Lightning Returns - New Character revealed and other details
lumina.jpgNew details regarding Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII have emerged from the latest edition of VJump.
The big story is an all new character going by the name of Lumina. Her appearance is quite similar to a gothic lolita Serah. The character shows up from time to time and the article describes her as both a helper and a hinderance to Lightning and that she seems more than happy to toy with Lightning as a result. Not much more is known about her at this point in time though.
The magazine also went on to provide some details about the "Wear" system which involves the costumes Lightning can equip. Lightning can have up to three of these costumes equipped at once and change them in real time during the course of the Battle. Each costume has it's own ATB bar that continues to charge during the course of the battle so it seems like a very effective way of condensing XIII's staple Paradigm Shift system into a single character gameflow.
If you noticed a couple of outfits in the Jump Festa trailer than you may be wondering what they were! The first is "Dark Muse" which is the one that has a grill-shaped shield, pants, a camouflage jacket and a nife. The other outfit that looks similar to samurai armor is called "Alone in the Dust." Lightning herself will also have new magic and abilities.
The magazine also went on to mention that Quests can be retrieved from a bulletin board similar to Marks in Final Fantasy XII. By completing quests you can extend the time left in the world - possibly hinting that this game will be more of a race against time than we first thought.
More details are coming in the next issue of Famitsu too.
As a side note... Lumina's outfit is cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute :3
[Source: New character Lumina and costume details revealed for Lightning Returns]
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