Totally agree with you kupo. The reason I didn't even finish DQM Joker was that it wasn't enough like Cobi's Journey and the first game. I was expecting something similar I guess. I would say my favorite is divided between 1 and 2. Breeding is what makes the game for me though, the system is so much better than Pokemon's or at the very least more original. It used to be that you could knock pokemon for not having a complex training and battle system but not anymore. Anyway, I will be sailing away on a nostalgia cruise as I play this game over the next few months.
And Suikoman I was much the same way when I first got my hands on this game. I played it anywhere and everywhere too. I bought my friend it for his birthday and he got into it as well.
I'm gonna put a link to my Let's Play sorry for the sub-par commentary lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6wRQBReKoM