I killed a butt-load of time in Dragon Quest VIII. I think it was VIII anyway, the one with the little green king.
For some reason, I felt like you actually got more out of all the grinding you did. I suppose the overused jiggle physics may have been a little... distracting, in regards of time.
That game was pretty perverted now I think about it.
But yeah, it was a fun game. Shame I never finished it, got stuck on a boss that was way out of my league. The fact I thought I was over levelled at that point made me too depressed to train anymore.
I don't think it was even the final boss. That made me even more sad.