Shiren:Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer DS2 - Magic Castle of the Desert

Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer DS2 - Magic Castle of the Desert
不思議のダンジョン 風来(ふうらい)のシレンDS2 砂(さ)漠(ばく)の魔(ま)城(じょう)
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer DS2 - Magic Castle of the Desert

Information

Developer(s)

Chunsoft

Publisher(s)

Sega

Platform(s)

Nintendo DS

Genre(s)

Roguelike, Role-playing

Mode(s)

Single Player

Version

1.0

Credits

Director(s)

Seiichiro Nagahata

Programmer(s)

Hidefumi Itano

Artist(s)

Kaoru Hasegawa

Writer(s)

Shin-ichiro Tomie

Composer(s)

Hayato Matsuo

Release date(s)

November 13, 2008

Rating(s)

CERO

Additional info

Website(s)

Sega (archive)

ID(s)

NTR-YWFJ-JPN

Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer DS2 - Magic Castle of the Desert (Japanese: 不思議のダンジョン 風来(ふうらい)のシレンDS2 砂(さ)漠(ばく)の魔(ま)城(じょう), Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer DS2 - Magic Castle of the Desert) is a remake of the Game Boy Color game Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer GB2 - Magic Castle of the Desert, developed by Chunsoft and published by Sega in 2008.

The game has never been officially released in English but a partial fan made patch has been made for the Nintendo DS port. Official names have been used where possible but the fan translated names have been used in place of names with no 'official' English release. This game is commonly referred to by fans as Shiren DS2 and erroneously Shiren 2. The short-name being referred to usually denotes version specific features. While the game's title was never translated, its localized name's format comes from the Shiren the Wanderer Series Limited Edition Art Book.

Gameplay

Shiren the Wanderer DS2 is a roguelike, in which the player navigates through randomly generated dungeons, each filled with randomly placed enemy characters. Dungeons consist of larger box-like rooms, connected via narrow corridors. A map of the dungeon is automatically filled out as the player explores the area. While exploring dungeons, the player finds various items and weapons on the ground. Movement in the game is turn-based such that every time the player makes a move, the enemies move as well. If the player gets killed, they have to either restart the game from the beginning or get help from another player, who can enter the same dungeon and try to rescue them. Rescuing can be accomplished via a code that the rescuing player types into their game, or via the use of a Game Link Cable. In the Nintendo DS version of the game, players could rescue one another by connecting via the Internet.

The game has one town that functions as a hub with shops and a place to rest. Teleport scrolls allow the player to teleport to town from dungeons and retain all their items, but their level is reset to 1 and they have to play through the dungeon from the beginning again the next time they enter it.

Plot

The game starts in the middle of a journey, with Shiren and his companion Koppa traveling through an enormous desert, exhausted. They collapse, after which guards take them to a desert fortress and chain them to a wall. A princess enters the dungeon and unshackles them, and Shiren escapes while being chased by the guards. He meets Pekeji, who claims to be Shiren's younger brother, and who shows him to a dungeon that he thinks houses treasures. They enter it at night, but Pekeji falls into a trap, and Shiren has to save him.

Development

The game was developed by Chunsoft and directed by Seiichirō Nagahata, with character designs by Kaoru Hasegawa, scenario and world design by Shin-ichiro Tomie, and with Hidefumi Itano being the lead programmer. A remake of the game, Shiren the Wanderer DS2, was announced in 2008 for the Nintendo DS. This version included online functions, such as leaderboards and item trading.

Release

Shiren the Wanderer DS2 was released on November 13, 2008, by Sega. Sega shut down the servers for these services on October 31, 2011.

Sales

According to Geimin, both versions of Shiren the Wanderer: Magic Castle of the Desert have accumulated over 275,000 copies in total. The Nintendo DS version has sold 103,299 copies by January 2010.

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Shiren the Wanderer - Magic Castle of the Desert.

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  The Japanese Nintendo DS cover art.

In Other Languages

Language			Name
English			Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer DS2 - Magic Castle of the Desert
日本語			不思議のダンジョン 風来(ふうらい)のシレンDS2 砂(さ)漠(ばく)の魔(ま)城(じょう), Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer DS2 - Magic Castle of the Desert
한국어			풍래의 시렌DS 2 이상한던전- 사막의 마성

See Also

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v • d • e Shiren the Wanderer DS2 - Magic Castle of the Desert - Characters Companions Borg Mamel • Koppa • MA-MO • Nfu the Demon Puppy • Oryu the Blinder • Pekeji • Zoso the Robot Story Characters Oro • Princess Ateka • Ryoushu • Sachi • Zagan irupa Bank • Bibingida • Blacksmith • Borg Mamel • Bupuyaro • Goto • Higechiyo • Ichipeba • Kame • Koppa • Komaru • Kume • MA-MO • Minai • Nfu the Demon Puppy • Nipeba • Oharaiobaba • Oryu the Blinder • Pekeji • Rihibishi • Ryoushu • Sanpeba • Shop • Songa • Tao • Torepan • Zoso the Robot v • d • e Shiren the Wanderer DS2 - Magic Castle of the Desert - Gameplay Elements Adventure Log • Blessings • Curses • Gitan • Monster Houses • Shiren • States • Top Menu • The Winds of Kron • Traps • Unidentified Items v • d • e Shiren the Wanderer DS2 - Magic Castle of the Desert - Items Armbands (List) Anti-Feeble Armband • Antidrain Armband • Armband of Calm • Armband of Loss • Armband of Miss • Armband of Regret • Armband of Sight • Binge Armband • Curseless Armband • Diet Armband • Explosive Armband • Golden Armband • Hercules Armband • Loud Armband • Nfu Armband • No-Control Armband • Paper Armband • Passage Armband • Pitcher's Armband • Recovery Armband • Search Armband • Sturdy Armband • Swipe Armband • Trap Armband • Turn Armband • Warp Armband Herbs (List) Angel Seed • Antidote Herb • Big Belly Seed • Dragon Herb • Happiness Herb • Haste Herb • Herb of Confusion • Herb of Life • Herb of Revival • Herb of Sight • Herb of Strength • Little Belly Seed • Medicinal Herb • Misfortune Seed • Poison Herb • Ranzan Herb • Restorative Herb • Sleeping Herb • Warp Herb • Weeds Jars (List) Absorb Jar • Blessed Jar • Cannon Jar • Cursed Jar • Gimensha Jar • Healing Jar • Jar of Change • Jar of Hiding • Jar of Holding • Jar of Identity • Melding Jar • Strengthening Jar • Teleport Jar • Traditional Jar • Water Jar • Weakening Jar Projectiles (List) Fatal Arrows • Iron Arrows • Karanba Arrows • Knockback Arrows • Poison Arrows • Silver Arrows • Wooden Arrows Riceballs (List) Big Riceball • Bufu's Riceball • Giant Riceball • Riceball • Rotten Riceball • Special Riceball Scrolls (List) Air Bless Scroll • Attraction Scroll • Big Explosion Scroll • Blank Scroll • Blastwave Scroll • Earth Bless Scroll • Escape Scroll • Failure Scroll • Great Hall Scroll • Hands Full Scroll • Jar Growth Scroll • Monster Recover Scroll • Monster Scroll • Paranoia Scroll • Plating Scroll • Power Up Scroll • Sanctuary Scroll • Scroll of Blessing • Scroll of Confusion • Scroll of Explosion • Scroll of Haste • Scroll of Identity • Scroll of Light • Scroll of Removal • Scroll of Silence • Scroll of Sleep • Scroll of Traps • Squid Sushi Scroll • Sumeragi Scroll • Trap Killer Scroll • Unexploded Scroll Staves (List) Attract Staff • Bufu's Staff • Change Staff • Doppelganger Staff • Failure Staff • Accelerating Staff • Herb Effect Staff • Herb Reception Staff • Invisible Staff • Knockback Staff • Leaping Staff • Pain Sharing Staff • Quarter Staff • Raging Staff • Sealing Staff • Skull Staff • Staff of Happiness • Staff of Misfortune • Staff of Paralysis • Staff of Postpone • Staff of Stability • Switching Staff • Tenjin Staff • Tunnel Staff Weapons (List) Adamant Pickaxe • Air Slayer • Aura Spear • Bamboo Spear • Bronze Sword • Bufu's Cleaver • Cell Armor Sword • Chaos Axe • Crescent Arm • Cudgel • Cyclops Killer • Demon Slayer • Dragonkiller • Drain Buster • Firebrand • Fragile Edge • Hidamari's Sword • Homing Blade • Kabra's Blade • Kabra Reborn • Katana • Mamel Sword • Mastersword • Minotaur's Axe • Ookabuto Axe • Pickaxe • Razor Wind • Recovery Sword • Sickle Slayer • Soul Sickle • Spark Sword • Fuuma Katana • Wooden Mallet Shields (List) Armor Ward • Blast Shield • Bronzeward • Curseless Shield • Deflect Shield • Demon Shield • Dragonward • Echo Shield • Evasive Shield • Fragile Shield • Happy Shield • Iron Shield • Kabra's Armor • Karakuroid Shield • Keshin Shield • Mamel Shield • Missile Shield • Ookabuto Shield • Pickpocket Shield • Power Shield • Prism Shield • Ration Shield • Satori Shield • Spiked Ward • Stormward • Walrus Shield • Windshield • Wood Shield Miscellaneous Items Gitan • Legendary Kron Items • Monster Meat • Special Item Drops • Traps Rosetta Stone v • d • e Shiren the Wanderer DS2 - Magic Castle of the Desert - Locations Locations (List) • Rosetta Stone • Locations - Dungeons (Archive page) Irupa Irupa • Training Grounds • Warehouse Dungeons Ancient Ruins • Blacksmith's Furnace • Cave of the Pot • Deep Ruins • Demon Castle Prison • Edge of the Abyss • Jahannam Gate • Magistrate's Greater Court • Magistrate's Lesser Court • Mamel Cave • Obaba Cave • The Road of Traps • Tonfan Dungeon v • d • e Shiren the Wanderer DS2 - Magic Castle of the Desert - Stats Attack • Belly • Defense • Experience • HP • Level v • d • e Shiren the Wanderer DS2 - Magic Castle of the Desert - Monster families Bosses and Special Enemies • Monsters List • Rosetta Stone Boss-Type Zagan • Ryoushu • Curas • False God • Jello II Mamel Metal-Type Cell Armor Family • Dark Eye Family • Death Reaper Family • Evil Soldier Family • Samuraidon Family • Soldier Ant Family • Soldier Family • Taur Family Curse-Type Curse Girl Family Cyclops-Type Egg Thing Family • Gaze Family • Ironhead Family • Leech Worm Family • Slumber Wizard Family • Spike Bomb Family Dragon-Type Dragon Family • Floor Dragon Family • Glare Snake Family • Red Centipede Family Drain-Type Blue Lanternfish Family • Fog Hermit Family • Green Slime Family • Leech Worm Family • Sheep Oracle Family • Twisty Hani Family Exploding-Type Popster Tank Family • Spike Bomb Family • Ururoid Family Floating-Type Air Devil Family • Cell Armor Family Death Reaper Family • Gyadon Family • Pacorepkin Family • Warning Fly Family • Will'o Wisp Family • Zen Guru Family Ghost-Type Air Devil Family • Dark Baldness Family • Death Reaper • Dead Soldier Family • Pacorepkin Family • Skull Mage Family • Vampire Baron Family • Will'o Wisp Family Hypnotic-Type Gaze Family Normal-Type Chow Family • Bat Kangaroo Family • Baby Tank Family • Bowboy Family • Bored Kappa Family • Chintala Family • Crow Tengu Family • Dozing Hsien Family • Escape Monkey Family • Fluffy Bunny Family • Gather Family • Goggles Family • Hen Family • Hundred Eye Family • Kid Squid Family • Mamel Family • Mixer Family • Miss Hermit Family • Morabi Family • Mouse Minion Family • Piggy Family • Pitcher Plant Family • Rice Baby Family • Rock Head Family • Schubell Family • Tanuki Family • Throw Beetle Family • Throw Spider Family • Trap Nin Family • Wild Boar Family Poison Herb-Type Ghost Radish Family Rust-Type Green Slime Family Shop-Based-Type Guard Dog • Sheriff • Shopkeeper Staff Attack-Type Elephant Mage Family • Fog Hermit Family • Magic Child Family • Sheep Oracle Family • Skull Mage Family Thief-Type Gyadon Family • Hamster Robber Family • Pickpocket Family • Thiefwalrus Family • Veteran Jar Fisherman Family Training Grounds Mole Family • Blue Mole Family

Trivia

• The localized name for this version of the game had different writings in recent years.
  • The first name comes from the Shiren the Wanderer Series Limited Edition Art Book, and was titled Shiren the Wanderer DS2: Magic Castle of the Desert.
  • The second name comes from another artbook dedicated to the Shiren series, and was titled Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer DS2 - Magic Castle of the Desert.

References

• Gameplay, Plot and Sales sections based on the Wikipedia page.