Grandia II

Games: Grandia II

• Release Date: January 30, 2002
• Genre: Role-Playing
• Style: Third-Person 3D RPG
• Similar Games: Final Fantasy X (PlayStation 2), Grandia Xtreme (PlayStation 2), .hack//OUTBREAK (PlayStation 2)

Game Description

This release brings the Dreamcast's popular role-playing adventure to the PlayStation 2. Players take on the role of the hero Ryudo, who is charged with protecting the priestess Elena as she makes a long journey across many lands to perform an important ritual. Other characters join the quest along the way, each adding their personalities and special abilities to the party.

As in the Dreamcast version of the game, battle occurs through sequential, timed intervals in which each character and enemy takes action in turn. Like Final Fantasy, Phantasy Star, and several other successful Japanese role-playing series, Grandia II shares motifs and stylistic elements with it's 1999 PlayStation predecessor, but tells an all-new tale and is not a linear continuation of the original's storyline.

~ T.J. Deci, All Game Guide

Production Credits

Company 1: Ubi Soft Entertainment; Producer: Frank Hom, Tats Myojo; Localization Manager: Arisa Furugen; U.S. Group Brand Manager: Gary Keith; U.S. Assistant Brand Manager: John Coghlan; International Brand Manager: Vincent Munoz; Public Relations Manager: Melanie Hodgson; Code Manager: Willie Wareham; Release Coordinator: Kumi Akatsuka; Localization Team: Alan Siegrist, Fred Harriman, Bruce Talbot, Paul Kotta; Lead Dialogue Writer: Aaron Vanian; Dialogue Writer: Anthony Pretto, Alex Jones, John Chowanec; Manual Copy Editors: Priscilla Jane Frank, John Coghlan; Audio Production: Screenmusic Studios; Voice Director: Kris Zimmerman; Chief Engineer: Paul Andris; Edtor: Jeremy Pitts, Terry Reif; Voice of Ryudo: Cam Clarke; Voice of Elena: Jennifer Hale; Voice of Millenia: Jodi Benson; Voice of Roan: B. J. Ward; Voice of Tio: Kim Mai Guest; Voice of Zera: Richard Doyle; Voice of Oro: Paul Eiding; Voice of Skye: Paul Eiding; Voice of Melfice: John Cygan; Voice of Selene: Kim Mai Guest; Voice of Elmo: B. J. Ward; Voice of Father Carius: Cam Clarke; Voice of Gonzola: Richard Doyle; Voice of Risotto: Cam Clarke; Voice of Carpaccio: Paul Eiding; Voice of Paella: Jennifer Hale; Voice of Gatta: Peter Lurie; Voice of Reena: Jodi Benson; Voice of Client: John Cygan; Voice of Client'S Daughter: Kim Mai Guest; Voice of Village Chief: Richard Doyle; Voice of Brother 1: John Cygan; Voice of Brother 2: Peter Lurie; Voice of Brother 3: Paul Eiding; Very Special Thanks: Laurent Detoc, John Chowanec, Jay Cohen, David Bamberger, Randy Gordon, Bret Berry, Rich Kurbiszweski, Mari Sakai, Sarah Ohring, Kevin Lalli, Jenifer Groeling, Dexter Chow, John Miller, David Macachor, Jag Kanda, Alison Moy, Tena Lawry, Kristen Hecht, Brigham Stitt, Priscilla Jane Frank, Marc Fortier, Jenna Dawson, Gary Cribb, Kari Dahl Olsson; Q.A. Manager: Eric Tremblay; Lead Q.A.: David Deschenes; Q.A.: Sebastien Telle, Patrick Charland, Michel Morin, Eric Visconti, Antoine Thisdale, Karim Khachoyan, Christian Fortier, Jean-francois Dupuis; Director of Programming: Kazuyuki Ohata; Lead Programmer: Kazuhiro Irie; Field System Programmer: Yasushi Nomoto; Doemo System: Toshiki Naganuma; Battle System Programmer: Nobuo Yamukai; Assistant Battle System Programmer: Shigehiro Yanbe; Director of Graphics: Akihisaq Sako; Character Graphics: Masahiko Koyama, Shingo Hayakawa, Takayuki Hiramatsu, Sayuri Warita; Map Graphics: Kazuya Suzuki, Isamu Ikeda, Koji Kato, Emi Imamura; Texture Artist: Takao Fujita, Takeshi Nishimura, Kazuyuki Shibata; Art Director: Hidenobu Takahashi, Satoshi Oshiki, Satoshi Yoshida, Kensuke Watanabe; Art Setting: Katsumi Aizaki, Kenji Mizuno, Mitsuru Hashimoto, Eishin Kikuchi, Masashi Hazama, Yoshiki Kuga, Yukitaka Matsuo; Story Board Artist: Kazusuke Yoshihara; 2nd Graphic Artist: Masahiko Ikeya; Animator: Susumu Banba, Masaaki Nishida, Yasuko Miyazaki; Character Designer: Youshi Kanoe; Character Profile Artist: Humie Muroi, Kazumi Sato, Tetsuhito Saito, Masashi Kojima, Kunio Kazuki, Yohichi Ishikawa, Eiji Inoue; Monster Designer: Junichiro Saito, Shingo Takeba, Masahisa Suzuki; Carro Design: Atsuko Nishida; Thanks: Sadami Morikawa, Yoshiharu Hashimoto, Hiroko Kazui, Ruriao46; Setting: Makoto Matsuoka; Coordinator: Kazutoyo Ishii, Kazunori Noguchi; Director of Game Design: Osamu Harada; Game Data: Shintaro Kataoka, Noriyuki Osawa, Kazuyuki Iwasaki; Map Modeling: Hiroshi Asano; Map Gimmick Design: Eitaro Kasai; Map Data Making: Toshimasa Harada; Character Demo Script: Daisuke Shimizu, Noboru Miyano; Character Demo Production: Hiroyuki Ito, Masami Sakakura, Masaki Taguchi, Takamasa Ehara, Takeshi Suzuki, Katsushi Yamagishi, Ryota Motegi, Kanya Fukuhara, Eiji Mochizuki; Map Creation Assistant: Shinichi Yamaguchi, Kaichi Honma, Yoshihito Kawanishi; Original Story: Kei Shigema, Yuichi Hasegawa; Scenario Direction: Hiroaki Okabe; Main Scenario: Yuzo Sunaga, Hidenobu Takahashi; Scenario Assistant: Akira Kashiwagi; Director: Tomohiro Takeda, Bobu Shirahata; Production: Tamon Yazaki; Game Scenario: Daisuke Tazawa, Takuya Okumura, Gon, Katsuyuki Kuriyama, Satoshi Kasai; Supervisor: Takashi Hino; C.G. Movie Production: Xeonix; C.G. Director: Masamichi Kawanabe, Masayuki Itokazu, Kenichi Iwaida, Yuji Hikosaka; C.G. Coordinator: Toshio Akashi, Kazuhiro Higuchi, Yasufumi Soejima; C.G. Production: Kazuhiro Takahashi, Yusuke Takaike, Syoko Ishii, Norio Takagi, Rie Matsuura, Nobuko Nakagawa, Manabu Yamazak, Hidenori Tanaka, Junichi Kamiya, Hirohisa Suzuki Shirogumi, Masakuni Taira, Hirotaka Naito, Semin To, Manabu Kaike, Masaaki Tanoguchi, Akiko Ige; System Engineer: Hideki Nakayama, Shin Ono; C.G. Animation Direction: Studio Deen; Editor: Itsuo Miyamoto; Sound Director: Takahiro Nishi; Composer: Noriyuki Iwadare; Acoustic Piano: Haruki Mino; Flute: Takashi Asahi; Violin: Reiko Tsuchiya, Bungo Fujiwara; Trumpet: Toru Hirabayashi; Electric and Acoustic Guitar: Makoto Asai; Vocal: Kaori Kawasumi; Chorus: Maki Tanimoto, Masanori Takayama, Ayumi Iwata, Akane Kaneko, Saori Mita; Recording and Mixing Engineer: Atsushi Kobayashi; Manipulator: Teruo Konishi; Musician Coordinator: Youji Sugiyama; Sound Producer: Hiroshi Horiguchi; Sound Designer: Kenichi Kunishima, Isao Machida; Sound System Programmer: Ari Kamijoh; Special Thanks: Kouji Ueda, Hisashi Matsumoto, Satoshi Uesaka, Keitaro Numata, Kosuke Fukumoto, Atsuo Yoshizawa, Jose Alvares; Technical Assistant: Hiroyuki Koyama, Toshimichi Masubuchi; Localization Programmer: Kazuhiro Irie, Nobuo Yamukai; Localization Graphic Artist: Isamu Ikeda; Localization Sound: Takahiro Nishi, Isao Machida; Localization Scenario Check: Yuzo Sunaga; Localization Production Manager: Hiroyuki Koyama; Localization Original Director: Katsunori Saito; Localization Producer: Takeshi Miyaji, Toshiyuki Uchida; Localization Executive Producer: Yoichi Miyaji; New C.G. Movie Part Creation: Polygon Magic Inc.; Conversion For Playstation 2: Rocket Studio Inc.; Created and Developed: Game Arts Co. Ltd.

~ Keith Adams, All Game Guide