One of the highlights of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is
all the costumes you can play around with. Aside from the costumes included in
the game and the DLC costumes, Square Enix also has a limited Aerith from Final Fantasy VII costume and weapons. Well, it was
supposed to be limited.
The Aerith costume and weapon set was a
limited offer only for people who had purchased the official Japanese game guide.
Purchasing the guide got you a redeemable code for the flower selling heroine
from Midgar. Unfortunately, it looks like someone forgot to tell someone else
that the Aerith costume was a “limited” deal. The costume was made readily available to everyone in thesecond DLCpack that was released
on December 17th.
The costume pack was taken down shortly after on December
20th, with an apology on twitter from the Lightning Returns staff.
While PS3 users who had purchased the DLC pack can re-download the costume from their download list if they had deleted the data,
it looks like owners of the Xbox 360 version are out of luck for the time being.
Earlier today, an explanation and apology was posted on
the Lightning Returns official site and twitter acknowledging that the Aerith costume was supposed to be only available
for people who had purchased the official guide and that due to a mixup it was
offered as purchasable DLC. The staff extended apologizes to both the guide publisher
and other staff involved as well as all the customers affected.
FFⅦエアリススタイルについてのお詫びとお知らせ。12月20日（金）に販売を停止した本DLCにつきまして 経緯をご報告いたします。本DLCは、集英社様刊行の同時発売攻略本 専用の特典DLCとして用意しておりましたが、弊社の手違いにより販売しておりました。（続く）#_L13
— LIGHTNING ROOM (@LRFF13) December 26, 2013
本件につきましては集英社様並びに関係者の皆様そして何よりも ユーザーの皆様にご迷惑をおかけしたことを深くお詫び申し上げます。FFⅦクラウド、FFX-2ユウナ衣装につきましては 本日より配信を再開いたします。 本DLCを楽しみにお待ち頂いていた皆様大変申し訳ございません。#_L13
— LIGHTNING ROOM (@LRFF13) December 26, 2013
The other costumes in the DLC pack – the Cloud
from Final Fantasy VII and Yuna from Final Fantasy X-2 costumes – have since been
put back up online as individual DLC (each priced at ￥400 (US$3.82)).
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is scheduled for release in North America on February 11, 2014 and Europe on February 14th, 2014. It is unclear whether the Aerith costume will be made available at any time in the future for these areas or not.
「LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII」のDLC第2弾が本日配信開始に。「FFVII」のクラウドとエアリス，「FFX-2」のユウナのスタイルでゲームを楽しめる [4gamer]
@LRFF13 [twitter]
「FFVIIエアリススタイル」についてのお詫びとお知らせ [LIGHTNING RETURNS : FINAL FANTASY XIII | SQUARE ENIX]
