Shiren 1 DS:Top Menu

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The Top Menu (Japanese: トップメニュ) is the first menu the player sees every time Nintendo DS Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer is launched. The Top Menu opens right after the title screen.

Display

On the screen, many features are shown when loading the Top Menu.

First time

Create a Travel Journal: Starts a new game in a save file.

Other: Shows the game's settings and hints for the game.

First save

After having a new save, five more features will be shown, and the first option will be renamed to "Go on an Adventure":

Go on an Adventure: Loads to the last save.

Travel Journal Setting: Allows you to change the character's name in the save, or to remove the save.

Adventure Log:

Traveler Rescue:

Ranking:

Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection: The official Wi-Fi services have been shut down since May 20, 2014, but connections can be made using fan-made servers.

Other: Shows the game's settings and hints for the game.

Icons

Top Menu icons are small pictures that appear when certain goals are met to track the player's progress. They are displayed on the bottom screen in the continue confirmation screen showing the current progress. Six new icons were added to this version, along with a redesign of the two first icons present in the original release.

Icon Name Unlock requirements
English Japanese
Shiren 1 DS - Top Menu Icon Kobami Valley.png Golden Condor 黄金のコンドル Clear Table Mountain and defeat the Tainted Insect
Shiren 1 DS - Top Menu Icon Final Puzzle.png Mamel マムル Clear the Final Puzzle
Shiren 1 DS - Top Menu Icon Kitchen God.png Naoki the Wandering Chef Clear the Kitchen God
Shiren 1 DS - Top Menu Icon Scroll Cave.png Gaibara ガイバラ Meet up with Gaibara in the Scroll Cave
Shiren 1 DS - Top Menu Icon Fays Puzzles.png Fay the Researcher Clear all 50 of Fay's Puzzles
Shiren 1 DS - Top Menu Icon Tainted Path.png Tainted Insect 魔蝕虫 Clear the Tainted Path
Shiren 1 DS - Top Menu Icon Ravine of the Dead.png Pekeji ペケジ Rescue Pekeji from the Ravine of the Dead
Shiren 1 DS - Top Menu Icon King of the Kigny.png Kigny いやしウサギ Clear the Ceremonial Cave

Background Art

Each time the Top Menu is loaded, the game randomly selects one of three different illustrations to display on the bottom screen. The top screen always shows the same picture of Table Mountain. The user interface is hidden while Select is pressed so that the art on the bottom screen can be admired in full.

Background Music

This menu plays the track known as "Top Menu" in the soundtrack. It was originally composed by Koichi Sugiyama, and arranged in this version by Hayato Matsuo. The music uses the leitmotiv from another music heard in the game, "Mountaintop Town".

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