Bandai Namco’s new trailer for Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama’s desert wasteland manga, Sand Land, dedicated what may presumably be probably the most mental advertising and marketing track alternative of 2024 by having it accompanied by the enduring 2001 dance hit, Darude’s Sandstorm. Whereas people rightfully misplaced their minds on the trailer’s apropos track alternative, eagle-eyed Dragon Ball Z followers noticed a clue towards a Dragon Ball Z crossover.
On the finish of the Sand Land Sandstorm trailer, characters Beelzebub, Thief, and Sheriff Rao are sucked into an underwater present. When the trailer fades again in, Beelzebub seems, seemingly teleported from his arid desert to the wasteland of one other phrase. Of us in the Sand Land Sandstorm YouTube trailer remark part have been fast to select up how the wasteland seems to be an terrible lot like an iconic locale from Dragon Ball Z.
Whereas Dragon Ball Z has a slew of non-descript barren places its warriors famously use to struggle fearsome villains (just like the rocky Gizard Wasteland), the wasteland on the finish of the Sand Land trailer seems to be Break Wasteland. Break Wasteland, just like the aforementioned battleground of Goku and Vegeta’s first struggle, is critical as a result of it served the area the place Piccolo skilled Gohan in the Saiyan arc.
This is what the picture in Sand Land seems to be like.
And here is the setting in Dragon Ball Z, as proven in Dragon Ball FighterZ.
The most important query on each Dragon Ball fan’s thoughts is whether or not or not this stinger trailer second is Bandai Namco teasing a crossover occasion with Dragon Ball Z in Sand Land to honor Toriyama’s passing in March. Whereas there is not any official phrase on whether or not Toriyama’s wasteland story will see a collaboration of types along with his shonen battle epic, it might be completely in line for Bandai Namco to host a crossover occasion between Toriyama’s characters in Sand Land.
Toriyama’s creations have a observe document of creating visitor appearances in his extra contemporry works. Probably the most notorious anime crossover is Dr. Droop’s Arale three appearances in Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Tremendous. Her first two appearances noticed the android help Goku in trouncing Toa Pai Pai and General Blue in Dragon Ball. Her third visitor appearnce noticed her overpower Vegeta in Dragon Ball Super.
Seeing as how the Break Wasteland is tied to Piccolo and Gohan, it might be secure to theorize the Demon King and his younger Saiyan apprentace may be a part of forcess with Sand Land’s Fiend Prince when the sport launches on April 26 on Xbox Collection X/S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC.
Isaiah Colbert is a contract author at IGN.