Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime Play Online 🪙 Nintendo DS

Summary

Playing Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime on the DS still feels like a quirky love letter to the series. You control the perky slime Rocket from an overhead view, using the shoulder buttons to charge the signature Elasto Blast – a stretchy, forward‑firing shove that lets you fling enemies, grab treasure, and hover short distances. Every stage is framed by a day‑night cycle that flips which critters are awake, and hidden railways let you ship rescued slimes, items or even captured enemies back to the capital Boingburg.

The real surprise is the tank warfare: after gathering ammo with the same Blast, you load two cannons in Rocket’s Schleiman Tank and clash against another slime‑crewed tank. Cannon hits can collide, and if you breach the opponent’s heart‑shaped engine door you win the round, earning rare items and new slime allies.

In Boingburg you can customize tanks, trade recipes, and even duel a friend via DS link. Western buyers tended to be mid‑twenties despite the game being aimed at 8‑10‑year olds, and the title earned an 83 / 100 Metacritic score and over 290 K sales in Japan.

Storyline

Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime (often just called Rocket Slime) opens in the slime‑filled world of Slimenia, specifically the bustling capital Boingburg. Four slimes—Rocket, Hooly, Bo, and Swotsy—are goofing around the castle when Hooly grabs a magical flute; his father rushes in, forcing Hooly to jam the instrument into Rocket’s mouth. The platypus‑like Plob army then storms the city, snatching 100 of its 101 residents and ranking its troops by the number of tails they sport, the Plobfather boasting seven. Mistaking the distorted, flute‑laden Rocket for a worm, the Plob dump him into Forewood Forest, where his rescue mission begins.

In the forest Rocket discovers the Schleiman Tank, which he powers up using the flute. This grants him the ability to challenge other Plob tanks such as the Carrot Top, Platypanzer and Cactiballistix while freeing trapped slime companions from oversized treasure chests. He also confronts the Plobfather Don Clawleone, the ominous Flucifer (The Dark One), and a rival slime named Slival, who pilots the Schwartzman Tank.

The rivalry with Slival escalates until their final showdown atop Mt. Krakatroda, closing Rocket’s adventurous quest to save his friends and reclaim Boingburg.

Edited by Maya Carter