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Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer
The logo for Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer.
Developer(s)Chunsoft
Publisher(s)Chunsoft, Sega
Year introduced1995
Genre(s)Roguelike
Parent seriesMystery Dungeon
Websitehttp://www.sega.com/games/mystery-dungeon-shiren-the-wanderer/

Mystery Dungeon (不思議のダンジョン Fushigi no Dungeon?) is a series of roguelike games, most of which were developed by Chunsoft. These games are notable for being among the few console games in the roguelike genre. The series has inspired similar titles in Japan, most of which appropriate their game mechanics from Mystery Dungeon, rather than Rogue.

Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer was the second game in the Mystery Dungeon series, and became a series itself. The Shiren the Wanderer series of Mystery Dungeon games are the only games containing original characters. All of the other Mystery Dungeon titles utilize characters from other franchises.

Gameplay

Most of the Mystery Dungeon games center around exploring randomly generated dungeons and fighting monsters in a turn-based environment. Every action consumes a turn, rather than only battles being turn-based, so the movement of the player and monsters occurs in turns, and performing actions such as using items consumes turns as well. When the player's character dies, the character loses everything, except what they have stored in various pre-determined locations along the way, or in special container items.

Games

N. Original title Localized title Year Systems
1 不思議のダンジョン2 風来のシレン
Mystery Dungeon 2: Shiren the Wanderer
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 1995 Flag of Japan.svg SNES
Globe.svg DS
2 不思議のダンジョン 風来のシレン2 鬼襲来!シレン城!
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 2:
Demon Invasion! Shiren Castle!
- 2000 Flag of Japan.svg N64
3 不思議のダンジョン 風来のシレン3 からくり屋敷の眠り姫
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 3:
The Sleeping Princess in the Karakuri Mansion
Shiren the Wanderer 2008 Globe.svg Wii
Flag of Japan.svg PSP
4 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
- 2010 Flag of Japan.svg DS, PSP
5 不思議のダンジョン 風来のシレン5 フォーチュンタワーと運命のダイス
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 5:
Fortune Tower and the Dice of Fate
Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate 2010 Flag of Japan.svg DS
Globe.svg PSV, Switch, Windows, iOS, Android
N. Original title Localized title Year Systems
BS Fuurai no Shiren Surara o Sukue
BS Shiren the Wanderer: Save Surara
- 1996 Flag of Japan.svg Satellaview
Fuurai no Shiren GB: Tsukikage-mura no Kaibutsu
Shiren the Wanderer GB:
Moonlight Monster Village
- 1996 Flag of Japan.svg GB
不思議のダンジョン 風来のシレンGB2 〜砂漠の魔城〜
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer GB2:
Magic Castle of the Desert
- 2001 Flag of Japan.svg GBC
Fushigi no Dungeon: Fuurai no Shiren Gaiden: Onna Kenshi Asuka Kenzan!
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer Gaiden:
Swordswoman Asuka Kenzan!
- 2002 Flag of Japan.svg Dreamcast, Windows