<s>
is	O
a	O
2007	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Vanillaware	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Nippon	O
Ichi	O
Software	O
(	O
Japan	O
,	O
North	O
America	O
)	O
and	O
Koei	O
(	O
Europe	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
GrimGrimoire	B-Application
was	O
born	O
from	O
Vanillaware	O
staff	O
wanting	O
to	O
create	O
their	O
version	O
of	O
StarCraft	B-Application
,	O
beginning	O
development	O
after	O
completion	O
of	O
their	O
first	O
title	O
Odin	B-Application
Sphere	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
various	O
factors	O
,	O
GrimGrimoire	B-Application
was	O
released	O
before	O
Odin	B-Application
Sphere	I-Application
,	O
becoming	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
Japanese	O
debut	O
while	O
also	O
draining	O
its	O
funds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writer	O
and	O
director	O
George	O
Kamitani	O
based	O
the	O
setting	O
on	O
Atelier	B-Application
Marie	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Alchemist	I-Application
of	I-Application
Salburg	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Harry	O
Potter	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
Kamitani	O
planning	O
sequels	O
,	O
GrimGrimoire	B-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
failure	O
and	O
Nippon	O
Ichi	O
Software	O
did	O
not	O
continue	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
character	O
Lujie	O
Piche	O
crossed	O
over	O
into	O
Nippon	O
Ichi	O
Software	O
's	O
Soul	B-Application
Nomad	I-Application
&	I-Application
the	I-Application
World	I-Application
Eaters	I-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
companies	O
 '	O
collaboration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vanillaware	O
would	O
later	O
reimagine	O
their	O
early	O
gameplay	O
and	O
presentation	O
ideas	O
for	O
GrimGrimoire	B-Application
in	O
2019	O
's	O
13	B-Application
Sentinels	I-Application
:	I-Application
Aegis	I-Application
Rim	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
remaster	O
,	O
GrimGrimoire	B-Application
OnceMore	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
in	O
2022	O
and	O
worldwide	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
version	O
,	O
in	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GrimGrimoire	B-Application
is	O
a	O
two-dimensional	O
(	O
2D	O
)	O
side-scrolling	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
(	O
RTS	O
)	O
video	O
game	O
;	O
players	O
take	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
trainee	O
witch	O
Lillet	O
Blan	O
,	O
who	O
completes	O
both	O
story	O
missions	O
and	O
optional	O
challenge	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
action	O
of	O
GrimGrimoire	B-Application
takes	O
place	O
entirely	O
within	O
the	O
Tower	O
of	O
Silver	O
Star	O
,	O
a	O
magic	O
school	O
with	O
ancient	O
roots	O
,	O
over	O
a	O
repeating	O
cycle	O
of	O
five	O
days	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visiting	O
the	O
Tower	O
years	O
later	O
in	O
her	O
role	O
as	O
Mage	O
Consul	O
,	O
Lillet	O
meets	O
remaining	O
residents	O
again	O
,	O
and	O
learns	O
that	O
Lujie	O
vanished	O
into	O
another	B-Application
world	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vanillaware	O
was	O
established	O
by	O
George	O
Kamitani	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
small	O
group	O
to	O
develop	O
Odin	B-Application
Sphere	I-Application
,	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
Kamitani	O
's	O
1996	O
video	O
game	O
Princess	B-Application
Crown	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
development	O
on	O
Odin	B-Application
Sphere	I-Application
was	O
ongoing	O
,	O
Nippon	O
Ichi	O
Software	O
heard	O
that	O
the	O
Princess	B-Application
Crown	I-Application
team	O
had	O
formed	O
their	O
own	O
studio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
GrimGrimoire	B-Application
was	O
the	O
second	O
Vanillaware	O
project	O
after	O
Odin	B-Application
Sphere	I-Application
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
release	O
due	O
to	O
being	O
completed	O
in	O
a	O
shorter	O
timespan	O
,	O
ultimately	O
securing	O
a	O
release	O
date	O
a	O
month	O
before	O
the	O
scheduled	O
release	O
of	O
Odin	B-Application
Sphere	I-Application
by	O
Atlus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
production	O
of	O
GrimGrimoire	B-Application
combined	O
with	O
the	O
delayed	O
release	O
of	O
Odin	B-Application
Sphere	I-Application
left	O
Vanillaware	O
drained	O
of	O
funds	O
,	O
forcing	O
Kamitani	O
to	O
take	O
out	O
a	O
flexible	O
loan	O
of	O
20	O
million	O
yen	O
to	O
keep	O
the	O
company	O
afloat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kamitani	O
and	O
many	O
Vanillaware	O
staff	O
were	O
fans	O
and	O
avid	O
players	O
of	O
the	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
game	O
StarCraft	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kamitani	O
later	O
said	O
his	O
state	O
of	O
excitement	O
over	O
the	O
project	O
led	O
to	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
decisions	O
abound	O
the	O
story	O
,	O
deriving	O
thematic	O
cues	O
from	O
the	O
universes	O
of	O
Atelier	B-Application
Marie	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Alchemist	I-Application
of	I-Application
Salburg	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Harry	O
Potter	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
staff	O
's	O
familiarity	O
with	O
StarCraft	B-Application
,	O
the	O
gameplay	O
was	O
designed	O
very	O
quickly	O
,	O
but	O
as	O
Japanese	O
gamers	O
were	O
not	O
used	O
to	O
the	O
RTS	O
genre	O
,	O
they	O
had	O
to	O
lower	O
the	O
difficulty	O
and	O
make	O
the	O
game	O
user-friendly	O
to	O
genre	O
newcomers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Odin	B-Application
Sphere	I-Application
,	O
Vanillaware	O
used	O
2D	O
rather	O
than	O
3D	O
graphics	O
that	O
were	O
dominating	O
the	O
game	O
industry	O
:	O
Kamitani	O
wanted	O
GrimGrimoire	B-Application
and	O
Odin	B-Application
Sphere	I-Application
to	O
be	O
the	O
new	O
leading	O
edge	O
for	O
2D	O
art	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
his	O
games	O
since	O
Princess	B-Application
Crown	I-Application
,	O
in-game	O
character	O
models	O
were	O
2D	O
artwork	O
animated	O
using	O
"	O
multi-jointing	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
technique	O
later	O
associated	O
with	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
animation	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
notable	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
collaboration	O
between	O
Vanillaware	O
and	O
Nippon	O
Ichi	O
Software	O
was	O
the	O
character	O
Lujie	O
Piche	O
,	O
who	O
also	O
appeared	O
in	O
Soul	B-Application
Nomad	I-Application
&	I-Application
the	I-Application
World	I-Application
Eaters	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lujie	O
was	O
originally	O
designed	O
for	O
GrimGrimoire	B-Application
,	O
but	O
Nippon	O
Ichi	O
Software	O
thought	O
the	O
character	O
would	O
be	O
a	O
good	O
fit	O
with	O
the	O
visuals	O
and	O
style	O
of	O
Soul	B-Application
Nomad	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sakimoto	O
composed	O
the	O
score	O
for	O
GrimGrimoire	B-Application
alongside	O
Masaharu	O
Iwata	O
,	O
Kimihiro	O
Abe	O
,	O
Mitsuhiro	O
Kaneda	O
and	O
Noriyuki	O
Kamikura	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GrimGrimoire	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
announced	O
in	O
November	O
2006	O
,	O
releasing	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
April	O
12	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
localised	O
by	O
NIS	O
America	O
,	O
with	O
voice	O
recording	O
handled	O
by	O
PSB	O
Productions	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
already	O
handled	O
titles	O
in	O
Nippon	O
Ichi	O
Software	O
's	O
Disgaea	B-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Europe	O
,	O
GrimGrimoire	B-Application
was	O
published	O
by	O
Koei	O
on	O
September	O
28	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
release	O
in	O
the	O
region	O
was	O
timed	O
to	O
be	O
soon	O
after	O
the	O
final	O
Harry	O
Potter	O
book	O
The	B-Application
Deathly	I-Application
Hallows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GrimGrimoire	B-Application
was	O
later	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
(	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
)	O
as	O
a	O
Classic	B-Device
title	O
;	O
it	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
2011	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
2014	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
expanded	O
remaster	O
titled	O
GrimGrimoire	B-Application
OnceMore	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
28	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
April	O
4	O
,	O
2023	O
;	O
it	O
will	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
Europe	O
on	O
April	O
7	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
Australasia	O
on	O
April	O
14	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
remaster	O
was	O
directed	O
by	O
Yoshio	O
Nishimura	O
,	O
a	O
Vanillaware	O
staff	O
member	O
who	O
joined	O
after	O
GrimGrimoire	B-Application
released	O
due	O
to	O
his	O
love	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
low	O
quality	O
of	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
versions	O
's	O
voice	O
recordings	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
all	O
they	O
had	O
access	O
to	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
opted	O
to	O
re-record	O
the	O
Japanese	O
dialogue	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
voice	O
cast	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
GrimGrimoire	B-Application
debuted	O
in	O
second	O
place	O
during	O
its	O
week	O
of	O
release	O
behind	O
Apollo	B-Application
Justice	I-Application
:	I-Application
Ace	I-Application
Attorney	I-Application
,	O
selling	O
over	O
17,000	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultimately	O
,	O
GrimGrimoire	B-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
disappointment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
version	O
of	O
GrimGrimoire	B-Application
OnceMore	I-Application
was	O
the	O
twenty-fourth	O
bestselling	O
retail	O
game	O
during	O
its	O
first	O
week	O
of	O
release	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
with	O
3,524	O
physical	O
copies	O
being	O
sold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GrimGrimoire	B-Application
was	O
well	O
received	O
by	O
the	O
gaming	O
press	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpots	O
Kevin	O
VanOrd	O
called	O
GrimGrimoire	B-Application
"	O
a	O
fun	O
and	O
terrific	O
gem	O
waiting	O
to	O
be	O
discovered	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kamitani	O
said	O
that	O
GrimGrimoire	B-Application
was	O
the	O
only	O
project	O
he	O
ever	O
designed	O
with	O
the	O
intent	O
of	O
creating	O
a	O
sequel	O
,	O
and	O
despite	O
wishes	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
,	O
Nippon	O
Ichi	O
Software	O
did	O
not	O
put	O
in	O
any	O
requests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vanillaware	O
later	O
returned	O
to	O
their	O
concept	O
plans	O
for	O
GrimGrimoire	B-Application
when	O
developing	O
the	O
2019	O
science	O
fiction-themed	O
game	O
13	B-Application
Sentinels	I-Application
:	I-Application
Aegis	I-Application
Rim	I-Application
.	O
</s>
