<s>
is	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
originally	O
produced	O
in	O
2002	O
by	O
Sting	O
Entertainment	O
for	O
WonderSwan	B-Operating_System
Color	I-Operating_System
as	O
the	O
first	O
episode	O
of	O
the	O
Dept	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
later	O
introduced	O
to	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
in	O
2004	O
,	O
which	O
Atlus	O
USA	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
enhanced	O
remake	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
in	O
November	O
2006	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
July	O
2007	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
by	O
Atlus	O
USA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Riviera	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Promised	I-Application
Land	I-Application
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
with	O
some	O
elements	O
from	O
strategy	B-Application
and	O
dating	O
sim	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
all	O
allies	O
have	O
had	O
their	O
HP	O
depleted	O
to	O
zero	O
,	O
the	O
battle	O
will	O
end	O
triggering	O
a	O
Game	B-Application
Over	I-Application
,	O
which	O
will	O
give	O
the	O
player	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
retry	O
the	O
battle	O
with	O
the	O
enemies	O
 '	O
stats	O
lowered	O
and	O
the	O
OverDrive	O
Gauge	O
filled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Riviera	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Promised	I-Application
Land	I-Application
draws	O
from	O
diverse	O
mythologies	O
,	O
most	O
prominently	O
Norse	O
,	O
incorporating	O
concepts	O
such	O
as	O
Ragnarok	B-Application
and	O
Yggdrasil	B-Application
into	O
its	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
takes	O
place	O
mostly	O
on	O
the	O
continent	O
of	O
Riviera	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
characters	O
visiting	O
various	O
locales	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
sinking	B-Application
city	I-Application
,	O
a	O
forest	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
abandoned	O
cemetery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
appears	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
average	O
teenage	O
boy	O
and	O
is	O
quite	O
naive	O
,	O
an	O
attribute	O
that	O
annoys	O
both	O
his	O
partners	O
Ledah	B-Application
and	O
Rose	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
is	O
a	O
kind	O
,	O
thoughtful	O
witch	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cierra	O
wears	O
a	O
typical	O
witch	B-Device
's	O
conical	O
hat	O
,	O
red	O
boots	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
revealing	O
,	O
serrated	O
red	O
dress	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
suggested	O
that	O
he	O
is	O
much	O
older	O
than	O
Ein	O
and	O
his	O
companions	O
,	O
given	O
his	O
experience	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
choice	O
of	O
voice	O
actors	O
for	O
him	O
in	O
the	O
GBA	B-Device
and	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
remakes	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
is	O
debatable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ledah	B-Application
is	O
shown	O
as	O
aloof	O
,	O
cynical	O
,	O
and	O
pragmatic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
thousand	O
years	O
before	O
the	O
game	O
takes	O
place	O
,	O
a	O
war	O
known	O
as	O
Ragnarok	B-Application
took	O
place	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hector	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
Seven	O
Magi	O
,	O
sends	O
the	O
Grim	O
Angels	O
Ein	O
and	O
Ledah	B-Application
to	O
Riviera	O
,	O
accompanied	O
by	O
Ein	O
's	O
familiar	O
,	O
Rose	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ein	O
falls	O
in	O
battle	O
and	O
is	O
taken	O
to	O
Yggdrasil	B-Application
,	O
the	O
heart	O
of	O
Riviera	O
,	O
by	O
Ursula	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
is	O
nursed	O
by	O
Fia	O
and	O
Lina	O
,	O
residents	O
of	O
Elendia	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
village	O
near	O
Yggdrasil	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meanwhile	O
,	O
Ledah	B-Application
searches	O
for	O
Yggdrasil	B-Application
,	O
so	O
that	O
he	O
may	O
activate	O
the	O
"	O
Retribution	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ein	O
now	O
expects	O
to	O
live	O
peacefully	O
in	O
Elendia	O
with	O
his	O
new-found	O
friends	O
,	O
but	O
Ursula	O
informs	O
them	O
that	O
Ledah	B-Application
has	O
breached	O
Yggdrasil	B-Application
and	O
intends	O
to	O
destroy	O
the	O
three	O
"	O
Aquariums	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
sources	O
of	O
Yggdrasil	B-Application
's	O
power	O
,	O
in	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
activate	O
the	O
Retribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
six	O
companions	O
(	O
Ein	O
,	O
Lina	O
,	O
Fia	O
,	O
Serene	O
,	O
Cierra	O
and	O
Rose	O
)	O
head	O
out	O
to	O
Yggdrasil	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
they	O
manage	O
to	O
subdue	O
Ledah	B-Application
in	O
battle	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
Grim	O
Angel	O
Malice	O
,	O
Hector	O
's	O
pawn	O
,	O
who	O
deals	O
the	O
fatal	O
blow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
dying	O
Ledah	B-Application
warns	O
them	O
that	O
Hector	O
has	O
tricked	O
them	O
all	O
this	O
time	O
:	O
he	O
does	O
not	O
fulfill	O
the	O
will	O
of	O
the	O
gods	O
,	O
but	O
seeks	O
ultimate	O
power	O
for	O
himself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
battle	O
her	O
,	O
and	O
eventually	O
Ledah	B-Application
appears	O
to	O
intercept	O
one	O
of	O
Malice	O
's	O
attacks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ledah	B-Application
dies	O
soon	O
after	O
,	O
telling	O
Ein	O
to	O
stop	O
Hector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Ein	O
and	O
his	O
companions	O
are	O
able	O
to	O
defeat	O
Seth-Rah	O
,	O
and	O
afterwards	O
they	O
are	O
teleported	O
back	O
to	O
Yggdrasil	B-Application
by	O
Ursula	O
just	O
before	O
the	O
entire	O
Maze	O
collapses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ending	O
with	O
Rose	O
is	O
a	O
hidden	O
ending	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
WSC	B-Operating_System
game	O
,	O
and	O
Rose	O
does	O
n't	O
have	O
a	O
trust	O
stat	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Riviera	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Promised	I-Application
Land	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
WonderSwan	B-Operating_System
Color	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
Riviera	O
was	O
remade	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
,	O
featuring	O
a	O
completely	O
new	O
art	O
style	O
owed	O
to	O
Sunaho	O
Tobe	O
's	O
involvement	O
in	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
had	O
several	O
new	O
CGs	O
,	O
events	O
and	O
limited	O
voice	O
acting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
Sting	O
announced	O
and	O
released	O
a	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
remake	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
with	O
more	O
CGs	O
,	O
events	O
,	O
and	O
complete	O
voice	O
acting	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
sprites	O
were	O
merely	O
upscaled	O
versions	O
of	O
those	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
WSC	B-Operating_System
and	O
GBA	B-Device
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2007	O
,	O
a	O
Special	O
Edition	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Sting	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
essentially	O
the	O
US	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
version	O
with	O
Japanese	O
text	O
replacing	O
English	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heaven	O
title	O
,	O
Yggdra	B-Application
Union	I-Application
had	O
an	O
effect	O
on	O
the	O
following	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
remake	O
of	O
Riviera	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Artist	O
Sunaho	O
Tobe	O
is	O
quoted	O
as	O
saying	O
that	O
in	O
the	O
CG	O
image	O
for	O
the	O
Archangel	O
,	O
she	O
drew	O
inspiration	O
from	O
the	O
designs	O
of	O
Yggdra	B-Application
Union	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
release	O
of	O
Riviera	O
featured	O
a	O
large	O
amount	O
of	O
voice	O
work	O
for	O
a	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
title	O
boasting	O
nearly	O
two-hundred	O
voice	O
clips	O
,	O
far	O
more	O
than	O
majority	O
of	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
release	O
is	O
fully	O
voiced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Japanese	O
voice	O
actors	O
for	O
the	O
Japanese	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
version	O
are	O
largely	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
the	O
GBA	B-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
English	O
voice	O
actors	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
are	O
also	O
largely	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
the	O
GBA	B-Device
version	O
's	O
English	O
voice	O
actors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
soundtrack	O
has	O
been	O
released	O
twice	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
first	O
following	O
the	O
GBA	B-Device
version	O
's	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
Riviera	O
Full	O
Arrange	O
Soundtrack	O
,	O
which	O
featured	O
arranged	O
versions	O
of	O
all	O
the	O
songs	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
the	O
original	O
GBA	B-Device
or	O
WSC	B-Operating_System
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soon	O
after	O
came	O
the	O
Riviera	O
Intro	O
Disc	O
which	O
featured	O
the	O
WSC	B-Operating_System
music	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
drama	O
track	O
introducing	O
all	O
the	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2007	O
,	O
following	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Sting	O
released	O
the	O
Riviera	O
Perfect	O
Audio	O
Collection	O
Plus	O
,	O
a	O
three	O
disc	O
collection	O
containing	O
the	O
original	O
music	O
from	O
all	O
three	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sting	O
has	O
also	O
released	O
several	O
drama	O
tracks	O
for	O
Riviera	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
appearing	O
on	O
the	O
Riviera	O
Intro	O
Disc	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
four	O
on	O
the	O
Riviera	O
Epilogue	O
Disc	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
a	O
full	O
drama	O
CD	O
following	O
weekly	O
airings	O
on	O
used	O
to	O
promote	O
the	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
version	O
of	O
Riviera	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Promised	I-Application
Land	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
version	O
received	O
"	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Famitsu	O
gave	O
the	O
WonderSwan	B-Operating_System
Color	I-Operating_System
version	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
31	O
out	O
of	O
40	O
;	O
in	O
2004	O
the	O
same	O
magazine	O
gave	O
the	O
GBA	B-Device
version	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
one	O
nine	O
,	O
one	O
eight	O
,	O
one	O
seven	O
,	O
and	O
one	O
eight	O
for	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
32	O
out	O
of	O
40	O
;	O
and	O
in	O
2006	O
it	O
gave	O
the	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
version	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
two	O
eights	O
and	O
two	O
sevens	O
for	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
30	O
out	O
of	O
40	O
.	O
</s>
