Shiren The Wanderer: The Thriller Dungeon Of Serpentcoil Island Is Coming To The West

First introduced within the Japanese model of the September 2023 Nintendo Direct, Spike Chunsoft has confirmed that Shiren the Wanderer: The Thriller Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island is coming to the West, with a bodily launch set for twenty seventh February 2024.

The trailer above touches on the historical past of this roguelike Thriller Dungeon aspect sequence, which started in 1995 with Thriller Dungeon 2. Shiren the Warrior. As you’d count on, it seems that STWTMGOSI (yep, everybody’s going to be calling it that) will ship the sequence’ conventional dungeon-crawling whereas introducing some new quality-of-life options corresponding to “two sorts of dwell search shows that can be utilized for various functions or the flexibility to trace your personal steps on the mini-map.”

This is a narrative abstract from the sport’s official web site, plus some character artwork together with Koppa (“one of many final ‘speaking ferrets'”), Asuka (“A wandering swordswoman who’s outdated buddies with Shiren and Koppa.”), and Suzuna (a “cheerful innkeeper”):

A number of months after their earlier journey in Tsukikage Village…
Shiren the Wanderer and Koppa, his speaking ferret companion, obtained a imaginative and prescient of a distant land and a woman in misery. It led them to the mysterious Serpentcoil Island.
However they are not alone. Rumors converse of misplaced pirate gold hidden away throughout the depths of Serpentcoil Island, and a strong monster at its highest mountain peak stated to carry an beautiful treasure in its stomach. Adventurers and warriors have flocked from all around the realm, looking forward to an opportunity at fortune.
What’s the connection between the thriller woman and the monster? What’s the fact behind the secrets and techniques and treasures scattered all through the island? A brand new journey for Shiren and Koppa begins!

The final sport within the sequence, the amusingly titled Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Cube of Destiny (breathe) was a 2010, Japan-only DS title earlier than coming to PSP worldwide a number of years later, and ultimately to Swap in 2020. We loved our time with that sport — for those who benefit from the repetition inherent to a dungeon-crawler of this nature, the winner of our Most Lengthy-Winded Recreation Title 2020 award suits the invoice properly.