

Breath of Fire: Dragon Fisherman) in October 2005, which contained an expanded version of the fishing minigame also from the game. The first title, Breath of Daifugō ( ブレス オブ 大富豪), is a replication of the Japanese card game daifugō featuring characters from Breath of Fire IV, and would be followed by a sports game called Breath of Fire: Ryū no Tsurishi ( ブレス オブ ファイア 竜の釣り師, lit. Each game was developed for use on NTT DoCoMo, au, and SoftBank brand cellphones that use the i-mode, EZWEB, or BREW services. See also: Mobile phone games of the Breath of Fire seriesīeginning in November 2003, Capcom began releasing Breath of Fire titles specifically for mobile phone devices in Japan.

Also available on PlayStation Portable (2005).Known in Japan as Breath of Fire II: Shimei no Ko.

Known in Japan as Breath of Fire: Ryū no Senshi.Also available on Game Boy Advance (2001).Released on Super Nintendo Entertainment System.By 2022, the series had sold over 3.3 million copies. As of 2016, six Breath of Fire titles have been released, with three games being ported to handheld game consoles as well as Nintendo's Virtual Console, and two ported to the Nintendo Switch's Super NES games library. Despite these changes, the core structure of Breath of Fire remains largely linear and plot-focused. Following the mainstream success of Japanese role-playing games in the 1990s, the series began using the original anime-style artwork for later Western releases of the games (rather than the Westernized art that was drawn specifically for the Western releases of the first two games), post-apocalyptic themes, and an increased emphasis on character development. At its inception, Breath of Fire took place in a medieval fantasy style fictional world. Over the course of his journey, he befriends Nina, a girl with wings. The story commonly involves an adventurer named Ryu (name usually changeable) who can shapeshift into different types of dragons.

The series is notable for its recurring characters and ambiguous continuity though each game is its own self-contained story, the names of the two lead characters are usually Ryu and Nina. It originated on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993. SNES, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Portable, Android, iOSīreath of Fire is a role-playing video game series developed by Capcom.
