Are there any plans to possibly localise Fatal Frame IV?

[Megatron2000]

I hear it's a very good Wii game that at this point is Japan exclusive D|

[Lumina]

I'd love if this would happen, but I highly doubt it will. As far as I know Nintendo didn't bring it over because it was buggy. There is an unofficial translation patch that can be used via the SD card slot of the Wii, but it will only work with JP retail copies, so you'd have to import.

[PringlesXD]

Because it was buggy? Then why not fix it? D:

[Lumina]

They'd likely have to pay Grasshopper to fix it, it wasn't developed in house.

[PringlesXD]

Oh, so that's why. Well, I doubt this one will make it over now, anyway.

[Dusty Starr]

I thought that it was the other comapny that they asked to fix it, started with a T... name escapes me. Tecmo? I have just heard tell that they were asked to fix it, and would not do it without being payed... and obviously, Nintendo was not going to have that. ...I'd just rather not think bad of Grasshopper. X3

[Lumina]

I think the original staff at Tecmo were laid off when Koei bought them out and became Tecmo Koei. I'm pretty sure the only thing Tecmo about Tecmo Koei are the IPs, but I could be wrong.

I do think Tecmo helped Grasshopper on the side though, so you might be right.

[GeekyJuuu]

It's a shame really, because I've beaten the game...eh...2 times maybe thus far and I haven't run into a single bug. Well, save for the fact that there's a ghost that can't be captured for the ghost list [ironically, the patch team fixed it themselves, I think... :x] All we can do is buy Spirit Camera in hopes that Fatal Frame II Wii Edition will make it over.

[PringlesXD]

I see, so that's why the other games are coming.

[Lumina]

I think I'm going to import Fatal Frame IV soon, I wanted to give Nintendo the benefit of the doubt for as long as I could, but with the Wii U around the corner it doesn't seem like it's ever going to be localized.

I typically don't import Japanese games, but since it's a full english patch and you need the JP retail version to even play it, I'll make an exception. Though I'm going to have to do something about that Japanese box art, wonder if an English version exists somewhere.

EDIT: Well would you look at that, I should have just checked my standard cover art source.