As gaming IP goes, Dragon Quest is huge. So popular are the games in its home country of Japan, it is classed as the national game. There's even an urban myth a law was passed in Japan banning the sale of new Dragon Quest games except on weekends and national holidays. Even so, DQ release dates typically fall on a Saturday.
So it may come as no surprise that the next iteration in the Dragon Quest series (Dragon Quest XI) is getting its own PS4 controller. And it's a very unusual game pad.
Only one image of the controller has been released so far, which you can see above sitting next to the character it is modeled on: a Slime. However, that Slime is actually just another angle of the same controller. Yes, this controller really is the shape of a Slime, with your fingers wrapping around its body and the buttons/thumb sticks on its base.
This isn't the first time a Dragon Quest game got its own controller, though. Square Enix did the same thing when the PlayStation 2 was Sony's focus. And that controller was also modeled on a Slime's body.
Here's the PS2 version to give you some idea of what to expect:
Both the PS2 and PS4 versions of this controller don't look particularly comfortable to use for playing a game, especially considering Dragon Quest games usually require at least 60 hours to play through.
There's a good chance most consumers buying this PS4 controller will never use it. That's down to the price as much as it is going to become a collector's item. According to Kotaku, when the Dragon Quest Controller for PlayStation 4 is released alongside the game on July 29 in Japan, it will cost 17,780 yen. That converts to around $160, which is more than double what you'd expect to pay for the actual game at full price!
Will we get the PS4 Slime controller in the US and Europe? I would be surprised if that happened, especially considering the price. What's more likely is a very limited Collector's Edition which could possibly include this controller.
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