Can you play as Cid Highwind in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth?

Sam Smith
Cid Highwind FF7 Rebirth

Cid Highwind is a character from the original FF7, but now that the character is set to appear in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, will be playable? Spoilers for FF7 Rebirth below!

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will introduce more characters from the original game and even add some to the party of playable characters. However, while Final Fantasy Rebirth has more playable characters than the Final Fantasy 7 Remake, it stops short of making every character controllable, even if they do finally join the heroes on their adventure.

Characters like Cid Highwind, Vincent Valentine, Cait Sith, and Yuffie Kisaragi all meet up with Cloud and the crew in Final Fantasy Rebirth, with even Red XIII joining the party as a playable character after being just a guest party member in the FF7 Remake. But will the captain of the Highwind airship join the party as a playable character in the game?

Cid and Aerith
Cid will meet the gang in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.

Is Cid Highwind playable in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth?

No, Cid Highwinde is not a playable character in FF7 Rebirth.

The character is introduced in the game and does join Cloud and the team, but he’s mostly a supporting character in FF7 Rebirth and is never controlled directly by the player.

The list of playable characters in Final Fantasy Rebirth are:

  • Cloud Strife
  • Tifa Lockheart
  • Barret Wallace
  • Aerith Gainsborough
  • Red XIII
  • Yuffie Kisaragi
  • Cait Sith
  • Zack Fair (Limited)
  • Sephiroth (Limited)

This leaves only Vincent Valentine and Cid Highwind as the original FF7 party members not to be included in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth as playable characters.

Fear not though, it’s likely and heavily implied that both Vincent and Cid will be added to the party as playable characters in the third and final part of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy. For now, though, we’ll just have to settle for them as guest characters.

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About The Author

Sam is a Senior Games Writer for Dexerto specializing in Survival Horror, Diablo, Final Fantasy, and Soulslikes. An NCTJ accredited journalist, Sam also holds a degree in journalism from the University of Central Lancashire and has many years of experience as a professional writer. Being able to marry his love of writing with his addiction to video games was always one of his life goals. He also loves all things PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo in equal measure. Contact at sam.smith@dexerto.com