Shiren the Wanderer 4: The Eye of God and the Devil's Navel | |
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Developer(s) | Chunsoft |
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Director(s) | Hironori Ishigami Yoriki Daigo |
Producer(s) | Toshinori Asai Yasuhiko Sameshima Mitsutoshi Sakurai |
Designer(s) | Seiichiro Nagahata Hiroyoshi Umetani Shonosuke Morisue |
Programmer(s) | Naomi Kaneda |
Artist(s) | Kaoru Hasegawa |
Writer(s) | Masato Kato |
Composer(s) | Hayato Matsuo |
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Platform(s) | Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable |
Release | Nintendo DS
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Genre(s) | Role-playing |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Shiren the Wanderer 4: The Eye of God and the Devil's Navel [a] 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 entitled Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 4 Plus: The Eye of God and the Devil's Navel [b].
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]
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. [4]
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; [5] 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. [6] Tokihiro Naito was the director for this version, and was chosen for his work on role-playing games such as Hydlide. [7]
The Nintendo DS version was the 7th best selling video game in Japan during its debut week, with 41,000 copies sold. [9] 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. [10] The PlayStation Portable version debuted in 15th place on Media Create's weekly list of the twenty best selling video games in Japan, with 6,368 copies sold; [11] on its second week, it had dropped off the chart. [12] By the end of 2012, it was the 416th best selling video game in Japan, with a total of 18,028 copies sold. [13]