Breath of Fire II

By Brian Lau

There’s nothing more relaxing to a gamer than returning to an old, beloved game from back in the day. If you’re a fan of classic role-playing games (RPGs), take a leap back into 20th-century gaming with Breath of Fire II. This recent release for the Game Boy Advance is a seamless translation of the original Breath of Fire II from Super Nintendo (SNES), which was released back in December 1995. It was quite an innovation at the time: a long epic quest consisting of over 25 hours of gameplay, eight useable characters, simple menus and commands — and the list goes on. This GBA version has everything the original had, plus a few more features. For one, there’s the ability to transfer items between two Advances using the unique Game Link capability. There is also the new “township” option, which allows players to create a town of their own...