Grudge Director Works On Wii Game

[Logan Westbrook]

Grudge Director Works On Wii Game

Ju-On: The Grudge director Takashi Shimizu is bringing his horror expertise to Nintendo's little white box.

There is no denying that Japan does horror differently to the west, relying more on atmosphere than gore to provide the scares. Movies like the Ring and games like Silent Hill and Fatal Frame exemplify this difference, and now the world of Japanese movies and Japanese games are colliding.

No, it's not another awful videogame movie, it's something much better than that. Japanese director Takashi Shimizu is reportedly serving as the 'horror advisor' on a new Wii game called The Feel.

Takashi Shimizu is the man behind one of the best known Japanese franchises in the West, Ju-on: The Grudge, which was remade in 2004 starring Buffy actress Sarah Michelle Gellar and surprised critics and studio alike by taking over $180 million at the box office.

Details on The Feel are very limited at the moment. We do know that there's a flashlight involved, and, well that's about it really. There is one sticking point though, The Feel is being developed by AQ Interactive, makers of the mediocre Bullet Witch and the simply awful Vampire Rain. Will Shimizu be just what AQ need? We'll just have to wait and see.

Source: 1up [http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3173669]



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[Disembodied_Dave]

I don't know if the game will be any good, but I do know that "The Feel" is a horrible name for anything. It almost sounds like satire.

 

[nova18]

Anyone seen the Japanese original Grudge?
It was actually pretty damn scary.

Wii horror?
Soon I may actually want to buy the Wii.

 

[Sigenrecht]

"The Feel"? Let the jokes roll! *snips ribbon*

 

[yeah_so_no]

Oooh, I loved Juon (not that god-awful 'Buffy in Japan' remake)--part of what makes Japanese horror so good is how it's full of ordinary things and places being terrifying. In the original Juon, the house looked like a normal house and was actually kinda bright and cheery. Then out came Kayoko and creepy-child Toshio.

I have Nanashi no Geemu (the Game with no Name) that Square-Enix put out last year for DS, and it's scary as all else--it's a genuine horror game, where the only thing you can do is run like hell or freeze and pray when the ghosts come out.

So if this game looks to be good, I might have to invest in a Wii.

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

Quite frankly, when I was younger the Grudge scared me shitless. And horror games? That only amplifies the dread, and is actually the only thing that scares me nowadays.

WHO is developing this game makes me pretty nervous, but regardless I think Wii owners are going to be spoilt for choice with horror titles soon, with Winter, Cursed Mountain, Silent Hill, and this coming soon (and by soon, I mean in the future, at least for this title).

Do your thing, Takashi, do your thing.

 

[Avatar Roku]

Oooh, I loved Juon (not that god-awful 'Buffy in Japan' remake)--part of what makes Japanese horror so good is how it's full of ordinary things and places being terrifying. In the original Juon, the house looked like a normal house and was actually kinda bright and cheery. Then out came Kayoko and creepy-child Toshio.

True, that's quite a difference from Western "horror" (read: gore). Really, I can only think of one western horror piece that relied on atmosphere like that: the original F.E.A.R. Especially the"ordinary place" thing: the majority of the game took place in an office building, for christ sake.

 

[headshotcatcher]

Oooh, I loved Juon (not that god-awful 'Buffy in Japan' remake)--part of what makes Japanese horror so good is how it's full of ordinary things and places being terrifying. In the original Juon, the house looked like a normal house and was actually kinda bright and cheery. Then out came Kayoko and creepy-child Toshio.

True, that's quite a difference from Western "horror" (read: gore). Really, I can only think of one western horror piece that relied on atmosphere like that: the original F.E.A.R. Especially the"ordinary place" thing: the majority of the game took place in an office building, for christ sake.

Not only are the locations of japanesse horror a bit more familiar, but japanese horror also involves children or women with a demon (mostly) which makes you kinda feel bad for him/her.

 

[yeah_so_no]

Oooh, I loved Juon (not that god-awful 'Buffy in Japan' remake)--part of what makes Japanese horror so good is how it's full of ordinary things and places being terrifying. In the original Juon, the house looked like a normal house and was actually kinda bright and cheery. Then out came Kayoko and creepy-child Toshio.

True, that's quite a difference from Western "horror" (read: gore). Really, I can only think of one western horror piece that relied on atmosphere like that: the original F.E.A.R. Especially the"ordinary place" thing: the majority of the game took place in an office building, for christ sake.

This. Japanese horror--Asian horror in general, actually--tends to be more subtle and atmospheric, and an overall feeling of "You came into the ghosts' territory, now you play by our rules, and they aren't the same." Everything is the same but not.

 

[pffh]

So does anyone want to play the feel on my wii?

But on topic. This might be interesting, Japanese horror movies are bloody scary so I'll be keeping an eye on that game.

 

[Kojiro ftt]

Chances are this won't come to America, given that Nintendo has decided to not even publish Fatal Frame IV in the US. And Fatal Frame is an established franchise with a built in fan base.