Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate

Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate

North American cover art
Developer(s) Chunsoft
Publisher(s)
Composer(s) Hayato Matsuo
Series Mystery Dungeon
Platform(s) Nintendo DS, PlayStation Vita
Release date(s)

Nintendo DS

  • JP: December 9, 2010

PlayStation Vita

  • JP: June 4, 2015
  • NA: July 26, 2016
Genre(s) Roguelike, role-playing
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate[lower-alpha 1] is a roguelike role-playing video game developed by Chunsoft. It is the fifth main entry in the Shiren the Wanderer series, which is a subset of the larger Mystery Dungeon series. It was originally released for the Nintendo DS in 2010, with an expanded version for the PlayStation Vita released in 2015 in Japan and in North America in 2016.

Gameplay

The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate is a roguelike role-playing video game in which the player traverses randomized dungeons and fights monsters.[1][2] In dungeons, the player can find treasures, as well as items and equipment that they can collect use.[1] If the player dies, they lose their items, their level resets to 1, the dungeons change, and the monsters change positions.[3] The game has a day-and-night system; as the in-game sun sets, the player character's vision decreases, making it impossible to see enemies that are too far away. At some points in dungeons, the player needs to solve puzzles.[4]

Plot

The story is set between the events of Shiren the Wanderer DS2 and Shiren the Wanderer 3, and follows Shiren,[4] a wanderer and silent protagonist who is accompanied by Koppa, a talking ferret.[2] The two are climbing the Tower of Fortune, as they have heard legends of a god that can change their fate.[4][5] They are guided through the tower by Tao, a girl in a panda suit.[5]

Development

The game was originally released in Japan by Chunsoft for the Nintendo DS on December 9, 2010. Pre-ordered copies of the game were bundled with a soundtrack CD and a booklet about the series' history.[6] As a crossover promotion, a Nonary Game bracelet from Chunsoft's Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors was included as an in-game item.[7] A PlayStation Vita version, Shiren the Wanderer 5 Plus, which includes additional dungeons and the ability to look around using the right stick, was announced in December 2014.[8] It was released by Spike Chunsoft on June 4, 2015 in Japan,[9] and by Aksys Games on July 26, 2016 in North America.[2]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic79/100[10]
Review score
PublicationScore
Famitsu36/40 (PS Vita)[11]
35/40 (DS)[12]

The game has received "generally favorable reviews", according to the review aggregator Metacritic.[10] The PlayStation Vita version debuted on second place on Media Create's weekly list of best-selling video games in Japan, with 16,224 copies sold;[13] on its second week, it sunk to ninth place with 6,060 copies,[14] and on its third it sunk to thirteenth place with 3,553 copies sold.[15] By the end of 2015, it was the 168th best selling game of the year in Japan.[16]

Notes

  1. ↑ Known in Japan as Fushigi no Dungeon: Fūrai no Shiren 5: Fortune Tower to Unmei no Dice (Japanese: 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").

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.siliconera.com/2016/02/08/shiren-wanderer-ambles-onto-playstation-vita-july/
  2. 1 2 3 Miscevich, Danny (2016-02-08). "Shiren The Wanderer Launches July 26th on PS Vita". PlayStation.Blog. Sony. Archived from the original on 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  3. ↑ Spencer (2015-07-09). "Shiren The Wanderer Gets Even Tougher With New Vita Exclusive Dungeon". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 2015-12-17. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  4. 1 2 3 Spencer (2010-09-03). "Shiren Gazes Up At Fortune Tower". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  5. 1 2 Spencer (2010-08-24). "Shiren The Wanderer 5 Rolls The Dice As A Nintendo DS Game". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 2014-12-16. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  6. ↑ Spencer (2010-09-22). "Chunsoft Rolls The Dice With Shiren The Wanderer 5 In December". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 2011-01-28. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  7. ↑ Spencer (2010-12-03). "The Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors And Shiren The Wanderer 5 Crossover Item". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 2015-04-28. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  8. ↑ Romano, Sal (2014-12-22). "Shiren the Wanderer 5 Plus announced for PS Vita". Gematsu. Archived from the original on 2015-12-21. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  9. ↑ Spencer (2015-04-24). "Shiren the Wanderer 5 Plus Video Journeys Into New Dungeons". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 2015-07-29. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  10. 1 2 "Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate for PlayStation Vita Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 2016-09-25. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  11. ↑ Romano, Sal (2015-05-26). "Famitsu Review Scores: Issue 1382". Gematsu. Archived from the original on 2015-09-15. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  12. ↑ "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 まとめ (DS)". Famitsu (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-02-11. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  13. ↑ Ishaan (2015-06-10). "This Week In Sales: Splatoon Stays At #1". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  14. ↑ Ishaan (2015-06-19). "This Week In Sales: Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden Makes Its Debut". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 2016-02-05. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  15. ↑ Ishaan (2015-06-24). "This Week In Sales: Is Sanity The Price To Pay For Power?". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 2015-09-30. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  16. ↑ "GEIMIN.NET／2015年テレビゲームソフト売り上げランキング（ファミ通版）". Geimin.net. Archived from the original on 2016-01-30. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
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