Xbox Honors Akira Toriyama With A Nod To Blue Dragon
Xbox has launched a dynamic dashboard background of 2006’s Blue Dragon to honor the current passing of Akira Toriyama.
The dashboard background options paintings very like that from the sport’s authentic cowl, with protagonist Shu and his Blue Dragon shadow. Toriyama labored on Blue Dragon’s paintings together with Yoshihito Takahashi. It was the debut recreation from Mistwalker, co-developed by Artoon.
Honoring a real legend.
We’ve added a brand new dynamic dashboard background that includes Xbox 360’s Blue Dragon, with artwork and character designs by Akira Toriyama. pic.twitter.com/ZFj20fX2ed
— Xbox (@Xbox) March 29, 2024
Toriyama handed away earlier this month from a mind situation on the age of 68. He was one of the vital influential artists on this planet and was the creator of widespread franchises corresponding to Dragon Ball, Dr. Hunch, and Sand Land. He additionally labored on different video video games corresponding to Dragon Quest and Chrono Set off.
Blue Dragon was first launched in 2006 in Japan and worldwide in 2007 for Xbox 360. Additionally it is obtainable to play on Xbox One and Xbox Collection X|S by way of backward compatibility. The Blue Dragon collection acquired two extra video games, Blue Dragon Plus and Blue Dragon: Woke up Shadow, however for the Nintendo DS.
Considered one of final initiatives Toriyama was concerned in earlier than his passing is a Sand Land, an RPG based mostly on the manga of the identical identify. It’ll launch on April 26 for PC, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Collection X|S.
