Grandia III (Video Game 2005)

Directors:

Hidenobu Takahashi, Yukio Morimoto

Writers:

Kunio Aoki (townspeople scenario: scenario), Takahiro Hasebe (main scenario),

Stars:

Chieko Baishô, Takashi Hagino, Shinji Kasahara

Cast

Credited cast:
Chieko Baishô	...	Griff (voice)
Takashi Hagino	...	Emerius (voice)
Shinji Kasahara	...	Dunkel (voice)
Shingo Katsurayama	...	Alonzo (voice)
Haruka Kinami	...	Alfeena (voice)
Ayaka Maeda	...	Hecto (voice)
Massaya Matsuzake Ono	...	Yuki (voice) (as Masaya Matsuzake)
Takeru Shibaki	...	Ull (voice) (as Shibaki Takeru)
Mayumi Wakamura	...	Miranda (voice)
Sayaka Yoshino	...	Daana (voice)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

comfort | sadness | search for lost relative | boat | fortune teller | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery

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Certificate:

T

Details

Official Sites:

Game Arts [jp] Square-Enix [jp]

Country:

Japan

Language:

English Japanese

Release Date:

14 February 2006 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Game Arts Co.

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the Japanese version of this game, the ending theme song was performed in Japanese by the Japanese pop artist, Miz (real name Mizuki Ito). For the US version however, it was in English and also performed by Miz because she's fluent in Japanese and English.

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Quotes

Kornell: Hmph. It's about time. I've been waiting for you.
[Kornell is trapped in a net attached to the tree]
Miranda: You've been waiting for us? You mean you've been waiting for help! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
[to Yuki and Alfina]
Miranda: Come on, you two.
[Just as Yuki's group was about to walk away]
Kornell: I hope you rot in that net, Musclebound Peabrain.
Kornell: Wha...? Hey, did I hear you correctly? Did you just call me a Musclebound Peabrain?
Yuki, Alfina and Miranda: Huh?
Kornell: [about to get extremely pissed] I said, did you call me a PEABRAIN?
[...]

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Connections

Follows Grandia (1997)

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Soundtracks

"In The Sky"
Vocal by Miz
Words & Music by Han' Some, Daniel Gibson (as Daniel Gibson)
Arrangement by Anders Bergström Daniel Gibson (as Daniel Gibson)
(English version)

User Reviews

I thought at first it would be the best Grandia yet, but it suffers a bit after the halfway point on.

This Grandia started off with a bang, great introduction, the graphics completely ramped up and the fighting engine from previous Grandia's was intact. The story was also great as our wannabe pilot finds himself in the middle of a pursuit for a mysterious girl. Add to that lots of humor, a wise cracking ship captain, a fixed game of dice and this game was going great. It continues to do so as our hero meets his hero and flies the heroine into a holy city to perform a ritual to speak with a god. Somewhere though the game just loses some luster as unlike previous Grandia games, you don't get to have all that many playable characters coming in and out of your party. The villains, aside from one of them, are for the most part largely unexplored...I mean you will not know their motivations at all. Then there is a point where you just keep hitting dungeon after dungeon with no real opportunity to explore any new cities or such. Then there is the combat difficulty. In previous Grandia's, you never had to build your level...by that I mean spend an hour or two just fighting monsters to level up. You simply had to fight everything in your path and by the end you had no troubles. Here the monsters got incredibly hard, not only did I have to level up, I had to run from monsters. Especially in the last level, I had a harder time with the regular monsters than I did with the final boss. Still, it was a pretty good game with the best ending of any in the Grandia series.