#healie the healslime

[premise29]

THIS APPEARANCE IS FROM THE RECENT GAME "DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: THE DARK PRINCE" ON THE NINTENDO SWITCH (2023).

THE WHOLE GAME IS LIKE AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE VERSION OF DRAGON QUEST 4 (1990) . HEALIE WAS A TALKING HEALSLIME IN THAT GAME AND A FRIEND OF ONE OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS. THIS HUMAN APPEARANCE IS NEW.

AKIRA TORIYAMA ACTED AS THE CHARACTER DESIGNER FOR THE DRAGON QUEST SERIES.

So, what’s your opinion on Healie’s new canon human appearance in Dragon Quest?

What do you mean "new appearance" is he like a recurring character. Is there a new dragon quest coming out or something the roman number scare man and I don't know which is wh

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[mystmarten]

beat dragon quest iv on the DS as well as its postgame final final boss and its like. hard to recommend not because its dated or poorly aged or anything, moreso its just kinda. Slow like it takes about 18 hours to get to a point you can properly play with the party building stuff. and also the strongest part is the character dialogue which u need to download a ROM patch to put into the game lol. but if u are into a silly simple rpg that also originated a lot of ideas and themes games today still utilise its worth playing imo

[rustyvanburace]

I'm slowly getting back into the Dragon Quest series again and have started playing Dragon Quest Monsters 1 on the side. My favorite thing about the game is that you explore 'parallel worlds' and revisit events from the mainline series games.

It's funny to me also how this paints some interesting circumstances surrounding Healie/Hale the Healslime, who here is said to actually originate from M1's world of GreatTree.

Hale belonged to the King of GreatTree. But Pulio, who looks after the kingdom's monsters, had let them escape and Hale had fled through a rift. So the King is enraged about losing his precious Healslime and threatens to imprison Pulio if Terry can't bring him back. But Hale escaped to the DQ4 world, implying that if Ragnar recruited him first, then Pulio has to be imprisoned as consequence.

[twon-art-ic]

Shoutouts to Healie.

With this guy done, I think I've done all of the major "mascots" of the franchise and I can move on to lesser known stuff.

Recolors: Healslime / Medislime / Cureslime / Man o' War

Healslime cast Heal! The background got bigger, and more detailed... for some reason.

Drawing a Dragon Quest monster everyday until DQM: The Dark Prince releases.

Day 4 (04/09/23) - Healslime

[healy-dealy]

Inktober, day 13: Umbrella buddies!

[howwnowbrowncoww]

Day 6 of Gootober! I was excited for this one because healslimes are one of my favorite slimes:D Healie was my first monster I tamed on DQ5 so he's getting a shout-out for Gootober💕

[dailydragonquest]

I know I'm just a Healslime, but I really wanna be a human!

Daily Dragon Quest #124: Healie - Dragon Quest IV

[panged-lin]

The monkey's paw curls a single finger

There are around 74-75 monsters in the Slime Family in the Dragon Quest series. Possibly more. Definitely more because the wiki is scattered beyond belief and there are some WEIRD entries.

This includes classic slimes - bear with me there are a lot of them - Slime, She-Slime (which aren't strictly female they're just a weird colour), Metal Slime, Mottle Slime, Mottle She-Slime (which looks like a regular slime with pink spots, don't get confused), Mottle Mendslime, Angel Slime, Dark Slime, Cyber Slime, Dark Slime (which is different from the other Dark Slime and is only found in DLC for DQ:VIII), Behemoth Slime, BeSHEmoth Slime, Mime Slime, Flan Slime, Marble Slime, Cutie Slime, Jade Slime, Lime Slime, Lemon Slime, Pink Slime, Electroslime, Snow Slime and Cream Slime (those last two look very similar to one another but I promise they're different). These all share the classic slime design of a teardrop-shaped body, beady eyes and a goofy smile. The eyes and smile carry over to pretty much every slime so keep an eye out for those.

There's a few stacked slimes - Slime Stack, Metal Medley, Gem Jamboree, Slime Sisters (which aren't she-slimes, don't get confused) - basically three slimes stacked on top of each other. We'll come back to Gem Slimes in a sec they're their own little thing.

Melty, bubbly slimes like Bubble Slime, Liquid Metal Slime, and Slick Slime. There's also mouldy fungal versions - Dank Bubble Slime, Metal Truffle Slime, Pickled Slime and Slimeshroom. The bubble slimes don't actually bubble, mind, the bubbles just hover in the air above it for no discernable reason.

Jellyfish-type slimes - Healslime, Cureslime, Medislime, Sootheslime, Metal Healie, Magic Slime (which looks like a wizard's hat and is adorable), and for some reason the Man O' War which looks identical to them but is an aquatic monster.

A few shelled versions; Seaslime (SEAslime, not SHE-slime, don't get confused), Shellslime, Snail Slime, Slimecicle and Coal Slime.

Knight-style slimes like Slime Knight, Metal Slime Knight (which is nothing like other metal slimes and is probably just painted chrome), Snooty Slime Knight and Pâtissier Knight. A more potent "dudes on slimes" variant including Slionheart, Prime Slime and Shogum (which wins my award for favourite name ever).

Some dragon-style slimes - Dragon Slime, Drake Slime and Metal Dragon Slime. They are not as fearsome-looking as their names would suggest.

Another category I like to call "Slime Royalty" and there's quite a few of these: King Slime, Queen Slime, Slime Princess (no prince oddly), King Cureslime, King Bubble Slime, Metal King Slime, King She-Slime (DON'T GET CONFUSED-), Dark King Slime, Halloween King (not called a slime but we know better), Mottle King Slime, Liquid Metal King Slime and Crème Caraslime (which isn't strictly royalty but falls under "giant slime with a funny hat" so I'm keeping it). Two additional bearded ones called Grandpa Slime and his metal cousin the Metal Kaiser Slime.

GEM SLIMES AT LAST and they are very fancy lads indeed! Gem Slime, Emperor Slime, Darkonium Slime (which... is different from the other dark slimes too...), Platinum King Jewel (the BIGGEST xp bag in the games he appears in) and Diamond Slime. Oh and the Gem Slime looks very different from its stacked variant, which just looks like a recolour of the standard slime stack.

Alright, this is where it gets weird. It'll be tame to start with and gradually slide down into "what the hell am I looking at" territory.

I'm not entirely sure if I should include the plant slimes here? There's Tree Slime, sure, but plenty are under the Plant family. But for the sake of completeness since they all share the characteristic Slime face: Tropic Gel, Sprite Bulb, Wight Bulb, Fright Bulb, Weedie and Seedie Weedie.

Bad Egg and Mega Egger also fall into the Slime family, both being able to hatch into slimes or other monsters. Bad Egg itself... sigh... ALSO has a host of variants with that characteristic eye and grin. Eggcelsior, Glorious Eggcelsior, Egg Royale, Speggtre, Foliegg, Dreggon, Deviled Egg, Hard-boiled Egg (which is made of bricks, very fun design) and Egg-en-ciel.

Let's get weirder.

I don't have a category for these next slimes besides "Weird". The Box Slime and Master Slime are probably the most normal of them, along with Pearl Gel (which is just a cute idea)... ...but then we have Aqua Slime which is just a fish-shaped standard slime (and looks kind of creepy). And Wild Slime. And Snowmangler for some reason who is just a snowman. Rubble Slime and Magma Slime are slimes made of rocks at various temperatures. Wing Slime. It has the jellyfish-like body of the Healslime category but also has wings on its back. I don't know why this one bothers me so much but it just does. Though not as much as Slabbit. The name speaks for itself.

And now my absolute favourites. Ultra Slime and Nemeslime. These aren't standard slime monsters. I don't know if I can do them justice but I can try. They are. Full-suited. Power Ranger-esque knights. With a slime motif. These two have no god damm right going as hard as they do, they're so stupid that they loop right back around to being amazing.

Did I mention the slimes have a TANK? The Famed Schleiman Tank, in fact. It's from a spinoff called Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime where - as far as I can glean - the slimes have fucking militarised. These guys have the enginuity to build a tank that looks like it doubles as a moble military base as well.

And finally, to cap this insane journey off...

Trode.

He isn't a classic slime. He's listed in the Slime Family page but is humanoid and lacks the distinct slime features. So what is he doing there exactly? Well... you'll see.

This is what Trode looks like, for reference. He's a cursed king who's daughter was turned into a horse but that's not what I want to highlight here.

What I DO want to highlight is that he makes an appearance in Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2. I want to believe I'm missing a lot of context - and I probably am - but this game involves you taming monsters on an island and doing battle with them. This game has a breeding chart for what monsters are compatible with what other monsters. Trode here. Has a breeding chart. Which lists the Gem Slime of all things.

I'm not sure if the Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker wiki page stating that Trode here can't be bred means that he can't breed with other monsters or he can't be obtained VIA breeding (called Synthesizing in the Joker version of DG:M) and I'm also not sure if the chart means he can procreate with or produce Gem Slimes. All I know is that he's listed under the Slime Family page and investigating further has raised more frightening questions than it answered.

There's another equally weird entry on there but it is marked under spoilers, so... I'll leave that up to curiosity.

And. Yeah. That's where my Dragon Quest wiki diving got me. I am dead certain that there's a slime or two I've missed but there are a LOT! There was a "why" to this at some point - some combination of nostalgic triggers that compelled me to venture there - but it's long since been overshadowed by whatever the hell is happening in this strange, beady-eyed family of iconic critters.

Hi, would you like to know how many species of slime there are in Dragon Quest?

[moguel]

[hardcore-gaming-101]

Slime Mori Mori Dragon Quest

The Dragon Quest series is known for many things, among them basically birthing the Japanese style of role-playing games as we know it, but they remain endearingly charming, partially due to its amusing roster of enemies. Among ferocious dragons and warlocks, there are also weird, little cutesy creatures, to the point where players might even feel a little bad beating them up. The developers eventually realized this, so Dragon Quest IV became the first game where a friendly monster joined your team – the Healslime Healie, in the first chapter – while Dragon Quest V based almost the entire game around catching and raising monsters. Square-Enix went a step further with the Slime Mori Mori series, a trilogy of overhead action games for portable Nintendo platforms, starring one of the joyous, wide-eyed slimes, the monster that had effectively become the mascot for the series, and casting some of the other monsters in supporting roles. (“Morimori” means “enthusiastic”, owing to the near perpetually gleeful look on the heroic slime’s face.) The first and third were Japan-only, while the second was released in English under the name Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime. The artwork is by Osamu Kaneko, a longtime illustrator who worked on the Dragon Quest series, and who had worked on a number of manga featuring slimes as the main character, including Slime Boukenki, going back as far as 1993. There are no human characters in this side-series, the rationale being that humans would be potentially seen as enemies, since most of them they DO go around the main games killing all of the monsters, and wanted to keep free of that particular drama. 

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[mlarayoukai]

Move outta the way healie there's a new healslime with glasses I can obsess over

[slimeoftheday]

today’s slime of the day is: healie from the dragon quest series!

[mlarayoukai]

Not meaning to give false hope or anything but it is a little odd that they gave Healie a new unique human appearance after all this time considering they reused older models of the hero party from DQ4 where the eyes don’t quite look right from the front. Wouldn’t be surprised if he got featured in like, another spinoff or something. I mean they could have easily just used a default bard npc for him like in the past but no, Toriyama just went and designed a 10/10 twink design for him.

I'm being honest but his design is so genuinely good and I can tell a lot of effort was put into him. Other characters like Eileen and duffer used generic npc models when turned human and they could have easily done the same or even kept him a healslime. I don't see them doing anything of note with him outside of this since healie was never an important character to begin with. I do think it's bizarre they used generic monsters or village people for every npc but specifically went out of their way to design this one guy who's whole personality is I wanna be a real boy. If I didn't know already I would have thought he was a travel companion but he's just helix helix's (who also uses a generic monster design) assistant. What an odd choice to put effort in

[mlarayoukai]

Why is healie's eye green when healslimes famously have yellow eyes. Really bumps down his design from a 12/10 to a 11/10

[healy-dealy]

Inktober, day 31: Trick or treat! I know I’ve fallen off these a bit, but I’ve had a lot of fun doing them. Have a happy Halloween!

[healy-dealy]

Inktober, day 7: The slimebros make a monster!