History YMMV / BreathOfFire

* {{Sequelitis}}: ''Breath of Fire 6'' is widely agreed to be this. Being a generic mobile game that has little in common with the series. Capcom seems to agree as the server only lasted a year before being shut down.

%%* EvilIsSexy: Fou-lu, Elyon.

* FollowTheLeader: Also GenreShift. ''Breath of Fire 6'' plays like ''Videogame/{{Zenonia}}'' instead.

* LGBTFanbase: Garr has been popular in gay-oriented FanArt.

* CompleteMonster: [[YMMV/BreathOfFireII Father Habaruku]]; [[YMMV/BreathOfFireIII Mikba]]; [[YMMV/BreathOfFireIV Yuna & Rasso]]. See those pages for details.

* FanPreferredCouple: To an extent in ''II'', shows up more blatantly in ''IV'' and ''Dragon Quarter''.
** Ryu x Rinpoo/Katt in ''II'' is a popular FanPreferredCouple in both the US and Japan, even gaining its own PortmanteauCoupleName in English-speaking countries.
** Scias x Ursula in ''IV'' is a fairly well-established FanPreferredCouple that has taken on a fanon life of its own. Ryu x Lin in ''Dragon Quarter'' is a similar case of a FanPreferredCouple[[note]]considering the Nina in that game is all of twelve years old and Ryu has more of a BigBrotherInstinct towards her.[[/note]].
** ''Yaoi'' [[FanPreferredCouple Fan Preferred Couples]] abound as well. Probably the most popular examples include [[spoiler: Fou-lu x Ryu which is technically a ''[[ScrewYourself selfcest]]'' pairing in ''IV'', Ryu x Bosch in ''Dragon Quarter'', and Elyon x Jesuit in ''DQ''.]]

* CompleteMonster: [[YMMV/BreathOfFireII Father Habaruku]]; [[YMMV/BreathOfFireIV Yuna & Rasso]]. See those pages for details.

* FanonDiscontinuity: To a lot of fans, the 6th Breath Of Fire still doesn't exist. There was no mobile entry called [[{{Sequelitis}} Breath Of Fire 6]].

* {{Sequelitis}}: Breath Of Fire 6 is widely agreed to be this. Being a generic mobile game that has little in common with the series. Capcom seems to agree as the server only lasted a year before being shut down.

* CompleteMonster: [[YMMV/BreathOfFireII Father Habaruku]] & [[YMMV/BreathOfFireIV Yuna]]. See those pages for details.

* MagnificentBastard: Yuna. [[spoiler:He manipulates Soniel into testing the Dragonslayer blade on Fou-lu and eliminates him in the process, leaving the throne up for grabs. Fortunately, it is implied that the Fou Empire disbands after the final confrontation, so it is unlikely that he ever becomes emperor.]]

* ContestedSequel: Reactions to ''Videogame/BreathOfFireDragonQuarter'' ranged from ecstatic to [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks furious]]. There's also some regarding the manga adaptation of ''IV'', being a pure case of the detractors stating TheyChangedItNowItSucks.
* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** Barubary.
** Rei. His cheeriness, catchphrase, good looks and usefulness in battle have made him a fan favorite for those who played the game.
** Teepo: for similar reasons to Rei.
** General Rhun
** Scias
** Fou-Lu

* GameBreaker: The Agni/Ultimate Power transformation. Merges all the party into a single being, max HP and AP and the damages it deals ''always'' caps at 999.
** Sadly falls under LastDiscMagic. And this is in the dark eras of most {{RPG}}s not having NewGamePlus ([[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger with one exception]]).
** In ''II'', Bleu has the best stats, most powerful spells and the ability to shed her skin, which restores her HP completely. There's a reason she has no Shaman bonding.
*** ''I'' also relegates her to this status, seeing as she has the highest experience rate in the party (i.e. the easiest and fastest to level up).
* JerkassWoobie: Bosch. Though admittedly the "woobie" bit doesn't come out till [[spoiler:you hit the scenes featuring, ahem, Vexacion's idea of [[AbusiveParents father-son bonding]].]]

* PlayerPunch: Dear sweet Ladon, there are ''so many'' that this section would collapse if we listed them.
* PortingDisaster: The GBA-version of ''I'' experienced sound-glitches during battle whenever damage is being added/reducted, as the music would be scrambled for two seconds when you're getting healed, or the "damaged"-soundeffect would get warbled whenever you or the enemy take damage. While this isn't all too great of a bug, it's still very jarring.

* AntiClimaxBoss: All the way back in the first Breath of Fire game for the SNES, we have Tyr/Maria/Myria, the Goddess of Destruction. All the build-up for how terrible she is, and because of [[PowerOfFriendship Agni]], [[spoiler: which reveals her true form,]] she can't even deal damage in the triple digits, and healing is only an occasional necessity.

* BrokenBase: Reactions to ''Dragon Quarter'' ranged from ecstatic to [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks furious]]. There's also some regarding the manga adaptation of ''IV'', being a pure case of the detractors stating TheyChangedItNowItSucks.

* TheScrappy: Gobi/Manillo. Being the less useful party member and having a solo part where ''losing on purpose'' is actually easier and faster than trying to fight back speaks for itself.

%%* TheWoobie: Nina, Teepo, Fou-lu.

* CompleteMonster: [[VideoGame/BreathOfFireII Father Habaruku]] and [[VideoGame/BreathOfFireIV Yuna]]. See the pages for details.

* LGBTFanbase: Garr has been popular in gay-oriented FanArt.

** {{Capcom}} indulges in a big one by having not taken advantage of the GBA re-releases in order to fix the translation discrepancies (specially in ''II'') and not making use of the chance to expand on some {{Plot Hole}}s (Patty's whereabout probably being the biggest).

* FreudWasRight: Look at Deathevan's true form. See all those toothy snakes coming from his crotch? Also qualifies as GettingCrapPastTheRadar.

* {{Fanon}}: The current Ryu and Nina are the reincarnations of the Ryu and Nina from the previous, games and they are [[ReincarnationRomance soulmates.]]

**** If one is willing to go NintendoHard, it is possible to get the ChopChop attack (a very useful physical attack best suited for Nina) as a reward from this, but it requires the player to take out Wildcat MUCH sooner than the storyline requires you to and obey the signs except for being allowed to choose rare on the last.

** ''DQ''[='=]s soundtrack. The soundtrack credits the music with Hitoshi Sakimoto, and there were even rumours that YasunoriMitsuda had some involvement here. Even by themselves, they are both pretty good at often serene and atmospheric music. (And DQ's really represents a society on the brink of crumbling, just barely struggling to stay alive, let alone make progress)

* EvilIsCool: Barubary in ''II''.
* EvilIsSexy: Fou-lu, Elyon.
* {{Fanon}}: The current Ryu and Nina are the reincarnations of the Ryu and Nina from the previous games and they are [[ReincarnationRomance soulmates.]]

* MemeticMutation: apparently, simply writing '''''the KAISER DRAGON''''' [[BoldInflation like that]] developed into a meme...

* PortingDisaster: The GBA version of ''II'' didn't even bother to update the translation. Enter the FanTranslation.
** The GBA-version of ''I'' also didn't provide an updated translation. To make things worse, the game experienced sound-glitches during battle whenever damage is being added/reducted, as the music would be scrambled for two seconds when you're getting healed, or the "damaged"-soundeffect would get warbled whenever you or the enemy take damage. While this isn't all too great of a bug, it's still very jarring.

* TheWoobie: Nina, Teepo, Fou-lu

* CompleteMonster:
** Father Habaruku of ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireII'', founder of [[PathOfInspiration the church]], which steals the souls of its believers in order to power up the BigBad. His favorite method for winning followers seems to be replacing respected members of various communities with literal demons that disguise themselves as those people. He also replaced a man who used to be in charge of the church, a priest who was such a compassionate, big-hearted, and lovable character, [[spoiler:and your father]]. He got booted off the scene so that Habaruku could take over, then [[PlayerPunch strapped to a horrible demonic contraption and his life energy itself is used to power it for about ten years]].
** The scientist named Yuna from ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIV'' comes off as little more than a self-righteous, smarmy little git until you complete the dungeon of his lab and [[spoiler: you see that he's taken Nina's sister and made her into some sort of genetically modified horror. Him telling all about the 'wonderful gift' he's given her, looking for some kind of praise, makes it clear how irredeemably evil the guy actually is]]. Yuna also built a weapon of warfare that launches Hex, a toxic gas, physically. It's actually [[spoiler: the souls of people tortured at the hands of Yuna and the more anguish they have, the better the effect.]] You can see this in a side event and its effects are presented in the village of Chamba in the beginning of the game. The way the player experiences its horror just drives the point home. [[spoiler: At one point in the game, we are introduced to Mami, a genuinely likable love interest for Fou-lu. Just as it seems she's going to reform him, she's taken away and tortured to the ''point of insanity'' so she can be used to fuel an attack against the poor guy. When he discovers this, he decides that HumansAreTheRealMonsters and becomes intent on destroying them.]] To add insult upon injury, [[spoiler: Yuna [[KarmaHoudini slithers from the chains of karma]], since a player doesn't get to splatter the guy's innards all over the place. In the ending, he even smugly claims he will do it all over again.]] According to [[WordOfGod the creative team]], [[spoiler: a player ''was'' supposed to get around to tearing him a new one, [[ExecutiveMeddling but the suits decided rushing the game out was more important than actually finishing it]].]]

** In ''IV'', [=FouMami=] (for the het pairing), [=FouRyu=] (for the [[ScrewYourself selfcest]] pairing), and in Japan [=SciAsu=] (Scias x Ursula/Asura) also exists. [=FouMami=], in fact, is probably the most well known portmanteau naming in the VideoGame/BreathOfFire fandom.