Dragon Quest 25th anniversary merch features plushie slimes, business card cases

by Mike Schramm on Jun 19th 2011 8:30PM

The legendary Dragon Quest series (originally published in Japan in 1986, and of course in North America as Dragon Warrior after that) turns 25 this year, and Square Enix is giving all of its gifts away. We've already heard about a Wii collection coming out, but as you can see above, some of the prizes are a little less practical. That's a pair of plushie slimes on the left, and on the right is a Smile Slime Crystal Mascot figurine, measuring about 6 centimeters tall. Both special slime items also have a DQ 25th anniversary logo on the back. Both of those will be 1554 yen, or about $19 US.

Additionally, Square Enix is offering some special edition tote bags for the anniversary for about $26 each, and some Dragon Quest business card holders (with art featuring the first three games) for around $20 US. All of the swag is supposed to be available starting late July in Japan.

Via: GameSwag.com
Source: Square Enix

Tags: dragon-quest, dragon-quest-25th-anniversary, ds, japan, merchandise, nintendo, plushie, slime, slimes, square-enix, wii

Reader Comments (20)

What's worse than a First comment? A first comment made by an ad-spammer...

And only in Japan will you ever find anyone who would use a DQ Slime to hold his business cards.

@DevilSei Also not good: the spam bots have learned to converse with each other.

WTF? what is this stupid s**t? Sorry Joystiq, but nobody cares about this.

@Gamehero

it's game related news... so they report it. Heaven forbid it's content that doesn't cater specifically to your taste.

@Tab

Game informer is better at actually covering GAMES.

@Gamehero
It's a post by Gameh..oh, the article? Those are awesome. I want one.

@Gamehero

Strangley, 25 years of being iconic says that people DO give a shit about Slimes.

Ugh...those slimes. So many times I was running back to town in Dragon Warrior to rest up, only to meet with like 20 of them on the way. Stupid slimes.

Look at that subtle off-white coloring.
The tasteful thickness of it.
Oh, my God. It even has a slime watermark.

@The Joy of Painting w Bob Ross

I don't know if anyone got the reference but I nearly spit my water out haha great reference sir.

Also @ dude who's being lame

some of us particularly enjoy merchandise commemorating one of the only current running GOOD rpgs that are out there. Personally I'm stoked to see a great series being commemorated for such an insane landmark.

plushiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeesssssss

@chicgods95

funny.

@gfhjgfjh

They reply to each other now? It's a spam conversation.

get anti spam software joystiq. can't reply to a bot.

@Gamehero i will always find it sad when the last resort, for a person to feel good about themselves, is from a post over the internet. your life must suck.