He's the Slime, the classic, iconic enemy from Enix's long-running Dragon Quest series, which was known in the States as Dragon Warrior until just a few years ago. The Slime seems like an odd choice to represent Dragon Quest, but really, he's the star of the series – the main hero characters have always been different in every numbered sequel, and the Slime is one of few things to remain consistent since the series first began in Japan over 20 years ago.  Full Biography

Smash It Up! - It's Hip to be Square - November 9, 2007, Wii Features
Another five days of updates, and another five days of no new playable characters being revealed for Super Smash Bros. Brawl. It's beginning to be concerning, now, that some of the old Smash veterans haven't yet appeared in profiles on SmashBros.com – the Captain Falcon fans, in particular, are about to fly to Masahiro Sakurai's house and toilet paper the place. But most distraught in this past week were probably past players of Ness, who was all but confirmed to be cut by the Thursday post detailing Lucas' all-too-similar special moves.