Grandia

GungHo Online Entertainment America has released patch 1.01.00 for Grandia HD Remaster and Grandia II Remaster for Steam and Nintendo Switch. The games are now available in Japan.

Here are the release notes:

Grandia HD Remaster

New Features

Full Japanese support has been added.

Bug Fixes

• Fix to screen flash before entering battle.
• Fixes to BGM and SFX on Pirate Island.
• Fix to language setting application when GRANDIA is launched.
• Fix to the train smoke appearing pixelated in the Parm Train Station.
• Fix to Justin’s portrait being displayed instead of Liete on the menu screen.
• Fix to text box graphic displaying items and moves in battle.
• Fix to missing subtitles in Leen’s dialogue while in the J Base.
• Fixes to translations in Japanese, French, and German.
• Fix to Justin’s pixelated sprite in Underground Ruins.
• Fix to purple bubble that appears when using Baobab Fruit, Ultra Potion, Golden Potion,
• Paralyze Mushroom, or Yellow Medicine in battle.
• Fix to NPC on screen after leaving the scene in Gumbo Village.
• Fix to visual effect for Resurrect Potion.
• Fixes to item and enemy sprites in Typhoon Tower and Mt. Typhoon.
• Fixes to Mio's sprite appearing pixelated in the Garlyle Base.
• Fix to language setting application when GRANDIA is launched.
• Other bugs fixes have been made.

Grandia II HD Remaster

New Features

Full Japanese support has been added.

Bug Fixes

• Fix tp an issue where the initiative bar disappeared after Poizn was cast.
• Fix to an issue where the ground appeared to be missing in the Black Forest, Garmia Tower, Mirumu Village, Baked Plains, and in the Heart of Valmar.
• Fix to an issue where players could not proceed when a scene between Millenia and Valmar caused a freeze.
• Fix to spell text that had been cut off in the menu for localized texts.
• Fix to scene not covering the entire screen in Ryudo's flashback in Cyrum Castle.
• Fix to background not covering entire screen in scene for Ryudo’s flashback story.
• Fix to the issue that caused the game to freeze when Valmar’s Claw in the Underground
  Plant.
• Fix to frame rate issues in Raul Hills.
• Fix to text showing up in English for localized text for the Walnut minigame.
• Fix to text showing up in English for localized text when fleeing battle.
• Fix to the scene of the 50/50 not covering the entire screen when traveling to Garland.
• Fix where the transition from dialogue to the arm wrestling mini-game in Cyrum did not cover the entire screen.
• Fix where an extra character was added during the battle rewards scene.
• Fix to issue where item and special move names were not displaying properly in localized translations.
• Fix to the world maps not completely covering the screen.
• Fix where the character portraits were replacing the textures of objects and scenery.
• Fix where the Initiative Bar disappeared after Elena used the special move White
  Apocalypse.
• Fix to glitches in Tio’s character model throughout the game.
• Fix to camera cutting into Ryudo’s model in Durham caves.
• Fix where audio was not in sync with dialogue in the opening scene between Skye and
  Ryudo.
• Fix to frame rate issues in St. Heim Papal State, the Witt Forest Path, and Liligue City.
• Fix to white square appearing on the ground when the special move “Burn!” is cast.
• Fix to trees blocking the characters' scenes in Garmia Tower and Mirumu Village.
• Other bugs fixes have been made.

Update 25-03-2020: GungHo Online Entertainment America has released patch 1.01.01 for Grandia HD Remaster which fixes a lock-up where using Japanese language with English audio which caused the game to freeze after using magic/move.

GungHo Online Entertainment has announced that Grandia HD Collection will be released on Nintendo Switch next week on 16 August. The PC version will be released at a later date.

Grandia HD Collection contains the first Grandia (Grandia HD Remaster) and Grandia II (Grandia II HD Remaster) with several new features listed below.

GRANDIA features
● 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 features
● 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 has been developed by Game Arts (Thexder, Sylpheed, and Lunar) and released on the Sega Saturn back in 1997 in Japan only. In 1999 the game was ported to the PlayStation and was also released in North America by Sony and in Europe by Ubisoft (in 2000).  Grandia II was first released on the Dreamcast in 2000 and has been ported to the PlayStation 2 and PC in 2002. In 2015 the Grandia II Anniversary Edition was released on Steam and GOG. That version will be renamed to Grandia II HD Remaster.

G-Mode has announced yesterday that its CEO Takeshi Miyaji has suddenly died on 29 July at the age of 45.

Takeshi Miyaji is known for his work at Gamearts who he founded at the age of 19 with his brother Yoichi. He worked on a number of classics inclusing Silpheed, Gun Griffon and the Grandia series.In 2000 he formed G-Mode.

His place will be taken over by Ryu Okoriyama of Gaia Holdings.