Breath of Fire III: Difference between revisions

The game takes place in a typical [[Magic World]], except that it has [[Petting Zoo People|humanoid animals]] co-existing peacefully with humans. There are also some machines, though [[Schizo Tech|their origin is a mystery]]. A long time ago there also existed a race of dragons, but they were killed off for some forgotten reason; only their fossils remain, turned into crystals which are mined to power machines.

 

 

The game is mostly remembered for introducing some of the trademark game mechanics on the series, including Ryu's dragon gene system, which allowed the player to mix and match several different "genes" (crystals) in order to create a variety of dragon forms; The Masters, certain [[Non Player Character|NPCs]] who after fulfilling their requirements granted those under their tutorship stats bonus as well as new techniques; and the Skill system, special master/enemy spells that could be learned and used by any party member. Most of these gameplay elements were later refined in [[Breath of Fire IV (Video Game)|Breath of Fire IV]].

* [[Arbitrary Headcount Limit]]

* [[Audio Adaptation]]: ''Breath of Fire III Drama Album'', which has Nina as the [[Narrator]], talking about her adventures with Ryu pre-[[Time Skip]] to two [[Canon Foreigner|original characters.]]

* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: 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.

** Kaiser form, while insanely powerful, will guzzle your AP up so quick you'll barely get any use out of it, especially if you use the Infinity/Trance/Radiance gene combo to get it at maximum power; this costs a staggering ''53'' AP just to initiate, and another 27 each turn; that's 80 AP just for a single turn in a game where, late-game, most players will barely have over a hundred for Ryu! On the other hand...

* [[Barefoot Cartoon Animal]]: Garr.

* [[Bishonen Line]]: Both subverted and played straight. Ryu's dragon forms get more and more monstrous, yet his ultimate form, the Kaiser, is...himself, colored gold. Subverted when he uses the Kaiser Breath attack, which turns him into a gigantic dragon.

* [[The Berserker]]: The "Berserk" skill, which dramatically increases the target's strength and removes control of it for three turns, after [[Deadly Upgrade|which he just dies.]] There's also the enemy Berserker who uses said skill, and both Ryu and Rei get transformations which turns them into this.

* [[Betting Minigame]]: One of the possible jobs one can give to the Faeries. Includes a "Guessing the Number" and "Guessing the Minor/Mayor Number Order".

* [[Biological Mashup]]:

** Ryu's "Hybrid" dragon form can take on four different appearances which takes characteristics and skills based off his teammates.

* [[Boss in Mook Clothing]]: The Archmage and Berserker, probably the best known examples on the whole series. The GooKing may also count, specially when it's [[Unstoppable Rage|angry.]]

* [[Boss Rush]]: Present in [[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon]] 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.

* [[Extra Turn]]: The ''EX Turn'' option, which grants those with a high Agi stat a second turn.

* [[Fishing Minigame]]: As expected. It was also made an special mode in the PSP port which unlocked never-published concept art.

** [[The Hero]]: Ryu

** [[The Lancer]]: Rei

** [[The Big Guy]]: Garr

** [[The Chick]]: Nina

* [[Four Is Death]]: The Guardians.

* [[Get On the Boat]]: Later in the game you get to sail the Inner Seas with Raphala's ship.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: In Sin City, a woman says she sells "everything that's not in the menu."

* [[I Don't Like the Sound of That Place]]: The '''Desert of Death'''.

* [[Inevitable Tournament]]: The Arena/Genmel "Contest of Champions".

* [[Journey to The Center of The Mind]]: {{spoiler|Teepo}} has Ryu go through one.

* [[Justified Save Point]]: The main method of saving is a journal found during camping.

* [[Novelization]]: ''Breath of Fire - Childhood Chapter'', focusing mostly around the first half of the game.

* [[Now Where Was I Going Again]]: Party members will remind you where they were heading to when talked in the camp.

* [[Overrated and Underleveled]]: Garr gets so much praise during the story as the former champion of the contest, who single-handedly defeats groups of three and who can [[Death Glare]] Balio and Sunder [[Bring My Brown Pants|shitless.]] Yet once he joins you, he's barely above the player in stats/level.

* [[Our Gods Are Greater]]: There are several beings referred to as gods, or who are otherwise of equal power (Myria and Ladon for the first, Yggdrasil and Deis<ref>though the latter name is itself a feminization of "Deus," Latin for "God"</ref> for the second; Ryu as the Kaiser may also count). None of them are omniscient or omnipotent, however (and Myria ''thinking'' of herself as such is what drove much of the [[Backstory]]).

* [[Shout Out]]:

** Stallion's design and signature attack (as well as the animation for it) are a straight one to [[Ultraman]]. Strangely enough, these were removed on the PSP port, turning Stallion's white skin into brown, and changing the attack's name.

** The original names of Kukuys (Kukurusu) and Doan in the Japanese version are a reference to the [[Mobile Suit Gundam (Anime)|Mobile Suit Gundam]] episode "Cucuruz Doan's Island".

** There are two enemy [[Shout Out|Shout Outs]] to fellow [[Capcom]] franchise ''[[Resident Evil]]''. Two of the late-game enemies are named Plant42 and Yawn. The latter, however, is [[Lost in Translation]] as the enemy was renamed Foul Weed.

* [[Tutorial Failure]]: Good luck finding your way through the desert by following the in-game instructions.

* [[Underground Level]]: Dauna Mines.

* [[Vice City]]: The aptly-named Syn City.

* [[Video Game Geography]]: Type 1 "Flat and Rectangular". The world does expand beyond the areas you visit, but most of it is unreachable due to mountains or other stuff blocking the path.

* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: Ryu, as well as Rei once he gets the {{spoiler|Weretiger}} command.

* [[Warp Whistle]]: There are teleporters scattered all over the world, which allow an easy way to reach different areas at once.

* [[Wham Episode]]: The Angel Tower, where Garr's true identity and motivations are revealed.

** 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.