What the HELL Happened to Grandia?! 

I miss Justin Sue and Feena :(

Grandia 3 felt unfinished. Main character Yuki's mother is in the party for the first third of the game, but is just dropped abruptly when you get your plane. Yuki stops talking about his plane obsession the second he has his first successful flight. One of the villains is entirely forgotten about at one point. There's an abrupt difficulty spike in the enemy encounters at the very start of the second disc, suggesting a section was cut out. Overall, the first third is great. After that, something just feels off.

The rerelease of Grandia II on Steam was the one bright spot after Grandia Online tanked. If only we could get Grandia 1 on there now. Glad people are still thinking about this series, it was my childhood T_T

To those reading in the future, look up Grandia HD Collection. :)

Grandia 1 is still one of the best JRPGs, it was such a great adventure! And the combat system of this series is my favourite. It has so much potential... I would really like to see Grandia IV.

Grandia 1 = cod3 seem legit😁😂😂

Wow, now i'm kind of sad knowing that one of the major creators died... Grandia 1&2 are in my top 5 RPG's and i cant believe that i had no idea what happened. I always wondered why it said Square Enix instead of Game Arts on Grandia 3, and why it was not as good as the first 2 even though it was still great as a whole, i very much appreciate this information for my favorite trilogy.

Oh my gosh Eric this is beautiful. Grandia the original is my all time no 1

Spent the week watching your videos. You are a true JRPG Fan, and i realize that i still have a long road ahead of me to reach your level of dedication. I hope you can still provide good content for us to watch, thank you very much

Grandia 1 oh the nostalgia used to play it with my friends back when i was 12 now im 27 uff time flies

Hey Eric, Grandia I and II are coming to Switch this winter!!!

This was really well done. I don't know shit about this game but I left pretty well informed about it, you're a great reviewer man.

Hey man just came across your channel.

So whiney babies "killed the franchise". G3 is a beautiful game and improves on all the aspects of previous titles. The Jpop was nice too. My honest opinion is that just because a series stops doesn't mean it failed. Some series don't need a sequel and by the time they make one there's a chance it'll be directionless like Lunar DS. That said I'd love for, say, Bandai Namco to produce a legitimate Lunar 3.

I've been watching all your videos! Fantastic channel! Keep up the good work! (It's also awesome that you're an author!) I recently played all the Grandia games (even X-Treme, which I loved!) When I beat 3, I cried. I know there will never be another. :( It was nice to watch this video and relive the series with you!

I recently did a playthrough of Grandia on a psp go, I played all day at work and when I got home I docked it and played on the big screen. Such a great series.

I remember my Grandia II. I love it!!

I thought Grandia 3 was ahead of its time in terms of graphic and animations, it was such eye candy. I know the story is non-existent but I enjoy G3 for what it is and here's hoping G4 is coming.

Thank you so much for making this video. It's amazing to see videos of Grandia pop up here and there, but it's even more rare to see someone discuss the Grandia series in it's current situation. It hurts to see the series die simply because of being trapped in obscurity, bad luck, and poor decisions. I'm sure a remaster could happen given the gaming space we are in right now where remasters are cropping up everywhere. So maybe we won't get a sequel, but a remaster of the first game. If that does well, then maybe there will be another Grandia game. Maybe someday, I just hope I live to see it. Anyways great video man, good job.

I miss very much Grandia series.I do know but the feeling playing Grandia 1,2 and 3 a little it was i was really feaaling like i stay in a new adveture world RPGs with,magic,swords,and etc.Its a great feeling that i don wnat to forget.I hope this series come back one day...maybe not a great game,but a new title funny game for the fans of the franchise ^^/. I liked of the video xD

Love you stuff! Big thanx

I still hope that someday someone capable will pick up that series and bring back its old glory.

That intro was awesome 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for this historical review, much appriciated. I love your What the hell happend... videos.

Good video. I've been playing Grandia 1 for the first time and am really enjoying it

Love Grandia! And you opened with one of my favorite songs, too. Hope they release the original on GOG and Steam soon.

Great material. I love listen about rpg series history :D

Damn... Watching this makes me sad because of the situation of this awesome saga, but also grateful for what we got, especially Grandia 1. As far as I´m concerned, here in Europe we didn´t get Grandia 3, and though the second one is quite cool (waiting for a sale for its steam version, mamma mia) it is the first in the series the one I am more fond with. It is just the perfect sense of adventure while being a kid. I have been buying some JRPGs for some time, which means costs on money and time, but, when I really get the chance, I will buy the PAL version and enjoy it like it deserves. Well done, Erick, great video to start the weekend! :)

Wow RU-vid suggested something unique and interesting from a small content creator, kudos to you sir.

Great job on the video. I hope The series makes a return. We can always use great JRPGS. Even though there are more now than I can keep up with I am so back logged

Have you the new HD remastered?

Nice and informative video. Thank you, Erick.

Both Grandia and Breath of Fire last games were silly mobile games after that the series died 😢

Erick yur really the goat of jrpg videos. This is where yu are at yur best. Please do more on other old games like earthbound & lagoon

Great review, and very good information on the games not released outside Japan, .... I have a question, have you thought on making an episode or two based on the Dragon Quest series games? since XI for Ps4 is going to be released soon outside Japan it would be awesome to see information on the main series and the games that never left Japan, maybe one episode for the spin offs too

Bring Grandia 2 and 3 to PSN and Switch, I swear the switch is tailor made for these old JRPGs

Have to tell you, Erick, i enjoy your content! Keep on!

I enjoy watching your videos a lot. It is very soothing to listen to your reviews and insight.

It's so sad when the main creator dies for a game, the only way they can get this game series back good is if Tri-Ace is involved but to keep the original game mechanics intact. Yeah I agree with you this is what happened to the Grandia series, very sad indeed.

Any news on that Grandia 1 and 2 rerelease coming out yet?

I wish they would port the original Grandia to PC as well and maybe clean the graphics up a bit. That would be nice.

Hey Erick! Thanks for your research ;) BTW, do you know what the hell happened to Skyes of Arcadia? :( (my other favorite dreamcast JRPG)

I still play the original Grandia on my PS VITA as a PS1 classic. One of the reasons why i loved the first game more then the others is because it subverted allot of tropes that allot of JRPGs use as a crutch. For example Justin is an average 16 year old boy who wants to explore the world simply because he wants to. He's not trying to save the world or stop an evil empire, he's just doing it because he wants to. Only by taking this journey does he discover not just about ancient civilizations but you see him grow from a kid to a young adult who knows what he needs to do to help those around him. Sure it turns into a saving the world story towards the end but thats the beauty of the game. It doesn't hammer into you how important your journey is off the bat. It slowly gives you a mystery to explore and solve by journeying across the world. There are so many iconic moments in Grandia that i still get teary eyed over years later and even after beating the game multiple times. I still feel my heart warm when i hear some of the music. And the characters I met along the journey will stay with me forever because I got to see them at their best and worst. So i do hope there will be another Grandia one day, but i hope it's made with the same spirit of exploration that inspired the first game.

What a sad story... I knew that, actually. But thanks for reminding and telling other about it. That's important. My favorite was Grandia 2. I felt catharsis after last boss' speach after the defeat... And other story parts gave many many emotions, so of them were dark, some light.

Where did you score that Quistis figurine? Nice 😉

Oh that and I feel in this day and age.. RPG's don't do as well as they did back in the 90s and very early 2000s. I have noticed that Fighting games went back up in popularity, and MOBA, FPS, and such became even more popular as time grew further. Fighting Games surprised me, cause it was extremely popular, then took a huge dip for a while. Then all of a sudden sprouted back up fresh and new. I am hoping somehow the RPG genre can sprout back up again.

4:09 "But finally one we all got" We didn't, Europe got shafted as always, we didn't get Grandia 3 either until it was released on PS Store and to get it you need to have an american account.

Just played the first Grandia game for the first time earlier this year and really enjoyed it....are the sequels solid like the first game?

I don't get why we've never got a remaster of the first game. It'd be nice to get a Saturn port with dual audio

Grandia II might have the best battle theme of all time. That theme still gets me hyped today.

What the hell happened to Lunar!

A correction for your video: Grandia Xtreme and Grandia 3 were not released worldwide. These games were not released in europe, which was a huge bummer cause I loved the first two games.:(

great video ! thanks from france !!!

It's that battle system. The games themselves were average vanilla JRPGs. High quality, but very average. Those battles though. Even if the games were a little too easy, the battles were just so fun and fluid. They look and feel like real time action battles. But they're actually tactical turn based affairs. Great stuff. Especially the third game. I'd love to see the designers make a new series; keeping the battles, but ditching most everything else. Call it a spiritual successor if you will. A man can dream right?

I love your accent, but I was legit thinking you said "cold classic" for half the video xD

There is no other game that is like Grandia games on this Earth I really miss the battle mechanics

This was such a great series. I absolutely loved the first one when I played it back in high school (and again when I replayed it a few years ago, more than 15 years after my first experience!), and while it took me a long time to get to the rest of the series, I really loved Grandia II and mostly enjoyed Grandia III despite some pretty glaring flaws (Xtreme never did it for me). The battle system remains one of the best I've ever experienced in a JRPG, and it got better with each installment. And the music was incredible, particularly in the first one (I love the later soundtracks too, but that first one was special). I'd love to see another one. Unfortunately, I doubt we'll ever see that happen, and that's a shame. I think that's true of a lot of RPG series, and I'm starting to understand that that's OK, because there's still so much out there to experience. I think it's OK to love the past games, appreciate shorter series for the 2, 3, 4, 5, however many games they got, and either replay them or move on to something different. Thanks for the great retrospective.

We got a Grandia 1 and 2 for the Nintendo Switch HD remaster after the Steam version came out. Glad people like Happy Console Gamer are still talking about it. I wanted to give it a shot.

Only played G1 watched some of G2 (character emphasis and story telling normally come naturally on a first title and it's hard to carry that same affinity and energy) , and after reading mixed feeling on G3 GX didn't get involved or go back to play. Perhaps I'll need to pick them up later. and I actually didn't know of an online version exclusive to JP. I agree with many sentiments that G1 was part of my childhood. Such great character build and evolution. Unfortunate that some of the story felt rushed after the 2nd disc. Has a Disney ending, but can't say it wasn't a beautiful and very capturing atmosphere. I would like to revisit the story with today's standards in GFX / Reproduction. Would be quite beautiful, but to be honest ditching the character romance after disc 1 sad choice. There are some rough edges of the story but overall, one of the coolest stories and battle system for its time.

Thank you so much for making this video on Grandia yo!. I loved this game so much, it is one of my most favorite RPG games up there for me with Chrono Trigger, FF7, and Legend of Dragoon. I feel like Grandia 1 was the best version, and Grandia 2 was also good. But I felt after Grandia 1 and 2 it was lacking a bit.

I really miss the games. Grandia 2 was my favourite, I just loved how well written the dialogs were, and the characters were very memorable.

Greetings Grandia fans, I have news. If you're interested in hearing from the original voice cast? The voice of FEENA & LILLY (Angela Anderson) is doing a live interview on Twitch March 27th! Full details can be found here (www.reddit.com/r/grandia/comments/t9lzz5/voice_of_feena_lilly_to_do_a_live_interview_on/) and my previous interviews are here on my channel! Much love

I got PS1 in 2000, when i was 10 years old. My first game that i got with the PS1 was Grandia.. It was soo fkn amazing, it had 2 CDs, the Game case was amazing and the pictures it had on the case and on the CDs... So much Nostalgia.

Erick what’s up? Just wanted to let you know I just picked up grandia he collection on the switch. I’ve never played it before but I think this game is awesome so far! I can’t believe I waited this long to play it

At least for those who didn't play the first two games, can enjoy them now on Switch as Grandia HD Collection (or PC as Grandia HD Remaster & Grandia II HD Remaster)

Well, I think the developer of the series worked with Square Enix and made a mobile game called Choas Rings 3. if you play it you'll notice the similar feel to Grandia Games from the music to gameplay.

hey great video as usual :) . only played grandia 3 and i thought it was great :D liked the battle system and osts. that shop theme especially hahah but yea id also agree with you on the opening. i usually just skip it hahha it was unfiitting. anyways great video keep it up

Just started the 1st game a few months ago, at 1st I was skeptical towards people praising it because of its more lighthearted tone compared to most complex JRPGS, but I'm halfway through it and I'm loving every minute. I just wish better decisions were made with the series...

Grandia got me into rpgs. Though, I really only liked the first Grandia when it was on ps1.

Surprised there was no mention of the Grandia 2 Anniversary Edition release on PC. Really would love to see another Grandia game one day.. or at least more Anniversary Edition type releases of the other games.

Amazing job! Grandia series is my most memorable jrpg when i wahs a child... i'm very upset whith the tragic creator's endings life. He dont deservet this, I LOVE GRANDIA!

Grandia 1 and 3 are on the PSN store. As for Grandia 2, it got a remake on Steam and seems to be doing well review-wise. :3

Justin and Feena will be back...soon

I didn't even realise the creator has passed away, this is why i love videos like this, educated me in finding out about games i grew up with. Also the reason they decided to make the mmo a japanese only is because japanese MMO's were picking up popularity in japan and WoW was dominating the west Lich king and Cataclysm selling really well they were worried that pushing an MMO overseas would be a huge financial failure. Similar reason why phantasy star was only in japan too.

Grandia 1 is THE Grandia game for me, nice video Erick!

Grandia 1 still has the most memorable battle for me. Those mechanics, bgm, zooming and panning, and freeze frame.. never seen anything that engaging in other jrpg battle

What about the STEAM release of Grandia 2 HD? It’s really good and recent. More people got on board and downloaded you could possibly see 4 or more HD re-releases.

2:37 oh well there’s your answer. It came out on sega Saturn.

been playing grandia HD collection lately. i've forgotten so much lol

I love Grandia. Grandia 2 is in my top 5 games of all time. Nice guitar by the way. 👌

Grandia and Lunar are amazing - so many great memories!

A collection of the games was just announced.

hahaha... That intro part made me lol hahaha

I'd love to see an evolution on the Grandia series, much like it was an evolution on Lunar... even if it was a fan doing it out of the love and nostalgia in their own heart for the series. Take the "best" (in my opinion) mechanics from the entries (using weapons, special moves, and magic to level up your skill with them (like in I (and Xtreme to a degree)), skills increase in level and effect as you get EXP while they're equipped (Xtreme), common Mana Eggs with small magic lists on them that can be fused (Xtreme) and rare Mana Eggs with long magic lists that can't (like II's), both allies and enemies having access to combination special moves (Xtreme), and Aerial Combos (just make them easier to do and have different options for if you used Combo or Critical when one triggers)) while also integrating new ones like adding new features to the battlefield that open new strategic options (for example, having a battlefield that wasn't flat which would change the areas that some magic hits or alters how fast/slow you can approach a target, having rock formations or something to hide behind or climb on and having Aerial Combos be triggered when you're at a higher elevation on a target instead of how III did them). Then, script up a storyline that resonates on some level - the series hasn't really gone past a basic "save the world" plot but the character interactions (at least in 1, 2, and up to hitting the mainland in 3) were what gave the series its charm and made you want to keep chugging along (well, and the battles, but we know that *only* being a battle simulator wasn't enough to make Xtreme work, so you've got to have something else tugging you along). G1 had kids growing up and exploration/adventuring, 2 had an exploration of the spectrum between dark and light (until it kinda went paint-by-numbers towards the end), and 3... didn't really have anything before getting to the mainland, but there was a seed there that just kinda fell by the wayside in favor of being a paint-by-numbers JRPG the rest of the way. There's material and themes that could be worked with, subverted, taken in different ways, etc. and applied to an entirely new story to come up with the charm and nostalgia people have for the existing games but still produce something new that advances beyond the standard overarching goals that we've already seen in every game.

You do relise one and 2 was re released on switch

I don't want to sound critical but it is an important point for me as a european gamer. Grandia extreme and 3 weren't released in the Pal region, so it wasn't released worldwide. I get hear some youtubers also say this, I just get disappointed when I hear a game is said to be released worldwide only to look it up and there be no pal release. I did enjoy this and your other video, it's just something to keep in mind for future videos

Grandia II also had a PC version. That's what I played back in the day. It ran MUCH better than the PS2 version, at least for me. I ran it on a P3 1Ghz and a Radeon 9000 128MB.

can you do a what the hell happened to dark cloud

I've been playing almost only RPGs/JRPGs for the last 20 years and Grandia is still in my top 5 best games ever, especially the first. Sure i would like to see another chapter of this franchise but with the way the gaming market is now, I have a huge fear of what kind of game that would be, probably a crapfest at the best. I cna't shake off me this mixed feeling about tons of franchises in these last years

Genuine lol at the beginning of the video. Guess shouldn’t mention Suikoden 2

Played again Grandia 2 on Dreamcast and I can't wait to play it replay it. From what I'm reading here people say Grandia 1 is the best. Guess I have to play that one.

Heys, why didn't we get xenogears, final fantasy tactics or chrono trigger in europe huh? It is a shame that we had to import those games. Somethings we just don't get because some suit somewhere says it won't be a success. Not that it makes sense sometimes. Wasn't there a rumour going that Grandia is coming back ? Quite recently too.

Holy shit guys! HD remaster of Grandia 1 and 2 for Nintendo Switch just announced!

At least we got Child of Light to recreate Grandia's awesome battle system

Grandia Xtreme and 3 didn't come out in Europe.

There are good chances it will either get a long awaited sequel or even a remake. Why? Because 2019 is a year we will see many games released back in the 90s or early 00s. Developers begin the value to release retro or classic games and in my opinion it all depends on a bigger fan base that wants to be heard

Good video.

i miss Justin and Feena....beautiful RPG!

I am glad that Grandia 1 and 2 is getting remastered for Nintendo Switch. Maybe there is hope for Grandia after all.

Bruh, I thought Grandia ended with "Extreme."

It's so sad because Grandia 2 and Xtreme were my favorite. I still replay them every now and then. Amazing battle system that hasn't been replicated as far as I know. They were super fun to play. Even 3 tho the story was a little meh it was still enjoyable. I came to this video hoping i just missed something regarding Grandia 4... Such a shame...