Where the Hell is Breath of Fire?

In many ways, the Breath of Fire series is the quintessential JRPG. When detractors of the genre complain of its adverseness to innovation, they would usually complain about cliches found in this series. Ironically, the detractors own complaints are usually just as cliche as what they complain about, with very few JRPGs actually following through with many of their complaints as much as the would like you to believe.

That is, with the exception of Breath of Fire, which embodies them in many ways. Silent Protagonist with a mysterious destiny, check. Saving the world from an ancient evil, check. Invoking the powers of friendship, check. Yet, the series also always managed to provide the comfortable experience in a solid package, and as such it became Capcom's main RPG franchise.