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Abstract: Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer first come out in Japan in 1995 on the Super Nintendo or Super Famicom, and a year later it was ported to Game Boy. That release was also in Japan only. But now, SEGA has taken over the ChunSoft franchise and releas...
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Published: 2008-03-11, Author: Patrick , review by: gamespy.com
Excellent balance; extraordinarily hardcore; tons of gameplay.
Shiren the Wanderer is an old-fashioned dungeon-crawling RPG. A graphically enhanced remake of an early Rogue-like game, it wears its neatly balanced but unforgiving gameplay proudly. Death sends you spiraling back to level one, enemies attack you in u...
Abstract: I never really pinned myself as someone who could do roguelikes. Nethack always struck me as rather bewildering, but maybe it was just the cryptic @ symbolizing my existence and the fact that nearly every other character on the keyboard was out to get ...
Abstract: Let me preface this by saying that dungeon-based gameplay is in no way well-suited to casual or even regular-level gamers. And no, I'm not referring in any way to the Pokemon: Mysterious Dungeon games; those were dungeon-like, but definitely do not rep...
Abstract: In order to enjoy Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer, you need to accept one basic fact - you will die. You will die often, usually painfully and cruelly. But dying in Shiren shouldn't be seen as a loss - rather, it's an odd role playing game that r...
Abstract: Forget casual and mental-training games: It turns out the DS' true strength is in bringing gamers a steady stream of roguelikes. You should know what a roguelike is by now; the DS is home to a growing stable of them in the form of Tao's Adventure: Curs...
