Breath of Fire is a turn-based role-playing game for the Game Boy Advance, developed by Capcom and published by Capcom, with Ubi Soft handling Europe. Ryu searches for his kidnapped sister after Dark Dragons burn his village, gathering party members who each transform outside battle. This port adds illustrated cutscenes, new character portraits, a text battle menu, a dash button, and quick saving.
How To Play Breath of Fire
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, and saving
Select
Display the map
About Breath of Fire
Release date
JP: July 6, 2001; NA: December 13, 2001; EU: December 14, 2001
Developer
Capcom
Publisher
Capcom; Ubi Soft (EU)
Platform
Game Boy Advance
Genre
Role-playing
Series
Breath of Fire; port of the 1993 Super Famicom game, first entry in the series
Modes
Single-player; item trading over the Game Link Cable
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