Play Dragon Quest IV – Chapters of the Chosen Online

Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen is a 2008 Nintendo DS remake of the 1990 Famicom RPG, developed by ArtePiazza and Cattle Call and published by Square Enix. The story runs through five chapters with different protagonists before uniting them, plus a sixth bonus chapter. Turn-based battles use a wagon party system and per-character Tactics AI settings.

How To Play Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen

Control Action
D-Pad Move the party / move the cursor in menus
A Talk, search, open chests and doors, confirm
B Cancel / close menus
X Open the main menu (Items, Spells, Equipment, Tactics, Wagon)
Y Switch the lower screen between map and status display
L / R Rotate the camera in towns and dungeons
D-Pad + A (battle) Choose Fight or Flee, then each character’s command and target
A (Tactics menu) Set a party member’s AI behaviour or Follow Orders
Stylus: tap the lower screen Optional menu selection
START Skip the opening / speed through message windows

About Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen

Release date NA: September 16, 2008
EU: September 12, 2008
JP: November 22, 2007
AU: September 11, 2008
Developer ArtePiazza, Cattle Call
Publisher Square Enix
Platform Nintendo DS (later Android and iOS)
Genre Role-playing
Series Dragon Quest (Zenithian Trilogy)
Modes Single-player
Also known as Dragon Quest: The Chapters of the Chosen (Europe); Dragon Quest IV: Michibikareshi Monotachi (Japan); Dragon Warrior IV (original NES release)

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