<s>
Mystery	B-Application
Dungeon	I-Application
:	I-Application
Shiren	I-Application
the	I-Application
Wanderer	I-Application
,	O
originally	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
as	O
is	O
a	O
roguelike	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Chunsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
second	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
Mystery	O
Dungeon	O
series	O
,	O
following	O
1993	O
's	O
Torneko	B-Application
no	I-Application
Daibōken	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
in	O
1995	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sega	O
published	O
a	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
remake	O
in	O
2006	O
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
in	O
2008	O
internationally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
remake	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
published	O
by	O
Spike	O
Chunsoft	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
player	O
falls	O
in	O
battle	O
,	O
they	O
lose	O
all	O
their	O
progress	O
and	O
are	O
forced	O
to	O
restart	O
from	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
:	O
to	O
counter-act	O
this	O
,	O
they	O
can	O
choose	O
to	O
store	O
powerful	O
items	O
in	O
warehouses	O
,	O
and	O
pick	O
them	O
up	O
again	O
on	O
further	O
playthroughs	O
;	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
release	O
also	O
adds	O
rescue	O
quests	O
,	O
where	O
a	O
player	O
can	O
save	O
other	O
players	O
who	O
have	O
fallen	O
,	O
allowing	O
them	O
to	O
continue	O
from	O
where	O
they	O
left	O
off	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
avoid	O
having	O
to	O
start	O
over	O
by	O
getting	O
rescued	O
by	O
another	O
player	O
:	O
this	O
is	O
done	O
by	O
giving	O
the	O
other	O
player	O
a	O
rescue	O
quest	O
,	O
either	O
through	O
a	O
password	O
or	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Wi-Fi	I-Application
Connection	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
fantasy	B-Application
version	O
of	O
feudal	O
Japan	O
,	O
and	O
follows	O
a	O
rōnin	O
named	O
Shiren	O
and	O
his	O
companion	O
,	O
the	O
talking	O
weasel	O
Koppa	O
,	O
on	O
a	O
quest	O
for	O
the	O
Land	O
of	O
the	O
Golden	O
Condor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shiren	O
the	O
Wanderer	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Chunsoft	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
core	O
concept	O
of	O
repeated	O
play	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
player	O
improving	O
their	O
equipment	O
and	O
items	O
each	O
time	O
they	O
play	O
,	O
making	O
progress	O
through	O
several	O
playthroughs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
in	O
parallel	O
with	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
game	O
Shiren	O
the	O
Wanderer	O
GB	O
,	O
which	O
used	O
modified	O
source	O
code	O
from	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	O
was	O
composed	O
by	O
Koichi	O
Sugiyama	O
,	O
who	O
made	O
use	O
of	O
East	O
Asian	O
elements	O
compared	O
to	O
his	O
more	O
European-styled	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
compositions	O
,	O
using	O
instruments	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
shakuhachi	O
flute	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
main	O
story	O
,	O
Tomie	O
wrote	O
another	O
scenario	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
which	O
the	O
developers	O
were	O
unable	O
to	O
implement	O
in	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
creating	O
the	O
graphics	O
,	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
faced	O
challenges	O
with	O
the	O
technical	O
restrictions	O
of	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
console	O
:	O
they	O
were	O
only	O
able	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
limited	O
number	O
of	O
colors	O
,	O
and	O
were	O
restricted	O
to	O
a	O
32×32	O
resolution	O
for	O
all	O
graphics	O
and	O
actions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
version	O
was	O
directed	O
by	O
Hironori	O
Ishigami	O
and	O
planned	O
and	O
supervised	O
by	O
Tomie	O
,	O
while	O
Hiroyoshi	O
Umetani	O
was	O
the	O
main	O
planner	O
and	O
in	O
charge	O
of	O
game	O
balance	O
,	O
Shin-ichiro	O
Tomie	O
created	O
the	O
scenario	O
and	O
events	O
,	O
Tanaka	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
presentation	O
and	O
assisted	O
with	O
the	O
scenario	O
,	O
and	O
Masayasu	O
Yamamoto	O
programmed	O
the	O
dungeons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
Sugiyama	O
,	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
version	O
's	O
music	O
was	O
worked	O
on	O
by	O
Hayato	O
Matsuo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
of	O
developing	O
a	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
version	O
started	O
when	O
Chunsoft	O
was	O
considering	O
creating	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
Mystery	O
Dungeon	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Previous	O
Mystery	O
Dungeon	O
games	O
came	O
up	O
in	O
conversation	O
:	O
they	O
considered	O
doing	O
something	O
with	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
games	O
,	O
but	O
decided	O
against	O
it	O
as	O
it	O
would	O
have	O
required	O
them	O
to	O
redraw	O
all	O
the	O
art	O
,	O
leaving	O
them	O
to	O
decide	O
between	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
or	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
64	O
games	O
;	O
they	O
eventually	O
settled	O
on	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
title	O
Shiren	O
the	O
Wanderer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
unused	O
scenario	O
Tomie	O
had	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
original	O
version	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
version	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
bonus	O
dungeon	O
,	O
playable	O
after	O
completion	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
smartphone	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
first	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
on	O
March	O
12	O
,	O
2019	O
and	O
two	O
days	O
later	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
both	O
published	O
by	O
Spike	O
Chunsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
announced	O
with	O
a	O
hint	O
from	O
the	O
company	O
,	O
three	O
weeks	O
prior	O
to	O
its	O
initial	O
release	O
,	O
then	O
confirmed	O
a	O
few	O
days	O
later	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
port	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
remake	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
1	O
,	O
1995	O
by	O
Chunsoft	O
,	O
and	O
re-released	O
through	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
flash	B-Device
memory	I-Device
service	O
on	O
August	O
1	O
,	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
version	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Sega	O
on	O
December	O
14	O
,	O
2006	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
on	O
March	O
1	O
,	O
2008	O
in	O
Australia	O
,	O
on	O
March	O
4	O
,	O
2008	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
on	O
March	O
31	O
,	O
2008	O
in	O
Europe	O
;	O
outside	O
of	O
an	O
earlier	O
fan	O
translation	O
,	O
this	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
in	O
English	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
version	O
was	O
later	O
published	O
by	O
Spike	O
Chunsoft	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
on	O
March	O
12	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
on	O
March	O
14	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
music	O
album	O
featuring	O
arranged	O
songs	O
from	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
version	O
and	O
an	O
orchestrated	O
medley	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Kitty	O
Records	O
on	O
December	O
20	O
,	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sega	O
decided	O
to	O
localize	O
the	O
game	O
due	O
to	O
them	O
having	O
a	O
good	O
relationship	O
with	O
Chunsoft	O
,	O
and	O
wanting	O
to	O
"	O
test	O
the	O
waters	O
"	O
for	O
an	O
American	O
release	O
of	O
a	O
Chunsoft	O
game	O
;	O
they	O
chose	O
Shiren	O
the	O
Wanderer	O
specifically	O
because	O
they	O
felt	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
high-quality	O
title	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
well	O
adapted	O
to	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shiren	O
the	O
Wanderer	O
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
reviews	O
"	O
upon	O
release	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
,	O
but	O
has	O
later	O
received	O
more	O
praise	O
:	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
1UP.com	O
ranked	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
fifteenth	O
best	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
game	O
;	O
in	O
2014	O
,	O
Hardcore	O
Gamer	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
finest	O
roguelikes	O
ever	O
created	O
"	O
;	O
and	O
in	O
2016	O
,	O
IGN	O
ranked	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
eighth	O
best	O
dungeon	O
crawler	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joynt	O
and	O
Famitsu	O
enjoyed	O
the	O
game	O
balance	O
;	O
the	O
latter	O
also	O
appreciated	O
the	O
improved	O
item	O
storage	O
system	O
of	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DeVries	O
thought	O
the	O
animations	O
were	O
underwhelming	O
for	O
a	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
game	O
,	O
noting	O
situations	O
such	O
as	O
lighting	O
undead	O
soldiers	O
on	O
fire	O
as	O
examples	O
of	O
when	O
further	O
visual	O
spectacle	O
would	O
have	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gann	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
graphics	O
were	O
"	O
simple	O
and	O
functional	O
"	O
and	O
,	O
while	O
improved	O
in	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
version	O
,	O
still	O
had	O
plenty	O
of	O
room	O
for	O
improvement	O
;	O
he	O
also	O
wished	O
that	O
there	O
had	O
been	O
character	O
art	O
accompanying	O
the	O
dialogue	O
boxes	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
cutscenes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
costume	O
based	O
on	O
him	O
can	O
be	O
worn	O
in	O
the	O
action-adventure	O
sandbox	O
game	O
Terraria	B-Application
,	O
though	O
limited	O
to	O
a	O
few	O
hardware	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
Etrian	B-Application
Mystery	I-Application
Dungeon	I-Application
sub-series	O
labeled	O
as	O
the	O
Wanderer	O
class	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
Katana	O
Kami	O
:	O
A	O
Way	O
of	O
the	O
Samurai	O
Story	O
as	O
a	O
pre-order	O
bonus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shiren	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Koppa	O
,	O
and	O
with	O
their	O
design	O
and	O
side	O
characters	O
sourced	O
from	O
Shiren	B-Application
the	I-Application
Wanderer	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Tower	I-Application
of	I-Application
Fortune	I-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dice	I-Application
of	I-Application
Fate	I-Application
,	O
appear	O
in	O
Mystery	B-Application
Chronicle	I-Application
:	I-Application
One	I-Application
Way	I-Application
Heroics	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shiren	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Asuka	O
and	O
her	O
design	O
sourced	O
from	O
Shiren	O
the	O
Wanderer	O
Side	O
Story	O
:	O
Swordswoman	O
Asuka	O
Arrives	O
!,	O
appear	O
in	O
RPG	O
Maker	O
MV	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
alternative	O
costumes	O
for	O
Cadence	O
in	O
Crypt	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
NecroDancer	I-Application
with	O
characters	O
from	O
series	O
developed	O
by	O
Spike	O
Chunsoft	O
such	O
as	O
Danganronpa	B-Application
and	O
Kenka	O
Bancho	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shiren	O
alone	O
appears	O
in	O
the	O
defunct	O
game	O
Seikimatsu	O
Days	O
:	O
Our	O
Era	O
’s	O
End	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
pre-registration	O
character	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
summoning	O
card	O
in	O
a	O
side	O
game	O
of	O
AI	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Somnium	I-Application
Files	I-Application
–	I-Application
Nirvana	I-Application
Initiative	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
428	B-Application
:	I-Application
Shibuya	I-Application
Scramble	I-Application
,	O
a	O
plush	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
recurrent	O
monster	O
,	O
Mamel	O
,	O
can	O
be	O
seen	O
in	O
the	O
background	O
throughout	O
numerous	O
cutscenes	O
from	O
Tama	O
's	O
path	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mamel	O
is	O
also	O
mentioned	O
a	O
few	O
time	O
in	O
AI	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Somnium	I-Application
Files	I-Application
–	I-Application
Nirvana	I-Application
Initiative	I-Application
,	O
including	O
a	O
moment	O
where	O
they	O
refer	O
the	O
Pit	O
Mamel	O
as	O
its	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
fan	O
translation	O
's	O
name	O
,	O
"	O
Subterranean	O
Mamul	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Danganronpa	B-Application
V3	I-Application
:	I-Application
Killing	I-Application
Harmony	I-Application
,	O
a	O
replica	O
of	O
this	O
game	O
is	O
present	O
as	O
an	O
unlockable	O
bonus	O
content	O
,	O
titled	O
Despair	O
Dungeon	O
:	O
Monokuma	O
's	O
Test	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
appear	O
later	O
in	O
2021	O
along	O
with	O
more	O
monsters	O
in	O
Danganronpa	B-Application
S	I-Application
:	I-Application
Ultimate	I-Application
Summer	I-Application
Camp	I-Application
,	O
the	O
enhanced	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
boardgame	O
Ultimate	O
Talent	O
Development	O
Plan	O
from	O
Danganronpa	B-Application
V3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
