Editing Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen (section)

==Remakes and ports==
''Dragon Quest IV'' was remade for the [[Sony PlayStation]] on November 22, 2001 in Japan. It was developed by Heartbeat and published by Enix. The remake was developed using {{DQ7}} 's 3D graphics engine. With this remake came new features; among them were a new chapter, a new character, a boom town reminiscent of {{VII}}'s, an [[Party Chat|inter-party talk]] command similar to {{Dragon Quest VII}}, and the ability to turn off the artificial intelligence for party members. The Enix of America Corporation originally planned to bring the remake to North America in 2002, but it was later cancelled due to Heartbeat closing its video game development operations.

*The [[Bag]] has been added for unlimited item storage, which can carry up to 99 for each item.
*A ''{{DQ4 Prologue}}'' chapter is added to introduce the {{Hero 4}} before chapter one begins, as well as a 6th chapter with a [[bonus dungeon]] and alternate ending.  There is also a new Tactics feature to manually control your party in {{DQ4 Chapter 5}}.  The PlayStation version uses the graphics engine from {{DQ7}}.
*A [[Pioneer Town]] was added, similar to [[The Haven]] in {{DQ7}}. It is located in place of the [[Desert Bazaar]] (which in the {{NES}} version served no purpose in Chapter 5). It is run by [[Hank Hoffman Jr.]] (who remains in the Inn at [[Mintos]] in the NES version).
*A new dungeon, the [[Fungeon (Dragon Quest IV)|Fungeon]] was added in the "after-game", along with a new [[Zoom]] point within.  The floors aside from the bosses room are taken from areas from the previous dungeons, the shop from Zalenagrad and areas from {{DQ7}}. 
*In the {{NES}} version, Hank Hoffman Jr. leaves the party after [[Alena]] and her companions join. In this version, he leaves immediately upon entering Mintos.
*The first floor of the [[Imperial Pantry of Parthenia]] has a [[Thief's Key]] door blocking off the rest of the cave. To get it opened, [[Borya]] has to be recruited, which triggers a scene where Alena kicks the door down despite having the key. The {{NES}} version of the cave lacks the door and can be completed without recruiting Borya.
*The bonus {{DQ4 Chapter 6}}, includes [[Psaro (Character)|someone]] becoming a playable character.
*While still uncontrollable during combat, healing spells known by [[Healie]], [[Laurel]] and [[Orifiela]] can be used manually out of battle.
*Only [[Eliza]] and [[Float-o-copier]]s can use the [[Morph]] spell, whereas in the {{NES}} version, the Hero could also learn it.
*In the {{NES}} version, [[Marquis de Léon]] dies after his defeat, whereas in the remakes, he reverts to his human form and forgets his time as a monster.
*The player no longer loses [[Gold]] Coins after being defeated by Marquis de Léon in Chapter 4.
*The remakes have the [[Lightning staff]] available much sooner in the [[Vault of Vrenor]], as opposed to later in [[Castle Nadiria]].
*[[Boomerang (weapon)|Boomerang]]s were replaced by [[Hunter's bow]]s.
*[[Thorn whip]]s were replaced by [[Divine dagger]]s.
*[[Morning star]]s were replaced by [[Holy lance]]s.
*Instead of the [[Liquid metal shield]] which sold for 4000 coins, the [[casino]] sells [[Falcon sword]]s for 65,000 coins.
*There's only one Liquid metal shield that you can get by trading in 52 mini medals to the medal king.
*[[Liquid metal armour]] now costs 35,000 [[gold]] coins, as opposed to the 15,000 in the {{NES}} version.
*The [[Gospel ring]] accessory is now included at the Pioneer town which is upgraded to a castle and is sold for 250,000 coins at the casino.
*[['The Big Book of Beasts']] is now included for the monster bestiary and the player will be rewarded 250,000 coins if they complete the list of monsters.

[[File:DQ4-DS-OVERWORLD-SCREENSHOT.jpg|250px|thumb|Exploring the world in the {{DS}} version of ''Dragon Quest IV'']]
On November 22, 2007, this PlayStation remake was ported to the [[Nintendo DS]]. No significant changes were made to the game's story, gameplay, or bonus features, aside from modifying the boom town's immigration aspects to reflect the lack of memory cards in the DS hardware and the calculation method for [[Alena]]'s [[Critical Hit]]s. The {{Fungeon 4}} ([[bonus dungeon]]) changed it's layout to random locations for each floor, whereas the {{PlayStation}} version was a mix of previous areas from the game and from {{DQ7}}.  This portable version was released internationally in September of 2008, but without the party chat feature. This was due to Square Enix's uncertainty regarding the reception of the title, and the budget to translate the two-thirds of the script that the chat contained was slashed. However, the international release performed well and the budget for localization was expanded to allow the feature to be retained in {{V}} and {{VI}}.

*The [[Nintendo DS]] remake uses nearly the same style as the {{PS1}} version, with some minor compression to account for the handheld's screen size.
*The [[Pioneer Town]] lacks the variants of the {{PS1}} version due to replacing recruitable {{NPC}}s with ones that can be found after a certain point in game (see the article for more details).
*The floors of the [[Fungeon (Dragon Quest IV)|Fungeon]] are made up of new designs rather than from previous areas in the game, as well as {{DQ7}}.
*The {{DS}} uses 2 separate screens in the game, the top screen displaying the map and the heroes' battle information.
*Religious references that were removed from the {{NES}} version are now included in the game.
*Name changes to Weapons, Armour, items.
*Alena's [[Critical Hit]] formula was changed from ''level/256'' to ''(level(0.75))/256'', rendering her maximum chance at level 64 to be 19%.

On April 7, 2014, the PlayStation remake was ported to iOS and Android compatible devices. This version features significantly sharper graphics than before, as well as a fully orchestrated soundtrack. No significant gameplay changes were made aside from yet another tweaking of the Tsarevna's [[Critical Hit]] formula, and a slight change adding a detour in the boom town development. The [[bonus dungeon]] layout from the {{DS}} port was retained.  This version was released world wide on August 7, 2014, and most importantly restored the long-lost party chat to much critical acclaim.

*The Android and iOS uses touch screen features and the game uses a portrait screen setting instead of the landscape screen.
*[[Zoom]] and [[Evac]]'s {{MP}} cost have been reduced to 1 MP each.
*The Pioneer Town's upgrade requirements have been slightly tweaked, requiring more townsfolk to be recruited per stage of development.
*Alena's [[Critical Hit]] formula cap has been raised to 87, restoring the 25% chance from the {{NES}} and {{PSX}} versions.