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'''''Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon''''' began with {{Torneko1Title}}, the first entry into the ''{{Meta|Mystery Dungeon}}'' franchise and the first to use a crossover with another series, being the ''{{Meta|Dragon Quest}}'' franchise. The titles are primarily centered around {{DragonQuest|Torneko}}, the merchant first met in ''Dragon Quest Ⅳ: Chapters of the Chosen''.
[[File:Mystery Dungeon 2- Shiren the Wanderer Boxart.jpg|200x200px]]
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NDS NA=
The ''Mystery Dungeon'' series first began with the ''Torneko's Great Adventure'' trilogy, a spin-off of ''Dragon Quest Ⅳ: Chapters of the Chosen'', known as ''Dragon Warrior Ⅳ'' in North America. Torneko would later appear as a cameo in the spin-off and prequel of ''Dragon Quest Ⅷ: Journey of the Cursed King'', ''Dragon Quest: Young Yangus and the Mysterious Dungeon'', which marks the first and so far only Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon game where the main character isn't Torneko, as {{DragonQuest|Yangus}}, as a kid, is the protagonist instead.
[[File:Mystery Dungeon Shiren the Wanderer cover art.jpg|200x200px]]
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|[[Shiren 1|Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer]]


{{tt|*|Nintendo DS: 不思議のダンジョン 風来のシレン DS}} 不思議のダンジョン2 風来のシレン
{{Clear}}
==About==
After the launch of the Super Famicom and finishing development for ''Dragon Quest V'', the company ceased working on the ''Dragon Quest'' series and began working on the ''Mystery Dungeon'' series.<ref name="origins">http://www.1up.com/features/koichi-nakamura-interview-console-rpg Koichi Nakamura Interview: On the Birth of the Console RPG</ref> The series was based on the 1980's game ''Rogue'', which has spawned its own genre called roguelike.<ref name="origins"/> For a week {{Meta|Koichi Nakamura}}, founder of {{Meta|Chunsoft}} and co-creator of the ''Dragon Quest'' series, played ''Rogue'' at the recommendation of a colleague, {{Meta|Seiichiro Nagahata}}, trying to understand the game's appeal, and concluded the high degree of challenge made the game very rewarding. While working on a roguelike game for the Super Famicom, the team decided to use characters from a recognizable franchise in Japan. Koichi Nakamura has asked {{Meta|Yuji Horii}}, creator of the ''Dragon Quest'' series, about the possibility to add characters and items from the ''Dragon Quest'' franchise, and Torneko, the merchant appearing in Chunsoft's previous work ''Dragon Quest IV'', only to have the permission accepted soon after.<ref name="sc30thanniv">https://www.famitsu.com/news/201406/08054671.html</ref><ref name="origins"/> ''Torneko no Daibōken: Fushigi no Dungeon'' was published in 1993 and became the first video game to bear the "Mystery Dungeon" moniker.<ref>https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/projectbook/dungeon</ref> Even if it sold less than the series' main titles, the game has sold over 800,000 copies. Koichi Nakamura conceived the series as Chunsoft's first original work.<ref name="origins"/> The game spawned two sequels starring Torneko, ''Torneko: The Last Hope'' in 1999 and ''Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko's Great Adventure 3'' in 2002, and a follow-up, ''Dragon Quest: Young Yangus and the Mysterious Dungeon'' in 2006, where Torneko would appear as a cameo instead of the protagonist. And indeed, the game became the first of the over thirty ''Mystery Dungeon'' rogue-like series.<ref name=hoping>https://www.kotaku.co.uk/2016/07/26/shiren-the-wanderer-is-a-mystery-dungeon-game-without-pokemon-or-chocobos-thats-all</ref>


{{tt|*|Nintendo DS: Fushigi no Dungeon: Fuurai no Shiren DS}} Fushigi no Dungeon 2: Fuurai no Shiren
Other characters other than Torneko would become playable throughout the titles: Torneko's own son {{DragonQuest|Tipper Taloon}} in {{Torneko3PS2Title}} and {{DragonQuest|Young Yangus}} in the spin-off and prequel of ''Dragon Quest Ⅷ: Journey of the Cursed King'', {{YoungYangusTitle}}.


===Regional Releases===
As of now, only one game was able to receive an official translation and port in North America, which is ''World of Dragon Warrior: Torneko: The Last Hope''. The other games have remained in Japan due to the series' popularity in Japan, being more important than overseas.


'''Original release date(s):'''
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center; width:60%; margin:auto"
 
!Game
'''JP:''' December 01, 1995
!Japan
 
!North America
'''NA:''' March 04, 2008
|-
 
!''Torneko's Great Adventure''
'''PAL:''' March 20, 2008
|{{Yes}}
|'''Release years by system:'''
|{{No}}
1995 - Super Famicom
|-
 
!''Torneko: The Last Hope''
2000 - Super Famicom (Nintendo Power)
|{{Yes}}
 
|{{Yes}}
{{tt|*|Port and remake of the Super Famicom release.}} 2006 - Nintendo DS
|-
 
|''<small>Torneko's Great Adventure 2 Advance''
{{tt|*|Port of the original Super Famicom release.}} 2007 - Wii Virtual Console
|{{Yes}}
 
|{{No}}
{{tt|*|North American and PAL releases.}} 2008 - Nintendo DS
|-
 
!''Torneko's Great Adventure 3''
{{tt|*|Japan only}} 2019 - Mobile Phone
|{{Yes}}
|Shiren 1
|{{No}}
Shiren 1 DS
|-
 
|''<small>Torneko's Great Adventure 3 Advance''
Shiren DS1
|{{Yes}}
 
|{{No}}
Shiren 1 SFC
|-
 
!''Young Yangus and the Mysterious Dungeon''
Shiren 1 SNES
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|-
|-
![[File:BS Shiren the Wanderer Save Surara.png|frameless|200x200px]]
!''Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon Mobile''
|[[Shiren BS1|「BS風来のシレン スララを救え」]]
|{{Yes}}
BS Shiren the Wanderer: Save Surala
|{{No}}
 
 
'''Original release date(s):'''
 
'''Week 1:''' April 28, 1996
 
'''Week 2:''' May 5, 1996
 
'''Week 3:''' May 12, 1996
 
'''Week 4:''' May 19, 1996
|'''Satellaview broadcasts:'''
Jul. 1, 1996 - Jul. 27, 1996
 
Jul. 27, 1997 - Aug. 2, 1997
 
|Shiren BS1
BS Shiren
|-
|-
!<tabber>
!''Dragon Quest More Mystery Dungeon Mobile''
GB =
|{{Yes}}
[[File:Mystery Dungeon Shiren the Wanderer GB Moonlight Monster Village.jpg|frameless|200x200px]]
|{{No}}
|-|
|}
 
Win PC=
[[File:Shiren GB1 PC.jpg|frameless|200x200px]]
|-|
 
Mobile=
[[File:Moonlit Village Monster Android cover art.jpg|frameless|200x200px]]
|-|
</tabber>
|{{tt|*|PC/Android: 不思議のダンジョン 風来のシレン 月影村の怪物}} [[Shiren GB1|不思議のダンジョン 風来のシレンGB 月影村の怪物]]
{{tt|*|PC/Android: Fushigi no Dungeon: Furai no Shiren: Tsukikage-mura no Kaibutsu}} Fushigi no Dungeon: Furai no Shiren GB: Tsukikage-mura no Kaibutsu
 
{{tt|*|PC/Android: Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer GB: Moonlight-Village Monster}} Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer GB: Moonlight-Village Monster
 
 
'''Original release date(s):'''
 
'''JP:''' November 26, 1996
|'''Release years by system:'''
1996 - GameBoy
 
1999 - Windows PC


2000 - GameBoy (Nintendo Power)
==Translations==
 
===Games===
2011 - Mobile
{| class="wikitable"
|Shiren GB1
! rowspan="2" |Game
Moonlit Village Monster
! rowspan="2" |Console
! colspan="2" |English
! colspan="2" |{{Tt|Chinese|{{#language:zh}}}}
! colspan="2" |{{Tt|Korean|{{#language:ko}}}}
|-
|-
![[File:Mystery Dungeon- Shiren the Wanderer 2 Boxart.png|frameless|200x200px]]
!Exist?
|[[Shiren 2|不思議のダンジョン 風来のシレン2 鬼襲来シレン城]]
!Ref.
Fushigi no Dungeon: Fuurai no Shiren 2 - Oni Shuurai! Shiren Jou!
!Exist?
 
!Ref.
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 2: Demon Invasion! Shiren Castle!
!Exist?
 
!Ref.
 
'''Original release date(s):'''
 
'''JP:''' September 27, 2000
|'''Release years by system:'''
2000 - Nintendo 64
|Shiren 2
|-
|-
!<tabber>
!''Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon''{{UT}}
GBC=
!{{ConsoleLogo|SFC}}
[[File:Mystery Dungeon Shiren the Wanderer Magic Castle of the Desert-1.jpg|frameless|200x200px]]
|{{Yes}}
|-|
|{{Green}}|{{Citation needed}}
 
|{{No}}
NDS=
|{{No}}
[[File:Mystery Dungeon Shiren the Wanderer Evil Castle of the Desert-2.jpg|frameless|200x200px]]
|{{No}}
|-|
|{{No}}
</tabber>
|{{tt|*|NDS: 不思議のダンジョン 風来のシレンDS2 砂漠の魔城}} [[Shiren GB2|不思議のダンジョン 風来のシレンGB2 砂漠の魔城]]
 
{{tt|*|NDS: Fushigi no Dungeon: Fūrai no Shiren DS2: Sabaku no Majō}} Fushigi no Dungeon: Fūrai no Shiren GB2: Sabaku no Majō
 
{{tt|*|NDS: Mystery Dungeon Shiren the Wanderer DS2: Magic Castle of the Desert}} Mystery Dungeon Shiren the Wanderer GB2: Magic Castle of the Desert
 
 
'''Original release date(s):'''
 
'''JP:''' September 27, 2000
|'''Release years by system:'''
2001 - GameBoy Color
 
2008 - Nintendo DS
|Shiren GB2
Shiren DS2
 
Magic Castle
|-
|-
!<tabber>
! rowspan="2" |''Torneko's Great Adventure 2''{{UT}}
Dreamcast=
!{{ConsoleLogo|PS1}}
[[File:Mystery Dungeon Shiren the Wanderer Gaiden Swordwoman Asuka Arrives-1.jpg|frameless|200x200px]]
|{{Blue}}|Official
|-|
|{{Blue}}|Enix
 
|{{No}}
Win PC=
|{{No}}
[[File:Mystery Dungeon Shiren the Wanderer Gaiden Swordwoman Asuka Arrives-2.jpg|frameless|200x200px]]
|{{No}}
|-|
|{{No}}
</tabber>
|[[Shiren DC1|不思議のダンジョン 風来のシレン外伝 女剣士アスカ見参!]]
Fushigi no Dungeon: Furai no Shiren Gaiden - Onna Kenshi Asuka Kenzan!
 
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer Side Story: Female Swordsman Asuka Arrives!
 
 
'''Original release date(s):'''
 
'''JP:''' February 07, 2002
|'''Release years by system:'''
2002 - Sega Dreamcast
 
2002 - Windows PC
 
2004 - Windows PC (Reprint)
|Shiren DC1
Asuka Kenzan
 
Asuka Arrives
 
Shiren Asuka
 
|-
|-
!<tabber>
!{{ConsoleLogo|GBA}}
Wii JP=
|{{No}}
[[File:Shiren the Wanderer 3 JP Wii Cover Art.jpg|frameless|200x200px]]
|{{No}}
|-|
|{{Yes}}
 
|{{Green}}|{{Citation needed}}
Wii NA=
|{{Yes}}
[[File:Shiren 3 Cover Art.jpg|frameless|200x200px]]
|{{Green}}|{{Citation needed}}
|-|
 
PSP=
[[File:Shiren the Wanderer 3 JP PSP cover art.jpg|frameless|200x200px]]
|-|
</tabber>
|{{tt|*|Known simply as Shiren the Wanderer in the NA release.}}[[Shiren 3|Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 3: The Sleeping Princess of the Karakuri Mansion]]
Fushigi no Dungeon - Furai no Shiren 3: Karakuri Yashiki no Nemuri Hime
 
不思議のダンジョン 風来のシレン3 からくり屋敷の眠り姫
 
 
'''Original release date(s):'''
 
'''JP:''' June 5, 2008
 
'''NA:''' February 9, 2010
|'''Release years by system:'''
2008 - Nintendo Wii
 
{{tt|*|North American Release}} 2010 - Nintendo Wii
 
2010 - Playstation Portable
|Shiren 3
Shiren 3 Wii
 
Shiren 3 PSP
|-
|-
!<tabber>
! rowspan="2" |''Torneko's Great Adventure 3''{{UT}}
NDS=
!{{ConsoleLogo|PS2}}
[[File:Mystery Dungeon- Shiren the Wanderer 4- The Eye of God and the Devil's Navel.jpeg|frameless|200x200px]]
|{{No}}
|-|
|{{No}}
 
|
PSP=
|
[[File:Shiren the Wanderer 4 PSP cover art.png|frameless|200x200px]]
|
|-|
|
</tabber>
|[[Shiren 4|不思議のダンジョン 風来のシレン4 神の眼と悪魔のヘソ]]
 
Fushigi no Dungeon: Fuurai no Shiren 4 - Kami no Hitomi to Akuma no Heso
 
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 4: The Eye of God and the Devil's Navel
 
 
'''Original release date(s):'''
 
'''JP:''' February 25, 2010
|'''Release years by system:'''
2010 - Nintendo DS
 
2012 - Playstation Portable
 
2012 - Playstation Portable (PS store)
|Shiren 4
Shiren 4 DS
 
Shiren DS4
 
Shiren 4 PSP
|-
|-
!<tabber>
!{{ConsoleLogo|GBA}}
NDS=
|{{Orange}}|WIP
[[File:Shiren the Wanderer 5 NDS cover art.jpg|frameless|200x200px]]
|{{Orange}}|<ref group="n">Translation made by Sam Steel. Released in beta first through the Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki Discord server and later on [https://www.woodus.com/forums/topic/40435-torneko-no-daibouken-gba-translation-patch/ Woodus]</ref>
|-|
|{{Yes}}
 
|{{Green}}|{{Citation needed}}
Vita JP=
|{{No}}
[[File:Shiren the Wanderer 5 Vita cover art JP.jpg|frameless|200x200px]]
|{{No}}
|-|
 
Vita NA=
[[File:Shiren the Wanderer- The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate.jpg|frameless|200x200px]]
|-|
</tabber>
|{{tt|*|Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 5: Fortune Tower and the Dice of Fate}} [[Shiren 5|Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate]]
 
不思議のダンジョン 風来のシレン5 フォーチュンタワーと運命のダイス


Fushigi no Dungeon: Fūrai no Shiren 5: Fortune Tower to Unmei no Dice
'''Original release date(s):'''
'''JP:''' February 25, 2010
'''NA:''' June 26, 2016
'''EU:''' June 26, 2016
'''AU:''' June 26, 2016
|'''Release years by system:'''
2010 - Nintendo DS
{{tt|*|Japanese release}}2015 - Playstation Vita
{{tt|*|Non-Japanese releases}} 2016 - Playstation Vita
|Shiren 5
|-
|-
![[File:Mystery Dungeon Shiren the Wanderer The Rainbow Labyrinth 1.jpg|frameless|200x200px]]
!''Young Yangus''{{UT}}
|[[Rainbow|不思議のダンジョン 風来のシレン 虹の迷宮録]]
!{{ConsoleLogo|PS2}}
Fushigi no danjon furai no shiren: niji no meikyū-roku
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|
|
|
|
|}
<references group="n" />
==In Other Languages==
{{In Other Languages
  | en    = Torneko's Great Adventure
  | ja    = トルネコの大冒険
  | fr    =
  | fr_ca =
  | es    =
  | es_la =
  | de    =
  | it    =
  | pt    =
  | pt_br =
  | nl    =
  | ru    =
  | ko    =
  | zh    =
  | td    =
}}


Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer: The Rainbow Labyrinth
==See Also==
{{Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon (series) Navbox}}


==References==
<references />


'''Original release date(s):'''
[[Category:Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon (series)]]
 
[[Category:Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon (series) About Pages]]
'''JP:''' October 21, 2011
|'''Release years by system:'''
 
2011 - Mobile phone
|Rainbow
 
Rainbow Labyrinth
|}

Latest revision as of 08:48, 12 July 2025

Torneko's Great Adventure logo.

Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon began with Super Famicom Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon(UT) - This is an unofficial translation., the first entry into the Mystery Dungeon franchise and the first to use a crossover with another series, being the Dragon Quest franchise. The titles are primarily centered around Torneko, the merchant first met in Dragon Quest Ⅳ: Chapters of the Chosen.

The Mystery Dungeon series first began with the Torneko's Great Adventure trilogy, a spin-off of Dragon Quest Ⅳ: Chapters of the Chosen, known as Dragon Warrior Ⅳ in North America. Torneko would later appear as a cameo in the spin-off and prequel of Dragon Quest Ⅷ: Journey of the Cursed King, Dragon Quest: Young Yangus and the Mysterious Dungeon, which marks the first and so far only Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon game where the main character isn't Torneko, as Yangus, as a kid, is the protagonist instead.

About

After the launch of the Super Famicom and finishing development for Dragon Quest V, the company ceased working on the Dragon Quest series and began working on the Mystery Dungeon series.[1] The series was based on the 1980's game Rogue, which has spawned its own genre called roguelike.[1] For a week Koichi Nakamura, founder of Chunsoft and co-creator of the Dragon Quest series, played Rogue at the recommendation of a colleague, Seiichiro Nagahata, trying to understand the game's appeal, and concluded the high degree of challenge made the game very rewarding. While working on a roguelike game for the Super Famicom, the team decided to use characters from a recognizable franchise in Japan. Koichi Nakamura has asked Yuji Horii, creator of the Dragon Quest series, about the possibility to add characters and items from the Dragon Quest franchise, and Torneko, the merchant appearing in Chunsoft's previous work Dragon Quest IV, only to have the permission accepted soon after.[2][1] Torneko no Daibōken: Fushigi no Dungeon was published in 1993 and became the first video game to bear the "Mystery Dungeon" moniker.[3] Even if it sold less than the series' main titles, the game has sold over 800,000 copies. Koichi Nakamura conceived the series as Chunsoft's first original work.[1] The game spawned two sequels starring Torneko, Torneko: The Last Hope in 1999 and Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko's Great Adventure 3 in 2002, and a follow-up, Dragon Quest: Young Yangus and the Mysterious Dungeon in 2006, where Torneko would appear as a cameo instead of the protagonist. And indeed, the game became the first of the over thirty Mystery Dungeon rogue-like series.[4]

Other characters other than Torneko would become playable throughout the titles: Torneko's own son Tipper Taloon in PlayStation 2 Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko's Great Adventure 3: Mystery Dungeon(UT) - This is an unofficial translation. and Young Yangus in the spin-off and prequel of Dragon Quest Ⅷ: Journey of the Cursed King, PlayStation 2 Dragon Quest: Young Yangus and the Mystery Dungeon(UT) - This is an unofficial translation..

Regional Releases

As of now, only one game was able to receive an official translation and port in North America, which is World of Dragon Warrior: Torneko: The Last Hope. The other games have remained in Japan due to the series' popularity in Japan, being more important than overseas.

Game Japan North America
Torneko's Great Adventure
Torneko: The Last Hope
Torneko's Great Adventure 2 Advance
Torneko's Great Adventure 3
Torneko's Great Adventure 3 Advance
Young Yangus and the Mysterious Dungeon
Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon Mobile
Dragon Quest More Mystery Dungeon Mobile

Translations

Games

Game Console English Chinese Korean
Exist? Ref. Exist? Ref. Exist? Ref.
Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon(UT) - This is an unofficial translation. Super Famicom [Citation needed]
Torneko's Great Adventure 2(UT) - This is an unofficial translation. PlayStation Official Enix
Game Boy Advance [Citation needed] [Citation needed]
Torneko's Great Adventure 3(UT) - This is an unofficial translation. PlayStation 2
Game Boy Advance WIP [n 1] [Citation needed]
Young Yangus(UT) - This is an unofficial translation. PlayStation 2
  1. Translation made by Sam Steel. Released in beta first through the Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki Discord server and later on Woodus

In Other Languages

Language Name
English Torneko's Great Adventure
Japanese トルネコの大冒険

See Also

References