Dragon Warrior 4, the fourth volume in the Dragon Warrior series (and the last on the NES), once again took the elements of the previous games and expanded them into a five chapter saga of epic proportions. The first four chapters are played from the viewpoint of one character per chapter, who will all meet up in the fifth chapter. From a soldier to a merchant, the game weaves an intriguing story that ties all four characters together in the end. Also new in Dragon Warrior 4 is the introduction of battle tactics where the lineup of the characters is important to how much damage they deal. The player is even given the opportunity to swap a character from reserve into the battle to add a whole new depth of strategy.

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Alternate Titles

"ドラゴンクエストＩＶ：導かれし者たち" -- Japanese Title
"勇者斗恶龙IV" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
"Dragon Quest IV" -- Japanese Title
"DQIV" -- Common Abbreviation

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Part of the Following Groups

Merchant	Title	Platform
	Dragon Warrior IV	NES
	Dragon Warrior IV
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One of the highest achievements of early Japanese RPGs	Unicorn B. Lynx (63268)
Classic RPG a must for true diehards	Oreodude (6)	unrated

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The Press Says

Nintendo Land

2003

98 out of 100

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Trivia

One of the reasons for the extreme popularity of Dragon Quest series, particularly during its early beginnings in Japan was the high quality manga-like illustration work done in the game by Akira Toriyama, one of the most popular manga artists of all time. Toriyama is most widely known for his martial-arts epic, Dragon Ball but has also worked on games like Chrono Trigger and Tobal.

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This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Christopher Jones (6) on Jan 03, 2003.