Shiren the Wanderer 4: The Eye of God and the Devil's Navel

Shiren the Wanderer 4: The Eye of God and the Devil's Navel

Cover art for the PlayStation Portable version
Developer(s) Chunsoft
Publisher(s) Spike
Director(s) Tokihiro Naito (PSP)
Series Mystery Dungeon
Platform(s) Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable
Release date(s)

Nintendo DS

  • JP: February 25, 2010

PlayStation Portable

  • JP: October 18, 2012
Genre(s) Role-playing

Shiren the Wanderer 4: The Eye of God and the Devil's Navel[lower-alpha 1] is a role-playing video game developed by Chunsoft and published by Spike. It is the fourth main entry in the Shiren the Wanderer series, which itself is a part of the larger Mystery Dungeon series. The game was originally released for the Nintendo DS in 2010; an expanded port was released for the PlayStation Portable in 2012.

Gameplay

Shiren the Wanderer 4 is a role-playing video game in which the player explores dungeons that change each time they enter them and that are home to monsters.[1] The game has a day-and-night system; when it gets dark, the dungeons get more difficult to navigate, and the type of monsters that are encountered are stronger.[2] Dungeons consist of several rooms that are connected through narrow hallways; in some hallways, there are traps set up.[3] At some points in dungeons, the player can hide behind doors that they can attack through but that enemies cannot pass through.[4]

Plot

After Shiren and the talking weasel Koppa suffer a shipwreck, they are found by the inhabitants of an island, who think they are monsters; they are tied to a stake, but are saved by the game's heroine, Kamina. As a result, Kamina gets tied up herself by a jaguar priest who sends Shiren to find the Jaguar's Eye to prove that he is not a demon.[5]

Development

The game was developed by Chunsoft, and published by Spike.[2] It was originally released for the Nintendo DS in Japan on February 25, 2010;[6] an expanded version, Shiren the Wanderer 4 Plus, which includes three new dungeons and Twitter support, was released by Spike Chunsoft for the PlayStation Portable on October 18, 2012.[7] Tokihiro Naito was the director for this version, and was chosen for his work on role-playing games such as Hydlide.[8]

Reception

Reception
Review score
PublicationScore
Famitsu35/40 (DS)[1]
34/40 (9, 8, 8, 9) (PSP)[9]

The Nintendo DS version was the 7th best selling video game in Japan during its debut week, with 41,000 copies sold.[10] Chunsoft's CEO, Koichi Nakamura, said that this was below expectations, something he attributed to scheduling issues, which had led to a lack of promotion for the game and the inability to create a pre-order bonus.[11] The PlayStation Portable version debuted on 15th place on Media Create's weekly list of the twenty best selling video games in Japan, with 6,368 copies sold;[12] on its second week, it had dropped off the chart.[13] By the end of 2012, it was the 416th best selling video game in Japan, with a total of 18,028 copies sold.[14]

Notes

  1. ↑ Known in Japan as Fushigi no Dungeon: Fūrai no Shiren 4: Kami no Hitomi to Akuma no Heso (不思議のダンジョン 風来のシレン4 神の眼と悪魔のヘソ, "Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 4: The Eye of God and the Devil's Navel").

References

  1. 1 2 "不思議のダンジョン 風来のシレン4 神の眼と悪魔のヘソ まとめ (DS)". Famitsu (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2015-09-11. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  2. 1 2 Spencer (2009-09-29). "Shiren the Wanderer 4 Settling On DS". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  3. ↑ Spencer (2009-10-09). "See Some Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 4 Screens". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  4. ↑ Spencer (2009-11-10). "Shiren Goes Super Saiyan In Shiren the Wanderer 4". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  5. ↑ Spencer (2009-10-09). "Shiren Goes Super Saiyan In Shiren the Wanderer 4". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20.
  6. ↑ Spencer (2009-11-30). "Shiren the Wanderer 4 Stumbles Into Stores In February". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  7. ↑ Ishaan (2012-09-12). "Shiren the Wanderer 4 Plus Trailer Wanders Out Into The Wild". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 2013-03-22. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  8. ↑ Szczepaniak, John (2015). The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers. 2. SMG Szczepaniak. p. 66. ISBN 9781518655319.
  9. ↑ Romano, Sal (2012-10-09). "Famitsu Review Scores: Issue 1244". Gematsu. Archived from the original on 2013-07-03. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  10. ↑ Gantayat, Anoop (2010-03-05). "Kenka Bancho Tops Japanese Charts". IGN. Archived from the original on 2013-12-11. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  11. ↑ Gantayat, Anoop (2010-08-26). "Chunsoft Eyeing Overseas Markets". Andriasang. Archived from the original on 2012-12-25. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
  12. ↑ Ishaan (2012-10-24). "This Week In Sales: The Little Battlers W Has A Bit Of Growing Up To Do". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 2014-09-18. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  13. ↑ Ishaan (2012-10-31). "This Week In Sales: Idolm@ster Shines Again With Idolm@ster Shiny Festa". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 2014-08-03. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  14. ↑ "GEIMIN.NET／2012年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP1000（メディアクリエイト版）". Geimin.net. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
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