The least of the three DS Dragon Quest remakes, but by no means a bad game. We begin with our heroic party failing to defeat a big bad, who seals them in a realm of sleep and dreams. Obviously our main character manages to break free of the spell and begins a journey across both the real and dream worlds to reassemble his party. The overall story might not wow but the character writing is actually very strong and is used to explore the differences between the two worlds as characters and locations appear across them in different forms.
The world-hopping does lead to some awkward difficulties in tracking your quest though, especially if you put the game down for any length of time. Many major features - even the job system - don't become available until after 10-15 hours of play, and the fact that VI is the grindiest game in the series since II compounds the slow pacing. Not the JRPG to suddenly sell you on the genre, but a great example of it if you're already into them.
The world-hopping does lead to some awkward difficulties in tracking your quest though, especially if you put the game down for any length of time. Many major features - even the job system - don't become available until after 10-15 hours of play, and the fact that VI is the grindiest game in the series since II compounds the slow pacing. Not the JRPG to suddenly sell you on the genre, but a great example of it if you're already into them.