

Mayu is then shown following a trail of crimson butterflies deeper into the village, stopping in an alleyway where an unknown woman in a white kimono is standing, facing away from her. Mio wakes up from the vision alone and sees her sister about to leave the house by herself, apologizing and saying that she must go. During this vision, brief scenes of a woman in a white kimono is shown, laughing maniacally, an event that is also described in Miyako's diaries and is implied to have been an influence in her mental disintegration before being found by her boyfriend and killed. Upon finding her final diary, the woman's ghost attacks the sisters in anger, forcing Mio to use the camera to exorcise her.Īfter defeating the female ghost, Mio passes out and learns in a vision that the ghost, Miyako Sudo, was trapped in the village and then strangled by her boyfriend's ghost, seemingly an act of madness after he was also trapped in The Lost Village. Inside they find the abandoned Camera Obscura, as well as the diaries of a woman who came to the village in search of her missing boyfriend, which the twins assume to be the ghost they viewed previously. The two sisters discover a newspaper clipping and photo of a couple on the outskirts of the village and decide to investigate before leaving by entering one of the nearby family houses after seeing a female ghost entering it. Unknown to the twins, the village is the site of a mysterious ritual that failed, causing the village to be trapped in continuous night and to disappear from the region, destined to relive the events of the ritual's failure forever. "The Lost Village" and "Minakami Village".) She sees Mayu chasing a crimson butterfly and, after following her, the two are spirited away into All God's Village (a.k.a. While remembering an accident in the forest that left Mayu's leg weak, Mio notices that her sister has disappeared. The area is soon to be a dam site and the two sisters reminisce about the times they spent there. Mio and Mayu visit a spot in the forest that they used to play at during their childhood. For more details see: Fatal Frame II Chapters. Mayu is lead to the lost village by crimson butterflies. However, Mio learns that in order to save her sister and escape the village, she must delve deeper into a ritual that was performed in the village: the Crimson Sacrifice Ritual, where one twin must kill the other. Mayu is eventually led astray by the ghosts and Mio becomes determined to save Mayu and escape before they meet the same cursed fate as the village's former residents. The village is curiously empty, and it is revealed to have been cursed by some past event, trapping the village in perpetual night.Īs the Amakura twins investigate, they discover the Camera Obscura and are set upon by the ghosts of the past villagers. Mio, concerned for her sister, follows Mayu, and the two girls are led to a lost village. The twin sisters, Mio and Mayu Amakura, are visiting a childhood play spot when Mayu, who walks with a limp after a childhood accident, follows a mysterious crimson butterfly deep into the woods. Mio using the Camera Obscura for the first time. 2.2 Deep Crimson Butterfly (Wii Edition) Endings.Despite this, Fatal Frame II is arguably the most known of the Fatal Frame series, due to its engaging story, refined use of the camera and abundant scares. The game resumes the characteristic use of a camera to fend off ghosts, only this time without the claim of being "Based on a true story".

The game also had a Director's Cut version released for the Xbox in 2004 and a remake entitled Fatal Frame II: Deep Crimson Butterfly released for the Nintendo Wii in 2012. It was re-released as a "PlayStation 2 Classic" on the PlayStation Network for the PlayStation 3 on in North America. The PlayStation 2 port was developed and published by Tecmo on Novemin Japan and Decemin North America, and was published by Ubisoft on Apin Europe. that we would always be together.įatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly, known in Japan as Zero ~Akai Chou~ ( Zero ~Crimson Butterfly~) and in Europe as Project Zero II: Crimson Butterfly, is a Japanese survival horror game and the second installment in the Fatal Frame series.
