Project Zero 2

PROJECT ZERO 2 - Wii Edition

Making its name on PS2 and X Box a decade ago, this revamped version places you in a more active participant role with the Wii controls.

As part of the Fatal Frame series, this Wii Edition of the creepy survival horror game's second chapter is even more effective with its Pro Logic sound. This intriguing game captures the Japanese Horror genre well, and allows you to play either Story or Haunted House mode (the latter offering up different scares each time you take it on). The story starts off as an hallucinogenic dark forest fairytale with a foreboding, scary, eerie and creepy atmosphere. Mayu & Mio Amakura are twins, and while playing in the forest, one wanders into the woods following a crimson butterfly, the other trailing behind. Here they discover a village lost to the world, with mystical shrines and altars along the way. This ghostly village houses spirits of the dead. As you uncover this strange turn of events items need to be collected & utilizated (info, herbal medicine and sacred water also necessary discoveries).

What happened in this place was a massacre on a ceremonial Shinto night - the last victim possessing Mayu. The village remains haunted, and Mio has to save her as she discovers the horrors leading to this state. You also find notebook pages of Miyako Sudo who is trapped in the village. You unravel the mystery with a moody, gloomy look and creepy soundtrack to further pull you into its realm. You'll find dark corridors and apparitions aplenty. Attacking spirits need to be defeated by taking photographs of them with the Camera Obscura (acting like an exorcism device). Different film strengths need to be collected and the camera can be upgraded, including lenses. Gaining more spirit points inflict more damage on photographed spirits. While it's a single player game, an extra player can be incorporated with another remote, to either support or play tricks on you!

While this was originally released in 2003, it remains a very effective, original title.

Related to this is the Nintendo 3DS game Spirit Camera. The Project Zero 2 Wii game booklet contains an Augemented Reality Marker you can use once completing Spirit Camera's Story Mode.

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- Paul Blom



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