<s>
Shiren	B-Application
the	I-Application
Wanderer	I-Application
GB2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Magic	I-Application
Castle	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Desert	I-Application
is	O
a	O
roguelike	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Chunsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
by	O
Chunsoft	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
remake	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Sega	O
later	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shiren	B-Application
the	I-Application
Wanderer	I-Application
GB2	I-Application
is	O
a	O
roguelike	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
navigates	O
through	O
randomly	O
generated	O
dungeons	O
,	O
each	O
filled	O
with	O
randomly	O
placed	O
enemy	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rescuing	O
can	O
be	O
accomplished	O
via	O
a	O
code	O
that	O
the	O
rescuing	O
player	O
types	O
into	O
their	O
game	O
,	O
or	O
via	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
Game	B-Device
Link	I-Device
Cable	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
players	O
could	O
rescue	O
one	O
another	O
by	O
connecting	O
via	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
hardware	O
limitations	O
of	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
,	O
they	O
focused	O
on	O
developing	O
"	O
traditional	O
dungeon	O
types	O
"	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
with	O
the	O
simultaneously	O
developed	O
Shiren	B-Device
the	I-Device
Wanderer	I-Device
2	I-Device
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
,	O
for	O
which	O
they	O
created	O
more	O
original	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
September	O
27	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Chunsoft	O
on	O
July	O
19	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
remake	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Shiren	B-Application
the	I-Application
Wanderer	I-Application
DS2	I-Application
,	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
2008	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
13	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
by	O
Sega	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writers	O
for	O
Famitsu	O
called	O
Shiren	B-Application
the	I-Application
Wanderer	I-Application
DS2	I-Application
a	O
"	O
beautifully	O
done	O
remake	O
"	O
and	O
a	O
masterpiece	O
,	O
and	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
difficulty	O
felt	O
well-balanced	O
,	O
and	O
gave	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
version	O
the	O
highest	O
score	O
the	O
publication	O
had	O
given	O
to	O
a	O
game	O
on	O
that	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spencer	O
at	O
Siliconera	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
felt	O
much	O
more	O
accessible	O
than	O
the	O
first	O
Mystery	B-Application
Dungeon	I-Application
:	I-Application
Shiren	I-Application
the	I-Application
Wanderer	I-Application
,	O
but	O
that	O
the	O
level-reset	O
and	O
having	O
to	O
restart	O
dungeons	O
after	O
teleporting	O
to	O
the	O
town	O
,	O
while	O
an	O
improvement	O
,	O
still	O
was	O
frustrating	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
feature	O
he	O
appreciated	O
in	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
version	O
was	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
change	O
what	O
is	O
shown	O
on	O
the	O
top	O
screen	O
without	O
entering	O
an	O
options	O
menu	O
;	O
he	O
enjoyed	O
being	O
able	O
to	O
switch	O
between	O
a	O
map	O
screen	O
and	O
a	O
text	O
summary	O
of	O
what	O
was	O
happening	O
in	O
the	O
dungeon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeremy	O
Parish	O
at	O
1UP.com	O
said	O
that	O
,	O
just	O
based	O
on	O
how	O
it	O
looks	O
,	O
one	O
could	O
not	O
tell	O
that	O
Shiren	B-Application
the	I-Application
Wanderer	I-Application
DS2	I-Application
originally	O
was	O
a	O
Game	O
Boy	O
game	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
graphical	O
overhaul	O
made	O
it	O
look	O
even	O
better	O
than	O
Mystery	B-Application
Dungeon	I-Application
:	I-Application
Shiren	I-Application
the	I-Application
Wanderer	I-Application
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
version	O
has	O
sold	O
172,578	O
copies	O
by	O
December	O
2001	O
and	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
version	O
has	O
sold	O
103,299	O
copies	O
by	O
January	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
