Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Demo Released in Japan

Siliconera reports that Square Enix has released the E3 and PAX Prime demo for Final Fantasy: Lightning Returns XIII in Japan and made available several new costumes for download including unusual moogle based attire.

Players will be able to try out the single character combat and face Zaltys, a dragon boss Lightning fights early in the game. The demo also contains the Outworld feature allowing users to post screenshots to Twitter and Facebook. 

The demo is available for all PlayStation Network users in Japan as well as Xbox Live Gold accounts in the country – it will be available to Free members on December 3rd.

Users can download the Loveable Moogle Style costume. This outfit comes with the Moogle Queen garb, Moogle Stick weapon, and Moogle Shield. 

Players may also opt for the Holy Asgard set with Cosmo Curator garb outfit, Crocea Mors weapon, and Abyss Gate shield, and an Ultimate Liberator set with Celestial outfit, Excalibur sword and Aegis Shield.

There's a huge number of costume options open in Lightning Returns and you can find out more about them here. The game is set for release in North America on February 11th, 2014 and in Europe on February 14th, 2014 for PS3 and Xbox 360.