Final Fantasy's Lightning receives an "upgrade"
Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 7:30 pm
by Feathers
Being a big fan of Lightning, I thought she was fine as is. Squarey seems to disagree with her being fine as is, and Japan will probably approve of this "big" change.
http://www.dualshockers.com/2013/07/27/ ... ll-jiggle/
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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 (you can read more about it and check out a gallery and a video here) 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 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!
There you have it. It’s worth noting, in case you’re wondering why Lightning’s breasts look rather small for a D cup, that a Japanese D cup is pretty much equivalent to a North American C, while a Japanese C is pretty much like an American B.
If you got this far with your head intact congratulations. Will you enjoy the boob job and the jiggling? That’s for you to decide. One thing is for sure: you aren’t going to see developers talk this freely about this topic in the West. Your mileage may vary on whether that’s a good thing or not.
Source: Famitsu via Dengeki Online
