Grandia

For the first game in the series, see Grandia (video game).
Grandia
Genre(s)Role-playing
Developer(s)Game Arts
Publisher(s)Entertainment Software Publishing (1997–1999)
Sony Computer Entertainment (1999)
Ubisoft (1999–2002)
Hudson Soft (2000)
Enix/Square Enix (2002–2006)
GungHo Online Entertainment (2009–present)
Platform(s)Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Dreamcast, Game Boy Color, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
First releaseGrandia
December 18, 1997
Latest releaseGrandia HD Collection
August 16, 2019

Grandia (グランディア, Gurandia) is a series of role-playing video games developed by Game Arts and published over the years by Entertainment Software Publishing, Sony Computer Entertainment, Ubisoft, Hudson Soft, Enix, Square Enix and GungHo Online Entertainment. Games in the Grandia series have been released for the Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Dreamcast, Game Boy Color, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Windows.

The Grandia HD Collection (compiling the first two games in the series) was released for the Nintendo Switch in North America and Europe on August 16, 2019. The games were released in Japan on March 25, 2020.[1] Grandia HD Remaster for the PC was released on October 15, 2019.[2] On the same day, Grandia II Anniversary Edition for the PC, which was originally released on August 24, 2015, received further improvement updates and was renamed Grandia II HD Remaster.[3] Full Japanese language support along with various fixes were released for Grandia HD Remaster and Grandia II HD Remaster on March 25, 2020.[4]

The Grandia series sold 2 million units, as of April 2009.[5] The latest original installment was released for Microsoft Windows in July 2009, entitled Grandia Online; it remained online for three years until it was shut down in September 2012.[6]

  1. ^ "Grandia HD Collection". Nintendo Japan. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  2. ^ "GRANDIA HD Remaster on Steam".
  3. ^ "Grandia HD Remaster for PC set for September". RPGSite.net. 16 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Grandia HD Collection, Grandia HD Remaster, and Grandia II HD Remaster version 1.01.00 updates now available". Gematsu.com. 24 March 2020.
  5. ^ "MMORPG "Grandia Online" of popular RPG "Grandia" of 2 million series in cumulative total, Conference held on 20th May". GIGAZINE. April 21, 2009.
  6. ^ "Grandia Online service ends next month". 11 August 2012.