Tifa Lockhart

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Tifa Lockhart
Tifa Lockhart's artwork from Dissidia Final Fantasy.
Universe	Final Fantasy
Debut	Final Fantasy VII (1997)
Smash Bros. appearances	Ultimate
Most recent non-Smash appearance	Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020)
Console/platform of origin	PlayStation
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Article on Wikipedia	Tifa Lockhart

Tifa Lockhart is a character from the video game Final Fantasy VII.

Origin

Tifa Lockhart first appears in Final Fantasy VII. A childhood friend of Cloud Strife, Tifa recruits him to aid the insurgency group AVALANCHE in their ecoterrorism campaign against the Shinra Electric Power Company. After the return of Sephiroth, Cloud relates the story of the Nibelheim incident to the party. Despite believing that Cloud was not present during these events, Tifa does not contradict him, worrying about what a revelation will do to Cloud's mind.

When Sephiroth reveals the truth--that the SOLDIER present during the incident was Zack Fair, Cloud undergoes a mental collapse. Following the events at the Northern Cave and the summoning of Meteor, Tifa and the party find Cloud comatose in the village of Mideel. Tifa stays with Cloud to care for him, and finds herself in his mind after she and Cloud are caught in the Lifestream. Tifa helps Cloud piece his memories together, resolving the contradiction of Zack's presence. Cloud had in fact been present during the Nibelheim incident, but as a Shinra infantryman, not a SOLDIER. Cloud's motivation for trying to join SOLDIER had been to impress Tifa, and having not made the cut, hid his identity out of embarrassment. When Tifa had attempted to avenge her father and been struck down by Sephiroth, Cloud rescued her and defeated Sephiroth by throwing him into the Lifestream below Nibelheim's Mako Reactor. Before the final confrontation with Sephiroth, Tifa and Cloud share a quiet moment beneath the Highwind.

Tifa is a skilled martial artist, using gloves as her weapons, and performing sequential martial arts strikes as her Limit Breaks.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

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The Tifa Lockhart Mii costume in Ultimate.

Tifa Lockhart appears in Round 8 of DLC as a paid Mii Brawler costume. In said costume, she uses both her design and her weapon from Final Fantasy VII, with her initial weapon Leather Gloves. She was revealed during the Mr. Sakurai Presents "Sephiroth" presentation on December 17, 2020. She is planned to be released alongside the other Round 8 Mii Fighter costumes on December 22nd, 2020.