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** ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'': Yuffie appeared as a random battle, and the player must select certain dialogue options to get her to join. The game was merciful, though, in that she would appear later [[NPC Amnesia|until the player gets it right]] (justified as she stole from you each time you got the sequence wrong). Also Vincent, who involved solving puzzles in a haunted house. After finally finishing the puzzles, surprise! [[Boss Battle]]! Also made annoying in that the boss was ''very'' tough if you didn't know what you were doing, ''and'' there's still little indication on what you're supposed to do to actually ''recruit'' Vincent.

*** [[Guide Dang It|Not only did you need a strategy guide to find these two,]] but they were in the ding dong ''instruction manual!'' That's right, the two secret characters you could miss very easily? They're mentioned in the instrusions! And then there was [[Dirge of Cerberus]]...

* ''[[Paper Mario ~~the~~ Thousand Year Door]]'' had Ms. Mowz, who makes several appearances as an [[NPC]] but won't join unless you do a certain side-quest.

* ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' had Ms. Mowz, who makes several appearances as an [[NPC]] but won't join unless you do a certain side-quest.

* ''Time Stalkers'' has Marion. Although not a ''secret'' by any stretch (she's listed in the manual with all the other characters), the method for getting her is convoluted and relies entirely on luck--you have to ''find'' her as a randomly generated item.

* In the ''[[Pokémon]]'' games, there are a few secret characters in every game. First generation had Mew, second generation had Celebi, third generation had Jirachi and Deoxys and fourth generation had Darkrai, Shaymin and Arceus. {{spoiler|Then again, Arceus being the equivalent of God in the Pokemon games makes it so he better be a secret character, or else the game would probably break.}}

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** The PSP port/upgrade of ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'', Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of Lions, included Cloud and all of FFT's unlockable characters, as well as ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'''s Balthier (as a secret character) and Final Fantasy Tactics A2's Luso (met in the story).

* ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]'': 4 characters offer to join your party if leaving with certain mission items, 4 others from completing certain missions.

* ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics ~~a 2~~]]'' had Frimedla Lotice, gained from doing five separate quests. The game also had Vaan, Penelo, Al-Cid Margrace and Montblanc as optional party members.

* ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics A2]]'' had Frimedla Lotice, gained from doing five separate quests. The game also had Vaan, Penelo, Al-Cid Margrace and Montblanc as optional party members.

* [[Nippon Ichi]] games, such as ''[[Disgaea]]'' or ''[[La Pucelle]]'', often allow you to unlock characters from their other games.

* ''[[Shining Force]]'' was horrible with these, and it extended to the sequels.