Vincent Valentine

Vincent Valentine was one of two hidden characters in the PlayStation RPG Final Fantasy VII, the other being Yuffie Kisaragi. He has also appeared in the fighting game Ehrgeiz, and will be the main character in the upcoming game '. A slightly redesigned Vincent also appeared in the CGI film '.

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Hidden characters - PlayStation - RPG - Final Fantasy VII - Yuffie Kisaragi - Fighting game - Ehrgeiz - CGI - Film

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He appears as a tall, brooding man with long, unkempt black hair wearing a ragged red cloak over black clothes. His left arm below the elbow has been replaced by a metallic golden claw. It is unknown whether the metal arm is an entirely mechanical prosthetic, or a gauntlet intended to cover up some injury or deformity. His cloak covers the lower half of his face and is held closed by a series of buckles. His eyes are distinctly coloured red. His weapon of choice is a triple-barrel gun named Cerberus, reflected in the silver chain that hangs from the hilt of his gun shaped in the form of this creature. He is also a popular example of a bishounen.

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Cerberus - Bishounen

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To obtain Vincent as a playable character, players must follow a series of clues in the Shin-Ra mansion in Nibelheim in order to obtain the combination to a safe located there. Upon opening the safe, the party must fight a difficult monster called Lost Number. Once Lost Number is defeated, the player obtains the Odin materia, and a basement key. The player can then speak to Vincent in the basement and convince him to join the party.

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Playable character - Shin-Ra - Nibelheim - Odin - Materia

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Vincent was once a Turk who worked for Shin-Ra, and fell in love with a scientist named Lucrecia who was working with Professor's Gast and Hojo on the Jenova Project. Lucrecia, however, rejected Vincent and chose to enter a relationship with the insane Hojo. After Lucrecia became pregnant, Hojo used her as an experiment subject, injecting her with Jenova cells during the pregnancy. As a result, Lucrecia gave birth to Sephiroth.

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Turk - Lucrecia - Hojo - Jenova - Sephiroth

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Vincent objected to the use of humans - especially Lucrecia - as test subjects. As a result, he and Hojo quarrelled, and Hojo shot Vincent. Hojo then performed experiments on the unconscious (or, according to some sources, dead) Vincent. Afterward, Vincent slept in a coffin in the basement of the Shin-Ra mansion for thirty years (but see below), constantly reliving his "nightmare" as a self-inflicted punishment for being unable to protect Lucrecia from Hojo. Because of the experiments, he has a metal left arm and the ability to transform into various demons - some of which resemble monsters from famous horror films - in his limit breaks.

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