Dragon Warrior IV
| Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen |
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Box art of the original North American NES release, titled Dragon Warrior IV
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| Director(s) | Koichi Nakamura |
| Producer(s) | Yukinobu Chida |
| Designer(s) | Yuji Horii |
| Artist(s) | Akira Toriyama |
| Composer(s) | Koichi Sugiyama |
| Series | Dragon Quest |
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| Genre(s) | Role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| JP | NA | EU | |
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| Famicom/NES | 1990 | 1992 | N/A |
| PlayStation | 200a | N/A | N/A |
| Nintendo DS | 2007 | 2008 | 2008 |
| Android, iOS | 2014 | 2014 | |
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| Publication | Score | |||
| DS | iOS | NES | PS | |
| 1UP.com | B+ | |||
| AllGame |   |
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| CVG | 8.1 / 10 | |||
| Destructoid | 8 / 10 | |||
| Eurogamer | 8 / 10 | |||
| Famitsu | 34 / 40 | 37 / 40 | 32 / 40 | |
| Game Informer | 7 / 10 | |||
| GamePro | 4 / 5 | |||
| GameSpot | 8 / 10 | |||
| GameSpy | 4 / 5 | |||
| GamesRadar | 4.5 / 5 | |||
| GameZone | 8.3 / 10 | |||
| IGN | 8 / 10 | |||
| Nintendo Power | 7.5 / 10 | |||
| Nintendo World Report | 8 / 10 | |||
| ONM | 78% | |||
| Electronic Games | 85% | |||
| Jeuxvideo[] | 16 / 20 | |||
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| Aggregate scores | ||||
| GameRankings | 80% | 87% | ||
| Metacritic | 80 / 100 | 86 / 100 | ||
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| Nintendo Power Award '93' | Best Overall Game |
Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen is a role-playing video game and the fourth installment of the Dragon Quest video game series developed by Chunsoft and published by Enix (now Square Enix). It was originally released for the Famicom 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 Enix America Corporation 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 Dragon Warrior Monsters in December 1999. The game was remade by Heartbeat for the PlayStation, which eventually was available as an Ultimate Hits title. This was followed with a second remake developed by ArtePiazza for the Nintendo DS, 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 Android and iOS 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.
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 Dragon Warrior III, 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.
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