Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate
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| Developer(s) | Chunsoft |
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| Composer(s) | Hayato Matsuo |
| Series | Mystery Dungeon |
| Platforms | Nintendo DS, PlayStation Vita |
| Release date(s) | Nintendo DS
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| 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 is planned to be released 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 weasel.[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] and was released by Spike Chunsoft on June 4, 2015, in Japan.[9] This version is also planned to be released by Aksys Games in North America on July 26, 2016.[2]
Reception
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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;[12] on its second week, it sunk to ninth place with 6,060 copies,[13] and on its third it sunk to thirteenth place with 3,553 copies sold.[14] By the end of 2015, it was the 168th best selling game of the year in Japan.[15]
Notes
References
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