Archive EntryPreservation Record

Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water

Shelf markLIB-0230

Editorial StandingCatalogued · Permanent Record

2021Game

Catalog Information

Original Title: 零～濡鴉ノ巫女～
Release: 2014 (Wii U, Japan) · 2021 (remaster, October 28 · Asian physical, November)
Developer: Koei Tecmo
Publisher: Koei Tecmo
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Region: Region-free · Asian edition, English via update · HAC-P-A437A
Medium: Nintendo Switch game card · Asian retail edition
Subjects: Survival Horror · Ghosts · Fatal Frame · Import · Remaster · Preservation

Archival Status

Custody: Permanent archive holding
Reference Copy: Nintendo Switch game card in retail case
Filed: October 5, 2026

Curator Notes

Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water is set on Mt. Hikami, a mountain of water rites and suicides, where three protagonists — Yuri Kozukata, Ren Hojo, and Miu Hinasaki — confront its ghosts with the Camera Obscura. It first released on Wii U in Japan in September 2014. The remaster released digitally worldwide on October 28, 2021. Physical copies were issued only in Japan and Asia; this copy is the Asian edition with an English cover. This filing opens the Fatal Frame lineage on the shelf.

Collection Documentation

The retained object is the Asian retail edition of Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water on a Nintendo Switch game card, with an English cover. Dedicated artifact views of the individual copy have not yet been filed; the gallery below is held open for that documentation.

Preservation Notes

Access Hardware: Nintendo Switch; compatible Nintendo Switch family hardware
Original Hardware: Nintendo Switch
Playback Compatibility: Nintendo Switch software is region-free. The retained game card is the primary access copy and runs on any Nintendo Switch console.
Preservation Concerns: Game cards are flash media; long-term charge retention, contact wear, and loss of the small card from its case are the principal risks. English voices and subtitles were added by an update released November 30, 2021; the card as issued is not playable in English without that update, which depends on Nintendo’s servers.
Edition History: Wii U release in Japan on September 27, 2014; the West in October 2015. The remaster released digitally worldwide on October 28, 2021; the Asian physical edition followed in November 2021, with English delivered by update.
Access Status: Physically distributed in Japan and Asia only; elsewhere the remaster was issued digitally.

Connections

Series: Fatal Frame
Editorial Record: Reserved for future critical writing in Bloodsoaked Media.

Artifact Documentation

Reference photography of the preserved copy held by Bloodsoaked Media. Each view records the edition, materials, and condition of the work in custody.

Space is reserved for official artwork verification, collection photography, scans, and supplementary archival media. Nothing is forced into the record until documentation is filed.

Stewardship History

A permanent chronology of this archival record — filed, revised, and tended over time. Entries accumulate; none are erased.

Oct 5, 2026
Collection Documentation entered
Oct 5, 2026
Connections established
Fatal Frame recorded.
Oct 5, 2026
Official artwork entered
Official Nintendo Switch front cover filed under the Library accession path.
Oct 5, 2026
Curator Notes entered
Oct 5, 2026
Filed into the Library
Accessioned as LIB-0230.
Oct 5, 2026
Preservation Notes entered
Oct 5, 2026
Published to the public shelf