

The patch rips out Capcoms dirty, greasy script and replaces it with a fresh new English one translated from the Japanese version. The other option was to play through the SNES version with Ryusuis Retranslation Patch. Fresh Fire changes a number of the games mechanics to make the whole thing more interesting and challenging.

The first was to do the GBA version with the Fresh Fire Mod attached. When it came to decide how to approach this game, there were two options I was considering. If the above gushing didnt make it clear, I really like this game and hope that I can both break the LP curse that surrounds it and do so in a way that does the game itself justice. The graphics and gameplay are more polished than the first game for the most part, although there are some serious issues with pacing that will become clear as the story progresses. The music is great the battle themes are all action-packed and really make you feel the weight of what youre going up against. I find every character to be compelling and unique. Not even the atrocious translation can dampen my enjoyment of it. One brilliant addition to the game is the ability to develop your own town, which you can control down to the architecture as well as the individual residents who live there. Theres a World Map, random encounters and pretty much everything youd expect from a jRPG. The gameplay is similar to the first game, for the most part, although its definitely more polished than its predecessor. This humble beginning is the start of a quest that will determine the fate of the world and all the people who live in it. Years later, the main character and the thief have made their way to the seaside town of Newhaven, where they enroll in the Rangers guild. After seeking shelter at the town church and receiving the protection of the priest, the main character is woken during the night by a thief, who convinces him to steal what he can and run away. Unfortunately this idyllic existence is shattered when a series of events lead to his father and sister going missing and everyone in the village forgetting who he is. The story begins with the main character as a child living a peaceful life in his hometown of Gate. Along with its predecessor, this game is one of the first true RPGs I ever played back when I first got my Gameboy Advance, and it remains one of my all-time favorites.

The game is a direct sequel to the first Breath of Fire and takes place many centuries after the events of the previous game. Breath of Fire II is an RPG released on the SNES in 1994, and later re-released on the Gameboy Advance in North America in 2002.
