The Look (6/10) - Like all the characters in Final Fantasy VII, she is modelled in the japanime style. Her legs are a little longer than normal, which is usual for this style. She has a metal brace around her leg and a strange metal contraption around her shoulder. She's wearing a halter top and short shorts.

Attitude (5/10) - One thing that stood out about Final Fantasy VII is their character development. All the characters in the game had very detailed personas, and were complex in nature. Yuffie is no exception. She turns out to be a greedy, conniving, and deceitful character. Her attitude is very arrogant and she tends to have an alterior motive for sticking with Cloud's group of fighters. In the end, she does help him out though.

Intelligence (6/10) - Yuffie does come across as cunning and sneaky, but her age begins to show. She doesn't wake up to the fact that Cloud is trying to help her, and that he needs her help as well till fairly late.

Stance (8/10) - Her movement was very cartoony, and the models of all the characters in the game were very chunky. However, this was the style of this particular game, and it worked. I think it looked good for what it was, although some people I have talked to have disagreed.

Voice (N/A) - Not Applicable. Final Fantasy VIII uses bubbles as speech. It's unfortunate, but perhaps with the release of Final Fantasy VIII that will change.

Scripts (8/10) - This game was designed to play like a movie, so the scripts were really good. Her scripts filled her part really well for the type of role they were putting her into. There were some times when she was weak, but there were times when every character in the game went through some kind of crisis.

Marketing Effort (8/10) - Final Fantasy VII is a hugely popular game. The one commercial that sticks in my mind is the one where the commercial seems to be a commercial for a movie. They mention in the comercial that people say this "movie" couldn't be done, and that those people are right. Then they break it to you that it's a game not a movie. That commercial really did sum up Final Fantasy VII, and the shots in it were interesting and contained some nice shots of the female characters. I believe the commercial targetted both men and women.

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