History Videogame / BreathOfFireIII

* InterspecieRomance: Near Maekyss Gorge lives the [[FrogMen frog-man]] Ecarl and his human (or possibly Wyndian) wife, Kimiko. After the TimeSkip, they even have a daughter, Miyuki.

* BraggingRightsReward: The Archmage and Berserker drop the best dagger and shield respectively. Unfortunately, they're incredibly marginal upgrades and by the time you can kill these two you're probably already at the final boss and can eat her for breakfast.

* DumbDodoBird: One is a part of the BossBonanza, and a UniqueEnemy to boot (the rest of the bosses in the area are rematches of earlier bosses).

** Though a DummiedOut spell, there was one which would have apparently [[TimeStandsStill stopped time]]. Its name? [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure ZA WARUDO!]] There are even unused voice clips of the whole cast shouting it.

* WhamEpisode: The Angel Tower, where Garr's true identity and motivations are revealed.
** With the WhamLine being:

** The game is full of tragic moments, though it's so long between each that it's easy to miss that it's a main theme of the game. However near the end the protagonist is reminded of several of them before making an important choice.
** Your first encounter with Balio and Sunder.
* WhamShot: As the climax of the game approaches, you are directed to an unimaginably ancient ruin where it's said that the gods walked in long-vanished ages... and it turns out to be [[spoiler: a modern-day city, confirming that the game does not take place in the Middle Ages with a bit of fantasy SchizoTech, but [[AfterTheEnd in the distant future following a societal collapse]].]]

* SealedGoodInACan: Deis as she's first encountered.

* MarathonLevel: [=McNeil=] Manor is an early-game example. It has two parts (the garden and the interior) that the party has to traverse like a maze. The garden part is mostly a StealthBasedMission with a minor FetchQuest near the beginning and two MiniBoss battles, and the interior is so labyrinthine that some characters inside even lampshade the oddity of ''why'' the mansion is like that in the first place. The interior is dotted with powerful random encounters at that point in the game and several MiniBoss battles. There is a bed for healing relatively[[note]]you still have to go through several rooms[[/note]] close to the entrance, and you'll find yourself [[CheckpointStarvation backtracking there several times]], especially after a tough battle, until at least you finally reach the attic (the second healing point) which by then is again, ''relatively'' close to the party's objective. Oh, and the worst part? The player must go through the interior with only two characters.

* DummiedOut:
** A few unused spells are found within the code, though only one actually has both effect and animation intact.
** There's a healthy amount of unused text buried in the code. Among them an alternate version of the Balio and Sunder ambush, and one hinting at Rei being member of the Mafia.

* HeadsIWinTailsYouLoss: The Balio and Sunder BossBattle underneath Wyndia. Unlike the first encounter, Ryu ''can'' defeat them at this stage, but it requires extensive LevelGrinding. However, victory is still optional, and they will run off either way.

** The Chain Formation - yes, it gives you insane speed, but it shoots your defense to hell, meaning that if you're not going to kill your enemy in one turn, you'd better be prepared with tons of healing items.

* BossBonanza: In the Myria station. There are plenty of new bosses. But given how some of the bosses are inside some segments of the station itself...it might not qualify specially in the end where you get to the inner laboratory where you face the Experiments which are mostly a BossRush per Capcom's tradition but they included a few new ones (including a Dodo bird, still the crowning moment of funny is when you have to face five Rockys, considering it can still inflict you the Egg status via the Ovum spell).

* BossRush: Present in TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon in a labyrinth-esque area. If you don't care about the treasure, you only need to fight 2 of them, the first of them being a group of the first bosses of the game which do single-digit damage to even moderately-leveled party and who go down in a single hit.

* DoorToBefore
* DoubleConsciousness: character

** There's a healthy amount of unused text buried in the code. Among them an alternate version of the Balio and Sunder ambush, one hinting at Rei being member of [[spoiler: the Mafia]] and another where his [[spoiler: Weretiger]] ability is hinted at very early during the story.
*** His [[spoiler: Weretiger]] ability ''is'' obliquely hinted at relatively early. [[spoiler: At Mt. Glaus, when he goes off to kill the Nue, he mentions that only he can use a certain ability, which is why Bunyan sent him off alone since he tends to attack his allies in that form as well.]]

* ExtraTurn: The ''EX Turn'' option, which grants those with a high Agi stat a second action "between" turns.

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* GoodVersusGood: Ryu [[CatchPhrase is not a bad dragon]], and is a consistently heroic individual who makes the world a better place. [[spoiler: Myria is a goddess who has spent her existence protecting humanity from danger and providing it with technological and magical aid through chrysm and the technology of the Black Ship. Unfortunately, she believes that dragons are inherently dangerous to the world, which is why she wiped them out in the past, and will do the same to Ryu if he doesn't agree to be sealed away in Heaven. [[WorldTree Yggdrasil]] also disagrees with her methods, because keeping the Desert of Death away from the lands of life prevents life from recolonizing it.]] There is no wrong choice here, just an open debate, and it's ultimately up to the player to decide which side is in the right,

* JustifiedSavePoint: The main method of saving is a journal found during camp most commonly, but on other select points inside dungeons.

* MaximumHPReduction: If someone was downed in battle and still down at the end, they would be brought back with 1 HP and have their max health reduced. The game also has the Mandrake healing item that's cheaper to buy than most other healing items and heals you to full, but likewise causes you to lose some of your max HP. Also, the game contains a move called Disembowel which inflicts HPToOne at the cost of reducing the ''user's'' maximum HP.

*** All above examples of max HP loss can only be cured by sleeping in an inn. Sleeping at the always-available free tent doesn't cure it and neither do any of the items.

* MultipleEndings: As expected: One ''Bad End'' and one ''Good End''. It is, interestingly, entirely possible to debate which is which.

* NonHumanUndead: There are zombie dragon bosses.

* PermanentlyMissableContent: Did you [[spoiler:fail to compliment Deis the first time you saw her in serpent form]]? No Master for you!
** The Beast Spear, Garr's ultimate weapon, is lost forever if you [[spoiler:leave the room before examining Gaist's remains.]]

* TheReptilians: Deis is revealed to actually be one of these rather than SnakePeople, as this game shows her to be capable of {{shapeshifting}}. To be fair, her magical abilities are inhibited in human form in order to keep her confined.

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The third game in the long-running EasternRPG series Franchise/BreathOfFire, released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation in September 1997 in Japan and April 1998 in North America. It was later ported into the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable system and released in August 2005 in Japan and February 2006 in Europe, with [[NoExportForYou no North American release.]] (Until 2016.) As typical for the [=BoF=] series, several characters from the earlier games are reinvented here.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In Sin City, a woman says she sells "everything that's not in the menu."

* GoodVersusGood: Ryu [[CatchPhrase is not a bad dragon]], and is a consistently heroic individual who makes the world a better place. [[spoiler: Myria is a goddess who has spent her existence protecting humanity from danger and providing it with technological and magical aid through chrysm and the technology of the Black Ship. Unfortunately, she believes that dragons are inherently dangerous to the world, which is why she wiped them out in the past, and will do the same to Ryu if he doesn't agree to be sealed away in Heaven. [[WorldTree Yggdrasil]] also disagrees with her methods, because keeping the Desert of Death away from the lands of life prevents life from recolonizing it.]] It's ultimately up to the player to decide which side is in the right. [[spoiler: Either ending can be interpreted as good, and notably, Myria does not kill any of Ryu's friends if he agrees with her, just wipes their minds and sends them home. Given how Myria's fears are proven ''right'' in Videogame/BreathOfFireIV due to just how terrible the technology is there and what it was capable of, the player can be forgiven for thinking siding with her is the 'good' choice, mostly because there is no wrong choice here, just an open debate.]]

* GoodVersusGood: Ryu [[CatchPhrase is not a bad dragon]], and is a consistently heroic individual who makes the world a better place. [[spoiler: Myria is a goddess who has spent her existence protecting humanity from danger and providing it with technological and magical aid through chrysm and the technology of the Black Ship. Unfortunately, she believes that dragons are inherently dangerous to the world, which is why she wiped them out in the past, and will do the same to Ryu if he doesn't agree to be sealed away in Heaven. [[WorldTree Yggdrasil]] also disagrees with her methods, because keeping the Desert of Death away from the lands of life prevents life from recolonizing it.]]
** Interestingly, it's ultimately up to the player to decide which side is in the right. [[spoiler: Either ending can be interpreted as good, and notably, Myria does not kill any of Ryu's friends if he agrees with her, just wipes their minds and sends them home. Given how Myria's fears are proven ''right'' in Videogame/BreathOfFireIV due to just how terrible the technology is there and what it was capable of, the player can be forgiven for thinking siding with her is the 'good' choice, mostly because there is no wrong choice here, just an open debate.]]

* CentralTheme:
** Why does power exist? [[PowerCorrupts Does power corrupt]]? If not, then what should it be used for?
** The above questions build up to [[PhilosophicalChoiceEndings the ending's philosophical question]]: [[spoiler: Is it better to trust in one God to rule the world, or trust that people will figure it out for themselves?]]

* JustLikeRobinHood: Deconstructed. [[spoiler: A mysterious cloaked man hires Ryu, Rei and Teepo to break into the mansion of their town's corrupt mayor, steal his ill gotten gains, and return them to their rightful owners. The townspeople are ''furious'' that the trio not only stole from their mayor, but implicated all of them in the crime by giving them the stolen goods. Not only that, but the mayor manages to have the last laugh by hiring [[KnightOfCerebus Bario and Sunder]].]]
** However [[spoiler: [[LaserGuidedKarma Karma]] catches up to Loki after the TimeSkip when Rei mauls him to near death, [=McNeil=] gets arrested by Wyndia for smuggling, and Mikba (Leader of Syn City: Balio and Sunder also serve him) is killed by Ryu and Co.]]

** The above questions build up to [[PhilosophicalChoiceEnding the ending's philosophical question]]: [[spoiler: Is it better to trust in one God to rule the world, or trust that people will figure it out for themselves?]]

* CentralTheme: Why does power exist? [[PowerCorrupts Does power corrupt]]? If not, then what should it be used for?

** Ryu's Kaiser form, it causes him to gain incredible strength, blonde hair and without proper care he loses control of himself. Sounds like a [[Anime/DragonBallZ Super Saiyan]].
** The Dolphin and the Ammonites are a reference to ''Film/{{Jaws}}''.
** One of the late-game weapons is the Heat Shotel, a reference to the Sandrock gunam's WeaponOfChoice fron ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing''.