Akira Toriyama Adventure ‘Sand Land’ Launches First Developer Diary Discussing Combat, Vehicles & Monsters

Bandai Namco has begun a video developer diary series for the upcoming ILCA-developed action adventure, Sand Land. Keishu Minami, the producer of the game, elucidates its aspects.

Protagonist Beelzebub can connect combos with regular attacks or activate powerful techniques obtainable via the skill tree. Regarding larger-scale enemies, vehicle utilization is recommended. Several types are useable, including tanks, a Jump-Bot, motorcycles, a bipedal battle-bot, and one that hovers. Further, the vehicles will be customizable via their main weapon, sub-weapon, undercarriage, engine, and more. A few monsters are highlighted, too.

Sand Land was created by Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama and published as part of Weekly Shonen Jump from May 22, 2000, through August 28, 2000.

The cast is described as the following:

“Beelzebub has a pure heart like a little boy but has superhuman strength and telepathic abilities. Rao, a small-town sheriff, seeks the aid of demons to save all of Sand Land from the water shortage. Thief, a wise old demon with thieving abilities, also accompanies Beelzebub and Rao on their adventure.”

In case you missed it, check out the unveiled 12 minutes of gameplay.

View the official story trailer.

You can view the first developer diary video for Sand Land below:

Sand Land will launch for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.