Definitely glad you feel that way about the DQ series, it's certainly one of the last remaining foundations of traditional old-school RPGs. And it definitely has aged quite well and certainly has been fairing better than Final Fantasy as of late, I REALLY don't know where Final Fantasy is headed, but with the stuff I've seen about DQ XI, it looks like great on both the 3DS and the high-end consoles, especially when I saw screenshots that were like "Awesome, they're going to go back to that inviting overworld that I would lose myself in for hours?"
Though, I'm not sure what's the story with DQ X still...
HYPE HYPE HYPE!