Now that Nintendo is publishing Dragon Quest IX, are you interested in it?

[Kenryoku_Maxis]

CommonMan said:
Question, did they ever go 3D with DQ or is it still 2D sprites? I'm currently playing DQ4 on my DS and that will officially be my most recent Dragon Quest game I've played.

Dragon Quest VIII on the PS2 was when they went 3D, with full Cel Shaded animation utilizing Akira Toriyamas style.  See link below.  All the games following have been in 3D, including the remakes on DS.  Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker followed in the same Cel Shaded style of Dragon Quest VIII for the DS and was fully 3D with no random battles (enemy encounters were inacted on screen much like Chrono Trigger/Xenogears).  Dragon Quest IX is following in the same tradition of gameplay, though it is not cel shaded.  Dragon Quest Swords on the Wii also utilized similar graphial style to Dragon Quest VIII, through it was an on rails arcade style hack-n-slash adventure game.

The only games since Dragon Quest VIII that wasn't 3D was Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime (DS) and a Cell Phone remake of Dragon Quest III only for Japan.

Link for example of Dragon Quest VIII: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybz3A97N4D8