Breath of Fire II is a turn-based role-playing game for the Game Boy Advance, developed by Capcom and published by Capcom, with Ubi Soft handling Europe. Set 500 years after the first game, Ryu and Bow investigate the church of St. Eva. It adds a party formation system, shaman fusion, and township building, plus a dash button in this port.
How To Play Breath of Fire II
Control
Action
D-Pad
Walk through towns, dungeons, and the world map; move the cursor through menus and battle commands
A
Talk, examine, and open chests; confirm a menu choice; pick a battle command and target
B
Cancel or back out of a menu; hold while walking to dash
L / R
Switch between party members on the status and equipment screens; use the active character’s field ability
Start
Open the main menu for party, items, equipment, formation, and saving
Select
Display the map
About Breath of Fire II
Release date
JP: December 21, 2001; NA: April 15, 2002; EU: June 28, 2002
Developer
Capcom
Publisher
Capcom; Ubi Soft (EU)
Platform
Game Boy Advance
Genre
Role-playing
Series
Breath of Fire; port of the 1994 Super Famicom game and a direct sequel to the first entry
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