Publisher GungHo Online Entertainment America has just announced the release date of Grandia HD Collection for the Nintendo Switch via the eShop. The collection includes HD remasters of both Grandia and Grandia II. The original announcement was made a few months ago, and drew a ton of attention due to the legendary RPG's first outing on the Switch platform.
Grandia HD Collection will bring updated and enhanced visuals, handheld support on Nintendo Switch, and gamepad and keyboard support on Steam. Here are the improvements and features that we should expect for Grandia:
- Enhanced details to UI, sprites, and texture art.
- Original cinematic videos receiving visual enhancements.
- Widescreen support and customizable resolutions (only for PC).
- Steam cards and Achievements (only for PC).
- Audio: Japanese and English.
- Language Support: Original English and Japanese plus French and German translation.
- Gamepad and keyboard support with remappable controls (only for PC).
Grandia II
- Enhanced details to UI, sprites, and texture art.
- Original cinematic videos receiving visual enhancements.
- Widescreen support and customizable resolutions (only for PC).
- Audio: Japanese and English.
- Language Support: Original English and Japanese plus New French and German translation.
Grandia and Grandia II are classic role-playing games released in the years 1997 and 2000, respectively. It follows the story of protagonist Justin, an aspiring adventurer from Parm. Along with a colorful cast of characters, Justin travels a fantasy world set in an era of increasing technological advancements. The game plays like your usual role-playing experience, with real time and turn based combat, a number options for upgrading and customizing your party, skill points to be accrued for earning intense ultimate moves, and similar to its contemporaries, a beautifully composed soundtrack that complements each high and low you experience in the game.
Grandia and Grandia II have been lauded by critics as some of the most influential role-playing games of all time, and deservedly so, with both games currently holding “Universal Acclaim” on its Metacritic score.
Grandia HD Collection will launch for the Nintendo Switch on August 16, with Grandia HD Remaster for the PC following at a later date.
