It turns out the rumor about Square Enix reserving Chapters of the Chosen for Dragon Quest IV DS turned out to be true. About a month from taking the name Chapters of the Chosen, Square Enix has announced that on September 16th 2008, Dragon Quest IV DS will be hitting North American shores. Join Ragner, Alena, Cristo, Brey, Mara, Nara, Taloon and all the other classics from Dragon Warrior IV.
This is much anticipated news as many consider Dragon Quest IV / Dragon Warrior 4 to be one of the best games of all time, and at the very least an elite NES RPG. Dragon Quest IV was going to be re-released for the Playstation 1 but it did not leave Japan.
Other news of interest is that Square Enix announced Dragon Quest V DS and Dragon Quest VI DS. Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride and Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reverie are scheduled for release but just with the ‘coming soon’ date. Still, it is a pleasant surprise that Square has for sure said these Dragon Quest DS RPG’s will be making it across the shore to North America.