Feels like she gets so few lewds compared to like Tifa or Aerith
Does it? it seems like she gets exactly the amount she deserves.
In the original FF7, out of the cast of recruitable characters she is absolutely the least developed and certainly the least important to the plot. Yeah there was a war that her people were involved in but it's not like she is important to any of that. Vincent, Cait Sith, Cid & Barrett all have more 'screen time' and backstory but more than that;
Tifa=
T&A.
Aerith=
Slender/Petite/Exotic. This means Yuffie's only unique trait is '
asian' which matters even less now after the remake made everyone more 'asian looking'. Don't get me wrong, I like Yuffie but unfortunately both in game & in R18, she just doesn't bring anything to the table that Tifa/Aerith don't (already) do better.
.... also, for better or for worse Naruto has permanently tainted ninjas in all forms of JP or JP-based media. RIP in peace Yuffie-cakes.
EDIT:
Whatever you may think of Naruto as a series, I think it's pretty obvious that it is the most grotesque misrepresentation of ninjas to ever enter the 'mainstream'. A ninja was a secret operative; A spy. A thief. An assassin. A ninja was not a well-known, brightly clothed, semi-pokemon wizard that engaged in proper duels and participated in famous contests with strict rules to follow. That's retarded and the antithesis of a ninja. That's not even a sleight against the show because anyone with a brain knows that it's the truth. RIP the concept of ninjas I guess.