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We did not expect a Slime to appear here<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Dragon Quest<\/strong> got its start when random monster encounters were the norm in the RPG genre, and most games in the series have carried on that tradition of not knowing what sort of creatures are lurking about until the moment you\u2019re face-to-face with them. Still, it\u2019s usually not a shock when the fan-favorite Slime<\/strong> appears. Over the years, the lovable little guy has grown from being just a safe source of XP for starter-level adventurers into a mascot for the entire Dragon Quest<\/em> franchise, so it\u2019s not really a question of if he\u2019ll show up, but when.<\/p>\n Of course, that\u2019s all within the worlds of the Dragon Quest<\/em> games. Now the Slime has suddenly appeared in a realm we definitely didn\u2019t expect to see him: McDonald\u2019s!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n In a collaboration between McDonald\u2019s Japan and Dragon Quest<\/em>, a trio of McDonald\u2019s characters have been turned into Slimes<\/strong>. There\u2019s Slime Hamburglar<\/strong>, Slime Birdie<\/strong>, and, Slime Grimace<\/strong>. Despite being the most Slime-shaped of the trio in his regular form. Slime Grimace is the most unnerving, perhaps because he kind of looks like what would happen if a regular Dragon Quest<\/em> Slime suddenly grew expressively bushy eyebrows.<\/p>\n These aren\u2019t just quirky promotional illustrations, either. McDonald\u2019s Japan is actually offering the quintet, including the orthodox Slime and Metal Slime, as figures, collectively called the McDonald\u2019s x Dragon Quest Slime in Slime<\/strong>. Why \u201cSlime in Slime?\u201d Because they\u2019re a set of Matryoshka-like nesting dolls<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Of course, that means that when they\u2019re not all nestled inside one another, you can also use the Slimes as containers to hold small items<\/strong>. Actually, for some of them the items don\u2019t even have to be all that small, since the larger figures are surprisingly big, as shown in these preview photos.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re thinking this is all pretty luxurious for a Happy Meal toy, that\u2019s because the McDonald\u2019s Slimes aren\u2019t Happy Meal items. Similar to the McDonald\u2019s Evangelion figures from last year<\/a>, the McDonald\u2019s x Dragon Quest Slime in Slime is being sold as a stand-alone item<\/strong> for 2,990 yen (US$19.50). Since demand is sure to outstrip supply, would-be buyers need to register through the McDonald\u2019s Japan app for a lottery by which purchase rights will be determined<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u25bc Note that in order to apply you will also need to have at least 50 My McDonald Reward Points in your account, sort of like a stat requirement to equip special weapons or armor.<\/p>\n Applications are open now and close January 7, and the Slimes can be picked up at McDonald\u2019s Japan branches between January 19 and 25.<\/p>\n Source: McDonald\u2019s Japan<\/a><\/em> We did not expect a Slime to appear here. Dragon Quest got its start when random monster encounters were the norm in the RPG genre, and most games in the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/soranews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/sm-2.jpg?w=640\")
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