#yes yes the above screenshot is from the mobile version not the DS

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2024 Game Clear #29 Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen

I played this because I played it's recently released prequel Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince back at the end of June and I wanted to see how the two games flowed as a pair as someone who had no prior experience with IV, and honestly I'm really glad I did play them in this way I think it added a lot to this playthrough for me. Like if I played this without Dark Prince I probably wouldn't have thought much of Psaro but every time he was one screen I was like "that's the boy!!!"

It also makes me appreciate The Dark Prince more in retrospect i had assumed there were some stuff conveniently being skipped over for the sake of making Psaro more likable or just keeping the plot less messy, especially towards the end of game during the moments before the "spilt" happens but no, Psaro is genuinely pretty separated from heroes the entire game. It honest crazy how ripe he was for a game from his POV.

I played the DS remake with an patch that restores the party chat to the English version by injecting the mobile version script back into the ROM, I guess when Square Enix first localized this on the DS they wanted to save some money so they removed the ability to talk to your party member but added it back in when they did the IOS version. I'm glad I played it with the patch, it honestly surprised me how much dialogue the party members had, just talking to any random NPC usually added a unique conversation it was pretty neat and it gives the game and it's party member a lot more flavor and personality.

you can get the patch here-> https://github.com/scbroede/dq4-partychat-patcher