Breath of Fire: all version differences

5 documented differences between the releases of Breath of Fire, each with a source. Back to the main page for names, releases and where to play.

Category × version

CategorySNES (NA)GBA
Text10
Content10
Cover10
Graphics01
Gameplay01

Version differences

  • TextSNES (NA)

    Space limits in the English text forced many names to be shortened or changed: Gilliam became Bo, Danc became Karn, Manillo became Gobi, Deis became Bleu and Carla became Cerl.1

  • ContentSNES (NA)

    The prologue that plays when the Japanese title screen is left idle was removed from the North American version.2

  • CoverSNES (NA)

    The North American release came with a substantially different package design.2

  • GraphicsGBA

    The Game Boy Advance version redraws the character portraits, uses a menu similar to Breath of Fire II and updates the cutscene graphics.1

  • GameplayGBA

    The Game Boy Advance version adds a quick save, a dash button and item trading between two players over a link cable.1

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Sources

  1. 1en.wikipedia.org
  2. 2ja.wikipedia.org

Checked: 2026-10-13