Just to let those who are interested know:
DragonQuest up to the last series was actually developed by a company named HeartBeat. They did all the actual coding for the game. Since VII, and some subsequent re-releases of previous titles, the company has gone bankrupt.
Since Enix had been publishing the titles, they retained the rights to the name, and now have switched development firms for the game to Level 5.
Some of you may be aware, that Level 5 is the same company that has made Dark Cloud and Dark Chronicle. Hence, the results that some think that it looks like those games.
As for the graphics and artworks, Enix continued with using Bird Studios for character designs. Bird Studio is headed by Toriyama Akira, also known for his manga and Anime series DragonBall and Dr. Slump.
Although SquareEnix is officially releasing this game, it\'s not the same Square team that is working on Final Fantasy and other games, thus you\'re going to get a difference in quality and amount of effort put into games. When you really start digging deep down inside, most japanese games out there are rarely ever developed by the big name companies that are releasing the titles anyways.
