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Breath Of FireBreath of Fire is a video role-playing game series produced by Capcom. It involves a blue-haired protagonist named Ryu and a winged girl named Nina in every one of its five installments. Theme The theme has taken a different direction in each game, each with a slightly different genre and very different plot line. The major conflicts of the plot lines have slowly shifted from problematic gods to genetic modification over the length of the series. The Breath of Fire series is generally anime in overall style and character design, with genres ranging between fantasy and postcyberpunk. A wide range of both European and Chinese-style dragons play a critical role throughout the series. The types of dragon used change with the style of that particular game. Game play has undergone as many changes as the theme throughout the series. The perspective of the first two games is top-down, the next two isometric, and Dragon Quarter is third-person. The battle system is turn-based with infinite amounts of time between turns and this is probably the only consistency. Characters Throughout the series many characters have come and gone. The three constant characters in every game are listed below. Their appearances and abilities vary with each game. Ryu is the protagonist of the series. Ryu is always related to the dragon clan and is able to change from human to dragon at will after a certain point in the game. He generally appears between the ages of 15-25 with blue hair (dark blue in Dragon Quarter). Nina is the main supporting character in each game. She usually appears between the age of 13-23 and has constantly had wings. In the first four installments of the game she is a princess of the Windian (sometimes Wyndian) tribe. Deis (sometimes called Bleu) is generally a sage-type character. She usually has very powerful destructive magic. Her appearance has slowly changed between a naga and a human of 25-30 years old, although storywise much older. Unlike Ryu and Nina, who are different characters with similar basic characteristics, the immortal Deis is the same character in each game. She does appear in Dragon Quarter as Lin, according to the alternate designs in the official art book. Myria (once called Tyr) the Goddess of Destruction, is the antagonist and final boss of I and III. She has a beautiful and angelic appearance, but when threatened, she becomes an ugly snake-human naga. Breath of Fire II's antagonist, Deathevan, is her offspring. In Breath of Fire I, she grants powers to the Dark Dragons to create war in the world. In Breath of Fire III, she acts as an overprotective mother of all the world's creatures, "protecting" them from the dangers of technology. At the end of Breath of Fire III, it is revealed that Myria is Deis's sister. Other playable characters from Breath of Fire I - Bo, a hunter from the town of Tunlan, resembles a bipedal wolf
- Karn, a crafty thief who can learn different ways to "fuse" with other characters into large monster forms
- Gobi, a merchant who resembles a bipedal fish
- Ox, a cattle-human who is a very strong builder
- Mogu, a mole with the ability to dig through anything (also makes a brief appearance in Breath of Fire III)
Other playable characters from Breath of Fire II - Bow, another half-dog, half-human hunter and close friend to Ryu (not related to Bo from Breath of Fire I)
- Katt, a sassy catwoman fighter whom Ryu first encounters during a fighting tournament (member of Woren/Fullen clan)
- Rand, a strong Armadillo humanoid fighter and tournament manager
- Sten, a monkey with extendable arms
- Spar, the legendary "grass man" of ambiguous gender
- Jean, a frog-human who fights well with a rapier and speaks with a very unconvincing French accent
Other playable characters from Breath of Fire III - Rei, a young thief who develops the ability to transform into a weretiger (best known in the game for his catchphrase: "Doesn't that just beat all?")
- Teepo, a young thief and friend to Ryu and Rei
- Momo, a scientist who carries a large bazooka armed with magical shells
- Peco (sometimes called Pecoros), a walking cabbage plant
- Garr, a "guardian" whose purpose is initially unknown
Other playable characters from Breath of Fire IV - Cray, a member of a tribe of cat-like people, much like Rei from BoF 3.
- Scias, a shadowy mercenary of unknown background
- Ursula, a general in the Imperial army
- Ershin, a magically animated suit of armor, and another incarnation of Deis
- Fou-Lu (While not a party member, Fou-Lu is playable by himself at certain points of the game)
Release history - 1993 - Breath of Fire I is released for the Super Nintendo in Japan.
- 1994 - Breath of Fire I is translated by SquareSoft and released in North America.
- 1994 - Breath of Fire II is released for the Super Nintendo in Japan.
- 1995 - Breath of Fire II is translated by Capcom USA and released in North America.
- 1997 - Breath of Fire III is released for the PlayStation in Japan.
- 1998 - Breath of Fire III is translated and released Europe and North America.
- 2000 - Breath of Fire IV is released in Japan, translated and released in North America.
- 2001 - Breath of Fire IV is released in the United Kingdom.
- 2001 - Breath of Fire I is re-released for the Game Boy Advance in North America.
- 2002 - Breath of Fire II is also re-released in North America.
- 2003 - Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter (AKA: Breath of Fire V) is released in Japan and North America.
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