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Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer	不思議(ふしぎ)のダンジョン 風来(ふうらい)のシレン DS Fushigi no Danjon Fūrai no Shiren DS

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Ratings: Releases: : December 14, 2006 Original Release : August 21, 2008 Bargain Edition : March 4, 2008 : March 20, 2008 : March 1, 2008 Nintendo DS

Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer, also referred to as Shiren 1 DS for short, is a video game in the Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer series. It is a remake of  Mystery Dungeon 2: Shiren the Wanderer. The game was later ported to smartphones and modified for the platform.

The story follows Shiren the Wanderer and his talking weasel Koppa on a quest to reach the top of Table Mountain in a 2D, sprite-based world themed after feudal Japan.

The gameplay of Shiren 1 DS is turn-based and takes place on a grid where movement is done in the four cardinal directions and diagonals. After clearing the tutorial dungeon, all Adventures begin in Canyon Hamlet, at Level 1. Players defeat Monsters and are awarded Experience and level up. The goal is to survive each floor and climb to the next, however, each floor's layout is randomly generated along with the loot and monsters. When defeated, players are sent back to Canyon Hamlet to begin a new adventure, stripped of all items, levels, and Gitan—the currency. Adventure Allies can be recruited in some Dungeons and may aid in defeating monsters, but may also get defeated, leveling them up in the process. The game features various side quests that are progressed over numerous adventures and may unlock adventure allies, new dungeons, items, mechanics, locations, and more.

When players are defeated in a dungeon, they can request a Rescue a certain number of times based on the dungeon, however, the online functionality is no longer supported, and rescues must be done via local wireless or by sharing passwords.

The theme of Shiren 1 DS is all about balance. Players are intended to accept defeat and try again. An ally may aid in defeating a monster, but they may be defeated in turn and make the monster level up, thus making it more dangerous. Exploring a floor may yield additional loot and experience, however, the Winds of Kron (an anti-grinding measure) and Shiren's depleting Fullness will prevent players from sticking around for too long. While some players may be discouraged by the loss of a valuable item, the important thing to remember is to treat each defeat as a learning experience, as each item can be replaced, levels can be replaced, but players will only continue to lose items if they don't grow as a player and learn from their mistakes. Even the quests are designed to be unlocked across numerous adventures, as players aren't intended to stick around and grind through every side objective in one go. The intent is for players to progress with each side objective a little more with each subsequent adventure.

One method by which the game aims to help new players think creatively is Fay's Puzzles. There are 50 replayable puzzles, where the player can face off against pre-set dungeon layouts, each centered around a lesson to teach players to think beyond attacking monsters directly in every interaction. Such as using a Pain Sharing Staff to share damage with a monster, and then intentionally activating a Landmine Trap to damage it from a safe distance, while recovering HP in a controlled environment.

Gameplay Elements

Adventure Log • Backtracking • Curses • Development Oversights • Differences from the Super Famicom release • Fay's Puzzles • Gitan • Inns • Main Menu • Melding and Seals • Monster Houses • Rescues ^{(Adventure While Awaiting Rescue • Rescue Reward Items)} • Fay's Puzzle Reward Items • Shiren • Town Shops • Smiths • Special Rooms • Status Abnormalities • The Winds of Kron • Traps ^{(Broken Trap Recycling)} • Unidentified Item ^(List) • Version Differences • Wagons • Warehouses

Locations

Towns:
Canyon Hamlet • Bamboo Village • Mountaintop Town • The Cliffs Restaurant • Janus Valley • Cryptic Rock Valley • Underground Stream Village • Golden City • The Other Side of the World

Dungeons:
Road to the Hamlet • Table Mountain • Kitchen God • Scroll Cave • Ravine of the Dead • Ceremonial Cave • Tainted Path • Final Puzzle

Fay's Puzzles:
Arrows • The Hidden Path • Attack Over Water • Keep Moving • Where to Use It? • Don't Go Straight • Just Run • Up to Fate • Canal Trap • Avoid Cannonballs • Canned Monster? • Single Strike • Shortest Route • Log Traps • Enter the Walrus • Single Strike 2 • Attack Over Water 2 • Go Around • Don't Read • Recognizing Trouble • From Afar • Two Staves • Postponed • 3-Way Attack • Ghostly Moves • No Fire! • Gitans? • Prevent Recovery • Paralysis Wall • The Right Stuff • Monster Chase • Many Log Traps • Doppleganged • Attack Yourself • Slow Chase • Fast Chase • Hypnotized! • Blocker • One Fell Swoop • Where to? • Staves and Meat • Shopping Battle • Long-Range Attacks • Reflected Magic • Great Hall Chase • One by One • Money Toss • Dissension • Aim Carefully • Patience!

Characters

Playable Characters:

Shiren the Wanderer

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Allies:

Borg Mamel	Kechi the Masseur
Oryu the Blinder	Pekeji

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Escorts:

Naoki the Wandering Chef	Surala

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Others:
Butafooter • Fay the Researcher • Fortuneteller • Girl (Spoiled) • Old Man (starving) • Smith's Apprentice

Monsters

Monsters ^(List) • Special Enemies

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Bosses:

File:Tainted Soldier.png

Tainted Insect

Tainted Soldier

Tainted Queen

King of the Kigny

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Monsters:

File:Air Devil.png Air Devil Family • File:Baby Tank.png Baby Tank Family • File:Baby Tengu.png Baby Tengu Family • File:Bowboy.png Bowboy Family • File:Cell Armor.png Cell Armor Family • File:Chintala.png Chintala Family • File:Curse Girl.png Curse Girl Family • File:Dark Eye.png Dark Eye Family • File:Dark Owl.png Dark Owl Family • File:Dead Soldier.png Dead Soldier Family • File:Death Reaper.png Death Reaper Family • File:Dragon.png Dragon Family • File:Dremlas.png Dremlas Family • File:Egg Thing.png Egg Thing Family • File:Evil Soldier.png Evil Soldier Family • File:Field Bandit.png Field Bandit Family • File:Firepuff.png Firepuff Family • File:Floor Dragon.png Floor Dragon Family • File:Fluffy Bunny.png Fluffy Bunny Family • File:Flying Fowl.png Flying Fowl Family • File:Fog Hermit.png Fog Hermit Family • File:Gather.png Gather Family • File:Gaze.png Gaze Family • File:Ghost Radish.png Ghost Radish Family • File:Green Slime.png Green Slime Family • File:Half Warrior.png Half Warrior Family • File:Hen.png Hen Family • File:Inferno.png Inferno Family • File:Ironhead.png Ironhead Family • File:Kigny.png Kigny Family • File:Knifegator.png Knifegator Family • File:Leech Worm.png Leech Worm Family • File:Mamel.png Mamel Family • File:Mecharoid.png Mecharoid Family • File:Mini Robber.png Mini Robber Family • File:N'Duba.png N'Duba Family • File:Pacorepkin.png Pacorepkin Family • File:Parthenos.png Parthenos Family • File:Pickpocket.png Pickpocket Family • File:Piggy.png Piggy Family • File:Polygon Spin.png Polygon Spin Family • File:Popster Tank.png Popster Tank Family • File:Rice Baby.png Rice Baby Family • File:Schubell.png Schubell Family • File:Skull Mage.png Skull Mage Family • File:Snaky.png Snaky Family • File:Soldier Ant.png Soldier Ant Family • File:Spike Bomb.png Spike Bomb Family • File:Taur.png Taur Family • File:Thiefwalrus.png Thiefwalrus Family • File:Tiger Uho.png Tiger Uho Family • File:Twisty Hani.png Twisty Hani Family

Quests

Party Member Recruitment Quests:

Kechi the Masseur • My Brother Pekeji • Oryu the Blinder

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Side Quests:
Bungee Jumping • Gaibara's Pottery • Naoki and The Cliffs • The Little Lost Girl • The Smith's Apprentice

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Random Events:
The Spoiled Girl • Voices in the Inn

Guides

Beginner's Guide • Final Puzzle Strategy ^{(Final Puzzle Printable Item Checklist)} • Fun with Gitan ^{(Fun with Gitan Mamels)} • Identifying Items • Last Resort Strategy • Meat Strategy • Monster House Strategy • Rescue Passwords for Items • Stream Village Shopping Spree • Table Mountain Strategy • Thievery • Tips and Tricks • Trap Strategy

Traps

Broken Traps ^{(Broken Trap Recycling)} • Traps ^(List) • Trap Strategy

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Alarm Trap • Big Landmine Trap • Boulder Trap • Curse Trap • Dream Gas Trap • Hunger Trap • Immobilization Trap • Iron Arrow Trap • Knockback Trap • Landmine Trap • Log Trap • Multiplication Trap • One-Way Trap • Pitfall Trap • Poison Dart Trap • Riceball Trap • Rotten Trap • Rusty Trap • Sleeping Gas Trap • Slowness Trap • Spinning Trap • Spring Trap • Stairway Trap • Stumble Trap • Summons Trap • Unequip Trap • Wood Arrow Trap

Stats

Experience • Fullness • HP • Level • Strength

Items

Rosetta Stone • Unidentified Item ^(List) • Vaults • Cheat Code Item List

Weapons

Air Slayer • Bufu's Cleaver • Crescent Arm • Cudgel • Cyclops Killer • Dragonkiller • Drain Buster • Firebrand • Fragile Edge • Golden Blade • Homing Blade • Kabra Reborn • Kabra's Blade • Katana • Kigny Axe • Mastersword • Minotaur's Axe • Pickaxe • Polearm • Razor Wind • Sickle Slayer

Rescue Reward Items:
Cudgel X • Dragonkill X • Goldblade X • Master X • Polearm X

Shields

Armor Ward • Blast Shield • Bronzeward • Dragonward • Evasive Shield • Fancy Shield • Fragile Shield • Gaze Shield • Gold Shield • Hide Shield • Iron Shield • Kigny Shield • Prism Shield • Spiked Ward • Stormward • Walrus Shield • Windshield • Wood Shield

Rescue Reward Items:
Armor X • Blast X • Bronze X • Dragon X • Golden X • Hide X • Iron X • Spiked X • Wood X

Armbands

Antidote Armband • Antidrain Armband • Armband of Calm • Armband of Loss • Armband of Regret • Armband of Sight • Critical Armband • Discount Armband • Happy Armband • Identity Armband • Passage Armband • Pitcher's Armband • Recovery Armband • Rustless Armband • Sleepless Armband • Trap Armband

Rescue Reward Items:
Ace's Armband • Alertness Armband • Armband of Luck • Barrier Armband • Berserk Armband • Clear Armband • Curseless Armband • Defense Armband • Merchant Armband • Pure Armband • Revival Armband • Vigilant Armband • Warding Armband

Scrolls

Air Bless Scroll • Blank Scroll • Blastwave Scroll • Destruction Scroll • Earth Bless Scroll • Extraction Scroll • Great Hall Scroll • Hands Full Scroll • Monster Scroll • Plating Scroll • Power Up Scroll • Riceball Scroll • Sanctuary Scroll • Scroll of Blessing • Scroll of Chains • Scroll of Confusion • Scroll of Explosion • Scroll of Haste • Scroll of Identity • Scroll of Light • Scroll of Need • Scroll of Removal • Scroll of Silence • Scroll of Sleep • Scroll of Traps • Super Trap Scroll • Wandering Scroll

Jars

Bottomless Jar • Chiropractic Jar • Gaibara's Jar • Jar of Change • Jar of Hiding • Jar of Holding • Jar of Identity • Melding Jar • Monster Jar • Pointless Jar • Storehouse Jar • Strengthening Jar • Unbreakable Jar • Venting Jar • Walrus Jar • Weakening Jar

Herbs

Angel Seed • Antidote Herb • Big Belly Seed • Bitter Herb • Dragon Herb • Happiness Herb • Herb of Amnesia • Herb of Confusion • Herb of Invisibility • Herb of Life • Herb of Revival • Herb of Sight • Herb of Strength • Herb of Victory • Kigny Seed • Little Belly Seed • Medicinal Herb • Poison Herb • Restorative Herb • Seed of Ill Luck • Seed of Misfortune • Sleeping Herb • Weeds

Riceballs

Riceball • Big Riceball • Giant Riceball • Rotten Riceball • Special Riceball

Projectiles

Wooden Arrows • Iron Arrows • Silver Arrows

Staves

Accelerating Staff • Bufu's Staff • Doppelganger Staff • Knockback Staff • Lightning Staff • Pain Sharing Staff • Sealing Staff • Skull Staff • Staff of Happiness • Staff of Misfortune • Staff of Paralysis • Staff of Postpone • Staff of Recovery • Staff of Sloth • Staff of Stability • Switching Staff

Miscellaneous Items

Broken Traps • Gitan • Monster Meat

Rescue Password Generator

Player's name
Dungeon and floor
Revival Spell

Rescue Passwords For Items

RPFI 1 • RPFI 2 • RPFI 3 • RPFI 4 • RPFI 5 • RPFI 6 • RPFI 7 • RPFI 8 • RPFI 9 • RPFI 10 • RPFI 11 • RPFI 12 • RPFI 13 • RPFI 14 • RPFI 15 • RPFI 16 • RPFI 17 • RPFI 18 • RPFI 19 • RPFI 20 • RPFI 21 • RPFI 22 • RPFI 23 • RPFI 24 • RPFI 25 • RPFI 26 • RPFI 27 • RPFI 28 • RPFI 29 • RPFI 30 • RPFI 31 • RPFI 32 • RPFI 33 • RPFI 34 • RPFI 35 • RPFI 36 • RPFI 37 • RPFI 38 • RPFI 39 • RPFI 40 • RPFI 41 • RPFI 42 • RPFI 43 • RPFI 44 • RPFI 45 • RPFI 46 • RPFI 47 • RPFI 48

Meta

Commercials • English Text Dump • Flowers Dancing in the Golden Town Amteca • News Archive • Rescue Password Archive • Rescue Password Generator • Rosetta Stone • SEGA Wi-Fi Shut Down Notice • Soundtrack • Staff Credits

In Other Languages

Language		Name
English		Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer
Japanese		不思議のダンジョン 風来(ふうらい)のシレン DS, Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer DS
French		Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer
Spanish		Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer
German		Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer
Italian		Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer
Korean		풍래의 시렌 이상한던전
Chinese	Simplified	千变的迷宫 风来的希炼
	Traditional	千變的迷宮 風來的希煉

See Also

Chunsoft x SEGA - Japanese (Dead Link - Archived) Spike Chunsoft - Japanese (Dead Link - Archived) SEGA - English (Dead Link - Archived) Nintendo Store page - English (Dead Link - Archived)