GungHo Online Entertainment has confirmed that Grandia HD Collection will release on Nintendo Switch next week.
The revamped ports have enhanced details to UI, sprites, and texture art, original cinematic videos which have received visual enhancements, Japanese and English audio, and support for English, Japanese, French, and German text.
Grandia
Grandia was first released on PlayStation and SEGA Saturn, a Japanese role-playing game from developer Game Arts that was set in a fantasy world of emerging technology and exploration.
You play as a young boy called Justin who inherits a magical stone that leads him on a quest around the world to uncover the mystery behind a long-lost civilization.
Grandia Features:
Enhanced details to UI, sprites, and texture art.
Original cinematic videos receiving visual enhancements.
Audio: Japanese and English.
Language Support: Original English and Japanese plus French and German translation.
Grandia II
The sequel is the more revered game, releasing on PlayStation 2, SEGA Dreamcast and PC. It is set a thousand years after Granas, the god of light, and Valmar, the god of darkness, nearly destroyed the planet.
That was avoided when Valmar was split into pieces and scattered throughout the world, and, after the battle, the Church of Granas led humanity to prosperity.
Grandia II Features:
Enhanced details to UI, sprites, and texture art.
Original cinematic videos receiving visual enhancements.
Audio: Japanese and English.
Language Support: Original English and Japanese plus New French and German translation.
Grandia HD Collection will release on the Nintendo eShop for Nintendo Switch worldwide on August 16th.
