that's pretty damn awesome. i only noticed a month or so back that fatal frame IV was only for the wii...  
 
another reason for me to buy a wii. are the games region free? 

The game is not region free, the patch makes it play. It includes all the homebrew code needed for it.

For other imports which don't have specific patches it's not hard to play them using various methods.

Awesome. It'll be a while until I can import the game -- there are mad video game releases in the upcoming months -- but I'll hopefully be playing it this summer.

Damn you Al3x, I wanted to make this thread!
 
Anyway, kudos to them for the release, finally.
 
The original targeted release date for the patch was 08/2009. ;D

The offline patch doesn't work on Windows 7 64bit. Boo.

:-P

It also only works with legit discs. USB loaders are not supported, sadly, but it's commendable they made it only work like that, and not pirated. Though others will probably get the files and make work arounds for illegal copies soon enough, but yeah, their intentions were great with this.

This is probably going to be very jarring for people used to the Silent Hill: Shattered Memories smooth and intuitive controls but oh well, horror!

Time to order the game up! This is so exciting, my first import wii game! Can anyone think of any reason why Nintendo would possibly eliminate this measure?

Damn glad it's finally out. Time to get the patch in the coming days and give it a shot.

Does anyone know why they specifically decided to not have an official release? 
I've been looking forward to this, I regard the Fatal Frame series as one of those rare horror franchises to actually terrify me.

" Does anyone know why they specifically decided to not have an official release?  I've been looking forward to this, I regard the Fatal Frame series as one of those rare horror franchises to actually terrify me. "

 It also only works with legit discs. USB loaders are not supported, sadly, but it's commendable they made it only work like that, and not pirated. Though others will probably get the files and make work arounds for illegal copies soon enough, but yeah, their intentions were great with this.

"Does anyone know why they specifically decided to not have an official release?"

Yet they let a game like 'Calling' slide.  Weird, eh?

I wish I had a 1 GB SD...

I wish I had a 1 GB SD...

 http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/junpei/fatal-frame-iv-mask-of-the-lunar-eclipse-translation-with-pics/30-37218/
 
Translation patch info/instruction and a few pics. More to come in the future.

Ha ha, the game is actually sold out now on play-asia. Brilliant.

I heard about this on the CAGcast, thought it was pretty cool of them to do this. I'm not familiar with the Fatal Frame games though, so I don't think I'll be importing this. Is the patch available? I went through the site and the FAQ said it wasn't yet...
 
I'd be interested in reading impressions on this game and its translation.

I just played through the introductory chapter. I am not sure I want to continue. :P
 

Yea, I've played into a chapter a two and there were a few grammar things/typos. Ohterwise the only issue I encountered was a line or two of text that continues to the edge of the screen and cuts off a wrod at the end instead of wrapping to the next line.

I 'beat' the game on the Tube.
 
It's probably not as scary as Fatal Frame 2 overall, probably because you're playing several individuals in a seemingly small hospital. Which leads to a lot of repetition.
 
I just get a little irked by the fact that none of these characters bump into each other when they are essentially moving through the same area.
 
 
This is actually scary. Unlike Shattered Memories, where there weren't any scares at all. What the developer of Shattered Memories forgets it's basic instinct to run away from fear, so it doesn't force the player to confront fear. Looking horrible entities in the eye goes against your basic instincts, creating panic and escalates horror.  
 
Of course the whole choking thing is visually weak, the ghost don't actually feel frightening at all when you see their attacks, lessening the overall horror experience.