Vincent Valentine (ヴィンセント・ヴァレンタイン, Vinsento Varentain?) is
a fictional character in Square Enix's role-playing game Final Fantasy
VII. Created by Tetsuya Nomura, he also appears in various titles from
the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII as a support character and is the
protagonist in the third-person shooter Dirge of Cerberus: Final
Fantasy VII and its mobile phone tie-in. He is also present in the
fighting game Ehrgeiz. The English voice actor of Vincent is Steven
Blum, while the Japanese voice actor was Kazuhiro Nakata in Ehrgeiz and
Shōgo Suzuki in all other appearances.
Vincent is a genetically
modified human who, prior to the Final Fantasy VII, was a Turk assigned
to guard the scientist Lucrecia Crescent. Although both fell in love,
Lucrecia decided to carry the child of Hojo, Sephiroth, head of the
Science Department, for an experiment relating to Jenova's cells.
Vincent would become the subject of one of Hojo's experiments and by
his introduction in Final Fantasy VII, he joins Cloud Strife's group to
defeat Sephiroth, who plans to destroy the planet as well as to
confront Hojo. In the game Dirge of Cerberus, Vincent's character and
backstory are further explored.
Due to time constraints, Vincent
was not originally meant to be playable in Final Fantasy VII, but in
the end he appeared as an optional character. Still, in the titles from
Compilation, Vincent would focus more in developing his character.
Publications for video games have had positive comments Vincent; he has
been regarded as a popular character within the game while his role in
Dirge of Cerberus was praised.
Weapon : Handgun
(named "Cerberus" in Dirge of Cerberus),"Griffon" (Machine Gun, Dirge
of Cerberus), "Hydra" (Rifle, Dirge of Cerberus), and Death Penalty
(Dirge of Cerberus)
