As you have heard and seen this time around Lightning is getting a lot of outfits. A new outfit has been announced today. It is cloud Strife outfit from FFVII. The outfit comes with its own abilities They also released a trailer to show off the outfit but so far they have only shown a little. Also Hope’s role in the game has been made clear. He is in the ship ark the ship exist out of the time and acts as your hub. What this means for the player is that you can go to the Ark stock up and not worry about the clock. Also when the doomsday clock reaches 6:00 Lightning is brought back to the Ark and gives energy to a tree which will reset the clock.
Trailer:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppvcqxfmPOE
Article:http://www.siliconera.com/2013/07/02/dress-lightning-up-like-cloud-strife-in-lightning-returns-final-fantasy-xiii/
Article 2 about Hope and the Ark:http://gematsu.com/2013/07/lightning-returns-pre-orders-include-cloud-outfit-sword