Grandia Creator Takeshi Miyaji Dead at 45

[prowler]

G-Mode issued a statement today announcing that its CEO Takeshi Miyaji died suddenly on July 29. Miyaji was 45 years old.

Miyaji is known for his work at Gamearts, a company that he founded at the age of 19 with his brother Yoichi Miyaji. He worked on a number of Gamearts classics, including Silpheed (PC, Mega CD), Gun Griffon (Saturn), and the Grandia series. In 2000, he formed G-Mode.

G-Mode did not share the circumstances of Miyaji's death. Taking his place as CEO of G-Mode will be Ryu Okoriyama CEO of Gaia Holdings.[/p]

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[Hop2089]

RIP, 45 is too young.

Anyone have cause of death.

 

[Slyakin]

It's all your fault prowler!

;O;

 

[Deleted_171835]

RIP.

Now I'm going to go out and buy Grandia. ;O;

 

[machomuu]

Man, that's sad. I need to try Grandia now.

 

[Bladexdsl]

Man, that's sad. I need to try Grandia now.

try grandia 3 it has the perfect battle system of any rpg ever made.

 

[prowler]

Many people will object.

While Grandia III battles are fun, the story is shit. I got up to the second disc and it was crashing on me so I never got to finish it.
Grandia I is where it's at. Only played a bit of II.

 

[Paarish]

I love Grandia... didn't bother with the other two though....
I remember when my cousin got it, he complained about how shit it was...boy was he wrong...

 

[koimayeul]

40 is too young to pass away

I discovered Grandia on its Playstation release back in the days of my highschool.. it has a really cool story, naive but heartening with a very likable cast of characters and a dynamic battle system i think it is on the PSOne classics even.

RIP Takeshi Miyaji

 

[jalaneme]

i have all 3 games plus xtreme on the ps2, they are all great games, i loved grandia 2 the most, it's a shame he died so young though.

 

[Velotix]

Shit, I just found about this series a few days ago...And the creator is now dead....

Might as well break open the vault and pick these up... As others have said, 40 is really young time to die...

 

[Fudge]

 

[Bladexdsl]

Many people will object.

While Grandia III battles are fun, the story is shit.

of course the story is shit you just play for the awesome battles

 

[Satangel]

Sad to see such a talent go. Time to boot Grandia up again on my PSP.

 

[SamAsh07]

prowler's fault!! You shouldn't have bought it, well I never heard of this guy or his games....but anyways, R.I.P

 

[prowler]

of course the story is shit you just play for the awesome battles

Unlike some, I actually like a bit of story with my gameplay.

 

[Giga_Gaia]

Grandia: Excellent game
Grandia 2: Good game
Grandia Xtreme: Never played it, but I heard it was the biggest piece of **** ever made
Grandia 3: Good battle system, but the story make the battle system invalid and render this game mediocre at best.

I hope they make Grandia 4 one day, it's been a while since something came out.

of course the story is shit you just play for the awesome battles

You just described a first person shooter, congratulations. You should play them instead.

 

[ZaeZae64]

;_;
I used to love Grandia II on my Dreamcast.
Might give it another go go this week. I also still need to try the other 2.

You just described a first person shooter, congratulations. You should play them instead.

Half Life says hi.

 

[Maedhros]

Grandia I is the best game of the series. And one of the best JRPG games ever made.