That Website is a Gateway to Another World. You Can’t Escape Its Incoming Calls.

Mitsuki Nonaka
2 min readDec 26, 2023

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#74 Horror Game 100 story challenge

Image Credit: Game package clippings from Amazon

Title: CALLING -Black Incoming-

Genre: Horror Adventure

Compatible Platform: Wii

Publisher & Release Date: Hudson 2009.11

Urban legends circulating on the Internet are called “Net Loa.” In Japan, countless urban legends originated from certain major bulletin boards. For example, Kisaragi Station, Inunaki Village, kunekune…, These have become so well recognized that they have been the subject of anime and movies. Bulletin boards, which can be viewed and written by an unspecified number of people, travel around the world at a speed unmatched by well-wishers. Anonymity arouses people’s curiosity and grabs their attention, especially the younger generation. The anime “Hell Girl (地獄少女)” and “Magical Girl Site(魔法少女サイト)” are just that… The game “CALLING -Black Incoming-” is another new urban legend created by the Internet. Now, let me give you a brief synopsis.

A rumor circulated on the Internet. It was a website called “Black Page,” which, when accessed, usually just displays a blank, black screen, but on rare occasions, it’s said to lead to a chat room. If you’re connected to a chat room, your phone will ring, and if you answer it, you’ll be taken to the “boundary” between life and death. Rin Kagura has wandered into the boundary. Will she be able to return to this real world?

CALLING -Black Incoming-” is a game with a high level of action, as the platform is the Wii. Taking advantage of the characteristics of the game console, the user connects a nunchuck to the Wii remote control to capture the stage ( “Night of Sacrifice ‘イケニエノヨル’ “ is another horror game with high Wii action.)

The most important cell phone in the strategy is the type that was popularized before smartphones, and the generation that used these phones will be even more fearful. The player controls several characters, but the red woman who appears again and again…, too scary… It’s an interesting game with the dampness characteristic of Japanese horror.

See you tomorrow!

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Mitsuki Nonaka

Freelance writer/blogger 🖋 loves horror 👻 beloved horror novel, comics and films.