History VideoGame / DragonQuestHeroesRocketSlime

''Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime'' is a ''[[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]]''-like action-adventure spinoff of the popular ''Franchise/DragonQuest'' series, released on the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS in 2006. It's the sequel to ''Slime Morimori: Dragon Quest'' for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, which was [[NoExportForYou never released outside Japan]], though a FanTranslation is in progress.

* BonusBoss: Several.
** Every Tank Masters fight is optional, and all you get is more ammo for your tank (or, in the case for Rank S, a recipe.) Rescuing all 100 Slimes is required to get to Rank S.
** Defeating [[spoiler:Flucifer]] again after beating him once earns you a recipe for Kafrizzles and Meteorites.
** Twenty Cent replaces Slival's battleground on the Flying Clawtress after beating the game. Victory over him earns you the singular [=BS-3=] Slimahawk in the game.
** Rescuing all 100 Slimes also allows Rocket to enter the Hero's Well in Boingburg, where The Goddess will offer him a challenge of fighting a [[spoiler:Flucifer-possessed Don Clawleone while protecting his friends. Success will earn Rocket a [[InfinityPlusOneSword Hero Sword.]]]]
** Beating S Rank opens up the Ultimate Rank in Tank Masters, which is a [[spoiler:one-on-one fight with Hooly, with a unique tank called the Shogun and ''3000'' [=HP=]. Victory earns Rocket another Hero Sword (which is a BraggingRightsReward at this point), as well as the ability to [[CosmeticAward use the Shogun in multiplayer battles.]]]]
** Lastly, one can find Slival back at his original battleground in Mt. Krakatroda. Boasting 3000 [=HP=], it's a tough fight, but thankfully Slival still fights alone. Defeating him allows [[CosmeticAward use of the Schwarzman Tank in Tank Masters.]] This one is unique as it was changed between versions of the game - see OldSaveBonus below.

* OldSaveBonus: In the Japanese version, the [[BonusBoss final Slival fight]] requires you to have the original [=GBA=] game in the proper slot on the [=DS=]. Thanks to the first game [[NoExportForYou never being released outside of Japan,]] this requirement was removed, and Slival can be fought no matter what, making it a nice RegionalBonus.

* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: The game starts off with Hooly turning you into a Platypunk. [[spoiler:He also transforms you for the BonusBoss battle against him once you've collected all 100 slimes.]]

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''Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime'' is a ''[[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]]''-like action-adventure spinoff of the popular ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' series, released on the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS in 2006. It's the sequel to ''Slime Morimori: Dragon Quest'' for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, which was [[NoExportForYou never released outside Japan]], though a FanTranslation is in progress.

* NiceHat: Slival's helmet, which is apparently 1000 times heavier than what most slimes can carry. (That's ten times the total strength of TheHero and ''his entire hometown'').

* HeartContainer: Seeds of Life.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Hooly.

* NoEnding: Despite the fact that you rescued all the slimes and saved all of Slimenia from a SealedEvilInACan, the Plob is still active. Everyone from the Plob who battled you is still there raring to battle again.

In the quaint, faraway kingdom of Slimenia exists a MonsterTown called Boingburg, which is populated completely by slime-like creatures. One day, almost completely out of nowhere, a mob of not-slimy monsters with tails called "the Plob" swoops in with a ''[[TankGoodness titanic tank]]'', destroys the entire town, and kidnaps everybody. Everybody, that is...[[ItsUpToYou except for you]], a slime nicknamed Rocket. Using your ability to stretch and bounce, along with the ability to summon your own enormous tank, your job is to infiltrate the Plob's various hideouts and rescue your family and friends, ([[GottaCatchThemAll all 100 of them]]).

* ArtificialStupidity: The game makes a point of giving you AI options for every possible team member to allow you to adapt to situations... until the Final Boss, where you get a single, unique partner ''without'' the ability to give him instructions, which can become a downright nuisance under certain circumstances.

** Beating Flucifer after beating him once earns you a recipe for Kafrizzles and Meteorites.

* EmbarrassingFirstName: [[spoiler: Boo]] Hooly.
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler: Slival joins up with you at the end of the game to confront Don Clawleone who's possessed by [[SealedEvilInACan Flucifier]], knowing that it's better to put a rivalry on hold to save the world]].

* KnightOfCerebus: [[spoiler: Flucifer is the only character in the game without any sort of humorous quirks and the threat he presents is played 100% seriously.]]
* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler: Don Clawleone wanted the Warrior Flute to win the heart of one Chickadee Boo.]]

* SkewedPriorities: As mentioned, Princess Gluttonella is the main reason you can refight the final boss over and over again. This is because [[spoiler: she keeps summoning Flucifer since she's hungry, and thinks Don Clawleone is holding out on her... even though there's no food in the ship]].

* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: The game starts off with Hooly turning you into a Platypunk. [[spoiler: He also transforms you for the BonusBoss battle against him once you've collected all 100 slimes.]]

** Tokyo Tom has more than a passing similarity to [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Michaelangelo]]. He even has this to say after you beat the game:

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** Two items are the Bastard Sword and the Hell Scythe. These are presumably legitimate, non-dirty uses of the words, but it's still surprising they'd allow them in what amounts to a kids' game.
** Prince Pigummy's letter:
-->Another spelling of 'armor' is 'armour'. And you can call a store a 'shop'. And 'bluff' is another word for 'cliff'. And 'bottom' means... I'll tell you another day.
** There's a [[{{Youkai}} tanuki]] statue in the Goonin's dojo, complete with traditional giant tanuki nuts.

* EnemyMine: [[spoiler: Slival joins up with you at the end of the game to confront Don Clawleone who's possessed by [[{{SealedEvilInACan}} Flucifier]], knowing that it's better to put a rivalry on hold to save the world]].

* FastballSpecial: You can fire your allies or even yourself out of a cannon. Oftentimes, this is the only way to win. Special mention goes to Hooly, the Wyrtle, and other slimes/mooks who can be ordered to fire themselves out of the lower cannon, [[{{VideoGameCrueltyPotential}} oftentimes for them to intercept the heavier hitting projectiles from the enemy]].

* BreakoutMookCharacter: For, obviously, the slime. The whole game is about rescuing them, the main characters are all slimes, etc.
* ContinuityNod: The Great Krak Pot, and Mount Krakatroda (which has a massive relief of ol' King Trode forging the alchemy pot in the main hall), are both such clear references to VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII that it seems that D.Q.8 seems to be the ancient history of the world of the slimes, and that's not even pointing out Morimori the Slime. (Krak Pot is the alchemy pot of D.Q.8 given life, and also shows up in VideoGame/DragonQuestIX).

** Prince Pigummy's letter: "Another spelling of 'armor' is 'armour'. And you can call a store a 'shop'. And 'bluff' is another word for 'cliff'. And 'bottom' means... I'll tell you another day.

* ReferenceOverdosed: The game is filled to the brim with references to both other Dragon Quest games and other Square-Enix properties like [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Final Fantasy ]] and even [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Chrono Trigger]].

** Lots, mostly to Final Fantasy games. There's the obvious Cid tradition going on with Ducktor Cid. Squashed Cactiballs look a lot like Cactuars. And, there's a giant tree tank named the [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Chrono Twigger]], including a similar font. There's also a boss named [[VideoGame/HarvestMoon Harvest Loon]].