History VideoGame / BreathOfFireII

** Likewise, after the difficulty is partly smoothed out by Ryu getting his Baby Dragon transformations, soon after you reach SimaFort enemies once again have enough HP that it won't one- or two-shot them...unless you [[GuideDangIt spot the hermit]] [[CaveBehindTheFalls behind a random waterfall]] on the world map which unlocks Ryu's adult dragon skills.

%%* BadassPreacher: Ray.

%%* BigBad: Deathevan.

* CashLure: You can catch the fish man merchant Maniro by baiting your hook with a gold bar.

%%* ColonyDrop: In the best ending.

%%* InevitableTournament: The contest in Coursair.

%%* OrphansPlotTrinket: The Dragon Tear.

%%* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: Infinity.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Augus. He gets two turns every round, and one of his actions is to charge up his next attack to do extra damage. Charging up then attacking in the same round will [[OneHitKill one-shot]] Katt even at full health (and Ryu and Rand if they're not pretty close to full health). Oh, and he can heal himself. It's also worth mentioning that charging up his attack doesn't guarantee he won't also get a critical. If he happens to get a critical on his charged attack, it'll easily one-shot even Rand.
** Also Terrapin, found in the dried up well in Capitan. One of the harder bosses of the game if you're underleveled.

* GuideDangIt: Finding the guy who teaches Ryu's Elemental Dragon upgrade isn't terribly obvious. Fittingly enough, the Prima Strategy Guide actually references this secret with the heading, "Why People Buy Strategy Guides". Miss your first chance, and Wildcat, a boss who would be a total pushover with said upgrade, instead becomes ThatOneBoss and you have no way of going back for the upgrade. Your second chance lasts the whole game after a certain point, but it's still quite well hidden. And you don't get the "G. Dragon" upgrade, which surpasses it, until very late in the game. Up to that point ''every boss'' is ThatOneBoss because they are all designed expecting you to be using the Elemental Dragons and therefore dealing far more damage than you're capable of with your pathetic Elemental Puppies.

%%* HandInTheHole

** The area right near Sima Fort. Just Southeast of it, is a signpost. South of this signpost are orange crabs that are meant to be fought a bit later that will come out and they give far more XP than normal, and they all die very fast to Nina's S.Boom spell that she learns about the same time you get to this area.

** The [[spoiler:Great Bird]], lost very close to the end, leaves Ryu's InfinityPlusOneSword out of reach.
%%** The Earth Shaman, as mentioned under GuideDangIt.

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!! Provides Examples Of:

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: As stated above, numerous - and explicit - references to both death and religion. Even more bizarre that Nintendo allowed this, yet denied the SNES version of Final Fantasy II/IV from using the word holy.
** In the ending credits, Eichichi's full name is given as [[PunnyName A. Titi Efcup]] and Nimufu's full name is given as Nimufu Mani.
** Father Manson.
** Killing the Gold Fly in the dungeons of Simafort prompts it to say "Damn...", at a time when swearing in video games was extremely rare (if not outright unheard of) in North America. Same for the "battlefield of hell" remark in Highfort, though it's ''slightly'' more understandable, given that it was using "hell" in the sense of a place.
*** Unfortunately, the Virtual Console fell victim to the Gold Fly's "damn" quote getting changed "darn." It is possible that it was an oversight because "darn" is used everywhere else.

* ParentalBonus: Tied in neatly with GettingCrapPastTheRadar, above.

** Likewise, after the difficulty is partly smoothed out by Ryu getting his Baby Dragon transformations, soon after you reach SimaFort enemies once again have enough HP that it won't one- or two-shot them...unless you [[GuideDangit spot the hermit]][[CaveBehindTheGalls behind a random waterfall]] on the world map which unlocks Ryu's adult dragon skills.

* MovingBuildings: The entire city of Township gains the ability to fly after an optional quest. This is required for the best possible ending.

* GuideDangIt: Finding the guy who teaches Ryu's Elemental Dragon upgrade isn't terribly obvious. Fittingly enough, the Prima Strategy Guide actually references this secret with the heading, "Why People Buy Strategy Guides". Miss your first chance, and Wildcat, a boss who would be a total pushover with said upgrade, instead becomes ThatOneBoss and you have no way of going back for the upgrade. Your second chance lasts the whole game after a certain point, but it's still quite well hidden. And you don't get the Gold Dragon upgrade, which surpasses it, until very late in the game. Up to that point ''every boss'' is ThatOneBoss because they are all designed expecting you to be using the Elemental Dragons and therefore dealing far more damage than you're capable of with your pathetic Elemental Puppies.

* {{Bookends)): Depending on your actions towards the end, then the game will both [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/bof/images/5/51/Valerie_dragon_form_artwork.png/revision/latest?cb=20111230125633 begin]] and [[https://lparchive.org/Breath-of-Fire-II/Update%2094/116-Breath_of_Fire_II_(USA)107.png end ]] with a dragon blocking the path from Gate to Dologany.

* SevenDeadlySins: An interpretation of the major demons fought throughout the game: Joker is lust, Trout is gluttony, etc.

* BlindIdiotTranslation: A famous exponent, to boot; this game came as close to a TranslationTrainWreck as is possible without becoming totally incoherent. Led to the ''extremely'' well-done d4s German FanTranslation (complete with the GBA gameplay tweaks added into the SNES game and a new intro that makes great use of original game art). The d4s version has since led to other-language retranslations of the game, such as Ryusui's 2009 English translation.

* WrenchWench: Eichichi ([[FanTranslation a.k.a. Gigi]]). Has massive breasts and finds machines... Stimulating. Probably would be MsFanservice, too, if the sprites in this game were large and detailed enough.

* HolyCity: Evrai. You may [[FridgeHorror never want to leave!]]

** There's a touching scene with Katt/Lin/Rinpoo (depending on translation), where she [[spoiler: explains to Tiga that people don't just fall in love at first sight. Then it turns out that Ganer and Valerie, Ryu's parents, fell in love at first sight.]]

** Since this game avoids LeakedExperience, anyone who you don't use will remain at their original level. This isn't a problem in most cases, even when the game forces you to use a particular character, because you always have at least your other three "mains". Except in two cases, with Sten and Rand. Sten will have to fight a tough boss (albeit with little HP) and go through a short dungeon on his own. The game forces you to use him before then long enough so that he should barely survive. Rand, however, is a completely other story. If you've never used him, he'll be around level 7 or 8 when he will have to solo a very strong enemy with high HP and strenght. Be ready to grind a few hours to get Rand up to par!

* DisadvantageousDisintegration: When hunting, Bleu/Deis [[NoKillLikeOverkill rains lightning bolts down on all the animals on the screen]]. This makes her the easiest character to hunt with... if you don't mind getting a lot of nearly-useless Charcoal. %%And despite some rumors, no, Charcoal is not useful for cooking.

* AlmightyIdiot: Deathevan after he goes OneWingedAngel.