Riviera: The Promised Land remaster launches for Switch in November

The remastered version of the game from 2002 will finally be playable on the Switch worldwide at the end of November.

On November 28, western Switch players can take over the role of Grim Angel Ein. | © Sting Entertainment

As announced by Sting, the RPG game Riviera: The Promised Land will finally be released for Nintendo Switch to be played by fans worldwide.

When it comes to platforms, Sting’s Riviera: The Promised Land has quite the interesting story to it. Originally produced for the WonderSwan Color in 2002, the game was introduced to the Game Boy Advance two years later. Another enhanced version was released in 2007, playable on the PSP and a fully remastered version has been available for iOs and Android since May 2024, followed by a PC version in July.

After said remaster had already been released for the Nintendo Switch on February 28 in Japan, now western Switch players can take over the role of the Grim Angel Ein to battle demons and other Grim Angels to seal away the Accursed, the four entities of evil.

The remastered version includes:

  • Option to change background music with five types of sound sources
  • Play mode with up to 5x speed
  • Event skip function
  • All illustrations available in high-definition
  • Ease of play greatly improved by difficulty level and mode selection
  • Boost function that allows you to quickly learn skills
  • Improved user-friendly interface
  • Function to switch voices between Japanese and English

Sting will release the remastered version of Riviera: The Promised Land for Switch via Nintendo eShop on November 28 worldwide. The game will cost $34.99, but pre-orders will have a 15 percent-off discount price of $29.74.

Did you ever play Riviera: The Promised Land? Will you give the remaster for the Nintendo Switch a try?

Daniel Fersch
Daniel Fersch