Legendary mangaka Akira Toriyama, character designer for Chrono Set off and creator of the Dragon Ball collection, handed away in March 2024. He was simply 68 years previous. Although he’s gone now, writer Bandai Namco has shared a notice Toriyama wrote in January 2024 about developer ILCA’s Sand Land, an motion RPG based mostly on the artist’s manga of the identical identify, and he “critically recommends” you verify the sport out.
The sport’s official X/Twitter account posted the letter on April 24. In it, Toriyama stated that, whereas he hadn’t had the possibility to see all of the gameplay, he may inform it was a “extremely satisfying action-RPG.”
Toriyama praised the sport for increasing on the world he created in 2000, declaring Forest Land, the brand new location that, alongside some newly launched characters, was “not within the manga.”
Kotaku workers author Claire Jackson agrees that Sand Land is worthy of reward. In her impressions, she stated the sport is “beautiful,” notably due to the dynamic between its foremost characters, and concludes that it’s an amazing start line for brand spanking new Sand Land—and Toriyama—followers.
You possibly can learn the complete notice beneath:
I haven’t watched via all the gameplay but. Nonetheless, it vastly expands the worldview of the unique manga with many new thrilling parts. It’s high-quality as a stand alone sport and I can inform it’s a extremely satisfying action-RPG sport!
Initially, the graphics have a wonderful steadiness of the environment of the manga and its drawing model. The illustration appears nice. The sport will certainly present you an thrilling expertise with a real sense of design and a focus to element, from the numerous new automobile designs, varied customizations, in addition to the background design!
Within the sport, there may be not solely the world of Sand Land, but additionally a brand new world known as Forest Land with new characters, which weren’t within the manga. You possibly can take pleasure in a extra substantial story, and an enormous map to journey whereas taking part in because the Fiend Prince.
I actually can solely play informal video games, however I do try the trending video games my household performs, and I feel I do know slightly one thing about them even for an previous man. I critically advocate the sport Sand Land! — Akira Toriyama
