Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen: Difference between revisions

| composer = [[Koichi Sugiyama]]

[[Maya]] the dancer and her younger sister [[Meena]], the fortune teller, have left [[Laissez Fayre]] in search of vengeance against [[Balzack]], their father's traitorous apprentice.

Chapter 6 is a post-epilogue continuation of the game's storyline. Originally appearing in the PlayStation remake of ''Dragon Quest IV'', Chapter 6 offers a lengthy bonus dungeon, and the culmination of certain plot points that were left ambiguous in the original release.

*[[Mini medals]] are scattered throughout the world for the player to gather at their leisure, which can be exchanged for incredible equipment at the palace of the [[Medal king]].  

''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 ''[[Dragon Quest VII]]'' '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.

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 (Dragon Quest IV)|Fungeon]] ([[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 ''[[Dragon Quest VII]]''.  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''.

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 ratio, 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.

''[[Dragon Quest V]]'' has some references to ''Dragon Quest IV'', but is mostly an independent story that does not heavily rely on the previous entry. The adventure of the chosen is known only by a scant few individuals, which further separates the Zenithian trilogy from it's predecessor.

[[Koichi Sugiyama]] composed the music and directed all the associated spin-offs. This is the track listing of the Symphonic Suite:

# ''[[Overture]]'' (1:55)

# ''Minuet'' (3:07)

# ''Comrades'' (10:28)

# ''In a Town'' (8:16)

# ''Homeland ~ Wagon Wheels' March'' (5:58)

# ''Frightening Dungeons ~ Cursed Towers'' (5:19)

# ''Elegy ~ Mysterious Shrine'' (5:03)

# ''Balloon's Flight'' (4:32)

# ''Sea Breeze'' (4:31)

# ''The Unknown Castle'' (4:37)

# ''Battle for the Glory'' (7:51)

# ''The End'' (5:12)