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"I see you all are still in top form!"

—Yuffie inKingdom Hearts II

Yuffie^[1] is a spirited ninja introduced inKingdom Hearts, and originally taken from the Square Enix gameFinal Fantasy VII. She travels withLeon, whom she often refers to by his real name, Squall, much to his annoyance. She sometimes refers to herself as the "Great Ninja Yuffie", and wields a large fuma shuriken as her weapon.

Development[edit]

Yuffie's role was originally filled byRikku, but due to the fact that there was already a major character namedRiku in the series, they decided to replace her with Yuffie. Traces of Rikku's intended attire remain on Yuffie duringKingdom Hearts andKingdom Hearts Chain of Memories. ByKingdom Hearts II, Yuffie wore the clothing she had on inFinal Fantasy VII: Advent Children.

Yuffie,Aerith,Cid, and Leon were originally set to appear inKingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep. However, in the final release, they were removed from the game because, according to Nomura, there were too many plot lines already, and it would have gotten confusing.^[2]

Story[edit]

BeforeKingdom Hearts[edit]

Yuffie lived inRadiant Garden along with Aerith, Leon, and Cid.Maleficent took over her world with theHeartless nine years before the events ofKingdom Hearts and since then she has lived inTraverse Town with her old friends.

Kingdom Hearts[edit]

Leon and Yuffie advise Sora to join Donald and Goofy.

Yuffie appears shortly after Sora's battle with Leon and drags the two of them back to the motel. When Sora wakes up in the motel, he mistakes Yuffie for beingKairi as he is still only semi-conscious and refers to her as such, leading Yuffie to remark that Leon "might've overdone it". Afterward, Yuffie and Leon tell Sora about theKeyblade while inside the Traverse Town motel.

Later on after Sora, Donald, and Goofy have put an end to Maleficent and her councils of villains, Yuffie along with Leon, Aerith, and Cid finally return to their homeworld.

In the fight cups at Olympus Coliseum, Yuffie is fought numerous times by herself and alongside Leon. She fights primarily by throwing small shuriken and swinging her larger one as a weapon, but she is also able to recover lost health if she is not interrupted.

Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories[edit]

A replica of Yuffie, based on Sora's memories of her, appears within theTraverse Town floor ofCastle Oblivion. She doesn't remember Sora at first, but the links in his heart help her to start recalling bits and pieces, which she notes as strange yet convenient. Later in the conversation, she is bemused by Sora's claim that their town exist within a castle.

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Kingdom Hearts II[edit]

Yuffie is the first person to meet Sora as his party entersHollow Bastion and leads them toMerlin's house. There, she introduces the familiar friends from Traverse Town and theHollow Bastion Restoration Committee (the latter of which she is a member of).

She explains the town's defense system to Sora,Donald andGoofy and, later on, fights alongside Sora at theRavine Trail during the invasion of Hollow Bastion. Once she and Sora clear the area of enemies, she leaves to assist Leon and the others.

She participates in the tournament cups[?] in theUnderworld atOlympus Coliseum.

Kingdom Hearts coded[edit]

AfterData-Sora collects every Ending Card in Castle Oblivion,Data-Roxas allows him to open the final door and learn the truth behind the hurt. Right as Data-Sora moves to open the door, illusions of Leon and Yuffie appear to congratulate him for keeping Traverse Town safe, explaining that something urgent came up that they had to deal with. They express a wish to someday work alongside him and give him aDebug Device: Y and aHeat Sink Belt before departing.

Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind[edit]

One year after Xehanort's defeat in the Limitcut episode, Yuffie is seen in Merlin's House in Radiant Garden along with Leon, Cid, and Aerith, trying to uncover any clues to Sora's whereabouts.

Design[edit]

Yuffie is sixteen years old inKingdom Hearts^[3] andKingdom Hearts Chain of Memories, seventeen during the events ofKingdom Hearts II and eighteen during the events ofKingdom Hearts III Re Mind.

Yuffie's appearance inKingdom Hearts resembles her look inFinal Fantasy VII, though she lacks her leg brace and arm guard. Yuffie has short, black hair and wears a metal headband with two green tassels. She wears a yellow scarf (which was never present in herFinal Fantasy VII designs; it is a leftover from Rikku, who was originally to fill Yuffie's role), a green tube top two blue belts holding it up (as opposed to her original turtleneck), tan short-shorts with another loose, blue belt around her waist, white socks that reach about mid-thigh, orange shoes, and mesh sleeves on her arms that disappear into orange, fingerless gloves with black bands constricting the ends. She is also seen wearing this outfit inKingdom Hearts Re:coded.

InKingdom Hearts II, Yuffie's appearance changes to match her look inFinal Fantasy VII: Advent Children. Her eyes are violet in this game, as opposed to the blue-grey they were in the first game. Yuffie switches her original forehead guard for a regular black headband with white lining. She wears an unzipped, dark grey combat vest with a black strap dangling from the right pocket overtop a navy blue tank top with white floral designs. She wears a white wristband on her right wrist and a grey, fingerless glove on her left arm. Her shorts are slightly darker and have another black strap dangling from the left side. Yuffie also wears black, over-the-knee socks with white stripes at the top underneath dark tan sneaker boots that are knee-high in length. In both of her appearances, Yuffie uses her 4-Point Shuriken fromFinal Fantasy VII as her weapon.

Personality[edit]

Yuffie is hyperactive but tires out easily due to her high energy and quick movement. She is hard-working and determined, set on repairing her home of Radiant Garden and aiding Sora in his campaign against the Heartless and other foes. She is usually friendly, cheerful and mischievous. She is, however, lacking the original's signature traits of sneakiness and selfishness.

Abilities[edit]

Yuffie uses slashing and throwing attacks similar to those of herFinal Fantasy counterpart. She can teleport leaving smoke and blowing leaves behind.

Yuffie has access to several of herLimit Breaks fromFinal Fantasy VII.Greased Lightning allows her to slash with her shuriken,Landscaper enable her to throw a shuriken along the ground,Clear Tranquil allows her to restore HP to both her and Leon, andAll Creation allows her to attack with a huge shuriken.

Kingdom Hearts II[edit]

Yuffie briefly assists Sora on theRavine Trail before theBattle of 1000 Heartless.

Origin[edit]

Yuffie Kisaragi originally debuted inFinal Fantasy VII as one of the two secret characters that could be recruited to the party if certain conditions were met, though she, later on, joins the main cast in the Compilation. A ninja born in the western continent, Wutai, Yuffie lives her life hunting Materia, has developed an obsession with it early in her childhood.

Notes and references[edit]

• Entelechy
• Hollow Bastion/Radiant Garden
• Traverse Town
• Final Fantasy characters
• Kingdom Hearts characters
• Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories characters
• Kingdom Hearts II characters
• Kingdom Hearts coded characters
• Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind characters
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