Sand Land Unsurprisingly Changes One Of The Manga's Best Easter Eggs
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Sand Land game has made some big changes to one of the manga's most well-known easter eggs, which name-dropped Dragon Quest 13 and the PlayStation 6.
As far as adaptations go, the Sand Land game is surprisingly faithful to both the manga that started it all and the movie and anime that launched around the same time. There are some confusing elements, like how Ann is introduced and worked into the game a lot earlier than she is in the series but, in general, you'll be experiencing the same story throughout.
That being said, while the Sand Land game does have plenty of conversations and moments ripped straight from the manga, there are a few examples of it deviating from the source material. One of the most notable examples of this is how a fan favourite reference from the start of the manga has been unsurprisingly changed around.
Anyone familiar with Sand Land will no doubt remember that Rao offers Beelzebub a game console to try and get him to help find the Legendary Spring, which he notes is the only one that survived the war. In the manga, Beelzebub points out that the console is a PlayStation 6, and that one of the games that comes with it is Dragon Quest 13.
Ever since it was revealed that Sand Land would be getting adapted into a movie, anime, and game, fans of the original manga have wondered if this cheeky reference would make it in, something I even asked the game's producer, Keishu Minami, about last month, only to be met with a "wait and see".
"Please accept this as a token of goodwill. One of the few game consoles to have survived these chaotic times."
Well, perhaps unsurprisingly, the Sand Land game has changed the reference to Dragon Quest 13 and the PS6, and instead refers to it as a generic game console with games. Beelzebub still gets told he's only allowed to play one hour a day on the console, but it's no longer clear what he's going to be playing.
In fairness, it was very unlikely that these references
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