Editing Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (section)

===[[Monster recruitment]]===
The largest gameplay addition was the inclusion of a monster recruitment system. Under this system, [[List of recruitable monsters in Dragon Quest V|certain monsters]] may elect to join the player's party after being defeated in battle. These monsters then behave as typical player characters who can Level up, use equipment, and receive orders/tactics in battle, but will often have abilities and resistances unavailable to [[human]] characters. This new feature adds a great deal of replay value as it exponentially increases the number of possible {{Party 5}} configurations a player can use. 

In the original {{Super Famicom}} Version, only 42 monsters were recruitable and 70 was the limit for how many could be kept in total. In the current {{DS}} and [[Cell phone]] versions, these limits were raised to 72 recruits and 80 spaces respectively.