New details are surfacing on Square-Enix's newly announced Grandia III. The PlayStation 2 title will take players sky-high as the 16-year old adventurer Yuuki, as well as a brother-sister team of sidekicks, Alfeena and Emerius. The game will make use of a variety of vehicles, giving players the chance to experience travel by various ships, planes, and of course, some good old-fashioned plodding across the game's continental regions.

The battle system will feature a new spin on the series' tried-and-tested real-time encounters, bringing the time bar back, but with a twist: the bar will now be circular a la Grandia Xtreme, though whether or not that will have any impact upon its function remains to be seen. New to the mix will be counterattacks, and aerial combos, as well as a new brand of cancel attacks.

The game's developer, GameArts, is also trying to ensure that players won't feel any load times when the game switches from field to battle map.