Shiren:Third Batch of Monster Families

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The Third Batch of Monster Families is an unofficial term applied to the 43 Monster Families introduced in  Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 2 - Shiren's Castle and the Oni Invasion in 2000, which was the fifth Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer series game and the second to introduce new monsters. While many monsters had the usual 3 levels, some added the now-standard fourth level. Some changes were made to the leveling system of pre-existing families, such as Rice Changers, N'Duba's, and the Bowboy, Baby Tank, and Popster Tank families.

A

Aqua Dragon Family

The Aqua Dragon Family, consisting of:

1. Aqua Dragon (Japanese: 水龍)
2. Sea Dragon (Japanese: 海龍)
3. Water Shinryu (Japanese: 水神龍)

Armordillo Family

The Armordillo Family, consisting of:

1. Armordillo (Japanese: マルジロウ)
2. Megadillo (Japanese: マルジロウ兄)
3. Superdillo (Japanese: マルジロウ父)

Armor Spider Family

The Armor Spider Family, consisting of:

1. Armor Spider (Japanese: ヨロイグモ)

Ashigarudon Family

The Ashigarudon Family, consisting of:

1. Ashigarudon (Japanese: 足軽どん)
2. Samuraidon (Japanese: 侍どん)
3. Taishodon (Japanese: 大将どん)
4. Tonosamadon (Japanese: 殿様どん)

Ashigarudon's sole appearance was in Shiren 2. In Magic Castle GBC, Samuraidon was made the level 1 monster. A new fourth level, Daimyodon was added as part of the Seventh Batch of Monster Families in Magic Castle DS.

B

Bat Kangaroo Family

The Bat Kangaroo Family, consisting of:

1. Bat Kangaroo (Japanese: バットカンガルー)
2. Evil Kangaroo (Japanese: エビルカンガルー)
3. Devil Kangaroo (Japanese: デビルカンガルー)

Bone Dragon Family

The Bone Dragon Family, consisting of:

1. Bone Dragon (Japanese: ボーンドラゴン)
2. Skull Dragon (Japanese: スカルドラゴン)
3. Garm Dragon (Japanese: ガルムドラゴン)

Bored Kappa Family

The Bored Kappa Family, consisting of:

1. Bored Kappa (Japanese: ひまガッパ)
2. Meh Kappa (Japanese: いやすぎガッパ)
3. Lazy Kappa (Japanese: たまらんガッパ)

Bowboy

The mechanics of the Bowboy, Baby Tank, and Popster Tank families were altered in Shiren 2.

• Normal: Bowboy ^{(Lv. 1)} → Crossbowboy ^{(Lv. 2)} → Baby Tank ^{(Lv. 1)} → Mini Tank ^{(Lv. 2)} → Popster Tank ^{(Lv. 1)} → Dadster Tank ^{(Lv. 2)} → Oldster Tank ^{(Lv. 3)}
• Altered: Bowboy ^{(Lv. 1)} → Baby Tank ^{(Lv. 2)} → Popster Tank ^{(Lv. 3)}

In Shiren 1 SFC, Shiren 2, Save Surala, and Moonlight Village PC, the Oldster Tank was the highest-level monster in the family. The Level 4 Popster Tank was added in Shiren 1 DS, as part of the Sixth Batch of Monster Families. The monster family was again changed with Shiren 3 for the Wii in 2008 as part of the Seventh Batch of Monster Families.

C

Chow Family

The Chow Family, consisting of:

1. Chow (Japanese: タベラレルー)

Copycat Mask Family

The Copycat Mask Family, consisting of:

1. Copycat Mask (Japanese: ものまね仮面)
2. Trickster Mask (Japanese: ふるまいカブリ)
3. Impostor Mask (Japanese: なりきりマスク)

D

Dosukoi Family

The Dosukoi Family, consisting of:

1. Dosukoi (Japanese: ドスコーイ)
2. Hakkeyoi (Japanese: ハッキョーイ)
3. Gottsuan (Japanese: ゴッツァーン)

Drizzly Family

The Drizzly Family, consisting of:

1. Drizzly (Japanese: ケロぼうず)
2. Rainy (Japanese: ケロケロぼうず)
3. Stormy (Japanese: ジャノメぼうず)
4. Mr. Monsoon (Japanese: ドシャブリぼうず)

Droplet Ninja Family

The Droplet Ninja Family, consisting of:

1. Droplet Ninja (Japanese: スイテキマル)
2. Landmine Ninja (Japanese: ジライヤ)
3. Summon Ninja (Japanese: ショウカンマル)
4. Bomber Ninja (Japanese: ダイジライヤ)

E

Elephant Mage Family

The Elephant Mage Family, consisting of:

1. Elephant Mage (Japanese: パ王)
2. Elephant Wizard (Japanese: パオパ王)
3. Elephant Conjurer (Japanese: パオパ王ーン)

Escargon Family

The Escargon Family, consisting of:

1. Escargon (Japanese: エスカルゴン)

G

Gale Family

The Gale Family, consisting of:

1. Gale (Japanese: イダテン)
2. Whirlwind (Japanese: シップウ)
3. Kamikaze (Japanese: カミカゼ)
4. Typhoon (Japanese: ダイレップウ)

Golem Family

The Golem Family, consisting of:

1. Golem (Japanese: ゴーレム)
2. Stone Golem (Japanese: ストーンゴーレム)
3. Magma Golem (Japanese: マグマゴーレム)

Gyadon Family

The Gyadon Family, consisting of:

1. Gyadon (Japanese: ギャドン)
2. Gyairas (Japanese: ギャイラス)
3. Gyandora (Japanese: ギャンドラー)

H

Horse Ronin Family

The Horse Ronin Family, consisting of:

1. Horse Ronin (Japanese: 馬武者)
2. Horse Samurai (Japanese: 荒馬ザムライ)
3. Horse Shogun (Japanese: あばれ馬将軍)
4. Horse Emperor (Japanese: 乱れ馬王)

Hunger Puppet Family

The Hunger Puppet Family, consisting of:

1. Hunger Puppet (Japanese: ハラヘリーニョ)
2. Starve Puppet (Japanese: ハラヘリータ)
3. Famine Puppet (Japanese: ハラヘッリオ)
4. Diet Puppet (Japanese: ハラベルト)

K

Kengo Family

The Kengo Family, consisting of:

1. Kengo (Japanese: ケンゴウ)
2. Iai (Japanese: イアイ)
3. Shihan (Japanese: シハン)

L

Lanky Oni Family

The Lanky Oni Family, consisting of:

1. Lanky Oni (Japanese: ヤセオニ)
2. Slender Oni (Japanese: ヒョロオニ)
3. Skinny Oni (Japanese: ガリガリオニ)

M

Mixer Family

The Mixer Family, consisting of:

1. Mixer (Japanese: マゼルン)
2. Fuser (Japanese: マゼモン)
3. Combiner (Japanese: マゼゴン)

Mr. Drone Family

The Mr. Drone Family, consisting of:

1. Mr. Drone (Japanese: Mr.ブーン)
2. Mr. Helico (Japanese: Mr.ヘリコ)
3. Mr. Gyro (Japanese: Mr.ジャイロ)

N

N'Duba Family

The leveling mechanics of the N'Duba Family were changed in Shiren 2. Instead of leveling from 1 - 3 like before, they instead level up to 99, changing color after a set number of levels, as was the case with the Inferno and Kigny families. Later games would revert the N'Duba family to their former leveling mechanics, and increase the number of Inferno and Kigny forms, similar to how the Shiren 2 N'Duba's function.

1. N'Duba 1-19yr (Japanese: ンドゥバ)
2. N'Duba 20-29yr (Japanese: ンドゥバはたち)
3. N'Duba 30-59yr (Japanese: ンドゥバみそじ)
4. N'Duba 60-69yr (Japanese: ンドゥバかんれき)
5. N'Duba 70-76yr (Japanese: ンドゥバこき)
6. N'Duba 77-87yr (Japanese: ンドゥバきじゅ)
7. N'Duba 88-89yr (Japanese: ンドゥバべいじゅ)
8. N'Duba 90-98yr (Japanese: ンドゥバそつじゅ)
9. N'Duba 99yr (Japanese: ンドゥバはくじゅ)

O

Orcan Family

The Orcan Family, consisting of:

1. Orcan (Japanese: シャチーン)
2. Orcada (Japanese: シャチーダ)
3. Orcaon (Japanese: シャチオーン)

P

Patient Bag Family

The Patient Bag Family, consisting of:

1. Patient Bag (Japanese: かんにんぶくろ)

Two additional monsters were added in the Shiren the Wanderer cell phone titles that haven't made an appearance in any of the console releases or their PC and Smartphone remakes.

1. Patient Bag (Japanese: かんにん袋)
2. Bursting Bag (Japanese: 堪えかね袋)
3. Enduring Bag (Japanese: やせ我慢袋)

Picotan Family

The Picotan Family, consisting of:

1. Picotan (Japanese: ピコタン)
2. Pocotan (Japanese: ポコタン)
3. Pacotan (Japanese: パコタン)

Q

Queen Spider Family

The Queen Spider Family, consisting of:

1. Queen Spider (Japanese: 女王グモ)

R

Rice Changer Family

The Rice Changer Family, consisting of:

1. Rice Baby (Japanese: にぎりみならい)
2. Rice Changer (Japanese: にぎりへんげ)
3. Rice Boss (Japanese: にぎり親方)
4. Rice Master (Japanese: にぎりもとじめ)

Prior to Shiren 2, the Rice Changer was the first level of this monster family. In iShiren 2, which was released in 2007, the Rice Changer was again made the level 1 monster, as monsters maxed out at level 3 in that game.

S

Scorpion Family

The Scorpion Family, consisting of:

1. Scorpion (Japanese: 毒サソリ)
2. VeniScorp (Japanese: 鬼サソリ)
3. StunScorp (Japanese: しびれサソリ)

Shagga Family

The Shagga Family, consisting of:

1. Shagga (Japanese: シャーガ)
2. Nashagga (Japanese: ナシャーガ)
3. Lashagga (Japanese: ラシャーガ)

Sheep Oracle Family

The Sheep Oracle Family, consisting of:

1. Sheep Oracle (Japanese: ヒツジ神官)
2. Goat Priest (Japanese: ヤギ司祭)
3. Gazelle Pope (Japanese: ガゼル教皇)

Shotfish Family

The Shotfish Family, consisting of:

1. Shotfish (Japanese: テッポーウオー)
2. Dragon Shotfish (Japanese: テッポウ竜)
3. King Shotfish (Japanese: キングオトシゴン)

Slug Family

The Slug Family, consisting of:

1. Slug (Japanese: しおいやん)
2. Serious Slug (Japanese: まじしおいやん)
3. Rancor Slug (Japanese: しおやだん)
4. Intolerable Slug (Japanese: しおかんべん)

Small Oni Family

The Small Oni Family, consisting of:

1. Small Oni (Japanese: チビオニ)
2. Rocky Oni (Japanese: ゴツオニ)
3. Stumpy Oni (Japanese: ズングリオニ)

Spearfish Family

The Spearfish Family, consisting of:

1. Spearfish (Japanese: オトト兵)
2. Lt. Spearfish (Japanese: オトト軍曹)
3. Cap. Spearfish (Japanese: オトト大将)
4. Adm. Spearfish (Japanese: オトトげんすい)

Stone Beast Family

The Stone Beast Family, consisting of:

1. Stone Beast (Japanese: 岩獣ズドン)
2. Rock Beast (Japanese: 岩獣ガガン)
3. Boulder Beast (Japanese: 岩獣ドガガーン)

T

Tiger Uho Family

The Tiger Uho Family, consisting of:

1. Tiger Uho (Japanese: タイガーウッホ)
2. Tiger Uhoho (Japanese: タイガーウホホ)
3. Tiger Uhon (Japanese: タイガーウホーン)

Tiny Phoenix Family

The Tiny Phoenix Family, consisting of:

1. Tiny Phoenix (Japanese: プチフェニックス)

U

Ururoid Family

The Ururoid Family, consisting of:

1. Ururoid (Japanese: ウルロイド)
2. Goribot (Japanese: ゴリボット)
3. Bear Borg (Japanese: ベアボーグ)

V

VooDummy Family

The VooDummy Family, consisting of:

1. VooDummy (Japanese: ワラドール)
2. VooDoofus (Japanese: クギワラドール)
3. VooDork (Japanese: ゴスンドール)

W

Water Strider Family

The Water Strider Family, consisting of:

1. Water Strider (Japanese: アメンジャ)

Y

Yamikichi Family

The Yamikichi Family, consisting of:

1. Yamikichi (Japanese: ヤミキチ)
2. Warukichi (Japanese: ワルキチ)
3. Zurukichi (Japanese: ズルキチ)

Special

Galaha

Galaha is a boss in Shiren 2.

1. Galaha (Japanese: ガラハ)

Kirara

Kirara is an ally in Shiren 2.

1. Kirara (Japanese: 鬼親分)

Oni Boss

The Oni Boss is a boss in Shiren 2.

1. Oni Boss (Japanese: 鬼親分)

Gallery

The following monsters were introduced in previous batches.

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  Chintala - Second Batch.

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  Dadster Tank - First Batch.

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  Gaze - First Batch.

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  Ironhead - First Batch.

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  Pickpocket - First Batch.

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  Piggy - First Batch.

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  Rice Changer - First Batch.