.: April 17, 2014. WW: August 7, 2014 Mode(s) Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen is a and the fourth installment of the video game series developed by and published. It was originally released for the on 11 February 1990 in Japan. A North American version followed in October 1992, and would be the last Dragon Quest game localized and published by Enix's subsidiary prior to its closure in November 1995, as well as the last Dragon Quest game to be localized into English prior to the localization of in December 1999.
The game was by Heartbeat for the, which eventually was available as an title. This was followed with a second remake developed by for the, released in Japan on 22 November 2007. This remake was released in Australia on 11 September 2008, in Europe on 12 September 2008 and in North America on September 16, 2008. A version based on the Nintendo DS remake for and was released in 2014. Dragon Quest IV differs from the rest of the series by breaking up the game into five distinct chapters, each of which focuses on a different protagonist or protagonists. The first four are told from the perspective of the Hero's future companions and the fifth one, from the hero's perspective, brings all the characters together as they start their journey to save the world.
The PlayStation remake adds a sixth chapter, which is retained in the DS remake. Contents. Gameplay Dragon Quest IV offered several new features over the first three titles, while carrying on many of those introduced in the previous games. Similar features included are the day and night cycles, the ability to travel via ship and a flying vehicle (this time, a hot air balloon), and the three levels of keys. They are Thief, Magic and Ultimate (originally localized as Final). There are also travel doors, which allow the party to move a great distance on the world map with little travel.
Unlike the Hero in, the Hero of Dragon Quest IV is not required to be in the party at all once the wagon becomes available. Despite this, the Hero is again the character that possesses the most powerful healing and attack spells. Many spells, weapons, armor, and shops (including the vault/bank) function the same as in past games. In addition to the new chapter-based storylines, an system called 'Tactics' was implemented that allowed the player to provide strategies to the party members (who become in the final chapter), such as prioritizing damage, healing or MP conservation, while maintaining full control of the Hero., and the remakes of IV allow tactics to be set for characters individually rather than using one tactics mode for all characters, as well as including the 'Follow Orders' Tactics mode, which allows other characters to be controlled manually. This 'Tactics' system is seen as a precursor to 's ' system. The wagon, first introduced in this game, allows the player to choose which characters are used in battle.
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The wagon can also be seen in Dragon Quest V and Dragon Quest VI. The first casino appears in this installment as a place to play several mini-games (, and the Monster Betting that was introduced in ) using tokens that could be traded for special items. Searching drawers and inside of jars was first introduced in this game as a means to find items. Small Medals, later Mini Medals, were introduced as a new item to search for and trade for special unique items from a secluded king. Saving the game was made easier by allowing one to save a game in a House of Healing, rather than talking to a king. Also, the save ('Confession' in the DS remake) and EXP point to the next level-up ('Divination' in the DS remake) are now separate commands. Returning to the format of the original North American Dragon Warrior, programmers allowed users to open a door using a command appearing in the top level of the menu (rather than requiring users to search through various characters' inventories for the key as in some previous games).
The only requirement was that at least one character in the party needed to have an appropriate key in his or her inventory. Since this command was added, an unlocked door was added in this game, as well as large Castle Doors. However, this command was eliminated in later games and the remake, in which doors can be opened by attempting to walk through them.
Synopsis Plot In the original version, the game is divided into five. The first four provide back-story for the Hero’s party members, while the fifth follows the Hero himself as he meets up with the other characters. Chapter One begins when a knight from Burland rescues abducted children from monsters. He discovers a plot to kill the Legendary Hero and decides to set out on a quest to protect him. Chapter Two follows tomboyish Princess Alena and her two friends as they try to prove their strength. Partway through her journey, Alena’s father loses his voice after speaking of a dream he had depicting the end of the world. After restoring his voice, she travels to the town of Endor to enter a tournament.
She defeats all of the combatants except a warrior named Psaro the Manslayer (originally localized as Saro until he rescues Rosa from humans and changes his name to Necrosaro), who failed to appear. After the victory, she returns to find the castle empty, so she sets out to find out what happened to everyone. Chapter Three follows a merchant named Torneko as he establishes a thriving business in Endor. Later, he hears about a set of legendary weapons, which he sets out to find. Chapter Four follows Maya and Meena, two sisters seeking revenge for the murder of their father. They avenge their father’s murder, but are thrown in a dungeon by the murderer’s master. They escape from the dungeon and make their way to Endor.
Chapter Five follows the game's, known as the Hero. It begins with the Hero’s hometown being attacked by monsters, led by Psaro the Manslayer.
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The Hero manages to escape, and is joined by the main characters of the previous chapters, as well as Hoffman, who drives the cart. Together, they spy on Psaro and discover that Estark, the Ruler of Evil (originally localized as Esturk), has been awakened. Their quest then becomes to travel to Estark’s palace and defeat him. In the town of Strathbaile (originally localized as Izmit), the heroes have a dream that explains Psaro’s plan. Developing a deep hatred of humanity after the death of his girlfriend, Rose (originally localized as Rosa), at the hands of humans, Psaro plans to become the next Ruler of Evil using the power of he obtained from the 'Armlet of.' The party then travels to the Zenithian Castle.
There, they meet the Zenith, who takes them to Nadiria (originally localized as Evil World), where Psaro is. There, they defeat his generals before challenging Psaro.
After fighting a continually evolving form of Psaro, he is vanquished. The PlayStation and DS remakes include a sixth chapter. This chapter focuses on the heroes working with Psaro to avenge the death of Rose, and finally put the world back in order.
Throughout this chapter, Rose is revived and the party is able to defeat her true killer, the Dark Priest (originally localized as Radimvice), one of Psaro the Manslayer's subordinates who intended to take the secrets of evolution for himself and usurp Psaro the Manslayer, setting all plans in motion that drove Psaro to his insanity. Characters. The world map of the PlayStation Dragon Quest IV remake Dragon Quest IV was for the on November 22, 2001 in Japan. It was developed by and published by Enix. The remake was developed using Dragon Quest VII's 3D graphics engine, but was still Dragon Quest IV's story and world.
The characters, towns, world maps, sound, battles and enemies all received updates. The character sprites were updated to match the original artwork for the characters in the original Dragon Quest IV Manual and artwork. With this remake came several new features. Among these features were a new chapter in which Psaro is available as a party member (as well as a prologue chapter), an intra-party talk command similar to Dragon Quest VII, and the ability to turn off the artificial intelligence for party members to allow for direct control of their attacks (except UC Party Members). The game sold over one million copies in Japan by the end of 2001. Originally planned to bring the remake to in 2002 and had even advertised this upcoming release on the back cover to the US instruction manual for Dragon Warrior VII, but it was later canceled due to Heartbeat closing its video game development operations before the localization and translation could be completed.
It was later explained that the cost and time that a different company would need to invest to complete the translation prevented Enix from passing this to another developer, as Heartbeat was the most familiar with their own design. Nintendo DS remake Dragon Quest IV was later re-released for the in Japan in November 2007. The game has been remade into a 2D/3D hybrid, similar to the PlayStation version. This release has kept many of the enhancements from the PlayStation, such as the slightly altered immigrant town, but has received enhanced upgrades to smooth the graphics further, and improved sound. This release also allows players to take manual control of all of their party members in the final two chapters.
Shortly after the Japanese release, several people editing the Japanese ROM file discovered a near complete English translation along with Spanish, French, German, and Italian translations already inside the Japanese game. On April 9, 2008, Square Enix applied for a trademark to the title 'Chapters of the Chosen', and speculation began that this was the new subtitle to Dragon Quest IV for an American release. On April 18, 2008, Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen was found to have a rating of E10+ by the ESRB, for Alcohol Reference, Animated Blood, Mild Fantasy Violence, Mild Language, Simulated Gambling, and Suggestive Themes.
An official release date of September 16, 2008 was finally established on the official North American site. The game was released in Europe under the title Dragon Quest: Chapters of the Chosen, omitting the number IV in a similar fashion to the European version of. This version of the game contains an entirely new translation of the script. It was claimed in Nintendo Power that the new translation has changed the names of many of the main characters, weapons and towns to be closer to, or include their original Japanese names, while adding several new localizations, yet an analysis of the location and character names indicates the original localization of Dragon Warrior IV was closer to the original Japanese. This version also uses the new spell naming convention first used in, such as the spell Beat from Dragon Warrior IV becoming Whack. The western translations have been slightly changed in places where the Japanese version included sexual components, and the Japanese version's party talk feature was completely excised from the western versions. The Nintendo DS translation includes 13 regional dialects for the various areas, including Burland now being Scottish, and Zamoksva being Russian.
Simon Carless of feels that the use of dialects can help some people to understand different cultures, saying, 'It has the potential to nurture cross-language and cross-cultural understanding in a very intelligent manner.' A version based on Nintendo DS remake was released in Japan on April 17, 2014 for and. It was released internationally on August 7, 2014. The Android version of the game features cloud saving, autosaves, a quick save feature, and a pause feature for ease of use on the mobile platform. This version also reintroduces the party talk feature removed from the international Nintendo DS releases, being translated into the appropriate language. Other media Manga A five volume manga called Dragon Quest: Princess Alena was released.
It followed the story of Chapter 2, Alena's adventure, but begins to divert during the events in the Birdsong Tower. From this point forward, it introduces several new characters, including the evil Evil Leather Woman, and new locations, including an Arctic location and a haunted house.
This story ends with Alena fighting Psaro and defeating him before he goes on with the Golden Bracelet to perfect the secret of evolution. Soundtrack As with every Dragon Quest, composed the music and directed all the associated spinoffs.
The song heard during gameplay depends on a number of factors. A specific track is always played for towns, another for caves or dungeons, another while the party is mounted on the hot air balloon, for instance. Lastly, while out in the world, each of the first four acts has its own theme song, as does the Hero—in act five, the theme song played depends on who is the first character in the formation. The original Dragon Warrior IV was one of the few NES games to feature a during the battle music, a gradual increase in volume from soft to loud. This technique was rare for an NES game. However, the PlayStation and Nintendo DS versions do not feature the crescendo in the battle music. This level of detail can be found in the NES version's soundtrack, as well as the 2014 Android and iOS mobile releases.
Dragon Quest IV The People Are Shown the Way Symphonic Suite is a compilation of music from Dragon Quest IV. The first print of the album was in 1990, the London Philharmonic version came out a year later, and a reprint of the original was released in 2000.
Dragon Quest IV The People Are Shown the Way Symphonic Suite No. Title Length 1. 'Overture' 1:55 2.
'Minuet' 3:07 3. 'Comrades' 10:28 4.
'In a Town' 8:16 5. 'Homeland Wagon Wheels' March' 5:58 6.
'Frightening Dungeons Cursed Towers' 5:19 7. 'Elegy Mysterious Shrine' 5:03 8. 'Balloon's Flight' 4:32 9. 'Sea Breeze' 4:31 10. 'The Unknown Castle' 4:37 11. 'Battle for the Glory' 7:51 12.
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'The End' 5:12 In 1991, Enix released a set of videos featuring Koichi Sugiyama conducting the performing the soundtrack in, along with clips of acting. Reception and sales Reception Review scores Publication Score B+ 8.1 / 10 8 / 10 8 / 10 34 / 40 37 / 40 32 / 40 7 / 10 4 / 5 8 / 10 4 / 5 4.5 / 5 8.3 / 10 8 / 10 7.5 / 10 Nintendo World Report 8 / 10 78% 85% 16 / 20 Aggregate scores 80% 87% 80 / 100 86 / 100 Award Publication Award Nintendo Power Award '93' Best Overall Game Dragon Warrior IV was awarded ', 'Best RPG Game' and the ' in 's 1990 awards, 'Best Challenge' and 2nd place 'Best Overall Game' in 1993. In August 2008, Nintendo Power ranked Dragon Warrior IV the 18th best video game, describing it as the peak of the NES' series and praising it for its innovative five-act story that made it one of their favourite old-school role-playing games. Readers of voted the game as the 14th best game of all time in a 2006 poll. In particular, critics noticed with interest that the game's third chapter, Torneko's, departed largely from standard RPGs by making the only goal to collect money and by allowing players to have Torneko simply working in an in-game store. In Japan, the original Famicom version sold 3.1 million units, it's the fourth best selling game of the system, below its predecessor, Dragon Quest III. One million of its sales occurred in its first day of release.
Motorola commandstar lite manual. The PlayStation version of Dragon Quest IV was the 4th best-selling game in Japan in 2001 with over 1 million copies sold, and has sold nearly 1.2 million copies as of December 26, 2004. As of August 8, 2008, the DS remake has sold 1.15 million units in Japan.
Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen was a nominee for Best RPG on the Nintendo DS in 's 2008 video game awards. The game has sold 1.46 million copies worldwide as of May 31, 2009. Critics pointed out that the game may feel outdated, especially to players not accustomed to Dragon Quest games, but that some of the characters, such as Ragnar, make the game stand out of the recent JRPGs. 'Ragnar McRyan is in no way a character designed off the back of some intense Japanese schoolgirl demographic focus testing', wrote 's Simon Parkin, pleased. Sequels Dragon Quest IV is the first game in the series to spawn spin-offs.
The merchant (also known as Taloon in the NES version) was popular enough to star his own series, in which he finds himself in quests in order to expand his store. These games are the Torneko no Daibouken sub-series (translated as Torneko's Great Adventure), and games produced by (and ) and developed. The success of the games later inspired the creation of the series. Ragnar, Healie, and Torneko all later appear as cameos in in the Monster Arena.
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Overview Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen is a Nintendo DS remake of the NES classic from Square Enix. The game features updated graphics, improved sound and a new translation (the engine is a slight upgrade of a PS1 remake only available in Japan). Dragon Quest IV features a familiar story of a band of heroes who come together to save the world and is split into five distinct chapters; each one is told from the perspective of a different character. Story Chapter 1: The Royal Soldiers Meet Ragnar McRyan, a Scottish-English warrior who cameos throughout the game.
Ragnar makes his way into the woods, finding nothing but a well. After a voice beckons him to jump, Ragnar finds himself in a long passageway, split in several directions. The same voice leads him through the tunnel until he arrives in a small cave with a single treasure chest surrounded by a small river of water. Inside are the Flying Shoes, a key item in Ragnar's quest for the miss ing children. Within the cavernous tunnels, he also meets up with Healie, one of the jellyfish-like Healer creatures. Healie wishes to join Ragnar's quest in hopes of one day becoming a human. Healie makes a valuable addition to Ragnar's solo-quest, as the Knight Captain himself knows no magic and relies solely on medicinal herbs to heal himself.
Healie is the first of many combative NPCs within the story. Upon using the flying shoes, Ragnar is sent immediately to the abductor's tower. While the two scale the tower, Ragnar learns from a dying soldier the plot to find and kill the 'Legendary Hero' while he or she was still a child so that the 'Ruler of Evil' may be resurrected. Thus the kidnappings.
Upon the destruction of Saro's Shadow and his Giant Eyeball cohort, Ragnar rescues the captured children. After returning them to Izmit Village, Ragnar meets with the King of Castle Burland. He requests to begin a new quest, to find the 'Legendary Hero' and thwart the plan to resurrect the 'Ruler of Evil'. The King gives Ragnar his blessing as Chapter One ends. Chapter 2: Tsarevna Alena's Adventure Princess Alena of Santeem is now Tsarevna Alena of Zamoksva.
The tomboy (originally Princess Alena) goes on a journey to test her strength, accompanied by her two allies Borya and Kiryl. Bored of palace life and eager to travel the world, she takes off (to the dismay of her father and palace officials), and the palace magician and priest are left with no choice but to tag along. Chapter 3: Torneko the Arms Merchant In which goes on his journey to become the world's greatest merchant. This chapter is played unlike the rest of the game; instead of conquering dungeons, Torneko Taloon buys equipment low and sells high to conquer the market. One way Torneko builds up his initial inventory is to collect weapons and armor left behind by monsters with whom he does battle. Each objective is to reach a set amount of gold. Chapter 4: The Sisters of Monbaraba The twins, the younger sister and a fortuneteller, and, a dancer (originally Mara and Nara), seek revenge for their father's death.
The gruesome murder was done by Balzack, who found out that their father, an alchemist, had discovered the secret of evolution. Chapter 5: The Chosen Ones The Legendary Hero sets forth to save the world with the help of the rest of the cast. Meeting with each of the party members seen in previous chapters one by one, the Hero will also slowly learn of his true origins and is also given the opportunity to found his own town. Chapter 6: Bonus In this bonus chapter-which starts right before the final battle of Chapter 5-the Chosen Ones resurrect Psaro's long lost love Rose and take her to him. Then comes back to his senses and changes back to his original form. He goes on to join the group of the Chosen Ones to defeat the true final boss, Aamon, who was the one behind Rose's death all along. Gameplay Classic or archaic?
Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen's gameplay is mostly classic Dragon Quest fare, but it has a number of unique features that separate it from other first-person RPG's. These include: Wagon - Allows the player to choose wich characters fight in battle. A series first, the wagon may also be found in V and VI. Casino - A building full of mini-games and monster battling, the Casino is a nice respite from a hard day's work of saving the world.
Small medals - Finding these nets the player rewards if they know what to do with them. Balloon - Air travel done the right way. Day/night system - A full, 24 hour day/night system. Some features have been seen in past games, while others are exclusive to the IV, V and VI Dragon Quests (commonly referred to as a trilogy). Reception In early 2009, the NPD revealed that Dragon Quest IV had sold 76k since its release 4 months prior, suggesting that it had failed to attract the casual crowd. Otherwise the game was well received, and holds a respectable garnering generally positive reviews. Many sources deemed it 'a must own for any JRPG fan.'
Pros commonly cited were the beautiful dual-screen presentation and interesting narrative structure, though some felt the exposition of the game lacked variety and challenge.