History BreathWeapon / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' used basically every Wyvern, Dragon, or "Boss" monster plus a few minor enemies. Yian Kut-Ku, Rathalos/Rathian, Yian Garuga, and if you want to be technical, a King Shakalaka all have a fire-based breath attack. Mostly fireballs, and in the case of the Yian Kut-Ku, it is simply lobbed out. The Gravios and (more rarely) Basarios have a beam-like weapon that also has an Exhaust after-effect, where they are likely to burn everything within melee range of them after disintegrating you with their throat laser. Among the -prey series there is Giaprey and Ioprey which spit ice and poison based attack respectively. Hypnoctrice has Sleep- based attacks. Congalala can eat mushrooms to belch out fire, poison gas, or paralyzing gas. The Elder Dragon Teostra has a flamethrower-esque attack.

*** Which doesn't actually mean it ups the ante, as many monsters in previous games could also do things like that. Khezu could spit electricity, and Gravios's sweeping heat beam was absolutely infamous.
*** [[spoiler: Ceadeus launches a powerful stream of water and Alatreon launches ice breath]]

* Breathing fire is one of Bowser's trademark characteristics in the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros.'' series, but there are a few other critters that have this ability (such as the Dino Rhinos and Reznors in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'').
** The Axem Ranger's Blade ship's Breaker Beam, in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG''.
** The Putrid Piranha and Frost Piranha from ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' have toxic and ice breath attacks, respectfully.
** Bowser's ability to spit fire goes all the way back to his NES days, though back then it was [[https://youtu.be/ylm3TNzYDOs?t=17s small bolts of fire]], rather then that oral flamethower in VideoGame/SmashBrothers.
* Ridley from ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' often has an attack of that type, although his dragon-like nature makes it seem rather logical.
** The ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy'' also has it. Many monsters spew fireballs (and some, [[AnIcePerson freezeballs]]).

* ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' and ''VideoGame/CityOfVillains'' has a few of these sort of attacks used by enemies but also available to players.
** Fire Breath
** Frost Breath
** Neurotoxic Breath (Poison)
** Bile Spray (Acid)
* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}''

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'': Ganon spews out fire at Link during his final phase of the battle.

* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda:
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''

* Scorpion from the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' series can pull off his ninja hood to breathe fire, usually as a [[FinishingMove Fatality]].

* In ''VideoGame/{{Quackshot}}'', Shere Khan from ''Disney/TheJungleBook'' appears as a boss in the Maharajah level. His basic attack is breathing fire at Donald, which is ironic, because in ''The Jungle Book'' movie, fire is his one weakness, and towards the end of that movie, Mowgli defeated him by tying a burning branch to his tail.

*** The boss Fraaz from Spirit Tracks is an entire boss fight centered around its BreathWeapon. The boss [[BalloonBelly inflates]] with a specific element ([[KillItWithFire fire]] or [[KillItWithIce "icy fire"]]) and the player has to use the polar opposite against Fraaz as it's inflating with another attack.* Scorpion from the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' series can pull off his ninja hood to breathe fire, usually as a [[FinishingMove Fatality]].

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' had Dodongos and King Dodongo blowing their burning bad breath at Link in the Gorons' Cave, and then later, Volvagia will try to cook the hero during the BossBattle at the Fire Temple.
** And let's not forget those ever-annoying [[AnIcePerson Freezzards]] in the Ice Cave...
* Scorpion from the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' series can pull off his ninja hood to breathe fire, usually as a [[FinishingMove Fatality]].

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks'': The Whirlwind could count as a breath weapon, since you have to blow in the DS microphone to activate it.
** Meanwhile [[DinosaursAreDragons Dodongos]] can breathe fire, and Olrox' OneWingedAngel [[spoiler: seeing as he's a dragon, has this as well]].
** The boss Fraaz from Spirit Tracks is an entire boss fight centered around its BreathWeapon. The boss [[BalloonBelly inflates]] with a specific element ([[KillItWithFire fire]] or [[KillItWithIce "icy fire"]]) and the player has to use the polar opposite against Fraaz as it's inflating with another attack.

* In ''VideoGame/LostSmileAndStrangeCircus'' there is Daigo, the circus firebreather.

** [[spoiler: In the secret ending of Grow ver.3 a little yellow dragon will eat some food and turn into a bigger dragon made of fire who will blow some at the bottom of the screen, if you did everythings right, the fire will turn into a CONGRATULATION !! message or rather a CONGRATU-FLAMES !! one.]]

* The Giant Minotaur boss in ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' had a fiery breath attack.

* The various dragon forms of the main characters in the ''BreathOfFire'' series. It's even [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin right there in the title]].

** In ''[[VideoGame/MegaMan V]]'' for the GameBoy, Mega Man has spent the game using [[RocketPunch the Mega Arm]], because his Super [[ArmCannon Mega Buster]] can't affect this batch of robots. What happened to it, you ask? Dr. Light put it in ''Rush''. He shoots the charged shots from his mouth (having no arms).

* [[spoiler:Vampires]] in ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'' have three breath attacks, coming in the Fire, Ice and Poison varieties. Many enemies have such moves as well, like dragons... or the fire-breathing ''[[MonaLisaSmile Mona Lisa painting]]''.

* In {{Pikmin}} the enemies Fiery Blowhogs and Watery Blowhogs breath fire and water respectively.

* [[spoiler:Vampires]] in ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'' have three breath attacks, coming in the Fire, Ice and Poison varieties. Many enemies have such moves as well, like dragons... or the fire-breathing ''Mona Lisa painting''.

* [[spoiler:Vampires]] in ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'' have three of these, coming in the Fire, Ice and Poison varieties. Many enemies have such moves as well, like dragons... or the fire-breathing ''Mona Lisa painting''.

* Breath attacks form a skill family in ''DragonQuest''. The weaker versions are pretty common among low- to mid-level monsters, while the most powerful breath attacks tend to be spammed by bosses. (Especially the FinalBoss.) Later games allow the player to recruit monsters or use special character classes that have access to these abilities. What makes them particularly obnoxious is that despite dealing elemental damage, they don't count as magic attacks, so the only ways to protect yourself from them are with equipment, spells or skills which either reduce damage taken from those elements regardless of the nature of the attack, or specifically defend against breath attacks.

* Certain units in ''MasterOfMagic'' have Fire breath, notably the entire Draconian race.

* The daedroth and spider daedra in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion''. The daedroth spits balls of fire; the spider daedra breathes lightning, and also casts a touch-range paralysis spell by exhaling green haze into its palm and then slapping the target.
** Played with in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', which combines this trope with LanguageOfMagic: the dragons' breath attacks are brought about from words in the dragons' native language.

* Ridley from ''{{Metroid}}'' often has an attack of that type, although his dragon-like nature makes it seem rather logical.
** The MetroidPrime also has it. Many monsters spew fireballs (and some, [[AnIcePerson freezeballs]]).

** The Putrid Piranha and Frost Piranha from ''PaperMario'' have toxic and ice breath attacks, respectfully.

** It's also all but stated in the UDON comics that Dhalsim's fire is actually an illusion, and it will only burn you if you ''believe'' it will.