In what is a frankly unbelievable move, Bandai Namco has managed to secure iconic — and heavily memed — 2000 trance track 'Sandstorm' for its new Sand Land trailer. Honestly, it fits quite well, but we're still in disbelief that the marketing team actually went and got this done. We can only assume that Darude, the original DJ behind Sandstorm, is a massive, diehard fan of the manga and anime property. A dream come true, we're sure.
The trailer itself offers a new look at key story beats, and again, it's well edited. Sand Land is out for PS5 and PS4 later this month, on the 26th April.
Did you ever expect to hear Sandstorm over a trailer for Sand Land? Dance until your knees give out in the comments section below.
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Feels like I'm watching a game trailer in 2004
Amazing use of sandstorm haha
I think it slaps and as we inch further away from Megadeth’s Rust in Peace, the pinnacle of art as we know it, “meme” songs will only stand to seem more like masterpieces. Kids gonna be unironically inspired by Rick Astley et al
(Me getting flashbacks to that horrible YouTube comment sections meme from a few years back) 😵💫😵💫😵💫😭😭😭
Wouldn’t surprise me if Darude was a Toriyama fan. Does anyone else remember that Basshunter’s All I Ever Wanted was originally a song about Dota?
I was about to make a comment about how Darude being a fan of the manga is irrelevant, and all it would take is Bandai Namco’s marketing department paying a record label a licensing fee to use the song. In my pursuit of accuracy, I ended up on the song’s Wikipedia page, to see what record company owned the rights to the song.
After seeing the many paragraphs detailing the use of the song in TV, commercials, and sports, I realized that this entire article is a sarcastic joke about the universal ubiquity of the track, and it made me realize how old I am that I don’t immediately recognize a meme from the mid 2000s 😢
@Impossibilium Incredible comment.
@ShogunRok Thanks! 😊
(I think? Or is that another sarcastic joke that’s gone over my head? 🤔)
See also: “How to tell someone you’re autistic without telling them you’re autistic” 🤣
@Impossibilium Haha, no, I found your comment genuinely entertaining.
What's the song in the trailer?
I'll see myself out....
The Game grumps will probably love the trailer
Enjoyed the demo, but have a lot to play, so I'll likely wait a bit to get it.
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