As announced last week, Project Zero: Maiden of Black Water - better known as Fatal Frame: The Black Haired Shrine Maiden in North America - will only have a limited edition available at retail in Europe. In what's a potentially smart move for a relatively niche release, this release will be joined by a free-to-download version on the eShop; you'll be able to play the Prologue and first two chapters before deciding whether to buy the rest.
Ahead of its 30th October release the Nintendo Official UK Store has got in first with pre-order stock of the limited edition. We were curious about pricing, and it comes in at a standard rate for a special edition retail game on the store. At £49.99 it's pricier than a standalone game, but does come with the following goodies.
- A double-sided poster
- An art book
- Four Spirit Photographs
- SteelBook cover
At the moment other online retailers in the UK, such as Amazon and GAME, aren't showing stock for this.
Are you tempted to put down a pre-order for this limited edition bundle?
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[source store.nintendo.co.uk]
Comments (58)
Think I will
£50 seems a bit pricey but hey, looks good. I bit...
Looking forward to this game for a long while. Then this.
I guess I've no choice
Was worried when I discovered the listing yesterday afternoon and it said "Out of Stock". Thought we were in for a repeat of the Bayonetta 2 L.E. Thankfully it was just a placeholder as orders went up around 1800.
Preordered, despite I wonder if I have the guts to play it XD.
Would've preferred it to be a bit cheaper, but seeing as this is the only retail version, I bought it.
When is Devil's Third going to be available to buy? It's out in two weeks, isn't it? Or is it eShop only?
LIMITED EDITION ONLY IN EUROPE
THIS IS BULL.
US once again is shafted.
I wanna move to Europe, anyone wanna take a Otaku Gamer in ?
Yet again I must say **** you noa.
I'm a sucker for the Wii U Special editions so this has been pre-ordered!
I want the physical game but not the junk.
Preordered Looking forward to it. Perfect Halloween game.
@ROBLOGNICK I've had a physical copy of Devil's Third preordered from Shopto for ages now.
£50 is silly. I just want the game. I hope the eshop version is much cheaper.
I won't be pre ordering until I hear how much the download option is going on to cost me. I have no interest in the free junk buy I'd prefer physical. However I need to reduce my gaming spending so somethings gotta give.....
This normally isn't the sort of the game I go for; I'm just not interested in survival zombie games (the mature rating has nothing to do with it).
There's been nothing but hype for this game, however, so pre-order has been made. Hopefully I will like it, if not then at least it's another important addition to my strong Wii U collection.
@RedKnightXIII Limited Edition: Only in UK. Bull!
Really looking forward to this game, not fussed by the special edition, but looking forward to October 30th regardless!
Nintendo UK don't ship to Ireland anymore, do they?
@Shigmin I have just checked for you.
The checkout page address field only shows United Kingdom.
@Alundra-1998 Ah. That's what I thought. Thanks for checking!
@Shigmin It is really weird as I am sure Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom last time I checked...
Nice. I know nothing about this game, but the trailers look good and I've been wanting to play more horror games, so I've preordered this. Hopefully the limited edition will appear in other countries soon enough.
I preoodered the game from a Finnish online-store, Verkkokauppa, for 48,90€ Surely, they didn't specify it being the Limited Edition, but as it's the only version coming to retail, I should be good.
@Alundra-1998 Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom, they ship here as I've got from them, but not the Republic Of Ireland, which I assume is where @Shigmin, (great name ), is from
@MJKOP Correct! And thanks!
@Alundra-1998 - ROI or Ireland is a separate country and has nothing to do with the UK. Northern Ireland is part of the UK but sometimes it's called GB & NI.
Sometimes though there will be very close links with how companies operate with Ireland and the UK, which can be confusing.
@RedKnightXIII
Already got my bags packed, we're moving to England.
@Shigmin 👍
Let me get this straight... I keep hearing/reading that this game is not going to be released physically outside of this Limited Edition bundle.
Can anyone confirm whether or not this is true?
It will be mine.....oh yes......it will be mine
Done, thanks for the heads up
@Alundra-1998 Totally correct, this is the only physical version to be released on Europe.
To those outside the UK, I do think it will be released in the rest of the continent, its just so far the Nintendo UK store is the only place preorders can currently be made.
I believe other places will be stocking it as they announced it as a "Retail" version (which to me implies brick & mortar stores too). I'd imagine preorders will be going up in the near future.
@MarvinTheMartian No worries the P0/FF series is about mystery and Yurei (Lost souls), they are not really zombie survival games.
Just make sure you dim the lights and set the mood first, these games are all about atmosphere.
I'm waiting for Amazon to put this game up for pre - order. I hope it'll be soon.
I'd love to get this, always been a fan of the series. Let's hope the special edition comes to North America.
This is the second article to falsely name its North American title. I don't even know where the one in the article came from. Since I was ignored when I left a comment on the first article, I'll leave a source this time.
http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/4qsfAA8PLHOmOdSgVaRPtG6GMX3OlhCr
http://e3.nintendo.com/games/wiiu/fatal-frame-maiden-of-black-water/
It is called Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water in North America. When it was announced, it was simply titled Fatal Frame. It has never once been referred to as "Fatal Frame: The Black Haired Shrine Maiden" except by Nintendo Life (and I assume someone else, because I doubt Nintendo Life made the name up).
....I'm starting to get concerned about NoA's silence on game release editions now.
@ALinkttPresent I think NLife staff tend to watch the North American directs, as I assume, despite being UK-based, there's more traffic from NA just due to far more people living there.
I noticed during E3 they were referring to dates from the NA broadcast rather than the European one, and often use the NA names for games like Kirby and the Rainbow Paintbrush or Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam Bros.
Better £50 then the insane amount Scalpers will ask for on ebay. Ordered.
Per Wiki - "33/40 based on four reviews."
@whodatninja It's available in all of Europe plus Australia and New Zealand.
It is out of stock already. Wow... That was not up for long at all... O.o
I only preordered my copy at 11.00am BST today.
So this won't come to NA? Tell me it isn't so.
oh so i have to pay an inflated price on ebay , cheers nintendo
Sold out. It better be available in larger numbers at other places. Sick of having to check a computer or smartphone constantly throughout the day to be able to pay money for a product I want. Been looking forward to this one for a long time and I want the physical copy.
Got my order in yesterday. Glad I did now that it is out of stock. Didn't expect it to be out of stock that quick.
@shinynewbicycles @PinkSpider It is seemingly back in stock now.
Given that Project Zero: Maiden of Black Water will only be having a limited edition version released, I don't feel too worried about missing out on the Nintendo UK store version, as I'll likely be able to get the exact version once it becomes available at Game.
Well, I hope it will at least. I've been checking each day on the Game website to see if it's available, as I know if I can't get a physical copy, I certainly won't be downloading the game (I never download a full retail game... with exception to Sunset Overdrive as I did not know that the copy I was recieving was a download code).
@Alundra-1998
Cheers, you're a legend. Got it on order now. Also, Alundra is a fantastic game.
@shinynewbicycles You are very welcome!
I hope that PinkSpider manages to order one as well.
@alundra-1998 you my friend are a legend cheers man
I now have every special edition on the Wii U
@PinkSpider No problem! Happy to help.
Hmm sold out all ready!😞
I stupidly thought I would see if GAME would get it up for preorder..... (loads of giftcards to use up). Yet GAME and Amazon both state they have not been given permission to open preorders, and have no information if they will even sell it..... Now sold out..... Brilliant......
@Andyliini Also seems to be here http://www.mediamarkt.se/mcs/product/_Project-Zero-5-Oracle-of-the-Sodden-Raven-%C3%84ventyr-Wii-U,90952,510677,2097745.html?langId=-16 and these guys might be selling it https://www.coolshop.co.uk/product/project-zero-5-oracle-of-the-sodden-raven/AF5T28
So i've literally just bought a new wii u because my last u's disc drive stopped working (after a year only) I prefer digital but really wanted the physical version of this game hence re buying a wii u. If this is already sold out because i didnt think i would have to spend every living minute of my life on the internet looking for news articles in regards to this, i will be ultra mega peed with Nintendo ( yet again)
@Schro Game taking pre orders now, ordered mine last night
@hybridseed =) ordered mine in store yesterday
@Andyliini I should have done same to save some money. VPD currently asks ~150€ for FF5: Limited Edition so when i'll get that game tomorrow for little under 70€ i can say i'm lucky.
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