Yuffie Warp Glitch (SPOILERS)

[Selphie Tilmitt]

What the ... this actually works Holy ... UN-Belie-vable!

Credits -


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3zowlMmU9w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_A_SV86LeM

My experience went like this - the saves I decided to use at first were a save I had with Tifa as the leader outside the Chocobo Farm and another save I had with Cloud/Aerith/Tifa very early on in the game, before recruiting Yuffie outside Junon. So from my first save I kept game overing to the Midgar Zolem and then loading my second to fight Yuffie (which kept taking ages getting her to show up) ... and it wasn't working, nothing was happening, it just kept going to the usual Yuffie recruiting screen. So I started to think this was yet another FFVII Hoax/April Fool's thing but it clicked that perhaps it didn't work with world map fights and sure enough I hadn't read/heard the fine print from the videos - it works with field fights/boss fights. My experience continued with me switching the first save I was using this time to a save with Cloud in the Whirlwind maze and the same second outside Junon. Helped off my party vs a White Wind and then loaded the second save. My first clue that something was up was that I couldn't flee from random battles, kept getting a can't escape message. After fighting through what seemed like an army of those Grand Sparks and those bird things Yuffie eventually showed up. Defeated her ... and the game sent me back to the battle with the White Wind, only this time Aerith was on my team!

I was so excited I lost the fight (incidentally the game sent me there with only the stuff I had from my disc one Junon save so yeah) Tried again, reorganizing my inventory outside Junon so I'd have easier access to Junon. Next time vs the White Wind I managed to win, Aerith's Seal Evil, Cloud's Cross Slash, back row, and the item that causes confuse were a lot of help, Aerith's Seal Evil was also a lot of help vs the Grand Sparks, etc while waiting for Yuffie to show up.

So yeah I have a save with Aerith inside the Whirlwind Maze now Before the save point "Sephiroth" is still standing there with two black capes but I don't think I can't backtrack more from here, might be able to do some backtracking depending on what saves are used though

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

Pretty awesome stuff. Too bad it only works on PC, though. I'm still waiting for a legitimate Disc 2 Aerith glitch for the PlayStation version.

 

[Shademp]

Had to check this out and indeed it works! I also confirmed that it doesn't work on the English NTSC version. What a neat extension of the "no-escape-after-boss-battle" glitch which does exist in all the other version.

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

Does that mean it doesn't work on English NTSC PC versions or just the PlayStation?

 

[Shademp]

Meant to specify that the glitch won't work on the PlayStation version. I can't be sure about the PC98 version though, and I can't check because I don't have it installed (and installing it is a major pain in the ass). My guts tell me that the glitch probably only works in the PC2012 version, because of how different it is from the rest. It sometimes doesn't load the proper music and if you pause a battle while a sound effect is playing, that sound effect will complete its sound while the game is paused. The re-release is very much HD, but other than that it is a bit clunky with the way that the sound loads. I'm also annoyed (yet fascinated) by the fact that so many characters have their blinking animations totally wrong.

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

According to that second link in Maiden's opening post, it does work for the 98 version as well. So, there's one thing you won't have to research.

 

[Shademp]

So, there's one thing you won't have to research.

I will not leave stuff like this up to someone else. I will research this and confirm or disprove the claims.

This news made me start up PC2012 where I last left off; the Corel Prison. Yet again, I see that pretty much every other character has a faulty blinking animation.

Dyne has the wrong eye brows for his blinking and Chocobo Joe repeats the odd blink where one eye remains open, but the other is replaced by a faulty eye brow and the mouth too is replaced by an eye brow.

Especially in the latter case where one eye remains open during the blinking, it is easy to spot even though the blink is only there for one or two frames. Later noticed that one of the jockeys displayed this blinking error too. It's such a shame that while the models are in nice HD, their 2D texture is messed up.

 

[Selphie Tilmitt]

- Just an update with the news I now have the Highwind with Tifa lead and still have access to Aerith in the party menu select, I've been using her a lot, she even ended up soloing Schizo for me The thing is I currently only have access to Tifa, Aerith, Barret, Red XIII in battle/by PHS, I also have a "dummy" Cait Sith who is tagged as "Cloud" upon entering battle with this dummy it is invisible and it's HP falls to zero. Apparently the dummy Cait Sith and Cid who is still named Cid still work fine for the return to Junon/execution/obtaining Highwind scenarios though. As mentioned earlier they also appear during the Black Materia retrieval scene. Only freeze point I encountered after Jenova Life getting Aerith to the Highwind was the scene where "Sephiroth" flies down to cut you down, apparently he needs to be able to knock three people down so since Aerith doesn't appear on screen there it won't work, just use somebody else for that part (or you could lose to Jenova Death then Yuffie warp back to her )

Exploring the world map with Tifa. There's a crater where the Temple of the Ancients was but it you enter it the temple front reappears and the game crashes. Game also crashed when entering the ropeway area of North Corel. Gongaga was fine no crashes (Tifa "A ruined reactor"), had Tifa grab Titan and the other stuff lying around there. Rocket Town Tifa gets stuck in the middle of the town while Cloud talks about rockets Nibelheim is fine, Cloud speaks (his dialogue about the town burning down/not lying etc) but it's Tifa, Aerith and Barret on the field! Can explore Nibelheim no problem, gonna grab all the stuff and recruit Vincent. The "Cait Sith" and "Cid" are on the airship along with Barret and Red, and it's possible to speak with them no problem.

Thanks for the verification Shademp

Tres, indeed. The Tifa/Aerith/Yuffie team has been an all time dream of mine

Some notes -

- When I ventured ahead in the Whirlwind Maze from the save with Aerith when it came to the illusion of Nibelheim Aerith disappeared, but the scene continued with Cloud and Tifa
- Rufus and Hojo in the Northern Cave
- Wait ... back with the party, black material is on the ground in the Whirlwind Maze
- Recovered Black Materia!
- Can move around, enter menu oh wait Aerith is there again.
- Choose who to give Black Materia to
- I give it to Red XIII
- Wait where did everybody go ... only Cloud, Tifa and Red XIII on the field ...
- Game glitched, can't progress
- Try again, use PHS to switch Aerith out, put Red XIII in ... wait where did Cait Sith, Yuffie, Cid and Vincent all go o_o
- Do the illusion again with Tifa and Red XIII
- Give the Black Materia to Barret
- Oh hi Scarlet, Rufus, Hojo
- Back to Black Materia scene
- In front of Sephiroth and blackcapes, can talk to Barret
- Trigger Sephiroth and blackcapes scene
- Enter battle with Jenova Death!
- Die

- Try the Tifa as lead save again but this time use a random battle in Mythril Mines to game over to
- Do the thing with Yuffie
- Controlling Tifa on the Mythril Mines field!
- Enter menu ... wait Cloud!? Have Aerith too.
- Exit to World Map
- Wait Cloud is lead!
- My chocobos are gone
- Wow I've been sent back in time to pre Junon

- Try a Forgotten City save, game over to a random battle in the coral area
- Do the Yuffie thing
- Back on coral area field, have Aerith!
- Enter City of the Ancients, go straight ahead, uh oh fish is blocking way to the capitol
- Try to leave city via east heading for the snowfields, game crashes, won't let Cloud leave city
- Try again, go to try and sleep in the house there, game crashes
- Try again, switch Aerith out for Barret (again no Cid, Vincent, Yuffie, Cait Sith)
- Scene in the house plays fine with Cloud, Tifa and Barret
- Go to save point on west side of city, switch Aerith back in
- Head to the capitol
- Run downstairs, can't see Aerith at the altar yet
- Bottom screen, Aerith is on the altar
- Head towards Aerith ... and Tifa and Aerith appear by Cloud's side
- Aerith is with Tifa watching Cloud head towards ... Aerith
- Trigger death scene
- Fight with Jenova Life! Aerith is fighting her too!
- Die

Oh and don't backtrack through the Sleeping Forest or it'll go back to sleep and you'll be unable to get through it again, then be stuck in Bone Village area without the Tiny Bronco

I also managed to use this to warp to the Demon's Gate but died. Apparently I have really crappy saves so I'm not really able to do much with this (Aerith in the Forgotten Capitol was faaar out though)

Maybe Shademp will have better luck

Edit - Okay, saved after Aerith's death with Aerith still available for party selection (don't use Aerith for Jenova Life battle), picked up the Water Ring to cheese Jenova Life. Heading for Icicle Inn area now, Aerith is doing 1500~ to randoms with Comet Curious as to how far I can get before the game freaks out on me again~

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

Keep updating us. I find this stuff fascinating.

 

[Farron]

Have you tried facing the One Winged Angel Sephiroth with Aerith in your team ? That would be badass.

 

[Selphie Tilmitt]

Thanks peeps I will definitely keep updating, and will post about the final boss fights once I get there (might have to do a fair amount of moar training before I beat them though) I will also try and provide as much detail as possible depending on as and when I have the time.

I'm finding it fascinating as well, especially the characters walking/talking on air parts, having Aerith in my team vs disc two bosses, using disc two material/spells, etc, NPCs talking about disc two events while you then trigger disc one events you didn't do yet, etc

Currently at the tail end of the huge materia arc, I have Cloud back and am at the submarine bit. Carry Armour just owned my ass

As well as Schizo, I have been able to fight the Commander Grand Horn, the Corel train boss/pseudo boss types and Ultima Weapon fine with Aerith in my team. Ultima Weapon also owned my ass the first time too though

I forgot to mention earlier I had to do a fair amount of training to get through Icicle Inn/Great Glacier/Gaia's Cliffs, I forgot how FFVII can actually be quite challenging if you have it on Active with the highest ATB speed, and also the save I originally warped from had my characters at a L15 average.

I take it for the PSP version it's the same as the PSX version so Yuffie Warp probably doesn't work for PSP either?

 

[Selphie Tilmitt]

So I managed to get all the way down to Jenova Synthesis (with Aerith still available for party selection) but lost to Ultima

At the first party split while going down the Northern Crater Aerith was still in my team but after the second party split it was just Cloud and Tifa Was able to add Aerith back in at the bottom though.

Notes -

*Nothing really seemed to be happening at Cosmo Canyon, Kalm and the likes with Tifa, the event with Zack's parents wouldn't trigger with Tifa, Aerith without Cloud either
*The same thing happened at Junon as with the Gold Saucer walk way with the game crashing upon entering
*Fort Condor, no problems, since I'd never been there before on the save I initially warped from the guy was still guarding the front but I was able to talk to him with Tifa and he let her in fine, talked to the old man upstairs, and Aerith came out for the conversation with Tifa, Barret and the old man, she had lines but I think they were generic like "A bird"! and "Yes, yes, let's do our best!" (I wonder though if you do this scene with Aerith while Tifa/Cid is leader, for the choice whether to help out or not, where do the affection points go? )
*Costa Del Sol - Interesting. The NPCs are all talking about Meteor but Hojo is still on the beach, and if you take Aerith out of the battle team, then go back to the beach she'll be there. She says "I have a bad feeling about this ..." Hojo says "..." It's funny because the girls with him are talking about Meteo and not how awesome Prf. Hojo is or anything (well do they do that anyway? <_<)
-Upon entering the port area and leaving again, the scene with the arrival of the ship with Rufus and Heidegger played
*I fought Materia Keeper with a Tifa/Aerith/Barret team (didn't save though for later experimentation)
*I used Yuffie Warp to fight Demon's Gate with Tifa/Aerith/Barret, afterwards the Cloud/Aerith/Cait Sith compatability/prediction scene played but then when the scene went to play with Cait Sith in the mural room Tifa was on screen with Cait Sith while it played, then the game crashed, same when I tried to warp with Tifa to the mural room from a random battle, the game crashed when I had Tifa examine the Black Materia.
*I tried warping to an earlier time in the Mythril Mines with Tifa, but it was Cloud on the field (though still Tifa/Aerith/Barret in the menu) and when I went to the world map I couldn't get to/find any transport.
*Another time I had a crash was when I tried to get back across the railroads from North Corel, I hadn't raised the drawbridge, so Tifa ran/walked on air in the middle across the gap but was unable to get over the raised bridge on the other side.
*For Mideel I had to reload and remove Aerith from the main party since the game crashed without a third character to follow Tifa/Barret

*Cid joined as leader/and it turns out in battle he's not a dummy model like Cait Sith and could be leveled up just fine (from L1!)
*I hadn't saved after trying to do some stuff with Tifa, when I tried with Cid it was mostly the same with what I could and couldn't do, except when I went to Nibelheim Aerith spoke about it being Nibelheim but the town still being there.
*When recruiting Vincent with Tifa/Cid Aerith will say her lines about no wonder about Vincent having bad dreams sleeping in that kind of place, and her that's dirty line about him not talking after you gave him info.
*If you lose a battle on the train going after the Huge Materia then Yuffie Warp, the timer will be at zero and you'll get the crashing into North Corel scene
*Not to do with the glitch but arghhahharglefrk at the PC controls/trying to stop the train on the PC version (also had to level Cid up again everytime <.<)
*Eventually I managed to save North Corel, get the Huge Materia and Ultima materia, then left to the world map on the North Corel side, oh yeah my airship was on the Costa Del Sol side and when I tried to go back oh yeah the drawbridge is still raised and Cid got stuck. I was like ... yeah (oh and I lost Vincent and couldn't be bothered to recruit him again yet)
*Fort Condor - I tried to do this before North Corel but the guy right at the top just kept eating my money and telling me he didn't have enough despite the fact I'd given him more than the required amount. After finally completing the North Corel stuff I was able to do this, and no glitches with Aerith or anything here.

*Returned to Mideel to see Cloud and Tifa, no glitching or crashing when talking to Tifa as Cid with Aerith in the team, Ultima Weapon triggering scene fine, same, just had to reload and do it again after setting up so I could survive against the darn thing.
*Lifestream events yaay
*Cloud returns as leader

*Went to Junon for the next Huge materia quest, upon entering Cloud has a blurb about the state of the town but the NPCs have their disc two lines and you can talk to the guy at the back to ride the elevator
*Upper Junon is disc two stuff and you can take the elevator to/do all the stuff for getting to and through the Underground Reactor with Aerith in the team just fine
*Same with the sub, no issues except I suck at crashing the red submarine and kept reloading because I'm stubborn and wasn't leaving till I won and could obtain the Huge Materia after.
*Explored the sea bed, oh noes it's Emerald Weapon!
*Found the key to the Ancients
*Did the Gelnika events, fought Reno and Rude with Aerith no problems, had Tifa steal their stuff awesme.
*Looted all the stuff on the Gelnika
*Where is that dratted red sub, where am I, where is it, round and round and ... finally there it is.
*To Rocket Town
*Cloud is lead so no glitching on entering
*Went to the rocket area, progressed, fighting Shinra grunts on the way
*Cid comes running and asks to go to the rocket too
*Cloud/Cid/Aerith team vs Rude!
*On board the rocket, game crashes because Aerith can't ask about the Huge Materia
*Retry - fight Rude with Cid in the team but lose the fight, Yuffie Warp back to the fight with Aerith/Cloud/Tifa, win - afterwards enter the rocket, and the final Shinra grunt fight isn't there, enter the inside and Cid's team are speaking but they are invisible or something, after Cid sets the controls, it's Cid, Cloud and Tifa who appear on the field and the game doesn't crash since Tifa is there to ask about the Huge Materia
-Retrieve the rocket Huge Materia (Aerith is still there in the battle team, ok then, hey Aerith is in/went to space too!, kinda)

-Return to Cosmo Canyon, Bugenhagen, City of the Ancients (made sure to have the Lunar Harp dug up first before progressing through to here)
-Aerith watches what happened to her on the projection screen (I couldn't help but think of FFXIII-2 oracle drives for the projection thingy now), as to what Aerith has to say about this, nothing much
-Diamond Weapon!
-Once defeating Diamond Weapon, I flew to the Northern Crater, then used another FFVII glitch known as the Midgar skip glitch (hold x + d pad while the Shinra executives are talking, keep holding them during the scene with them and suddenly afterwards your team is right before the fight with Hojo, for some reason Tifa was the only one who appeared on the field here though
-Aerith vs Hojo! - This was a great fight, I kept having Aerith nuking his ass and his goons with Comet 2 (Comet for Hojo when low on MP) and Ultima, Tifa using powerful enemy skills and Cloud on support helping the girls for MP refill duty with items. By Hojo's third form though I was low on MP and didn't have any items yet, but I had Cloud and Tifa use their limit breaks, then Aerith Fury Brand so they could use them again. Take that Hojo!

Next time look forward to "Secrets/other stuff" "New Game+" and the report on the final battles