Yuffie Kisaragi is an optional playable character and self-proclaimed “Materia Hunter” who joins the party hoping to steal their Materia, with the intention of restoring her country, Wutai, to its former glory. Although a skillful ninja, Yuffie is prone to sea and air sickness and shows signs of kleptomania. She has grey eyes and black hair which is always tied back.
Yuffie is voiced by Yumi Kakazu in the Japanese releases of her appearances. In the English-speaking territories, she is voiced by Christy Carlson Romano in Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy VII Advent Children; she is voiced by Mae Whitman in all of her other appearances. In other countries, Yuffie is voiced by Ilona Otto (German) and Caroline Combes (French).

Age: 16
Date of Birth: November 20th
Birthplace: Wutai
Height: 5′2″
Weapon: Boomerang
Occupation: Materia hunter

Acquiring Yuffie in Final Fantasy VII
Out of the two secret characters that could join your party in Final Fantasy VII, Yuffie Kisaragi will be the toughest to acquire. However, getting her will prove almost vital to your adventures since if you want to, say, breed chocobo, you’d steal more efficiently from certain enemies, and Yuffie is just the character to do that.
Firstly, you’ll need to actually find Yuffie. You can find Yuffie at any time during your adventure after you leave Midgar and are able to walk and/or drive around (with your Buggie) a forest area. Any forest area will work. Don’t be fooled, though. You will encounter Yuffie just like you will encounter any other enemy randomly. If you use the Sense materia when you encounter Yuffie, her name will be ‘Mystery Ninja’.
After you engage battle with her, you’ll just have to take her down like any other enemy you have faced. You can do anything you want to take her down. It may take a while depending on your level, but she probably won’t be strong enough to take down your entire party during the battle. Do what you are most comfortable, and the hard part of acquiring Yuffie will be over.
Once the battle is over, your party and Yuffie will appear on a small map with a save point. Yuffie will be lying down, tired from battle. DO NOT USE THE SAVE POINT. Yuffie is a materia thief. You must NOT take your eyes off her. Do not access your menu or anything. If you do use the Save point or go to a menu, she will be gone and she will have taken some of your Gil.
With all this in mind, approach Yuffie while she is laying down and start to talk with her. Now, during this little dialog, you’ll have a choice of what you want to say. You must say the correct things in order for her to get the idea that you want her in your party. Follow the proceeding instructions carefully!
Yuffie: “You spikey-headed jerk One more time, let’s go one more time!”
CORRECT ANSWER: Not interested.
Yuffie: “You’re pretty scared of me, huh?”
CORRECT ANSWER: ……petrified.
After this, she’ll start to leave, but will turn back around and say:
Yuffie: “I’m really gonna leave! REALLY!”
CORRECT ANSWER: Wait a second!
Yuffie: “You want me to go with you?”
CORRECT Answer: ……That’s right.
Yuffie: “All right! I’ll go with you!”
CORRECT Answer: ……Let’s hurry on.
Congratulations, Yuffie will now have joined your party.

Limit Breaks
Level 1:
Greased Lightning- Yuffie does a combination attack, one up close and one distance attack.
Clear Tranquil
Restores minor HP for the entire party.
Level 2:
Landscaper- Yuffee slams into the ground and creates Earth damage to the enemy.
Blood Fest
Yuffie brutally pounds all enemies ten times.
Level 3:
Gauntlet- Damages all enemies with blue light power. It hits powerfully for special damage.
Doom Of The Living
Yuffie slashes fifteen times at random monsters.
Level 4:
All Creation- A massive beam slams itself violently into the enemy party.

To get All Creation, return to Wutai after completing Yuffie’s sub quest. Head to the pagoda and beat the five bosses within–she’ll get her manual once Godo is defeated in battle.

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
Yuffie appears in Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII during a sidequest and a short stint in the story where Zack meets her in the Wutai temple.

Final Fantasy VII
In this game, Yuffie is the direct decendant of a tradition-bound ninja clan - but she could care less about “tradition.” She forcefully joins AVALANCHE, hoping to use them to obtain as much materia as possible. Within the game she is sly and completely self-centered, and her young age leads to brash decision-making and tumultuous relationships.

Final Fantasy VII Advent Children
Here she goes to Midgar in search of the kidnapped children and joins the other characters in their fight against Bahamut SIN. In “Reminiscence”, an extra scene featured in the film’s DVD edition, Yuffie attempts to contact Cloud to visit Barret and gives Cloud a gift: a “closed for business” sign to be used for his shop. The staff of the film admits in the DVD’s audio commentary that the box of materia that Cloud keeps in the church is indeed Yuffie’s.

Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII
She is shown actually helping out in evacuating Midgar shortly before Meteor fell in Final Fantasy VII, during which she manages to rescue Vincent having returned to the Sister Ray’s controls in order to confirm Hojo’s death with a hover craft as Meteor begins to fall onto Midgar.

Other appearances
Yuffie so far appears in three games of the Kingdom Hearts series. In the first game, Yuffie is first seen in Traverse Town after the battle between Sora and Leon. Along with him, Cid and Aerith Gainsborough, she fights to defeat the Heartless who had destroyed their world. She also makes an appearance in Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories as a remnant of Sora’s memories of Traverse Town. Yuffie also appeared in the Olympus Coliseum in an optional fight with Leon or alone. In Kingdom Hearts II, Yuffie aids Leon and the others as part of the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee, this time appearing in her Advent Children attire. She also appears in the Olympus Coliseum once more, with Leon. During the ending credits, we see Yuffie giving a sea-salt ice cream to Cid, while Yuna, Paine and Rikku immediately stole hers, prompting the ninja to run after them.
Yuffie is a secret playable fighter in the PlayStation version of Ehrgeiz along with Tifa, Cloud, Sephiroth, Vincent and Zack. Yuffie also makes an appearance in Itadaki Street Portable along with Cloud, Aerith, Tifa and Sephiroth.

Did you know?
Near the end of the game’s first disc, it is possible for the player to set Cloud Strife up on a date with either her, Aerith, Barret, or Tifa. During the date with Yuffie, she kisses Cloud in an awkward sequence. If the Wutai continent is visited after acquiring Cid and before the party’s raid in Midgar, Yuffie steals the player’s materia and flees to the town of Wutai, where she plays several tricks on the party to get rid of them. In the end, she gives the materia back after being saved from Don Corneo. In another sidequest, she must prove herself to her father Godo by beating the bosses of Wutai’s five-story Pagoda, including her father himself. If successful, Godo asks Cloud to take Yuffie with him on his quest, and the party receives the Leviathan materia. Due to her nature as an optional character, Yuffie is absent from the game’s FMV ending.

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