Final Fantasy 7 Remake was an ambitious re-imagining of the classic game, and Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade is bringing a host of even more improvements to PS5. The biggest addition, of course, is the Episode INTERmission that focuses on everyone's favorite ninja, Yuffie Kisaragi.

The DLC episode takes place during the events of Final Fantasy 7 Remake and sees Yuffie traveling to Midgar to steal a valuable piece of Materia from Shinra. It is a brand new story to the Final Fantasy 7 Remake universe that features events and characters that didn't exist in the original game.

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One of the big lingering questions, of course, is how Yuffie will encounter the main party, or if she will at all. Based on an interview released by Square Enix, more details surrounding Yuffie's exploits in Midgar were revealed. So will the master thief and ninja actually meet Cloud face-to-face in the DLC episode?

FF7 Remake: Yuffie's Story Leads Up To Her Encounter With Cloud

FF7 Characters Who Could Appear In The Intergrade DLC

The events of Yuffie's Episode INTERmission run parallel to the story of the main game, and it seems like Yuffie's story starts roughly around the time of the Second Bombing Mission in Sector 5. A scene featured in the first trailer shows Yuffie and her party observing Barret and Tifa at Seventh Heaven, but choosing not to talk to them since Shinra might be on their tail.

With that in mind, Square Enix recently released a short interview with the co-directors of Episode INTERmission, Naoki Hamaguchi and Motomu Toriyama. During the interview, Hamaguchi says "Our goal was to present players with a story that leads up to Yuffie’s later encounter with Cloud and his group. In addition, the new episode was an opportunity to dig deeper into the lore of FINAL FANTASY VII." This definitely makes it sound like Yuffie and Cloud won't meet in person quite yet. However, the episode will provide more context into Yuffie's story and set up the moment where she finally joins the party.

In the original Final Fantasy 7, Yuffie was a completely optional character, and it was possible that players could go through the entire game without even finding her. Because of this, it makes sense that Square Enix would want to flesh out her story a bit more and provide context for Yuffie becoming a party member. For now, though, it looks like Cloud and Yuffie won't meet up in the Intergrade content for FF7 Remake until at least the very end of the narrative - if they meet at all.

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Source: Square Enix