Project Zero / Fatal Frame II - 蝶 · 天野月子
Game Track Setting:
- Theme song / ending
- Promotional theme
Memories:
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I noticed you didn't talk about the Crystal Stone radio. That was one of the creepiest parts of the game! Listening to ghosts memories during the final moments. It's like a spirit version of a black box.
— Wolfbane382, comment on “Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly - Nitro Rad” (2020)
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My interpretation of the connection between the two games is Yae's soul was trapped in the Himuro mansion but upon completion of the events of that game it was freed to be pulled back the lost village triggering the events of the second game. Her soul being the missing element of the ritual and so needed to seal away the Hellish Abyss. I remember that Sae fell off the path and that she was not against being sacrificed by her sister but I don't recall it being stated anywhere that she deliberately sabotaged her sister's escape plan (it has been quite a while since I last played it though, I do still have it though).
— ChocolateRobs, comment on “Fatal Frame II: A Terrifying Tragedy” (2023)
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I could've sworn the camera in the first game was referred to as the camera obscura in the instruction book... I'm probably imagining things there though
— cptsteele91, comment on “Exploring Fatal Frame II Crimson Butterfly + Story Explained” (2020)
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When I beat this game for the first time. I got the ending where they complete the ritual and the other sister remains blind while alive and escaped the village. To me that felt like the canonical ending. Although they added an ending where the two sisters survive. To me, that didn't feel like the true ending. The whole concept of this game was that the ritual gets completed. It's sad and it's chaotic but overall thats the whole point of restoring harmony in the story and allowing one of them to return from being spirited away. It's kinda sad but felt very deep and compelling.
— ModPlaythruChannel, comment on “The Real Traditions Behind Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly” (2024)
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I have a twin and we were kids when we first played this game (she played, i watched) and because of that the story felt particularly personal lol i remember we both cried so much at the end. Sigh. A very peculiar experience.
— imjustagirlnotathreat2289, comment on “Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly - Nitro Rad” (2020)
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I love this game so much. Still holds up so many years later and gives me the spooks every time I try to make it through the first few houses. The first time I played it, I remember shutting it down quickly after listening to one too many of those spirit crystals haha!
— LovelyPariah, comment on “Fatal Frame II: A Terrifying Tragedy” (2023)
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I remember playing this game, and thought it was superior to the original in every way, even the difficulty is not that hard, but for some reason, I didn't get myself to finish the game, which sucks for me. Also, wasn't there another ending where both sisters escaped the village with Miyu turned blind, and the camera dropped in the hellish abyss?
— Addition2, comment on “Exploring Fatal Frame II Crimson Butterfly + Story Explained” (2018)
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Currently listening to this while working projects! Love Fatal Frame. Thanks Muse! 👻
— JustHappyBurger, comment on “The Real Traditions Behind Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly” (2024)
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There is actually a direct plot line between this game and the first, though it's easy to miss (being more of an easter-egg for those who really comb through the notes and such to figure out): The Yae in this game is the same one as the Yae in the first game (the mother who hung herself), and thus also the great-grandmother of Miku. Despite getting away she still ended up dying the same way as her sister.
— Painocus, comment on “Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly - Nitro Rad” (2020)
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I got into Fatal Frame in october, played all the games in Japanese in effort to learn the language, so I didn't get all of them but I love this franchise. Fatal Frame 2 is absolutely my favorite, due to how well it marries story, gameplay and visuals. It's just such a tightly put together game. Although I feel people overplay the horror aspect? I mean the games have a juicy atmosphere but they're not that scary lmao. Granted I am desensitized to horror as I've been consuming it since I was a 10 year old but still, I didn't find any of the games scary. Still love them for their symbolism, the stories of the ghosts, the presentation and homage to Japanese horror cinema.
— ridleyroid9060, comment on “Fatal Frame II: A Terrifying Tragedy” (2025)
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I bought this game when I was little. The game music scared me so much that I put it down for over 10 years. When I got older I got the nerve to play the game again and was able to complete it. Great memories. 😂
— jacobcastellanos3251, comment on “Exploring Fatal Frame II Crimson Butterfly + Story Explained” (2026)
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The video is so beautiful in every part of it... i almost cried in the end of it
— M0llyKat, comment on “The Real Traditions Behind Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly” (2025)
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As a twin myself(the younger one), I find stories like these more personal. This story was far better than the first game.
— vampireinsomniac2251, comment on “Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly - Nitro Rad” (2021)
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I played this game when I'm in my 5th grade I'm now 32 ur old, I totally agree with you all the series from 5the even the 2 remake never beat this one..❤
— trixieduenas8684, comment on “Fatal Frame II: A Terrifying Tragedy” (2023)
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You know the game is good when 12 years old me keep playing it till the end even though I hate horror 🤣
— Lynch048, comment on “Exploring Fatal Frame II Crimson Butterfly + Story Explained” (2022)
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This is making my appreciate this game so much more! I have been a consumer of Japanese media since a very young age and am now learning the language, yet somehow a lot of these references passed me by in my hundreds of hours spent with both versions of Fatal Frame 2. Thank you a lot! Also, here in Serbia we have a very similar concept to the whispering bridge called the lover's bridge, where lovers take a lock with their name and attach it to the bridge to "seal" their love. Iirc I remember a story about 2 lovers drowning under it and that's why it was named that way. I was very little when I heard that tho so grain of salt.
— ridleyroid9060, comment on “The Real Traditions Behind Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly” (2025)
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So Fun fact for you connecting the first game and the second. Yae, after escaping settled down and eventually has a family, with Mafuyu and Miku being her Grand-children, which is likely the cause of there family having the abilities to see things.
— That_Ifrit_Guy, comment on “Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly - Nitro Rad” (2020)
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I'm going to have to disagree with your take away from the first game. I've never seen it as an endorsement of the strangling ritual, Kyrie staying to block the Hell Gate doesn't show that it was necessary, only that it works. There's, at least, one other way it can be done. And that leaves open the possibility that there could be another method, some way that involves no sacrifice at all. I've always read it entirely as her making the choice to stay, then and there, because it will save people, not because she has to
— BobfishAlmighty, comment on “Fatal Frame II: A Terrifying Tragedy” (2023)
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This game still scares me even watching a walkthrough i still get scared
— rocknroll20024, comment on “Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly - Nitro Rad” (2024)
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Hot take: The Fatal Frame games decrease in quality with every entry. While individual improvements may be made, the overall experience never gets better than the first game. It surprises me that people hold up Crimson Butterfly as the best in the series. It makes some of the problems from the first game worse, adds some new issues, and its improvements really aren't enough to offset the positive developments. The repeated ghost encounters and recycled plot are the worst aspects in this regard. That said, FF2 is still one of the better horror games out there, and I do quite like it.
— A_Red_Pyramid, comment on “Fatal Frame II: A Terrifying Tragedy” (2023)
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This fucking game made me cry so hard as a kid got the butterfly ending or something all I really remember is butterflies and crying my eyes out.
— tiredtape9666, comment on “Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly - Nitro Rad” (2020)
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When you play the fourth part of Fatal Frame, remember one thing. In the place where you will save the game there is a store function, where you can buy camera film and herbs. I am writing about it now because a few reviewers of this game have cut in on it, after which they drove hard after this game.
— SpookyHeartVampireBat, comment on “Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly - Nitro Rad” (2020)
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This dude nearly cried when talking about the fixed camera angles. I don't think I've ever heard a voice that contains such an overwhelming amount of joy.
— thenameschall, comment on “Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly - Nitro Rad” (2020)
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