Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water Switch Port Will Not Include Zelda Costume
Posted on August 10 2021 by Emi Curtis
An unfortunate bit of news for those who are fans of both The Legend of Zelda and Fatal Frame series hit earlier this week. Koei Tecmo, developers of the Fatal Frame series and frequent collaborators with Nintendo, have confirmed that the Switch release of Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water will not include the Princess Zelda and Zero Suit Samus costumes that were available in the game’s original Wii U release. Though new costumes are intended for the Switch port that were not present in the Wii U version, none of them are based on any Nintendo properties.
The news was broken via a footnote on the Maiden of Black Water game website reading, “The Zero Suit Samus and Princess Zelda costumes from the Wii U version are not included,” under the platform details. It’s possible the exclusion has to do with some manner of licensing, but with no official comment on the matter, we can only speculate on why the costumes are not being included. Regardless, the news is a bit disappointing for those who were looking for an enhanced version of the game with all the same assets and costumes.
Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water releases for Switch and other platforms on October 28th. For those still looking to grab the game, there are a number of new costumes available as mentioned including a hat based on Ryza from the Atelier series of dungeon crafter games.
What are your thoughts? Were you considering grabbing this Japanese horror classic? Will the costume exclusions change your mind? Let us know in the comments below!
Source: Koei Tecmo America (via Nintendo Everything)
Emi Curtis is an associate editor with Zelda Dungeon, having originally joined the team in late 2020. She is a freelance artist, programmer, and streamer with a healthy love of both the creative and analytical. She can frequently be found playing RPGs and Adventure games, her favorite of which being The Wind Waker. She is also quite fond of playing Zelda Randomizers. Currently, she hosts a tabletop RPG series on Twitch and operates a freelance illustration business. She can be found on Twitter and Twitch as her VTuber alter-ego Gwen Myoty, creating nerdy artwork, dungeon mastering tabletop games, and playing RPGs.
