Operation Rainfall Petitions for Boxed Fatal Frame V for North America

The folk at Operation Rainfall are campaigning for a physical release for Fatal Frame V: Maiden of Black Water.

The upcoming Wii U release is to be available in both North America and Europe, however only the European version will get a physical, limited-edition boxed release. The game, at time of writing, is still a digital-only release for fans in the US.

A campaign headed up by Operation Zero is designed to urge Nintendo of America to consider a boxed release for the dedicated Fatal Frame fan - with a Change.org petition and a call-in planned for September 8, starting at 10AM EST/7AM PST.

What opzero aims to do is to show publishers (specifically Nintendo of America) that there is a profitable demand for the Fatal Frame (aka project zero) intellectual property and customers have been waiting for this one especially.

What opzero has done so far is provided a voice for customers and fans of the Fatal Frame franchise to convince that this latest game was worthy for western localization. This was an ongoing endeavor that took about a year, but it seems to have worked as illustrated in the Nintendo Direct announcement- image1.JPG
The fact that they specifically acknowledged "fans clamoring" possibly alludes to the fact that Nintendo of America is listening and heard opzero.

16GB is the file size for Fatal Frame 5 so that renders the standard WiiU console ineligible for downloading the game unless NoA is expecting customers to purchase an external hard drive with a power source as well (and a power strip too). Even the deluxe model WiiU which despite being 32 GB is actually closer to 22 GB will not leave much room for anything else.

Will you join in the Operation Zero campaign / would you purchase a boxed version of Fatal Frame V: Maiden of Black Water?