Shiren the Wanderer 4’s special attacks, Banana Prince, and dungeon gates. As previously covered, this DS follow-up will add “tech/skill” actions to Shiren repertoire, three of which are outlined above. I’m all for new ways to strike at multiple enemies without having to find a rare Razor Wind sword first! The Dragon Ball Z-esque Sandangeki move also looks particularly devastating.

I’m unsure what purpose the adorable Banana Prince serves, but I know that you eat bananas instead of rice to stave off your hunger this time around. Perhaps if you’re in a bind with no fruit in sight after descending several floors, you can peel his head as an emergency meal?

As for the dungeon gates, these can both help or harm you. While they can close off a room and give you an opportunity to pull off ranged attacks without fear of reprisal, the fences can also spring up to lock you in an area packed with monsters. These will be the death of many adventurers, I’m sure.

One last item I neglected to mention when I featured the Shiren the Wanderer (Wii) U.S. boxart: did anyone notice the missing Nintendo WiFi Connection symbol? Yes, it’s only a preliminary cover, and it doesn’t even have a final ESRB rating yet, but Atlus mentioned before that it might not bring over the game’s online’s features (pot trading, rescues, leaderboards, downloadable dungeons, multiplayer versus, etc.).

The publisher also recently told Nintendo Power that it will include the downloadable dungeons released in Japan as on-disc content for the U.S. localization. Sounds like Atlus might leave out online support due to its inexperience working with WiFi-connected Wii games.

Preorder: Shiren the Wanderer Wii ($39.99)

Buy: Shiren the Wanderer DS ($13.49!!!)

See also: Shiren the Wanderer 4 JP official site