Grandia

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Grandia
Original title グ ラ ン デ ィ ア
transcription Gurandia
developer Game Arts
Publisher ESP
Square Enix
GungHo Online Entertainment
First title Grandia (1997)
Last title Grandia HD Collection (2019)
Platform (s) Android , Dreamcast , Game Boy Color , Nintendo Switch , PlayStation , PS2 , PS3 , PSP , PS Vita , Sega Saturn , Windows
Genre (s) Computer role playing game

In Grandia ( Jap. グランディア ; Gurandia) is, around a series of computer games . Originally Grandia was produced for the Sega Saturn and later reissued for the PlayStation . The series sold more than 2.2 million times.

Regular Grandia range

Grandia

In the first part of Grandia , which was published for the Sega Saturn and for the PlayStation , the story is about a boy named Justin. After a mysterious encounter with the high priestess of Alent, he sets off to find the lost civilization of Angelou. On the trip he meets many friends who help him and discovers places that have been hidden from humanity.

Grandia II

The plot revolves around Ryudo, a geohound (a kind of mercenary), and his talking bird, Skye. Together they accept an order from the church to accompany Elena - a singer from Granas - as bodyguards on her way to Garmia Tower. Once at Garmia Tower, the plot revolves and Ryudo and Skye have to travel around the world to save them.

Grandia III

The third part of Grandia is about Yuki, who wants to fly over Lake Belion as the second person in his game world and meets Alfina, a communicator, during an emergency landing. Alfina is being hunted and Yuki becomes involved in her story. Together they seek out the guards and try to get their strength to fight against evil.

Offshoot

Re-releases

As part of the Game Arts Game Archives Festival , a series of re-releases for the PSN were announced to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Game Arts . Grandia II was released in November 2014, Grandia Xtreme in December 2014 and Grandia III in January 2015 . The games are currently only available in the Japanese PSN store. All games that are published for the Game Arts Game Archives Festival are listed on a special website , Grandia is also listed there, although it was already published in the PSN store in 2009/2010. The fifth announcement was a competition in March 2015 in which one could win a soundtrack CD autographed by Noriyuki Iwadare and many smaller fan articles for Grandia. The competition ended on the 31st of the same month.

In April 2015, Game Arts launched a digital survey asking about popular features in their games. Later in May of that year it was announced that the game Grandia II would be re-released for the PC , but only offered digitally via Steam . The game is based on the Dreamcast version and is to be revised in HD . Initially announced as an HD remake , the format was marketed as the 15th Anniversary Edition shortly before the release date, August 24, 2015 .

IGN announced in August 2018 that an “HD remaster ” of Grandia will be released for the Nintendo Switch and for Steam in the winter of the same year. However, the publication period was not respected. Grandia "HD Remaster" was released in Steam on October 15th, 2019 - followed by Grandia II "HD Remaster". In addition, Grandia II will also appear as an HD remaster for the Nintendo Switch , while Steam already has the 15th Anniversary Edition . Grandia II was already playable for the Nintendo Switch at PAX 2018 in Seattle . The scheduled release was not adhered to, but in June 2019 GungHo announced that the release would be presented at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in June of that year. The version for Nintendo Switch is now also called "Grandia HD Collection" and there was also information that Grandia II will now also receive German and French texts that were not previously available in the original version. On August 16, 2019, the HD Remaster Collection was finally released digitally under the title “Grandia HD Collection” in the Nintendo eShop for Nintendo Switch.

Future of the series

In an interview, the CEO of GungHo, Kazuki Morishita, said that a continuation of the series is being considered, but that this would depend on the success of the Grandia HD Collection.

Soundtracks

So far, 15 soundtrack albums have been released for the series and all were composed by Noriyuki Iwadare .

publication title annotation
December 18, 1997 Grandia Pre-order Campaign Special CD
グ ラ ン デ ィ ア 予 約 キ ャ ン ペ ー ン 特製 ＣＤ 		Pre-order CD
December 22, 1997 Grandia / Original Soundtracks
「グ ラ ン デ ィ ア ／ オ リ ジ ナ ル サ ウ ン ド ド ラ ッ ク ス」 		Soundtrack album
0February 4, 1998 Vent: Grandia Arrange Version
Vent ～ グ ラ ン デ ィ ア ア レ ン ジ バ ー ジ ョ ン
June 26, 1998 "Grandia" Original Soundtracks II
「グ ラ ン デ ィ ア」 オ リ ジ ナ ル ・ ・ サ ウ ン ド ト ラ ッ ク ス II
June 25, 1999 The Best of Grandia
ベ ス ト オ ブ グ ラ ン デ ィ ア 		compilation
0August 7, 2000 Grandia II: Melodia Soundtrack album as a supplement to the limited Japanese version of Grandia II
0September 8, 2000 Grandia II: Deus
グ ラ ン デ ィ ア II ～ デ ウ ス ～ 		Soundtrack album
October 13, 2000 Grandia II: Povo
グ ラ ン デ ィ ア II ～ ポ ー ヴ ォ ～
0December 5, 2000 Grandia II Music Selections Soundtrack album as a supplement to the American Dreamcast version of Grandia II
0March 1, 2002 Grandia Xtreme Original Soundtracks
グ ラ ン デ ィ ア エ ク ス ト リ ー ム オ リ ジ ナ ル サ サ ウ ン ド ト ラ ッ ク ス 		Soundtrack album
0August 4, 2005 History of Grandia: Sound Adventure Box Pre-order soundtrack album for Grandia III
August 26, 2005 Grandia III Twofive Promotional Album Pre-order soundtrack album when purchasing Grandia III online via the Twofive portal.
Grandia III: Original Sound Tracks
グ ラ ン デ ィ ア III オ リ ジ ナ ル サ ウ ン ド ト ト ラ ッ ク ス 		Soundtrack album
December 25, 2009 Grandia Online: Perfect Sound Library
グ ラ ン デ ィ ア オ ン ラ イ ン ・ パ ー フ ェ ク ト ・ サ ウ ン ド ラ イ ブ ラ リ ー
October 14, 2011 Frets of Valmar: Grandia II Soundtrack album as an independent release

All information was taken from VGMdb.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Game Arts GRANDIA PSN In Game Arts , accessed January 17, 2015
  2. ↑ Zidane007nl Grandia Online service ends next month In hellandheavennet.com (English), accessed on August 1, 2013
  3. ↑ Game Arts ゲ ー ム ア ー ツ ゲ ー ム ア ー カ イ ブ ス 祭 り | ゲ ー ム ア ー ツ: In Game Arts (Japanese), accessed March 6, 2015
  4. ↑ Alexa Ray Corriea Acclaimed Dreamcast RPG Grandia II Coming to Steam In GameSpot , accessed June 28, 2015
  5. ↑ Tobias Ritter Grandia 2: Anniversary Edition - PC release of the revised JRPG classic In GameStar (German), accessed on August 26, 2015
  6. ↑ Ollie Barder, August 21, 2018 6:33 am The First Two 'Grandia' Games Are Being Remastered For The Switch This Winter In [[Forbes (magazine) |]] , accessed August 22, 2018
  7. ↑ admin, on June 5, 2019 GRANDIA HD Collection for Nintendo Switch, GRANDIA HD Remaster and GRANDIA II HD Remaster for PC Coming Soon In GungHo Online , accessed on June 6, 2019
  8. ↑ Roland, on September 4, 2019 at 10:16 p.m. A Grandia III Remake and a Grandia IV could become reality - depends on the success of the Collection an In Nintendojo (German), accessed on September 5, 2019
  9. ↑ VGMdb 15 album results for "Grandia" In vgmdb.net (English), accessed on December 5, 2016
Grandia range
Main series

Grandia (1997) • Grandia II (2000) • Grandia III (2005)

Offshoot

Grandia: Digital Museum (1998) • Grandia: Parallel Trippers (2000) • Grandia Xtreme (2002) • Grandia Online (2009)