Breath of Fire

This article is about the video game series. For the first game in the series, see Breath of Fire (video game). For the Yoga breathing technique, see Pranayama.
Breath of Fire
Genre(s)Role-playing
Developer(s)Capcom
Publisher(s)Capcom
Creator(s)Yoshinori Kawano
Tokuro Fujiwara
Makoto Ikehara
Platform(s)SNES, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Portable, Android, iOS
First releaseBreath of Fire
April 3, 1993
Latest releaseBreath of Fire 6
February 24, 2016

Breath of Fire[a] is a role-playing video game series developed by Capcom. It originated on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993. The series has 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.[1]

The story commonly involves an adventurer named Ryu (name usually changeable) who can shapeshift into different types of dragons.[2] Over the course of his journey, he befriends Nina, a girl with wings. At its inception, Breath of Fire took place in a medieval fantasy style fictional world. Following the mainstream success of Japanese role-playing games in the 1990s,[3] 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. Despite these changes, the core structure of Breath of Fire remains largely linear and plot-focused. 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. By 2022, the series had sold over 3.3 million copies.[4]


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  1. ^ DeRienzo, David. "Breath of Fire". Hardcore Gaming 101. Archived from the original on May 1, 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
  2. ^ "Breath of Fire series". MobyGames. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gamsutra was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "CAPCOM | Game Series Sales". www.capcom.co.jp. 31 March 2023.