FFXIII: Lightning Returns

Any word on how this costume is acquired? Please tell me it is not a Gamestop preorder bonus.

Apparently the crossover will go both ways.

They said they want to promote at the same time FFXIV Arrr, Thunder Returns and FFX revival(in fact Lightning will also have a Yuna summoner dress).

Then again, how many Fans could there have been for FFXIII?

Yoshida said in an interview that he swears it will make sense cause it will have a well thought reason.

...but probably won't and will be just as lame as it sounds.

Probably many more than you think. They aren't pumping out these games for their own pleasure, they're doing it cause its making them money.

He said it'll make sense but he didn't say it would be good. All it takes is some transdimensional thingamajig (like Cloud in Final Fantasy Tactics being brought to Ivalice through a zodiac stone during his coma) and bingo, instant Lightning Farron.

Just give me the inevitable Sephiroth/Kefka raid already. If we're gonna milk cows, milk the ones people give a *** about.

Shantotto! Shantotto! I'd be pleased if she ended up in FFXIV somehow.

All in the Order of Nald’thal know well the legend of Shatotto, a mighty thaumaturge from the fifth of Astral Eras. Her creation of destructive and catastrophic spells evoked as much fear as it did respect, prompting ignorant souls to call her unsavory names—Death’s Handmaiden, the Black Witch, and the She-Devil among them. She was also possessed of an otherworldly talent for crafting thaumaturgical staves. Among her creations, the Stardust Rods are by far the most powerful and coveted, believed as they are to be fashioned from the celestial remnants of a star Shatotto herself brought down to Hydaelyn and clove asunder.

During E3 we broke the news about the fact that the development team of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII saw fit to enlarge the protagonist’s breasts for the third chapter of the saga. Obviously that caused quite a stir, and today during the Premium Event held in Tokyo the devs went quite a lot beyond that, giving us even more information (maybe even too much information) during the Q&A session, as reported by Famitsu.

If you’re offended by the Lightning’s sexualization, I suggest you don’t read further, because your head could explode.

Q: Is it true you said you wanted Lightning-san’s size from a C cup to a D cup?

Nobuhiro Goto (Character Modeling Designer): Toriyama-san said “I want it bigger” so…

Motomu Toriyama (Director): [What a] cop-out! (laughs)

Goto: Yes, it was enlarged.

Q: Was it a C cup until now? Does it even jiggle this time?

Goto: Yes!

Toriyama: it’s determined by clothing, like the so-called corrective underwear. (laughs)

Masaru Suzuki (Designer): There’s an unreleased costume that exposes the l’Cie scar on her chest. Please think [carefully], is there any other information that should be disclosed? (laughs)

Q: So there were costumes that were rejected?

Goto: I think there are a few designs that were rejected.

Suzuki: If reproducing the outfit proves to be difficult, then I’ll consult with the artwork designer as much as possible, but if the costume design slows down to a crawl, it gets scrapped.

Dengeki Online‘s report of the Q&A provides further details:

Q: I heard that the chest Jiggles?

Goto: Yes, her chest jiggles. Since everyone can decide what costume she’ll wear, you can make sure it does (laughs). By the way, Since Lightning swings her arm when you change her weapon in the menu screen, that’s a recommended action for sure-fire jiggling! To see it even better it could be useful to equip a small shield. Look forward to it!

You make it sound like that's a bad thing. >:|