While in town for Tokyo Game Show, we had the opportunity to stop by GungHo’s offices and have them dish to us about what’s in store for the Grandia and Grandia II HD Remaster. The Remaster of the first two Grandia games was announced last month for Switch and PC. The Grandia series captured fans hearts in the PS1/Sega Saturn era for its lighthearted nature and fun battle system where you interrupt opponents’ attacks by timing your own correctly.

Here is the list of new and updated features Gung Ho provided us:

Grandia

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 II Anniversary 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

Note: This isn't an exhaustive list of everything. GungHo is still working on adding more features, which it will announce at a later date.

In a surprising move, GungHo confirmed it currently only has plans to release this collection in North America and Europe – to much dismay of Japanese fans clamoring for it.