Shiren 3 Wii:Player Characters

Left to right: Asuka, Sensei, Shiren

Player Characters refers to the characters; Asuka, Sensei, and Shiren ^{(Shiren Ancestor)} who can be controlled by the player in  Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 3 - The Sleeping Princess and the Karakuri Mansion.

About

Shiren is the main character of the game. With his talking weasel companion, Koppa, he wanders Mystery Dungeons in search of treasure. Joined by his uncle and best friend to his father, Sensei, and an old childhood friend Asuka. Shiren travels to the region and visits to meet up with Sensei to discuss finding the entrance to the mythical Karakuri Mansion.

Play Style

Each character has a distinct play style and can only use certain types of equipment.

• Shiren is the most versatile, able to equip any weapon or shield that isn't exclusive to Sensei or Asuka.
• Sensei is the most limited, only being able to equip 2 weapons; however, he'll attack 2 times per turn.
• Asuka is the inverse of Sensi, she's nearly as versatile as Shiren, although unable to dual wield.
• Shiren's ancestor has the same play style and capabilities as Shiren.

Character	Weapon and Shield	Two Wepons	Two-handed Weapons
Shiren	✓	✓	✓
Sensei	✗	✓	✗
Asuka	✓	✗	✓
Shiren Ancestor	✓	✓	✓

Turns

Each character can be switched to on the player's turn and can only be switched back when it's the player's turn again. Alternatively, full control mode can be enabled or disabled allowing players to choose which actions each character can do each turn. This is preferable during Boss fights but can be extremely tedious while exploring.

Restrictions

The game allows you to restrict which types of equipment each of the characters can use and their movement preferences can also be set. See: Character Preferences.

Experience and Leveling

Killing Monsters grants the characters experience. The amount of experience depends on the Monsters and their level. When characters get enough experience, they level up by increasing HP and defense. Strength increases over time.

Eating a Joyous Herb will instantly level the character to the next level.

At a certain point, enemies are determined too weak by the game and will start giving only 1 experience point when defeated.

References

• EXP table thanks to pwp1.atcms.jp.