Grandia Teases "Exciting Celebrations" For 25th Anniversary

@Liam_Doolan Maybe we'll get a Grandia Collection 2 with Grandia Extreme and Grandia 3 which are the only two games missing from the first collection?

Can we get an update to the Grandia Collection on switch to up that frame rate?? G2 is one of my favorite RPGs of all time but the port for the collection was trash. It deserved better. How about a ground up remake? Haha

I feel like there are like four different art styles going on in that header image and it's really jarring.

The Grandia II remaster was pretty close to being great, but even after a bunch of patches the game still has some mildly annoying audio issues. I never bothered playing the first since I have the PS1 original and it honestly seemed like a bit of a downgrade.

Celebration, eh? I'm imagining an orchestral concert in Japan and some 25th Anniversary swag. Maybe Wayo Records will announce the release of Grandia 2 on vinyl? Their release for part one was excellent.

Sadly, I don't think we'll see anything game related. Or, we'll get Collection 2 with Parallel Trippers and Digital Museum 😂

Grandia NFTs! Because that is the stuff everybody wants to celebrate video games nowadays.

Grandia brings back good memories of the Dreamcast ....... Skies of Arcadia is what I want though

New game? Please? Or a remaster of 3 would be cool as well.

25 years? No, surely not. Was it really 25 years ago we were moaning at Game Arts for not relesing Grandia outside of Japan on Saturn? Time flies...not sure we need to celebrate that though lol.

I'd take a new game, or a collection of the other two games. Grandia 1 is one of my favourite games. I wouldn't mind an artbook either.

I’d buy grandia 3 again.

Been wanting to get the Grandia Collection the Limited Run one, but always been a bit out of my price range, considering I can't get it new.

Will hold out for this news.

Grandia 3 remaster would be nice!
Also some QoL features added to Grandia 1 and 2 wouldn't hurt.

Better not be but probably will be just NFTs.

I don't think I'd buy Grandia 3 again. I remember thinking the writing was bad and it was the first one I actively thought was super easy. I played it when I was in college so I was a bit more savvy.

I might bite on Grandia X though. I never finished that one but I found it super boring after a while. I love Grandia combat but the dungeon crawling has never been the series' strong suit.

Definitely going to be funny if they announce an NFT collection.

I started Grandia 1 a few days ago. Not sure how I feel about it so far. The writing and general style of it are incredibly charming, but man, is it hard to go back to some of these ancient PS1 games. Had a really difficult time finding my way around the starting town, and I'm still not entirely sure what I'm doing in battles. There's some sort of really strange spin on ATB happening. I'll need to read up on the difference between combo vs critical attack options at the like.

Port Grandia 3 over to modern consoles, then announce Grandia4.

I am surprised that Grandia is getting some love.
Then again, a lot of old RPGs are getting love these days.

@Ralizah From what I can remember (years since I played through Grandia 1 and 2), Criticals are used to knock enemies back on the ATB gauge thing- basically you use them to delay enemy turns or cancel out specials.

The first two games of this series are masterpieces! I would buy a remastered version day one.

can they make a real remaster of grandia 1&2

@invictus4000 what's trash about it? I'm playing it right now and have noticed 0 issues with the port. I did notice a couple minor issues with the Grandia 1 port, but not enough to really detract from the experience. I love these games so much, I just got a physical copy from Asia even though I had the download version already.

@Ralizah Grandia 1 has one of the finest turn based battle systems of any RPG. One of my all time favorite games. Make sure to use your magic as much as possible, as that's what levels it up, unlike in some RPGs where you conserve your mp in case you run into a boss fight, Grandia always had a save point before a boss to recover at.

@eltomo just get the Asian physical release that came out this year, it has English. It's all over eBay, and much cheaper than the limited run version. Plus, the box art is way nicer than the limited run box art. I just got it, but I don't think I'll open it since I already have the download version.

Maybe release Grandia 1 and 2 on PS4/PS5 for once?

Grandia is a proof that ubisoft once had to do something with a good game

And what a game it is. It truly stands the test of time

It would be fun if Limited Run did a physical English edition of the GBC game. (and by proxy a Switch release like they did with Shantae).

Grandia 3 for Switch and PC would be nice.

@GuyProsciutto Oh, nice, thanks. I'll be sure to play around with that and see how it affects enemy positioning on the ATB bar.

Grandia 1 2 AND 3 collection all on one cart and without all the awful issues of the other collection please.

As someone who finally played Grandia 1 (was ok, but definitely felt dated in it's mechanics, the story of a young crew's wonderment & determination was charmingly endearing) last year and then Grandia 2 (I truly loved this vibrant game, took me back to the wonderful Dreamcast era) to start this year via the HD Collection, I'd gladly welcome a Grandia HD Collection 2 with Grandia 3 & Xtreme on there with more QoL features than the first and a better price point.

... Wun can only hope.

As much as i love Grandia i feel the only thing of value here would be a new game. There comes a point where anniversaries for games become redundant, especially when the series been dormant for maybe 20 years.

@TowaHerschel7 I agree with you. And more, we want these episodes for the first time in Europe and Australia.

Grandia is cool and all, but I'd really love to see a remastered LUNAR series compilation...and even an entirely new entry. LUNAR: The Silver Star was my first CD-based RPG experience (Sega CD and later the PSX and PSP versions); it was also the first RPG I had friends come over to play through the entire game with thanks to its incredible soundtrack. Great memories.