Final Fantasy XVI update adds new skins and weapon transmog

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Final Fantasy XVI boldly departs from series traditions in many ways, including its marketing strategy. Since its release, we’ve known that Producer Naoki Yoshida intends to maintain interest in Final Fantasy XVI in the longterm, with a sales plan that should last 18 months. It appears that we’re starting to see that plan put to action now, as Final Fantasy XVI has received a free update that gives players a reason to dip back into Valisthea again.

This patch’s main feature is the new skins added for the main characters. Clive, Torgal, and a few other key characters now have new looks that you can toggle by visiting the Arete Stone at your hideaway. You can see these in a new trailer Square Enix has uploaded to the Final Fantasy YouTube channel.

Note that there are some spoilers in the video below. The extent of how spoilery it is depends on your story progress, but anyone with the “Twin Flames” trophy has nothing to worry about.

Additionally, the update will also let players customize Clive’s sword. If you liked how an older weapon looked, you now can slap it on your current armament as a skin. I don’t know if this will appease Glamour fanatics from Final Fantasy XIV, but it’s certainly a welcome addition.

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While the new skins are the selling point of this update, they’re not the only thing that has changed. On the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, we can see a full list of official 1.10 Patch Notes. Many of these notes includes the usual tweaks you’d expect, like making air combos easier or letting players use Eikonic abilities after parries faster.

One of the biggest changes here, however, is to Arcade Mode. Each stage