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If you’re looking to bump into a pack of Slimes, Tokyo’s Shinjuku neighborhood is the place to do it.
Dragon Quest Island sends you and your companion Slime on a quest to defeat the evil Zoma.
It’s time to treat yourself to a new experience point with some extra-adorable Slime and She-slime kamaboko.
Kids (or you) not happy about having to wear a mask? Turn it into cute Dragon Quest cosplay instead.
Disclaimer: This teapot will not make your tea taste like slime or otherwise imbue it with evil energies.
”Slime-flavored” pastry teaches us that the famous video game monsters are actually delicious!
Brain-addled fans of the hugely popular Dragon Quest game series see it in everything around them.
Hot on the heels of the Switch, here comes another awesome-looking piece of Nintendo hardware.
The limited-time game has you and the rest of the world pitted against the franchise’s ooey-gooey mascot character–100 million of them, in fact!
A few weeks ago, we told you about Village Vanguard’s launch of Slime Curry, a rather curious blue foodstuff inspired by the bad-guy blobs of the Dragon Quest series. Not content with just informing you of its existence, one of the Japanese reporters at our sister site Pouch bravely volunteered to try the curry for herself and report back if she survived. Here’s what she had to say.
With the goal of being the first in line to purchase an iPhone 6 Plus, Mr. Sato, our most outlandish reporter, parked himself in front of the Marunouchi Docomo store on September 15. After several nights living on the streets, finally the day had come! On the morning of September 19 at 8am, Mr. Sato, blue slime costume and all, purchased his coveted Apple gadget, but not before meeting famous actors and taking center stage in an interview. Here is his story.
If the standard black and Destiny-themed white models of PlayStation 4 aren’t quite exotic enough for you, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan might have just the thing. That is, of course, providing you like your gaming with a dose of slime…
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, say hello to the Dragon Quest “Metal Slime Edition” PlayStation 4.
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