Mystery Dungeon
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Mystery Dungeon (不思議のダンジョン Fushigi no Dungeon?) is a series of roguelike video games, most of which were developed by Chunsoft, but with select titles in the series developed by other companies with permission from Chunsoft to use the name.[citation needed]
Although all games in the series bear the Fushigi no Dungeon moniker somewhere in their Japanese titles, only the Shiren the Wanderer games contain original characters; all other license their characters from other role-playing game franchises.
The first title, Torneko no Daibōken: Fushigi no Dungeon starred Torneko, a shopkeeper character from the same developer's Dragon Quest IV (Chunsoft being developer of the first five games Dragon Quest series).
Mystery Dungeon games are notable for being among the few console games in the roguelike genre. The series has inspired similar titles in Japan, most of which appropriate their games mechanics from Mystery Dungeon, rather than Rogue itself.
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[edit] Gameplay
Most of the Mystery Dungeon games centre around exploring a dungeon with randomly generated layouts and fighting other characters therein in a turn-based manner (and not just in fighting; every time the player takes a step, the opponents also take a step). Escape from the dungeon is usually only allowed in certain places, or through the use of certain items. Additionally, when the player loses the game, the player loses all items plus half the player's currency.
[edit] Dragon Quest series
- 1993: Torneko no Daibōken: Fushigi no Dungeon – Super Famicom
- 1999: Torneko no Daibōken 2: Fushigi no Dungeon (Torneko: The Last Hope) – PlayStation; remade for Game Boy Advance in 2001
- 2002: Torneko no Daibōken 3: Fushigi no Dungeon PlayStation 2; remade for Game Boy Advance in 2004
- 2006: Dragon Quest: Shōnen Yangus to Fushigi no Dungeon PlayStation 2; developed by cavia, inc.
[edit] Shiren the Wanderer series
- 1995: Fushigi no Dungeon 2: Fūrai no Shiren (Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer) – Super Famicom; remade for Nintendo DS in 2006
- 1996: Fūrai no Shiren GB – Game Boy
- 2000: Fūrai no Siren 2: Oni Shūrai! Siren-jō! – Nintendo 64
- 2000: Fūrai no Shiren GB2 – Game Boy Color
- 2002: Fūrai no Shiren Gaiden: Onnakenshi Asuka Kenzan – Dreamcast
- 2008: Fūrai no Shiren 3: Karakuri Yashiki no Nemuri-Hime (Shiren the Wanderer 3: Sleeping Beauty of Karakuri Mansion) – Wii
[edit] Chocobo series
- 1997: Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon – PlayStation; remade for WonderSwan)in 1999; developed by Square Co.
- 1998: Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon 2 (Chocobo's Dungeon 2) – PlayStation; developed by Square Co.
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- Though developed by Square, both of the above were supervised by Koichi Nakamura, president of Chunsoft.[1]
- 2008: Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon: Toki Wasure no Meikyū (Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon)
[edit] Pokémon series
- 2006: Pokémon Fushigi no Dungeon: Ao no Kyūjotai & Aka no Kyūjotai (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team & Red Rescue Team) – Nintendo DS & Game Boy Advance
- 2007: Pokémon Fushigi no Dungeon: Toki no Tankentai & Yami no Tankentai (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Explorers of Darkness – Nintendo DS
[edit] Individual Releases
- 2004: The Nightmare of Druaga: Fushigi no Dungeon (The Nightmare of Druaga: Fushigino Dungeon) – PlayStation 2
- 2004: Kidō Senshi Gundam: Fushigi no Dungeon – i-mode
[edit] See also
- Azure Dreams, a similar game by Konami.
[edit] External links
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