Nintendo's Switch console is starting to be known for receiving a wide variety of ports of older video games. One of which is the recently announced Grandia series. Gung-Ho will be bringing the 90's classic JRPG franchise to the Nintendo Switch by releasing an HD remaster of the first two games in the series. They'll also be putting Grandia I HD on Steam, to go with the already released Grandia II HD. Grandia I released back in 1997, originally for the Sega Saturn, and made its way to the west in 1999 for the PlayStation 1. The collection will be available this winter.

 

[Glyptofane]

Oh baby, now this is a port I can get behind!

 

[Marco_Buns]

YES! I've only played the second one and loved it. Definitely day one purchase.

 

[godreborn]

I still own grandia 2 for the dreamcast. I wouldn't mind buying it again for the switch. damn...so many great games for the switch coming out.

 

[RedoLane]

Grandia I!?!? Oh my god, THEY HAVEN"T FORGOTTEN US!! :'D

 

[Xzi]

I'd love for Switch to have all the best JRPGs on it, they make for great portable games. Definitely off to a strong start.

 

[Reploid]

That was kinda unexpected. But no G3? Missed opportunity.

PS Grandia 4 when?

 

[thewarhammer]

Oh my God, Grandia is my favorite RPG of all time. <3

Buuuuuuut please, let there be dual audio. The english dub is just atrocious.

 

[Deleted User]

Hurray!! A must buy for me!

 

[AmandaRose]

Think the time is now right for this girl to buy herself a switch.

 

[kuwanger]

Never played Grandia I or II, not a Switch owner, and generally against ports. But a 20+ year old game? Yea, that's not entirely unreasonable. Having said that, a PSX VC would be even better.

 

[Reploid]

Oh my God, Grandia is my favorite RPG of all time. <3

Buuuuuuut please, let there be dual audio. The english dub is just atrocious.

 

[spotanjo3]

Too many ported of the older games to Switch.. Not good. Sighing. No wonder PS4 console is so powerful than Nintendo Switch.

 

[Xzi]

Careful there, Phantasy Star might be even more weeb than anime at this point.

 

[Enryx25]

Too many ported of the older games to Switch.. Not good. Sighing. No wonder PS4 console is so powerful than Nintendo Switch.

You cant play this collection on PS4 though

 

[thewarhammer]

If your profile is from an anime, your opinion doesn't count

It's from a game actually, SMT4 Apocalypse, a drawing I made last year.

But talking about Grandia, the english dub just sucks. If you like it, well, good (or bad) for you.

 

[KingVamp]

Never got a chance to play this, but I seen and heard good things about Grandia.

 

[spotanjo3]

You cant play this collection on PS4 though

I know but still.

 

[pedro702]

why not grandia 1 ,II and III and make it a trilogy?

 

[FAST6191]

I can see why the game is a cult classic rather than an out and out classic but it is a step I am curious to see the outcome of. I have not played it since the PS1 era and I wonder how well it will play out for the younger people -- will we see a Final Fantasy 3 situation or had things advanced enough to be fairly refined and more recognisable to modern audiences?

Next up I hope we can get Alundra.