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Soriku said:
I've never played a BoF but I've seen some vids and it looks great. I also plan to buy the ones on the VC once I get more Wii points. This would further Capcom's support on the Wii with a big AAA game. Plus the Wii needs more RPGs so it would help in Japan too. IMO, that would be the best support Capcom could give us, besides MH3. And since all other Capcom games on the Wii are selling great, BoF VI would, too.

Anyone else want BoF VI on the Wii?

 BOF VI would not sell all that great.  The series takes a back seat, even in Japan, to FF, DQ, Tales, Kingdom Hearts, and maybe Star Ocean



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Soriku said:

Well, I think it would sell enough to make it a success. I mean, Z&W sales weren't all that great but that's a success for that type of game. Even Capcom said it was a success.


Zack and Wiki is not Breath of Fire.  Zack and Wiki is not even the same type of game as Breath of Fire.

If Zack and Wiki style games succeed on the Wii, Capcom will not make Breath of Fire for the Wii, it will make more Zack and Wiki style games.

Logic, is it really that hard to use?



Soriku said:
Riachu said:
Soriku said:
I've never played a BoF but I've seen some vids and it looks great. I also plan to buy the ones on the VC once I get more Wii points. This would further Capcom's support on the Wii with a big AAA game. Plus the Wii needs more RPGs so it would help in Japan too. IMO, that would be the best support Capcom could give us, besides MH3. And since all other Capcom games on the Wii are selling great, BoF VI would, too.

Anyone else want BoF VI on the Wii?

BOF VI would not sell all that great. The series takes a back seat, even in Japan, to FF, DQ, Tales, Kingdom Hearts, and maybe Star Ocean


Well, I think it would sell enough to make it a success. I mean, Z&W sales weren't all that great but that's a success for that type of game. Even Capcom said it was a success.


 Zack and Wiki did not even cost that much to make.  RPGs, especially Final Fantasy, cost a lot of money to make.  For example, Star Ocean 3 sold below expectations in Japan(or atleast from what I heard).  Star Ocean 4 would not be in development if it weren't for the fact that Star Ocean sold well(740K according to VGCHARTZ) in America.



Oh breath of fire is so awesome. BoF III is the game that made me learn english, and i feel ashamed to say i didn't finished it. I'm waiting for the day i'll buy a psp to finish it.

BoF 4 was awesome too. Never had the chance to play the fifth one.

But i think that if they make a new breath of fire it will not be an exclusive.




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Soriku said:
I've never played a BoF but I've seen some vids and it looks great. I also plan to buy the ones on the VC once I get more Wii points. This would further Capcom's support on the Wii with a big AAA game. Plus the Wii needs more RPGs so it would help in Japan too. IMO, that would be the best support Capcom could give us, besides MH3. And since all other Capcom games on the Wii are selling great, BoF VI would, too.

Anyone else want BoF VI on the Wii?

I would like one, but I doubt that's the best support Capcom could give us and I'm not sure why you use Monster Hunter is an example to show their support. Will it sell great? Yeah. It's still a good to great franchise however in terms of quality(opinion + review score averages) and not nearly close to "AAA" status. Also Breath of Fire was never really a "AAA" status game to begin with and I'm not sure where you're getting that if Capcom would release a new one, it would somehow become one of those genre defining games since it never really was past maybe the first one or two. Breath of Fire III has a Gamerankings score of 74% and Breath of Fire IV has an 82%. When the original two were re-released on GBA, they only got a 76% and 75%. Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter for the PS2 only got a 78%. Nothing there speaks to the game's being of "AAA" status. Back in the SNES days, Breath of Fire was severly overshadowed by most Squaresoft, Enix and SEGA RPGs at the time. This is from the wikipedia page on the original Breath of Fire:

Reception

[edit] Critical response

The game received moderately positive reviews. Electronic Gaming Monthly gave it an 8/10, while Nintendo Power offered a 4/5. Overall, Breath of Fire has earned an 80% universal approval rating from critics on Game Rankings.[14] Reviewers from RPGamer have complained about the linear nature of the story and the limited number of sidequests, which reduce replay value.[2][6] One IGN reviewer warns that game's difficulty is unforgiving.[5] However, another from RPGamer believes that ability to swap out defeated characters during battle, coupled with Ryu's powerful dragon spells, cripples the challenge of the game's later boss battles.[6]

 

 

 



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Words Of Wisdom said:
Soriku said:
Well, I think it would sell enough to make it a success. I mean, Z&W sales weren't all that great but that's a success for that type of game. Even Capcom said it was a success.
Zack and Wiki is not Breath of Fire. Zack and Wiki is not even the same type of game as Breath of Fire.

If Zack and Wiki style games succeed on the Wii, Capcom will not make Breath of Fire for the Wii, it will make more Zack and Wiki style games.

Logic, is it really that hard to use?
Way to miss the point.  He's SAYING that it doesn't have to match up to the likes of FF in terms of sales to be successful. 

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well ... the last one i played was IV :( (i've never played any of the ones on PS2 ).... and totally loved it ... i even play it usually every year ... and one for the Wii would be really cool :D



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Soriku said:
I don't think scores matter because if you follow scores that's saying Baten Kaitos or the Tales of series, etc. are "average" games (they have like 70% averages) when they're not.

Well Baten Kaitos has an 80% at Metacritic and Tales of Symphonia has a pretty healthy 86%. In comparison Famitsu, whom are notorious for high scores for RPGs gave Baten Kaitos a 31 or 79% which is lower than it's NA average and Tales of Symphonia scored a 34 or 85% which is again lower than it's NA average.

I'm not saying scores are the tell all, but you're saying Breath of Fire is a "AAA" status series based on what? Sales? It doesn't have them. Critical acclaim? It doesn't have it? Public perception? Completely overshadowed by all major Squaresoft releases in the same era.

Reviewers hand out pretty good scores to RPGs generally so for Breath of Fire to recieve comparitively lower scores than other RPGs of the same era each time they release one should show this series is probably not of the same quality as the heavy hitters. Famitsu themselves gave the PSP version of Breath of Fire III a 29 only which is roughly a 74%, so even in Japan where these games score well, it still isn't hitting home. Just try to understand, considering you haven't even played the series yet that maybe it isn't that big a deal.

 



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A new BoF on any system (so long as it's better than Dragon Quarter) would be awesome. I really miss that series.



Soriku said:
I use gamerankings and they have ToS and BK at 70 something %.

But it doesn't matter. I still want a new RPG on the Wii. And that from Capcom to increase their support.

From what I've seen, most people who've played BoF has liked it so I'll just go based on that. I don't think sales matter because there are a lot of good games that didn't sell very well.

I'm not saying it isn't worth getting. I had fun playing Breath of Fire II back in the day and thought Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter was decent, I'm just saying there's really no basis to call the series "AAA" or to expect that kind of quality out of a new one if they make it. I mentioned first that I would enjoy Breath of Fire VI on the Wii too, so I'm not totally against it. If you want more Capcom support though, why ask for Breath of Fire? Capcom has tons of series like Devil May Cry, Street Fighter, Resident Evil, Ghouls N Ghosts, Mega Man, Power Stone, Onimusha, Viewtiful Joe, and many others that would probably be given a better A treatment by developers than Breath of Fire would.

I'm not sure but I think you may be using Gamerankings wrong. Baten Kaitos is at 81% and Tales of Symphonia is at 86%. 

 



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