Shiren:Cross-Mixing

Title	Localizer	Name
Shiren 1 DS	SEGA	✗
Shiren 3 Wii	Atlus
Shiren 5 Vita	Aksys Games
/ Shiren 5 2020	Spike Chunsoft Inc.
/ Shiren 5 SP	Spike Chunsoft Inc.
Shiren 6	Spike Chunsoft Inc.	Cross-Mixing

Cross-Mixing (Japanese: 異種合成) is a subtype of the Fusion mechanic in Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer series. It made its debut in  Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 2 - Shiren's Castle and the Oni Invasion in 2000.

Classification

Cross-Mixing allows players to feed a Mixer a Weapon or Shield, followed by other types of items such as Scrolls, Herbs, and Projectiles to add special Runes that wouldn't normally be possible to their equipment.

Unlike normal Fusion, Cross-Mixing is limited to the Mixer Family of monsters, and not every game featuring them also features Cross-Mixing.

The exact items and their Runes differ between games, as do the mechanics. Such a how it's possible to add a Rune Slot to an item in Shiren 2, by feeding a Mixer a Blank Scroll, while this doesn't work in Shiren 3, or how it's possible to consume Mixer Meat in Shiren 3 and walk over items to fuse them, but meat doesn't exist in Shiren 2.

Name Etymology

The Japanese name of Cross-Mixing is made by combining 合成, the Japanese name of Fusion, with the prefix 異種, meaning "different types". As such, possible literal translations of the Japanese name can be "heterogeneous synthesis" or "fusion of different types".

The English name is based on the English name of the Mixer Family, used to perform this type of item Fusion, prefixed with "Cross", indicating that it involves different categories of items. However, this removes the naming link to the Fusion mechanic.

Appearances

Games

The Cross-Mixing mechanic appears in  Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 2 - Shiren's Castle and the Oni Invasion. The Cross-Mixing mechanic appears in  Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 3 - The Sleeping Princess and the Karakuri Mansion. The Cross-Mixing mechanic appears in  Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 3 Portable. The Cross-Mixing mechanic appears in / Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island.

Shiren 1			Save Surala				Moonlight Village				Shiren 2		Magic Castle		Asuka		Shiren 3		Shiren 4		Shiren 5				Tower of Slumber	Shiren 6
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In Other Languages

Language		Name
English		Cross-Mixing
Japanese		異種合成

References

• Japanese name.
• English name.