other] sequence titles get launched.

There are additionally individuals who began enjoying Fatal Frame with Maiden of Black Water, so we’ve the will to convey extra of the appeals from Japanese-style horror video games. We determined to remaster and launch Mask of the Lunar Eclipse, which was additionally requested loads. It will take a bit extra time till launch, however we’re at the moment growing it, so please wait till the discharge.

In an interview with Siliconera in October 2021, Koei Tecmo’s Keisuke Kikuchi expressed curiosity in remastering one other Fatal Frame title, though the corporate had no plans to launch a compilation that features a number of titles. The firm introduced in December 2021 that it had bought over 340,000 items of the Maiden of Black Water ports on all platforms mixed worldwide.

Mask of the Lunar Eclipse initially appeared as a Japan-exclusive Wii title in 2008. The September 2022 Nintendo Direct was the place the remaster was first introduced worldwide. Shortly after this system, Koei Tecmo confirmed that it’ll additionally come to platforms aside from the Switch.

Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water is obtainable on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, and PC. The new remaster of Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse will seem on the identical platforms in early 2023.