New details have emerged today about Tecmo’s Fatal Frame IV for the Nintendo Wii, specifically details about the storyline (and a few concerning gameplay), about the latest entry in the series, that the development team are reportedly calling easily the best the franchise so far.

Fatal Frame IV is set on the fictional island of Rougetsutou, in a half-western, half-Japanese hotel, a building that was previously a sanatorium. Five young girls were abducted and taken to the island. Their memories were wiped while they were there - during a mystical ceremony held every decade to worship the moon. Three years after being rescued by a detective, three return to try to figure out what actually happened to them.

As for gameplay, we learn that the Wii Remote’s pointer won’t be use, but moving the controller about will direct your character’s torch, while vibration and speaker noises will be used to help enhance the gameplay experience.

Nintendo of America hadn’t even heard of Fatal Frame IV at E3 2008, but we’re still hopeful of a localised translation some time in the future. We’ll keep you posted.