<s>
is	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Game	O
Arts	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
handheld	O
system	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
Grandia	B-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
,	O
published	O
by	O
Hudson	O
Soft	O
and	O
released	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
December	O
2000	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
spin-off	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
Grandia	B-Application
title	O
,	O
and	O
features	O
characters	O
,	O
music	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
similar	O
battle	O
system	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
follows	O
Yuuhi	O
,	O
a	O
young	O
boy	O
living	O
in	O
Japan	O
who	O
is	O
transported	O
along	O
with	O
his	O
friends	O
Mizuki	O
and	O
Shirou	O
to	O
an	O
alternate	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Grandia	B-Application
world	O
populated	O
by	O
characters	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Grandia	B-Application
:	I-Application
Parallel	I-Application
Trippers	I-Application
is	O
a	O
traditional	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
that	O
is	O
presented	O
using	O
two-dimensional	O
graphics	O
and	O
character	O
sprites	O
and	O
is	O
presented	O
using	O
an	O
overhead	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
original	O
Grandia	B-Application
,	O
enemies	O
in	O
Parallel	O
Trippers	O
are	O
visible	O
on	O
the	O
map	O
screen	O
,	O
and	O
are	O
only	O
engaged	O
when	O
a	O
player	O
comes	O
in	O
contact	O
with	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Grandia	B-Application
:	I-Application
Parallel	I-Application
Trippers	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
in	O
July	O
2000	O
by	O
its	O
publisher	O
Hudson	O
Soft	O
,	O
who	O
revealed	O
that	O
they	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Game	O
Arts	O
,	O
would	O
be	O
bringing	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
as	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
first	O
handheld	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Arts	O
president	O
Hirokazu	O
Miyazki	O
explained	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
created	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
Grandia	B-Application
that	O
users	O
could	O
"	O
play	O
anywhere	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
designed	O
under	O
the	O
philosophy	O
that	O
both	O
new	O
and	O
veteran	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
could	O
enjoy	O
the	O
title	O
equally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
,	O
Huson	O
Soft	O
launched	O
its	O
"	O
Grandia	B-Application
Nippo	O
"	O
(	O
lit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Grandia	B-Application
Daily	O
"	O
)	O
website	O
that	O
featured	O
fan	O
art	O
,	O
interviews	O
,	O
and	O
special	O
downloads	O
related	O
to	O
Parallel	O
Trippers	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
increase	O
enthusiasm	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	O
for	O
Parallel	O
Trippers	O
consists	O
of	O
downsampled	O
versions	O
of	O
tracks	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
Grandia	B-Application
,	O
originally	O
composed	O
by	O
Noriyuki	O
Iwadare	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Japanese	O
response	O
to	O
Grandia	B-Application
:	I-Application
Parallel	I-Application
Trippers	I-Application
was	O
mild	O
,	O
with	O
Weekly	O
Famitsu	O
magazine	O
granting	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
24	O
out	O
of	O
40	O
score	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
hands-on	O
preview	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
IGN	O
found	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
very	O
generic	O
role-playing	O
title	O
,	O
remarking	O
that	O
"	O
While	O
Grandia	B-Application
did	O
n't	O
look	O
or	O
play	O
poorly	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
nothing	O
here	O
that	O
differentiated	O
itself	O
from	O
all	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
big-headed	O
,	O
overhead	O
,	O
2D	O
RPGs	O
that	O
were	O
on	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
website	O
additionally	O
felt	O
that	O
Parallel	O
Trippers	O
was	O
too	O
loosely	O
associated	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
adding	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
really	O
only	O
Grandia	B-Application
in	O
characters	O
,	O
since	O
the	O
game	O
does	O
n't	O
look	O
a	O
thing	O
like	O
the	O
Grandia	B-Application
you	O
've	O
played	O
on	O
the	O
32-bit	O
consoles.	O
"	O
</s>
