<s>
Shiren	B-Device
the	I-Device
Wanderer	I-Device
2	I-Device
:	O
Oni	O
Invasion	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
is	O
a	O
2000	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Chunsoft	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shiren	B-Device
the	I-Device
Wanderer	I-Device
2	I-Device
was	O
the	O
first	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
to	O
use	O
3D	O
graphics	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
done	O
as	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
evolve	O
the	O
series	O
;	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
focused	O
on	O
creating	O
original	O
features	O
,	O
and	O
used	O
the	O
3D	O
engine	O
to	O
enable	O
free	O
roaming	O
through	O
open	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
planned	O
for	O
release	O
on	O
the	O
64DD	B-Device
,	O
but	O
development	O
was	O
later	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
regular	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shiren	B-Device
the	I-Device
Wanderer	I-Device
2	I-Device
is	O
a	O
role-playing	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
aim	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
castle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
use	O
various	O
types	O
of	O
weapons	O
in	O
battle	O
;	O
they	O
start	O
out	O
with	O
just	O
a	O
katana	B-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
find	O
weapons	O
such	O
as	O
broadswords	O
and	O
sickles	O
throughout	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
of	O
Shiren	B-Device
the	I-Device
Wanderer	I-Device
2	I-Device
is	O
set	O
before	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Mystery	B-Application
Dungeon	I-Application
:	I-Application
Shiren	I-Application
the	I-Application
Wanderer	I-Application
,	O
and	O
follows	O
Shiren	O
,	O
a	O
ten-year-old	O
boy	O
who	O
travels	O
through	O
the	O
mountains	O
with	O
his	O
weasel	O
friend	O
Koppa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shiren	B-Device
the	I-Device
Wanderer	I-Device
2	I-Device
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Chunsoft	O
over	O
a	O
period	O
of	O
nearly	O
three	O
years	O
,	O
and	O
after	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Shiren	B-Application
the	I-Application
Wanderer	I-Application
GB	I-Application
on	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
was	O
finished	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
initially	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
64DD	B-Device
game	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
later	O
announced	O
as	O
being	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
cartridge-based	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
focused	O
on	O
creating	O
original	O
features	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
the	O
simultaneously	O
developed	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
game	O
Shiren	B-Application
the	I-Application
Wanderer	I-Application
GB2	I-Application
,	O
for	O
which	O
they	O
were	O
forced	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
"	O
traditional	O
dungeon	O
types	O
"	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
limitations	O
of	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shin-ichiro	O
Tomie	O
had	O
explained	O
there	O
were	O
content	O
that	O
were	O
cut	O
during	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
development	O
,	O
but	O
were	O
later	O
recycled	O
in	O
Torneko	B-Device
:	I-Device
The	I-Device
Last	I-Device
Hope	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
lot	O
of	O
trial	O
and	O
errors	O
were	O
made	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
transition	O
from	O
2D	O
to	O
3D	O
with	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
,	O
although	O
they	O
managed	O
to	O
fuse	O
both	O
of	O
them	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
would	O
be	O
reused	O
in	O
later	O
Mystery	O
Dungeon	O
titles	O
,	O
notably	O
in	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
:	I-Application
Shōnen	I-Application
Yangus	I-Application
to	I-Application
Fushigi	I-Application
no	I-Application
Dungeon	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
Pokémon	B-Device
Mystery	I-Device
Dungeon	I-Device
series	O
,	O
minus	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
pot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
was	O
planned	O
by	O
Kouji	O
Maruta	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
programmers	O
for	O
EarthBound	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Homeland	B-Application
,	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
inspired	O
of	O
the	O
German	O
board	O
game	O
Catan	B-Application
,	O
where	O
Shiren	O
combines	O
materials	O
found	O
in	O
dungeons	O
to	O
rebuild	O
the	O
town	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Chunsoft	O
said	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
possible	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
re-release	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
's	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
if	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
showed	O
their	O
demand	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
no	O
plans	O
for	O
it	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chunsoft	O
considered	O
re-releasing	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
at	O
one	O
point	O
,	O
but	O
decided	O
to	O
port	O
the	O
original	O
Mystery	B-Application
Dungeon	I-Application
:	I-Application
Shiren	I-Application
the	I-Application
Wanderer	I-Application
to	O
that	O
platform	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
