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UP: GRANDIA HD Collection Launches March 26, 2024 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One (Physical editions to be released via Limited Run Games) - Source



REDONDO BEACH, Calif. – March 12, 2024 – GungHo Online Entertainment America (GOEA) today announced that the GRANDIA HD Collection, the remaster of the classic role-playing series, will be released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on March 26, 2024. Additionally, GOEA has partnered with Limited Run Games to release physical editions of the collection. Fans can preorder Limited Run Games’ physical edition of the GRANDIA HD Collection starting March 15, 2024.

The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of GRANDIA HD Collection will be compatible with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, respectively.

Check out the GRANDIA HD Collection trailer here.

The GRANDIA HD Collection features two genre-defining role-playing games: GRANDIA and GRANDIA II. These games send players on epic adventures with protagonists Justin and Ryudo, respectively, to explore the worlds of GRANDIA and protect them from the forces of evil.

• Two Nostalgic Stories: Fans can follow both iconic journeys in the world of GRANDIA with various upgrades once more. Discover what lies beyond the End of the World with the young adventurer Justin in GRANDIA and, eons later, protect the world from eternal darkness with mercenary Ryudo in GRANDIA II.
• Modernized Visuals: This version of GRANDIA and GRANDIA II includes enhanced UI, sprites, and texture art that brings the iconic look of the retro classics to contemporary standards, including widescreen support and visually enhanced original cinematics.
• Classic Old-School Combat: The GRANDIA series features classic RPG combat, with physical attacks and elemental spells in a battle system that combines real-time and turn-based mechanics. The addition of Hard Mode gives players a memorable challenge as they explore the world of GRANDIA II.
• Language Support: The GRANDIA HD Collection includes Japanese and English audio options, as well as language support for English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese (simplified and traditional).

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The listing with the Grandia HD Collection went live on PSN just a short while ago:

GRANDIA HD Collection

Adventure awaits you in the world of GRANDIA

store.playstation.com

The highly-anticipated Grandia HD Collection for PlayStation 4 and 5 are here! Get your hands on two games that changed the landscape of RPGs forever, in beautiful HD graphics.

GRANDIA: Dive into the captivating journey of Justin and his allies as they race against the sinister Garlyle Forces. Unravel the mysteries of a forgotten civilization and immerse yourself in an RPG hailed as a timeless classic, inspiring generations of games to come.

GRANDIA II: Step into the shoes of Ryudo, a jaded Geohound with a heart, as he embarks on a magical quest alongside a group of unlikely allies. Their journey is riddled with twists and turns as they seek a divine weapon to save the world. Delve deep into this tale where the line between good and evil blurs, and everything is open to question…

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

It's also coming on Xbox so if a mod would be kind enough to change the title...

Buy Grandia HD Collection | Xbox

The highly-anticipated Grandia HD Collection for Xbox One is here! Players will be getting their hands on two games that changed the landscape of RPGs forever, in beautiful HD graphics.

www.xbox.com

 

[existensmaximum]

Finally! Grandia II is probably my favorite RPG ever, loved it on the Dreamcast.

 

[Shake Your Rump]

Will Grandia be a fixed version from the Saturn, or just a high resolution PS1 version with the broken textures and such?

 

[DGrayson]

Will Grandia be a fixed version from the Saturn, or just a high resolution PS1 version with the broken textures and such?

Take a wild guess lol.

 

[Isa]

This is great news! I'd always hoped it would make its way to PS&Xbox, nice to see it happen. Day 1 for me!

 

[MrTired]

This is gonna be my fourth time purchasing this game. They knew what they were doing not putting trophies into the PS4/PS5 version of Grandia.

 

[manzo]

Already bought the PS5 version.

It's the PSone version, direct emulation with an emulator on top. Running on higher resolution, keeping the 4:3 frame. Save states avaiable, can choose between PAL and NTSC release in-game. Disc change happens from the emulator menu.

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

Wow, great news, Grandia is a classic and I don't think I played the sequel.

 

[saintjules]

Wow, great news, Grandia is a classic and I don't think I played the sequel.

I personally enjoyed the first one over the second but I liked the second one enough to where I got the import when it first came out.

Grandia I has an amazing story and is in my top 10. Forget what people say about the voiceovers, you'd be missing out. The music is simply amazing as well. 70s style scores. What a vibe.

 

[Lillie]

Will it be any different than the HD ports on steam?

 

[StereoVsn]

The listing with the Grandia HD Collection went live on PSN just a short while ago:

GRANDIA HD Collection

Adventure awaits you in the world of GRANDIA

store.playstation.com

While the ports aren’t perfect, they were still pretty good and games are some of the best 32bit offerings in the JRPG genre.

I got both Steam version and Switch physical (and the OG copies), and love them. It’s good to see the games release on more platforms for folks to try them.

 

[Bloobs]

Almost forgot I own this collection for the Switch lol

 

[StereoVsn]

Will Grandia be a fixed version from the Saturn, or just a high resolution PS1 version with the broken textures and such?

There is a fan translation for the Saturn version I believe if you have to have that. This is likely the same Steam/Switch port as before.

 

[thismeinteil]

How come this doesn't include the third game?

 

[LordCBH]

Finally. No reason it took this long. Shouldn’t have been locked to Switch/Steam this whole time

 

[manzo]

Everyone thinking about buying this, I suggest to consider the following:

1) If you have real Saturn hardware, play the fan-translated version if your Saturn is ODE-modded (Fenrir, Satiator etc). Burned copies need to be done carefully so that the ADX music doesn't go off-sync/skip/fuck around. It's really fucking hard to burn a proper copy for a Saturn hardware to read without glitches.
2) If you don't have a Saturn, emulate the fan-translated version.
3) Otherwise this is the English PS1 version with higher resolution with it's awful (but loveable) dub and translation. Save states are a QoL improvement.

 

[manzo]

How come this doesn't include the third game?

Let's pretend it doesn't exist. It's better that way.

 

[BlackTron]

I love G2 but for some reason I still prefer the original look and fuzziness of the DC version. Glad it's getting spammed everywhere though, everyone should play it. The battle system blew me away back then. The characters though...take me back to an era of taking anime plots seriously making it all an unintentionally hilarious parody of itself. Part of the fun really!

 

[Vyse]

Finally! Grandia II is probably my favorite RPG ever, loved it on the Dreamcast.

Still have my copy.

 

[StereoVsn]

Everyone thinking about buying this, I suggest to consider the following:

1) If you have real Saturn hardware, play the fan-translated version if your Saturn is ODE-modded (Fenrir, Satiator etc). Burned copies need to be done carefully so that the ADX music doesn't go off-sync/skip/fuck around. It's really fucking hard to burn a proper copy for a Saturn hardware to read without glitches.
2) If you don't have a Saturn, emulate the fan-translated version.
3) Otherwise this is the English PS1 version with higher resolution with it's awful (but loveable) dub and translation. Save states are a QoL improvement.

I believe this does have some additional visual improvements and effects added to the PSX and PS2 versions.

Also, this is a really easy way to play these excellent games and it’s not expensive, whichever console or PC you choose.

 

[Belthazar]

Fucking finally, they should've included 3 tho.

 

[Trogdor1123]

Always wanted to play these but never did. Wonder what they will price them at?

 

[adamsapple]

Grandia 2 was the shit back in the day.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Hopefully that awful filter can be removed unlike the awful Switch version I wish I could return.

 

[Diseased Yak]

Physical editions coming from Limited Run Games....

Guess I'll just stick with my physical Switch copy.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

I've the updated the OP with the Press Release info.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Can I just purchase Grandia II?

 

[manzo]

Always wanted to play these but never did. Wonder what they will price them at?

Grandia 1 was 12,95€. I guess the same in dollars.

 

[manzo]

Can I just purchase Grandia II?

They are sold separately.

 

[Arsic]

Whack. There’s nothing remastered here. This is just those PC ports. Sick of ports being called remasters.

 

[adamsapple]

Whack. There’s nothing remastered here. This is just those PC ports. Sick of ports being called remasters.

To be fair, it's just title HD Collection, not Remaster.

 

[FoxMcChief]

They are sold separately.

Sweet. Thanks.

 

[Arsic]

To be fair, it's just title HD Collection, not Remaster.

Nope. See below. Video calls each a HD remaster, and their description in the line below says it’s a remaster.

 

[cireza]

This needs a fast forward feature.

 

[adamsapple]

This needs a fast forward feature.

And some built-in cheats.

 

[Paltheos]

How come this doesn't include the third game?

I think general impression is that the games get a little worse with each entry, and that anything past 2 isn't really worth it. ... Which I say having not played Xtreme or 3 myself - that's the feel I get from browsing opinions on the series. I agree for the first two titles anyway. First game is great, second game is very good.

 

[RavageX]

Loved Grandia II on Dreamcast. Bought it on clearance back in the day.

Grandia 1 I never got into. I can't recall anything interesting happening in it either.....

Pass on this though, I'll leave those memories where they are.

 

[Boss Mog]

It's cool and all but I really wish Grandia III was included. But I guess SE has the license for that.

 

[Traxtech]

Will it have the proper lighting like the dream cast version? Or the crumby Ps2 port type situation

 

[Metnut]

With all of the greet JRPGs this year, kind of sad not to see new Grandia, Lunar or Lufia. Would love to see someone take a sense and bring one of these series back.

 

[Esppiral]

Grandia II IS based on the vastly superior Dreamcast version right ? Don't Tell me they've choose the awful Ps2 versión as a base for the Port.

 

[sigmaZ]

Does this game have nudity? Asking for a friend.

 

[Sophist]

Grandia is still an amazing game and still the best in the adventure road-trip genre (or maybe tied with Pokemon)

With all of the greet JRPGs this year, kind of sad not to see new Grandia, Lunar or Lufia. Would love to see someone take a sense and bring one of these series back.

The main artisan behind those games died years ago

Takeshi Miyaji - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Paltheos]

Does this game have nudity? Asking for a friend.

I don't think so, although the second game has its fair share of sexual innuendo (and the first game is flat-out rated E).

 

[adamsapple]

 

[TexMex]

Are these the same versions that have been on Steam?

 

[SkylineRKR]

I can't play 1 anymore probably but 2 was really fun.

I do miss 3 though. It wasn't great, but it looked excellent and the combat was quite fun.

 

[West Texas CEO]

I want it, too.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Great games but already own this collection on Switch. Would love a physical copy but Limited Run just fucking suck ass to import from, not to mention super expensive. Sick of them handling so many physical editions.