Shiren the Wanderer 4

Shiren the Wanderer 4

Cover art for the PlayStation Portable version
Developer(s) Chunsoft
Publisher(s) Spike
Director(s) Tokihiro Naito (PSP)
Series Mystery Dungeon
Platform(s) Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable
Release date(s)

Nintendo DS

  • JP February 25, 2010

PlayStation Portable

  • JP October 18, 2012
Genre(s) Role-playing

Shiren the Wanderer 4, known in Japan as Fushigi no Dungeon: Fūrai no Shiren 4: Kami no Hitomi to Akuma no Heso,[lower-alpha 1] is a role-playing video game developed by Chunsoft and published by Spike. It is the fourth main entry in the Shiren the Wanderer series, which itself is a part of the larger Mystery Dungeon series. The game was originally released for the Nintendo DS in 2010; an expanded port was released for the PlayStation Portable in 2012.

Gameplay

Shiren the Wanderer 4 is a role-playing video game in which the player explores dungeons that change each time they enter them and that are home to monsters.[1] The game has a day-and-night system; when it gets dark, the dungeons get more difficult to navigate, and the type of monsters that are encountered are stronger.[2] Dungeons consist of several rooms that are connected through narrow hallways; in some hallways, there are traps set up.[3] At some points in dungeons, the player can hide behind doors that they can attack through but that enemies cannot pass through.[4]

Plot

After Shiren and the talking weasel Koppa suffer a shipwreck, they are found by the inhabitants of an island, who think they are monsters; they are tied to a stake, but are saved by the game's heroine, Kamina. As a result, Kamina gets tied up herself by a jaguar priest who sends Shiren to find the Jaguar's Eye to prove that he is not a demon.[5]

Development

The game was developed by Chunsoft, and published by Spike.[2] It was originally released for the Nintendo DS in Japan on February 25, 2010;[6] an expanded version, Shiren the Wanderer 4 Plus, which includes three new dungeons and Twitter support, was released by Spike Chunsoft for the PlayStation Portable on October 18, 2012.[7] Tokihiro Naito was the director for this version, and was chosen for his work on role-playing games such as Hydlide.[8]

Reception

Reception
Review score
PublicationScore
Famitsu35/40 (DS)[1]
34/40 (9, 8, 8, 9) (PSP)[9]

The Nintendo DS version version was the 7th best selling video game in Japan during its debut week, with 41,000 copies sold.[10] The PlayStation Portable version debuted on 15th place on Media Create's weekly list of the twenty best selling video games in Japan, with 6,368 copies sold;[11] on its second week, it had dropped off the chart.[12] By the end of 2012, it was the 416th best selling video game in Japan, with a total of 18,028 copies sold.[13]

Notes

  1. ↑ Fushigi no Dungeon: Fūrai no Shiren 4: Kami no Hitomi to Akuma no Heso (不思議のダンジョン　風来のシレン４　神の眼と悪魔のヘソ, "Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 4: The Eye of God and the Devil's Navel")

References

  1. 1 2 "不思議のダンジョン 風来のシレン4 神の眼と悪魔のヘソ まとめ (DS)". Famitsu (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2015-09-11. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  2. 1 2 Spencer (2009-09-29). "Shiren the Wanderer 4 Settling On DS". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  3. ↑ Spencer (2009-10-09). "See Some Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 4 Screens". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  4. ↑ Spencer (2009-11-10). "Shiren Goes Super Saiyan In Shiren the Wanderer 4". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  5. ↑ Spencer (2009-10-09). "Shiren Goes Super Saiyan In Shiren the Wanderer 4". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20.
  6. ↑ Spencer (2009-11-30). "Shiren the Wanderer 4 Stumbles Into Stores In February". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  7. ↑ Ishaan (2012-09-12). "Shiren the Wanderer 4 Plus Trailer Wanders Out Into The Wild". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 2013-03-22. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  8. ↑ Szczepaniak, John (2015). The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers 2. SMG Szczepaniak. p. 66. ISBN 9781518655319.
  9. ↑ Romano, Sal (2012-10-09). "Famitsu Review Scores: Issue 1244". Gematsu. Archived from the original on 2013-07-03. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  10. ↑ Gantayat, Anoop (2010-03-05). "Kenka Bancho Tops Japanese Charts". IGN. Archived from the original on 2013-12-11. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  11. ↑ Ishaan (2012-10-24). "This Week In Sales: The Little Battlers W Has A Bit Of Growing Up To Do". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 2014-09-18. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  12. ↑ Ishaan (2012-10-31). "This Week In Sales: Idolm@ster Shines Again With Idolm@ster Shiny Festa". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 2015-08-03. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  13. ↑ "GEIMIN.NET／2012年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP1000（メディアクリエイト版）". Geimin.net. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2016-02-11.

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