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“Does Square Enix Hate Lightning or Just Cloud Now?”

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Lightning’s return is yet again proving controversial, with Square Enix’s latest choice of ensemble for the long-suffering heroine almost as badly received as the last one

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The FFVII-themed “wear” is being distributed as a limited edition extra, and does at least offer some respite from her regular outfit:

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Neither choice seems particularly popular amongst her fans however:

“Are they making fun of Cloud with this or what?”

“God, this is a despair-inducingly awful outfit design.”

“It doesn’t fit at all.”

“Better than the last one with all the stupid pointy floaty bits.”

“What are you wearing, Lightning!”

“Upset this one exposes nothing?”

“It’s a little intense to say the least.”

“Expect them to take a lot of flack for this in parody works.”

“Talk about the ‘effete pretty boy waving a gigantic sword’ stereotype of JRPGs. I guess they wanted to make sure it sold overseas, so they revised it.”

“Isn’t this just what a fem-Cloud would look like?”

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