Walking corpse

For the monster vocation in Dragon Quest VII, see Walking corpse (vocation).

Dragon Quest monster Walking corpse

Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese 腐った死体 (II and III Famicom only)
くさったしたい (V onwards)
くさった死体 Romaji Kusatta shitai First appearance Dragon Quest II Old localization Hork

The Walking corpse is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, introduced in Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line.

Description

The Walking corpse is a reanimated corpse, part of the Undead family. They have wild, unkempt grey hair, rotting clothes, and have a trail of drool from their open mouths. Their right eyes are closed, while the left is bulging slightly. The Walking corpses also have their hands up in a stereotypical zombie pose. It is usually the first undead monster fought in the game. In some games, the Walking corpse has a Poison Attack, Poisoning one party member when it hits.

Typically, the Walking corpse will high much higher HP than the other monsters in it's area but also paltry defence. This is a reference to how difficult it is to incapacitate a zombie in horror fiction, despite the body being as soft and vulnerable as rotting flesh can be.

Walking corpses have a ghastly speech quirk wherein they wail, elongating certain vowel sounds as they maintain an inconsistent pitch and tone, represented by randomly mixed majuscule and minuscule letters in dialogue. They also have genders despite appearing as male, as each member of the Delmorgue family demonstrates in Dragon Quest XI with one of the female members even lampshading it by saying that she is obviously a girl despite it clearly being not obvious.

Appearances

Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line

Walking corpse (くさったしたい Kusatta shitai)

Original (NES)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	95	0	59
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
10	34	61	51

Abilities	Brutal Hit Poison Attack Sweet Breath
Location(s)	Dirkandor region Cave to Rendarak
Item Dropped	Prayer Ring 1⁄128

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance
0⁄64	2⁄7	2⁄7	5⁄7
Thwack Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Kasap Resistance
7⁄7	7⁄7	1⁄7

Remakes (SFC, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites	HP	MP	Attack
	90	0	51
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
2	20	61	51

Abilities	Desperate attack Poison Attack Sweet Breath
Location(s)	Dirkandor region Tower of the Moon Cave to Rendarak
Item Dropped	Prayer Ring 1⁄128

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance
0⁄64	0⁄7	2⁄7	2⁄7
Thwack Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Kasap Resistance
7⁄7	7⁄7	7⁄7

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation

Walking corpse (くさったしたい Kusatta shitai)

Original (NES)

Sprite		Level	HP	MP
		16	98	0
Attack	Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
67	16	20	120	15

Bestiary No.	#072
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Defend Wastes turn.
Location(s)	Pyramid (summoned by Mummy) Baharata region (night only) Alltrades Abbey region Theddon region Mur region
Item Dropped	Wayfarer's clothes1⁄64

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
0⁄64	0%	0%	0%
Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance
0%	100%	25%	0%
Poof Resistance	Fuddle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Dazzle Resistance
25%	100%	100%	100%
Fizzle Resistance	Sap Resistance *	Deceleratle Resistance *
100%	25%	0%

Remakes sprites

SFC	GBC	Switch

Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen

Although not fought able in the game itself, a Walking corpse makes a cameo appearance in the Fungeon from the PlayStation version and its subsequent versions. It attempted to make soup for others to eat, likely referring to the Slime, Tigergram, and a female Elf nearby that also lived with it. However, the Walking corpse is saddened that no one wants to try its soup.

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride

Walking corpse (くさったしたい Kusatta shitai)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack	Defense
	70	0	48	2
Agility	Experience	Gold	Tame Rate
10	57	12	1/32

Bestiary No.	#047
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Call for backup. (Lesionnaire) Tongue Lashing Watches and waits. (Wastes turn.)
Location(s)	Whealbrook Adit (G2) Coburg castle dungeon
Item dropped	Rags1⁄8

Evasion	Frizz resistance *	Sizz resistance *	Fire Breath resistance *
0⁄64	0%	0%	0%
Bang resistance *	Crack resistance *	Ice Breath resistance *	Woosh resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Zap resistance *	Drain Magic resistance *	Whack resistance *	Kamikazee resistance *
0%	?	100%	0%
Poof resistance	Poison resistance *	Fuddle resistance	Snooze resistance *
0%	100%	100%	0%
Dazzle resistance *	Sap resistance *	Fizzle resistance	Stun resistance *
0%	100%	100%	0%

PS2 model	DS & Mobile sprite

Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation

Walking corpse (くさったしたい Kusatta shitai)

Original (SFC)

Sprite	HP *	MP	Attack	Defense
	72	0	59	2
Agility	Experience *	Gold	Tame Rate
2	80	18	1⁄32

Bestiary No.	#051
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Calls for backup (Walking corpse) Poison Attack Tongue Lashing Venom Mist
Location(s)	Underkeep Desert Underpass Isle of Murdaw Scrimsley region Despairia region
Item(s) Dropped	Rags1⁄32

Evasion	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *
0⁄64	0%	0%	0%
Bang Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance *	Whack Resistance *
0%	0%	100%	100%
Poof Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Burning Breath Resistance	Fuddle Resistance *
50%	100%	80%	100%
Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance	Ban Dance Resistance
100%	100%	100%	100%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
15%	15%	0%

Remakes (DS, Mobile)

Sprites	Notable Changes
	None

The Walking corpse in Dragon Quest VI and its remakes has a slightly different visual design and pose than their appearances in other Dragon Quest games, despite sharing the same name, which is actually a rather uncommon occurrence for a recurring monster in the DQ series.

It's speculated this was done to facilitate creating animations for him, as Dragon Quest VI was the first game in the series to give monsters animations. With the new pose appearing somewhat more aggressive it was probably easier to display the monster attacking than it would have been with the more eccentrically posed classic design.

However, starting with the Super Famicom remake of Dragon Quest III and all later games, he returned to his original pose from Dragon Quest II. Animations became much more detailed starting with the remake of III, so its likely the developers became more comfortable and proficient at the task of developing unique animations for each monster, shedding the need to recklessly modify classic monster designs, which could disappoint their loyal fans. However, the remakes of VI kept his unique pose, going so far as to give it brand new animations and official artwork, even though they could have simply reused his appearance and animations from the DS remake of V, probably out of faithfulness and respect to the original version of VI and its fans.

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past

Walking corpse (くさった死体 Kusatta shitai)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack	Defense
	65	0	37	18
Agility	Experience	Gold	Tame Rate
13	18 (PS1) 27 (3DS)	5 (PS1) 8 (3DS)	1⁄8

Bestiary No.	#026
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Poison Attack
Location(s)	Automaton Stronghold (past) Greenthumb Gardens Grody Grotto Mountain Pass (past) Poolside Cave (past)
Item(s) Dropped	Antidotal herb1⁄64 Walking corpse heart1⁄16

Evasion	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *
0⁄64	0%	0%	0%
Bang Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance *	Whack Resistance *
0%	0%	100%	0%
Poof Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Burning Breath Resistance	Fuddle Resistance *
50%	0%	50%	0%
Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance *	Ban Dance Resistance
0%	0%	100%	100%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
15%	0%	0%

3DS version changes

None

• Zombie-type

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

Walking corpse (くさったしたい Kusatta shitai)

Original (PS2)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	94	0	39
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
9	10	59	11

Bestiary no.	#052
Family	Undead
In-game description	As the name implies, a monstrous rotten corpse. Their foul appearance can cause your tension to suddenly decrease.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Poison Attack Tension-reducing strike
Location(s)	Pickham Region
Item(s) dropped	Antidotal herb1⁄16 Chain mail1⁄256

Evasion	Attack Resistance	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *
0/64	30%	0%	0%
Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Crack Resistance *
0%	25%	25%	50%
Ice breath Resistance *	Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance
50%	25%	25%	100%
Whack Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *
50%	15%	15%	50%
Snooze resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Ban Dance Resistance
15%	15%	100%	100%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
100%	15%	25%

Remake (3DS, Mobile)

Notable Changes

None

A girl from Alexandria hoping to master the Transform spell, briefly takes the form of a Walking corpse.

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Walking corpse (くさった死体 Kusatta shitai)

Model	HP	MP	Attack
	105	9	70
Defence	Agility	Experience	Gold
35	35	155	66

Bestiary no.	#055
Family	Undead
In-game description	These dogged dead bodies fixate on a foe and won't leave them alone. They may be brittle, but they're tough too. They live by the saying 'tHe ROttEnEr tHE BeTeERer', and ensure that any midway manky remains are made fully foul.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Poison Attack Tension-reducing strike
Location(s)	Newid Isle Tower of Trades
Item(s) dropped	Manky mud1⁄8 Strength ring1⁄128

Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *	Blast/Lightning Resistance *
-25%	25%	0%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance
0%	25%	-100%	0%
Whack Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *
50%	25%	25%	50%
Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance *
25%	25%	25%	0%
Deceleratle Resistance *	Spooky Aura Resistance*	Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *
25%	0%	100%	50%
Charm Resistance *
75%

Dragon Quest X

Walking corpses appeared from the beginning of the game. They are able to poison characters and reduce their Tension like the previous game and have also gained the ability to place curses with attacks, as well. The zombies also gained a rarefied version in the form of the Lumberin' Jack. Starting with Version 5.0 of the game, Vicious walking corpses can be encountered in the Netherworld, as well.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Walking corpse (くさった死体 Kusatta shitai)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	58	9	43
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
49	26	37	23

Bestiary no.	#041
Family	Undead
In-game description	Bodies brought back from the beyond to shuffle aimlessly about the place. They're dumb enough that most don't even realize they're dead.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Spits out a gunk of poison. (Damages and poisons one party member.) Lays a calamitous curse
Location(s)	The Hotto Steppe (first act, night only) The Cryptic Crypt (first and third acts) Gallopolis Region (3DS version, night only) Laguna di Gondolia (third act)
Item(s) dropped	Antidotal herb1⁄32 Chain mail1⁄256

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	-110%	25%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
0%	-150%	25%	0%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	100%	0%	100%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
25%	25%	0%	25%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
100%	25%	0%	100%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
25%	0%	0%

Vicious

Vicious walking corpse (くさった死体・強 Kusatta shitai・kyō)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	474	27	186
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
208	96	1,189	306

Bestiary no.	#329
Family	Undead
In-game description	Walking corpses driven to dangerous extremes by the dark power of the Lord of Shadows.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Spits out a gunk of poison. (Damages and poisons one party member.) Lays a calamitous curse
Location(s)	The Hotto Steppe (second act, night only) The Manglegrove - Whale Way Station (second act) The Disciple's Trial - The Cruel Crypt (third act, day only)
Item(s) dropped	Antidotal herb1⁄16 Chain mail1⁄256

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	-110%	25%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
0%	-150%	25%	0%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	100%	25%	100%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
25%	25%	0%	25%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
100%	50%	0%	100%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
25%	0%	0%

Dragon Quest Monsters

Hork (くさったしたい Kusatta shitai)

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	40	3/5	2/5
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
2/5	3/5	5/5	5/5

Family	Zombie
In-game description	Its acidic saliva will dissolve anything
Abilities	Lush Licks, PoisonGas, EerieLite
Habitat	Gate of Peace
Breeding chart	Spooky x Beast family

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *
None	None	None	None
Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Rock/Army Resistance *
None	None	None	None
Zap Resistance *	Gigaslash Resistance	Magic Burst Resistance	Drain Magic Resistance *
None	None	None	None
Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *
Strong	Strong	Strong	Strong
Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance
Strong	Strong	Strong	None
Ban Dance Resistance	Gobstopper Resistance	Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *
None	None	None	None
Decelerate Resistance *		Curse Resistance
None		Strong

Dragon Quest Monsters 2

Hork (くさったしたい Kusatta shitai)

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	40	6/10	4/10
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
6/10	4/10	6/10	6/10

Family	Zombie
In-game description
Abilities	EerieLite, LushLicks, PoisonGas
Habitat	Pirate Ship (Cobi's Journey)
Breeding chart	Spooky x Beast family

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *
None	None	None	None
Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Rock/Army Resistance *
None	None	None	None
Water Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Gigaslash Resistance	Magic Burst Resistance
None	None	None	None
Drain Magic Resistance *	Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance *	Poison Resistance *
None	Strong	Strong	Strong
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
Strong	Strong	Strong	Strong
Fizzle Resistance	Ban Dance Resistance	Gobstopper Resistance	Stun Resistance *
None	None	None	None
Sap Resistance *	Decelerate Resistance *	Curse Resistance
None	None	Strong

Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart

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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

Walking corpse
Family	Undead
Rank	C
Description	These zombies serve as a warning to all would-be grave robbers.
Weapons	Swords, Spears, Hammers, Staves
Traits	-
Resistances	Vulnerable to Zap, Whackproof, Poisonproof
Skill	Bad Breath, Attack Boost
Location	Infern Isle
Breeding chart	Skeleton x Dancing devil

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

Walking corpse
Family	Undead
Rank	C
Size	S
Weapons	Swords, Spears, Hammers, Staves
Traits	Poisonous
Resistances	Vulnerable to Zap, Immune to Whack and Poison
Skill	Bad Breath
Location	Bemusoleum (night)
Breeding chart	Bona constrictor x Dangler fish or Dancing flame

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Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

Walking corpse (くさったしたい Kusatta shitai)

Icon	Family	Max HP*	Max MP*
		1,420	310
Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
620	480	400	390

Bestiary No.	#439
Rank	G
In-game description	These undead souls cling to life, even if it means living in decaying flesh. Not even they are certain whether they're dead or alive
Talents	Graveheart (lv. 1)
Guaranteed traits	Poisonous Touch (lv. 1) Ultra Crafty Stunner (lv. 20) Ultra Crafty Spellbinder (lv. 40)
Large-size exclusive traits	Tactical Commander (lv. 1) Infected Skin (lv. 1) Last Legs (lv. 60)
Habitat	This monster has no natural habitat
Items	N/A
Synthesis chart	X
Notable synthesis

Fire Resistance *	Water Resistance *	Wind Resistance *	Earth Resistance *
-25%	25%	0%	50%
Explosion Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Electricity Resistance *	Light Resistance *
0%	50%	0%	0%
Dark Resistance *	Debilitation Resistance*	Bedazzlement Resistance *	Antimagic Resistance *
50%	0%	-25%	0%
MP Absorption Resistance *	Confusion Resistance *	Sleep Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *
50%	0%	0%	25%
Stun Resistance *		Poison Resistance *
25%		50%
Instant Death Resistance *
25%

Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors

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Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below

Walking corpse (くさった死体 Kusatta shitai)

Model	Experience	Gold
	29	7g

List No.	#011
Field Notes	Creepy corpses made to move by the sinister spooks inside them. Beware the foetid fluids they fling! Being dead, these creatures don't know when they're beaten, and won't rest in peace until they're left in pieces.
Location(s)	Colissea (Recruit, Captain), Colissean Desert (Recruit, Captain), Guardian's Grove (In Search of Elevation)
Item(s) Dropped	Giant tortoise shell, Grubby bandage

Dragon Quest Heroes II: Twin Kings and the Prophecy's End

Walking corpse (くさった死体 Kusatta shitai)

Model	Experience	Gold	Marked Version?
	63	7g	Yes

List No.	#028
Field Notes	Creepy corpses made to move by the sinister spooks inside them. Beware the foetid fluids they fling! Being dead, these creatures don't know when they're beaten, and won't rest in peace until they're left in pieces.
Location(s)	The Lumberlands
Item(s) Dropped	Twisted talons, Grubby bandage

Dragon Quest of the Stars

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Dragon Quest Builders

Walking corpse (くさった死体 Kusatta shitai)

Chapter 2

HP	Attack	Defense	Item(s) Dropped
100~120	22~32	0~14	Gravestone (★☆☆), Lemongrass (★☆☆)
Location(s)
Swamps of Sickness

Sprite

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Dragon Quest Rivals

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Dragon Quest Tact

Walking corpse appears as a D-rank monster of the Undead family. It can be recruited from Chapters 7-1, 9-1, 13-4, and 14-2 of the main storyline and can participate in the Battle Roads of Majellan and Slon the Rook as a party member. It also stars in its own Battle Road.

Walking corpse (くさった死体 Kusatta shitai)

Stats

Family		Rank		Role
Undead				Debuff
Max Level		HP	MP	Move
100		603	185	2
Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
321	278	120	110	15

Basic Skills

First		Second		Third
Poison Attack		Dark Claws*		N/a

Awakening Skills

First	Second	Third
ATK +5/Stats Up	Zam Res +25/Stats Up	Dark Claws Potency +5%/Stats Up
Fourth	Fifth
Crack Res +25/Stats Up	Dark Claws Potency +5%/Stats Up

Leader Perks

First

N/a

Basic Perks

First	Second	Third
Dark Claws Potency +2%	N/a	N/a

Perk Details

First

ATK +5: Raises ATK by 5.

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
Normal	Very Weak	Half Res	Normal
Bang Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Zam Resistance *	Snooze Resistance
Very Weak	Normal	Half Res	Half Res
Poison Resistance	Physical Lock Resistance	Spell Lock Resistance	Martial Lock Resistance
Half Res	Normal	Normal	Super Weak
Breath Lock Resistance	Hobble Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance
Normal	Normal	Normal	Super Weak
Curse Resistance	Paralysis Resistance	Confusion Resistance	Charm Resistance
Normal	Immune	Normal	Normal

Related monsters

Similar Species

• Ghoul
• Toxic zombie
• Corpse corporal
• Corpsickle
• Walking Corpse in Memoriam
• Lumberin' Jack
• Putric Stinkenheimer

Gallery

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  Famicom art.

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  Walking corpse cameo in the Fungeon. (Cell phone)

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  Girl from Alexandria briefly turning into a Walking corpse in VIII. (Cell phone)

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  A Walking corpse in X.

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  A Vicious walking corpse in X.

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  XI polygon model.

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  A Vicious walking corpse.

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  DQM1·2 sprite

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  Caravan Heart sprite.

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  Battle Road Victory cut-in.

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  Joker polygon model.

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  Joker 2 polygon model.

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  Stars model.

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  Rivals card.

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  Tact polygon model.

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  A walking corpse in Keshi Keshi.

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  DQ Trading Card.

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  Sofubi Monster.