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This is Grandia for the Sega Saturn, amazing looking game. Grandia: Digital Museum (グランディア ～デジタルミュージアム～, Gurandia Dejitaru Myuziamu) is an extension of Grandia, developed by Game Arts and published by ESP Software for the Sega Saturn. Released exclusively in Japan in May 1998, the game features character graphics, textures, and music lifted directly from its predecessor.

At the 2018 Tokyo Game Show, GungHo Studios provided some insight on the changes gamers can expect when the HD remasters of Grandia I and Grandia II are released. Grandia I will be coming to the Nintendo Switch and Steam. Grandia IIHD, already available on Steam, will also be heading to the Switch. The games will be getting the following enhancements:

Grandia I

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  • Enhanced details to UI, sprites, and texture art. 2x to 4x upscaling
  • Original cinematic videos receiving visual enhancements
  • Widescreen support and customizable resolutions for PC
  • Addition of MSAA, bloom, normal mapping, and blur effects
  • Steam cards and achievements
  • Japanese audio and subtitles, English audio and subtitles
  • Language support: English & Japanese
  • Digitally converted game manual
  • Utilizing PS1 & Sega Saturn source code
  • Gamepad and keyboard support with remappable controls

Grandia II

  • Digitally converted game manual
  • Utilizing Grandia IIAnniversary Edition source code, which originally was based on the Sega Dreamcast source code
  • Fix PC video/audio desync and switch to XInput
  • Add support to exit to title
  • Japanese subtitles added for Switch version

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These lists are not final as GungHo stated more features will be added to the remastered games. Grandia I and Grandia IIHD Remaster are set to release in North America and Europe, though GungHo did not mention a Japanese release for the games. There has been no announcement of a release date at this time.

Sega Saturn Grandia

Source:Game Informer