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| Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island | 不思議のダンジョン 風来のシレン6 とぐろ島探検録 Fushigi no Danjon Fūrai no Shiren 6 Togurojima Tankenroku |
Ratings:    Sales: 0.2 million (as of Feb 2024) Releases:  : January 25, 2024 : February 27, 2024 : February 27, 2024 : January 25, 2024Nintendo Switch WW: Winter 2024 Steam External Links:    |
Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island, also referred to as Shiren 6 for short, is the latest game in the Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer series, the first completely new traditional, main series Shiren game since 2010.
It was released for the Nintendo Switch in early 2024, originally in Japanese and Traditional Chinese, followed by an English release soon after. The European release was published by Reef Entertainment.
Instead of being based on more recent games, Shiren 6 mostly takes inspiration from the earlier titles in the series, particularly 
Mystery Dungeon 2: Shiren the Wanderer for gameplay mechanics and Template:GameTitle for visuals, although there are certain similarities to other entries as well.
After the events of the Moonlight Village Story
, Shiren and Koppa receive a vision from a mysterious girl, and they decide to visit Serpentcoil Island, the main setting of the game, to rescue the girl and find treasure. Although this premise is what the main story revolves around, players are immediately faced with multiple characters and secondary stories occurring on the island, such as the relationships between two groups of pirates that have come to the island in search of treasure, or a village secretly inhabited by former ninjas, among others.
Initially, the main goal of the game is simply to complete the main, 31 floors long dungeon, filled with towns and story events that progress as the dungeon is explored multiple times. New players may need several attempts to get to the end for the first time, however these attempts will help them get a better understanding of the game (and stored items, if desired), which is an important part of the experience. After the main dungeon is completed for the first time and the credits play, the game opens up significantly and reveals a lot more content, dungeons, stories, and side features to enjoy.
Multiplayer features consist of online Rescues and the Parallel Play mode, which allows players to share identical versions of a dungeon to replay indefinitely. The developers occasionally hold Official Parallel Play competitions.
The game has also received additional content through free updates and paid DLC, adding more dungeons, playable characters, puzzles, side modes, music, achievements, and unlockable artwork.