History VideoGame / FatalFrameMaidenOfBlackWater

** Yuri's ending depend on [[spoiler:whether the player used Glance on Ose while underwater or above water]].

* PsychicAssistedSuicide: Happens to those that cannot resist the ghost's influence on Mt Hikami.

* TheLoad: An unfortunate side-effect of any character following the player around during certain Drops. While they cannot be killed by hostile ghosts, they do tend to get in the line of the camera's view and make fighting ghosts a little more tedious.

** [[GoldenEnding Bride of Black Water]]: Have Yuri use Glance on Ose while above water. [[spoiler:Seeing the suffering Ose has gone through, Yuri feels sympathy for her and embraces her while crying. Ose begins crying herself, letting her emotions free, and returns to her white, bridal attire. Ose thanks Yuri for breaking the curse upon Mt Hikami, and she's ready to continue her duty on her own. The Black Water recedes back into the Shadowspring and Hisoka calls out to Yuri, ready to go home. And at Kurosawa Antiques, Ren watches over a sleeping Rui.]]

In 2021, a port was formally announced for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, but surprisingly, this was followed by an updated trailer indicating a multi-platform release, including UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, Microsoft and Sony consoles, and the game was released accordingly on October 28 later in the same year. [[note]]though in digital form only at the moment outside of Asia[[/note]] What this means for Nintendo's ownership of the franchise is currently unknown.

In 2021, a port was formally announced for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, but surprisingly, this was followed by an updated trailer indicating a multi-platform release, including UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, Microsoft and Sony consoles, and the game was released accordingly on October 28 later in the same year [[note]]though in digital form only at the moment[[/note]]. What this means for Nintendo's ownership of the franchise is currently unknown.

** "It's nice and warm..." is stated twice at the end of the Twelfth Drop, once to Yuri by Hisoka in a flashback and the other time with their roles reversed in the present (with the speaker serving coffee to the recipient each time).

* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Full costumes and accessories can be bought with the points earned from exorcising ghosts, with Yuri and Miu having more options than Ren does. The remaster added even more

* BrotherSisterIncest: It's not a Fatal Frame installment without at least one instance. [[spoiler:Miu is the product of Miku following her older brother Mafuyu's spirit in the [[VideoGame/FatalFrameIII third]] game]].

* TheCameo: [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Zero Suit Samus]] and [[VideoGame/HyruleWarriors Zelda]] are unlockable costumes in the Western Wii U release. The remaster instead has [[VideoGame/AtelierRyzaEverDarknessAndTheSecretHideout Ryza's]] [[VideoGame/AtelierRyza2LostLegendsAndTheSecretFairy outfit]] as a pre-order and early purchase bonus.

In 2021, a port was formally announced for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, but surprisingly, this was followed by an updated trailer indicating a multi-platform release, including UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, Microsoft and Sony consoles, and the game was released accordingly on October 28 later in the same year[[note]] though in digital form only at the moment[[/note]]. What this means for Nintendo's ownership of the franchise is currently unknown.

** As per usual, the American and European release removed bikinis as unlockable costumes. Strangely enough, the Australian version kept them in, giving at least European players a chance to import that version and have access to bikinis.
** When Yuri uses Glance on Miu, she's shown posing for cameras in a white bikini and long scarf, which was one of her unlockable outfits. The scene was altered to having her wearing her usual attire.

* TheCameo: [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Zero Suit Samus]] and [[VideoGame/HyruleWarriors Zelda]] are unlockable costumes.

* WomenAreDelicate: Earthquakes occuring on Mt Hikami affect women more than men. This is why Ren manages to stay conscious and keep everyone safe at Kurosawa Antiques. [[spoiler:Though he does end up passing out long enough in the Eigth Drop for Yuuri and Rui to be spirited away.]]

In 2021, a port was formally announced for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, but surprisingly, this was followed by an updated trailer indicating a multiplatform release, including UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, Microsoft and Sony consoles. What this means for Nintendo's ownership of the franchise is currently unknown.

** Kunhiko Asou accidentally caused lots of damage. [[spoiler:Aside from having fallen in love with Ose at first sight, his taking a picture of her captured part of her soul and her feelings of love inside of it, resulting in any man that sees it to fall for her and approach Mt Hikami to be married to her. And since Ose fell in love with him, too, all other men were rejected and stuffed into Black Boxes.]]

* SkippableBoss: The battle against the Funeral Celebrant in Ninth Drop can be avoided altogether by not entering the dead-end section of the Twilit Peak where she appears.

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: Completing the plot opens up a side-story following [[VideoGame/DeadOrAlive Ayane]]. As she has no Camera Obscura and cannot fight ghosts, the side-story is a StealthBasedMission, contrary to the main campagin.

* BodyHorror

* MultipleEndings

* RunOrDie

* ShootTheShaggyDog

* YouAreWorthHell

* BrotherSisterIncest: It's not a Fatal Frame installment without at least one instance. [[spoiler:Miku performed a ghost marriage with Mafuyu, and her daughter is the product of it]].

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The Tall Woman that appears only once in the Forbidden Valley in Chapter VII. She's not even related to the curse or anyone else, [[ForTheEvulz she just wants you dead and unlike the other ghosts, is implied to actively be hunting you down]].

* BlindIdiotTranslation: The original subtitle for the game was ''Nuregarasu no Miko'', with Nuregarasu being an idiom that refers to the lustrous black color like that of a raven. It's a difficult thing to translate, and several fan-sites translated the game as ''Oracle of the Sodden Raven'' or ''Priestess of the Drowned Crow''. The official subtitle became ''[[TakeAThirdOption Maiden of Black Water]]''.

** As per usual, the American and European release removed bikinis as unlockable customes. Strangely enough, the Australian version kept them in, giving at least European players a chance to import that version and have access to bikinis.

* BloodierAndGorier: The characters that die over the course of the story here aren't spirited away or killed by a disease, and are instead DrivenToSuicide after being possessed. A lot of the ghosts have met much more violent ends compared to previous installments too

** Miu's ending depends on [[spoiler:whether the player took or didn't take a picture of Miku at the lake]].

* ShoutOut: The western release has unlockable costumes of [[VideoGame/HyruleWarriors Zelda]] and [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus]].

''Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water'' is the fifth installment of ''VideoGame/FatalFrame'' survival horror series created by Creator/{{Tecmo}}.

''Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water'' is the fifth installment of [[VideoGame/FatalFrame the survival horror series]] created by Creator/{{Tecmo}}.

[[caption-width-right:200:The cover featuring Yuri and Miu]]

The game was originally released on the UsefulNotes/WiiU in 2014, with the localisation being a digital release on the Nintendo e-Shop in 2015. It had been in development since ''Deep Crimson Butterfly'' was released, and it borrowed mechanics from it and ''Mask of the Lunar Eclipse'', setting the tone of the game since the Nintendo era.