Talk:Mystery Dungeon

Weird
This article needs lots of work and verification. I can't find sources saying that Chunsoft developed Chocobo's Dungeon 1 and/or 2. Dragon Quest Shonen Yangus wasn't developed by Chunsoft either... So the very existence of this series has to be verified. Maybe it's not a series but a sort of genre? Kariteh 09:21, 8 July 2007 (UTC)


 * This is kinda odd. Even though the article doesnt talk much about chunsoft, it says see also to a non chunsoft game, making the article seem like its only about chunsoft games. is anyone still working on this article or is it pretty much dead?  Evaunit  666 02:02, 4 September 2007 (UTC)


 * All of the Mysterious Dungeon games were developed by Chunsoft, with the exception of the "Chocobo" games that were developed by Square. In the case of those, I'm sure that either it was "ghost written" by Chunsoft, or Square licensed the Fushigi no Dungeon engine from Chunsoft, but I don't know enough about it to definitively say one way or the other in the article. The reason that Azure Dreams is in a "See Also" section is because Azure Dreams has very similar gameplay to the Mysterious Dungeon games but is not a Mysterious Dungeon game (Mysterious Dungeon games being easily recognized by the fact that they all have "Fushigi no Dungeon" in their Japanese titles). Luvcraft 14:20, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Dragon Quest Yangus was not developed by Chunsoft. Also, the Chocobo Dungeon games need a reliable source for them to be mentioned in this article: if they are not made by Chunsoft, how can they officially be part of this series as this article suggests? Kariteh 16:25, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Mysterious Dungeon is not a series in the sense that the games in it form a cohesive story, it's a series in the sense that all of the games in it have the same core mechanics and theme. It's like how Choose Your Own Adventure is a series of books because they have the same core mechanics and theme even though very few of the stories are related. Luvcraft 17:33, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Choose Your Own Adventure is a label/trademark/something which is owned by Bantam Books. Novels of the same type that aren't published by Bantam Books are not part of the CYOA collection. If the Fushigi no Dungeon series is owned by Chunsoft, then the 3 Chocobo Dungeon games (the third is upcoming for the Wii) and DQ Yangus shouldn't be considered part of it without some explicite statement in a source. Kariteh 22:43, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I think it might be less confusing to treat fushigi no dungeon as more of a genre than as a series.  Evaunit  666 01:02, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I've done some research, and come to the conclusion that the most likely explanation for the Mysterious Dungeon games with other developers is that Chunsoft "ghost wrote" those games without taking any credit. This is a common occurance in the Japanese video game industry (see TOSE), but the fact that there is no credit (and they are probably contractually forbidden from taking credit) means that there are no reference to cite in the Wikipedia article. How should we proceed? Also, as to whether "Mysterious Dungeon" should be considered a genre or a series, it definitely should not be called a "genre", since the "Mysterious Dungeon" games already fall into the "rogue-like" genre, and the only thing that differentiates them from other rogue-likes is the inclusion of the words "Mysterious / Fushigi no Dungeon" in their titles. A better prior art I've thought of than the "Choose Your Own Adventure" books is the "Oz" series of books; the Oz books were written by several different authors, some of them don't even take place in Oz, but they're all part of the Oz series, even though in some cases the only thing tying them to the series is the word "Oz" in the title. Luvcraft 15:17, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * If that is the case, i guess finding a source for it would be pretty much impossible. and i see what you mean by not calling it a genre. so basically, its just a group of games with common names. but can that be called a series?  Evaunit  666 02:01, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Although I agree that it doesn't satisfy the dictionary definition of "series", it's as much of a series as D3's Simple series is. Luvcraft 16:50, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I sense an article for deletion nomination for original research... Kariteh 09:18, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Then go for it. Luvcraft 14:28, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

I don't know why I didn't think to do this sooner, but I just read the Japanese version of this page, which says that all of the Fushigi no Dungeon games that are not developed by Chunsoft have been specifically granted permission by Chunsoft to use the name. I think that pretty well closes this argument. I'm going to go add that to the article now. Luvcraft 14:34, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia can't be used as a source for Wikipedia... Kariteh 15:37, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * was there a source on the japanese wikipedia?  Evaunit  666 00:57, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
 * nope. :( Luvcraft 15:03, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Quesitons
So I noticed pokemon mtstery dungeon is similr to Azure Dreams, but what is Tornenko?

Mysterious Dungeon or Mystery Dungeon?
The games that were translated into English are called "Mystery Dungeon" (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon and Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer). --MK (talk) 13:29, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Mystery Dungeon seems to be the official English title of the series, the article name should be changed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.235.0.126 (talk) 14:54, 9 April 2008 (UTC)


 * ✅ Parsecboy (talk) 21:26, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Titles
Before I change it, does anyone have a good reason why all the titles are listed only in Japanese on the English wiki? --Unknownwarrior33 (talk) 16:57, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
 * This article needs a lot of updating.  ? EVAUNIT 神の人間の殺害者 17:34, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Deviations in Japanese roguelikes - Yura87 (talk) 08:43, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
The games feature an advanced buddy system, with one unremovable buddy that has to be kept alive, making that buddy a permanent escort character (Shiren's talking pet, your chosen buddy in Pokemon MD). Azure Dreams has an extensible *mon-like buddy/familiar system, but players can opt to walk alone, sending the base familiar and never picking up eggs. Another deviation seen in Japanese roguelikes is a separate Attack button rather than walking into an enemy tile. Buddies can be removed without income in Mystery Dungeon ("say farewell"), while in AD buddies can be sold (though before L30, pets are cheaper than eggs) Overall, Azure Dreams contains less deviations from the genre, compared to MD. IDK if any sources exist, but this can be verified by playing those games (owning or emulating).

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