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's ''

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'' series. Designed by

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, she was first introduced in the 1997 role-playing video game ''

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'' as a young

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princess and thief. She can become one of the game's

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s after finishing a special

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. Yuffie reappears in the ''

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'' series, expanding her background and showing her after the events of the original game. Yuffie has further been featured in other Square Enix games, most notably the ''

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'' crossover series, voiced by

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in the Japanese versions of the games. In the English versions,

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provides her voice for ''

'' and '' Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children'', and

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is Yuffie's voice for ''

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'', '' Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII'' and '' Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind''; she is voiced by

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in ''

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''. The character has achieved a high level of popularity in Japan, but the English-language media reception has been more mixed.

Appearances

''Final Fantasy VII''

One of two secret characters in the 1997 role-playing video game ''

'', Yuffie is a 16-year-old

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and a

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who fights with oversized

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that she can throw like a

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. A fiercely patriotic daughter of , the leader of , a culture based on real-world

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, Yuffie feels her country has lost its former glory and become nothing more than a

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. After losing the war against

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, Godo began to turn Wutai into a tourist attraction. This did not suit Yuffie, who began running off, stealing the magical Materia from unaware travelers in hope to someday become strong enough to change this situation. Sneaky and arrogant, Yuffie has a

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ish and

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tic personality and obsessively steals and collects Materia. She also tends to be short-tempered and is prone to

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-wise, Yuffie possesses the special Materia "Throw", enabling her to throw almost any item from the player's inventory at enemies during combat, and when leveled up, the ability "Coin" becomes available, allowing her to throw the party's Gil currency at the enemy. Yuffie is introduced when she ambushes the protagonist

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and his allies in either the Gongaga jungle or the forests south of Junon, appearing as "Mystery Ninja". If the player defeats her in combat and then chooses the correct series of dialogue choices, she introduces herself and joins the player's

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as one of

s. However, once in Wutai Village, Yuffie steals the party's Materia and hides, but is kidnapped by a

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crime lord, the lecherous Don Corneo. When the group rescues Yuffie, she returns the stolen Materia and continues working with the party. In another sidequest, she proves herself by fighting the bosses of Wutai's five-story

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, the last of these battles against Godo. These fights, and the sequence of conversations following, enable both father and daughter to understand the other's actions and to come to a mutual respect. At Godo's request, Cloud officially takes Yuffie (who obtains her level 4

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special attack, called "All Creation") with him on his quest. If Yuffie is present at the end of disc one when

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is murdered by the party's nemesis Sephiroth, the player can witness an uncharacteristic display of emotion from the character, as she breaks down in Cloud's arms after failing to control her sobs. Yuffie's loyalty to the team is called into question after Cloud temporarily disbands his party ahead of their final confrontation with Sephiroth; when Yuffie is the last to return

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suspects her of abandoning the team in light of her earlier treachery at Wutai. When Yuffie returns to the group she subsequently rebukes Barrett for his judgement.

''Compilation of Final Fantasy VII''

In the 2005

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film '' Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children'', Yuffie reunites with her ''Final Fantasy VII'' allies to fight against the

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creature Bahamut SIN. In the ''

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'' novella "Case of Yuffie", which is set between the end of ''Final Fantasy VII'' and the beginning of ''Advent Children'', the disease

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spreads to Wutai, and Yuffie sets out to find a cure. In the 2004 action role-playing game '' Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII'', set six years before ''Final Fantasy VII'', Yuffie encounters Shinra's agents called the Turks in Wutai and unknowingly works with them against the

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group

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. In the 2006

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game '' Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII'', set one year after ''Advent Children'', Yuffie leaves home and joins the World Regenesis Organization, where she is placed in charge of espionage and intelligence gathering. Yuffie infiltrates

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Reactor Zero deep within the ruins of Midgar and shuts it off when the ex-Turk

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defeats the Shinra remnant Deepground. The nine-year-old Yuffie makes brief appearances in the 2007

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action role-playing game '' Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII'', where she fights against Shinra following their invasion and takeover of Wutai. After meeting

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, she enlists his help to find treasures in several side missions.

Other appearances

Outside the ''Final Fantasy'' series, Yuffie has also been featured in the ''

'' series since 2002. In the first ''

'', a younger Yuffie acts as a supporting character in Traverse Town, helping to defeat the Heartless who had destroyed her world. Yuffie's appearance in 2004's '' Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories'' is a projection from Sora's memories in Traverse Town. In 2005's ''

'', she aids Leon and the others as part of the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee, this time appearing in her ''Advent Children'' attire. In both ''Kingdom Hearts'' and ''Kingdom Hearts II'', Yuffie is additionally featured as an opponent in the Olympus Coliseum, while 2008's ''

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'' features a virtual simulation of Yuffie. She also appears in the manga adaptations of ''Kingdom Hearts'', ''Kingdom Hearts II'' and ''Chain of Memories'' published by

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and

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. Yuffie is also set to appear in the DLC expansion "Re:Mind" for ''

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''. Yuffie is an unlockable playable character in the

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version of the 1998 fighting game '' Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring'', appearing alongside other characters from ''Final Fantasy VII''. She is also one of the playable characters in the 2006 board video game ''

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'' for the

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, in a ''chibi''-style design that is similar to her model during the exploration gameplay mode of ''Final Fantasy VII'', and in the 2013 action puzzle mobile game ''Pictlogica Final Fantasy'', also in a ''chibi'' form. She was the first DLC character released for the 2014 rhythm game '' Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call'', returning in 2016's arcade game ''Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: All-Star Carnival''. Yuffie is also appearing as a playable character in the free-to-play role-playing video games ''

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'' (2014) and ''Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia'' (2017). Yuffie also makes unplayable appearances in some video games. In the 2008 action role-playing / fighting game hybrid ''

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'', she is a tutor of the in-game manuals and an unlockable friend card in this game. Yuffie is a "Legend" type assist character in the 2012 social role-playing mobile game ''

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'', depicted in her ''Final Fantasy VII'', ''Advent Children'' and ''Kingdom Hearts'' outfits. She appears as one of three summonable support characters in the 2014 racing mobile game ''Final Fantasy VII G-Bike'' and is featured in the card video games ''Final Fantasy Trading Card Game'' (2011) and ''Final Fantasy Artniks'' (2012). Two large Yuffie action figures were released by

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Square Enix Merchandise Store (archived). and ''Final Fantasy VII Movie Advent Children'' Series 2 in 2009 (in her film attire). Other merchandise include a small

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figurine version as she appears in ''Itadaki Street Portable'', from 2009's ''Final Fantasy'' Trading Arts Mini Vol. 4, a 1997 plush doll and a keyholder figurine by

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, a 2001

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figure by Kotobukiya, and a wallscroll poster in Final Fantasy Poster Vol. 5. Her

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in ''Final Fantasy VII'', "Descendant of Shinobi", is included in a

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form on the album '' Final Fantasy Song Book: Mahoroba'' as "Walking in the Road, After the Rain" by

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and Yuji Hasegawa. Yuffie appears in ''

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'' as a spirit. On February 21, 2021, Yuffie was added to ''

''.

Creation and development

During the early development of ''Final Fantasy VII'', Yuffie was envisioned as a 25-year-old ex-

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now working as a

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, seeking both the game's protagonist Cloud Strife and its antagonist Sephiroth, while to have a

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on her own head. Her

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was originally listed as "ninja (assassin)" and she was intended to be a daughter of the long-deceased Kasumi Kisaragi. The Wutai sidequest present in the final incarnation of the game was significantly different. Her age and description was different for each of the several

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s; what Yuffie looks like, as her

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, is determined on the last wanted poster viewed. She would encounter the party in a

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, or attack Cloud when he is sleeping in an inn. The Wutai scenario required Yuffie to be recruited to complete it. Having a close attachment to Yuffie's character, ''Final Fantasy VII'' event planner Jun Akiyama was responsible for a large number of

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s featuring her and her actions during fights. Regarding the use of

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, Yuffie uses ''atashi'' "as opposed to the other female characters who use ''watashi'', perhaps to make her sound more cute or youthful, as she is younger than the others."

, who voiced Yuffie in the English versions of ''Kingdom Hearts II'' and ''Dirge of Cerberus'', said she was not "aware of the extent to which people were familiar with her character already." In a 2012 interview, Whitman recalled Yuffie as "bubbly and bright and nice. But still super cool!" Yuffie's design in ''Kingdom Hearts'' was partially based on the originally planned appearance of

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from ''

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''. During the interview of the developers Naoki Hamaguchi and

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on Yuffie's Moogle hood and role at ''

'', Toriyama said that Yuffie wears Moogle hood, because it draws its reference from the time it was used in ''Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII'', and Yuffie wears it whenever she is on a covert mission. While her role is the same as in the original game.

Reception

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Yuffie Kisaragi has received a notably positive reception in Japan, having placed as the 42nd best

character in the 2007 "Den-Play Awards" by ''

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''. In 2010, readers of Japanese magazine ''

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'' voted her as the 48th best video game character of all time. In a 2013 poll by Square Enix, Yuffie was voted the 14th most popular ''Final Fantasy'' female character, sharing that spot with

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from ''

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''. ''

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'' (''EGM'') included "seeing Yuffie once again" as one of the greatest moments of ''Kingdom Hearts'' while giving it their Role-Playing Game of the Year 2002 award. David Smith from ''

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'' ranked Yuffie seventh on the 2008 list of top ten ''Final Fantasy VII'' characters, stating that she "belongs in the Wacky Sidekicks wing of the RPG hall of fame;" although commenting that Yuffie can sometimes be "a pain in the neck," Smith said that she became such an appealing

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character that Square would go on to use the "Yuffie formula" with Rikku for ''Final Fantasy X''. ''Final Fantasy VII'' director

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asked ''EGM'' "why American gamers love Yuffie so much." They were unable to come with a clear answer. According to ''

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'', Yuffie, being one of characters that are "

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s in and of themselves", "created a new

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stereotype -- the, uh, giddy girl ninja." WomanGamers.com gave the character an overall score of 7.0/10, opining that while "a 16 year old ninja girl was a nice refreshing change ..it would have been nice if her character had matured and developed through this story."Ismini "Atari" Roby
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WomenGamers.com, July 27, 1999 (archived). In 2012, Becky Cunningham of Cheat Code Central ranked her as the fourth top ninja in video games, stating that despite her "cocky, brash, and slightly abrasive personality," Yuffie is "also a compassionate person with an impressive goal," serving "as a unlikely hero, a seemingly self-centered sneak thief who always does the right thing in the end." In a 2014 poll by Spanish magazine ''

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'', Yuffie was voted one of eight best ninja characters in video games. Márcio Pacheco Alexsandro of Brazil's Game Hall placed Yuffie at the fifth spot on his 2014 list of top female ninja characters in games, commenting on her close resemblance to

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from ''

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''. In 2012, Jef Rouner of the ''

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'' listed Yuffie's reaction to Aerith's death as one of the five most "heartbreaking" missable scenes in the ''Final Fantasy'' franchise; which he felt rivaled the emotional impact of anything found in the main narrative.

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featured her in the 2011 list of 25 most sexy ninja girls in all media for her appearance in ''Advent Children'', adding "that third-dimension certainly adds something." In his review for ''Advent Children'', James Mielke of ''

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'' called her "as cutely

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as ever;" the film itself was called "Ogling Legal-Age Yuffie" by Geson Hatchett of ''Hardcore Gamer''. In 2015, Indonesian television

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ranked her seventh in their list of the sexiest Oriental characters in gaming. However, some of the reception was more negative. In her character profile, ''IGN'' wrote called her "both impressively useful and incredibly annoying." ''

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'' editor The 6th Man compared himself to Yuffie, as "in one word—annoying" but also having "that innocent, naive qualify." In 2010, Scott Sharkey of 1UP.com placed her in the category "The Perky Idiot" alongside Rikku and Selphie while discussing the top five character types in the ''Final Fantasy'' series. That same year, ''

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''s Mikel Reparaz included the appearance of Yuffie among the other ''Final Fantasy VII'' characters in ''Ehrgeiz'' on the list of the 55 best character cameos in video game history, but called her "hyper-annoying".Mikel Reparaz
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, GamesRadar, May 1, 2010. In 2013, Kyle Lowe of ''

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'' ranked her as the fifth most annoying classic video game character. Joe Juba of ''

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'' included her among "''Final Fantasy''s particular breed of annoying companions, like Selphie and Vaan."

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of '' The Escapist'' included this "crazy, hyperactive teenager" on her 2014 list of top five annoying princesses in video games, calling her "just a definition of annoying." As a result of calling her an unimportant character in ''Final Fantasy VII'' due to how difficult is to get her, ''Paste Magazine'' regarded Yuffie's portrayal in the remake as far more entertaining take on Yuffie due to her role in the narrative.

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Appearances

''Final Fantasy VII''

''Compilation of Final Fantasy VII''

Other appearances

Creation and development

Reception

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