Waifu Warriors: Featuring Link from the Legend of Zelda series! Now on New 3DS WOAH!

[TomGuycott]

To be fair, to the company developing these games this style is their bread and butter. The companies that own the various source materials probably just see the gameplay style as growing in popularity, and for a series like Dragon Quest which doesn't have a lot of associated action elements to its tradition RPG world, it can be very exciting for fans.