Bathing suit

A bathing suit is a costume worn for swimming or for beachwear in the real world, but commonly appears as an optional "fan service" outfit in JRPGs that may not even have anything to do with swimming or the beach. Sometimes bathing suit outfits are altered for international releases. They are usually bonus outfits the player can wear optionally, or appear in only certain scenes in the game. Bathing suits are usually cosmetic, although beachwear "armor" also exists.
==Appearances==
===Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-===
Zack Fair and Cissnei wear bathing suits in Costa del Sol on Zack's holiday there. While in this outfit, Zack will fight with the parasol rather than his sword. A parasol or an umbrella is a joke weapon associated with Aerith Gainsborough in Final Fantasy VII. The player can return to the beach scene in the "Fun in the Sun" missions.
Zack wears black shorts with a white cord and a yellow design on the left. Cissnei wears a pale yellow bathing suit with blue details.
Cissnei and Zack in Costa del Sol from Crisis Core Reunion.png
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===Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis===
Several beachwear pieces were obtainable as additional gear during the "Beach Festival Fun!" event via stamp card bonuses. Home screen wallpapers depicting party members in beachwear were also unlocked via mission completion rewards, and by upgrading themed weapons to 7★ or higher. Additional beachwear for Yuffie, Lucia, and Tifa was made available for Summer 2024, with all 2023 beachwear being reissued in a separate campaign draw
Home Wallpaper Beach Festival Fun from FFVIIEC.png|Beach Festival Fun!, featuring Zack Fair's trunks and Beach Parasol.
Home Wallpaper Seaside Aloha from FFVIIEC.png|Red XIII's Seaside Aloha.
Home Wallpaper Lifeguard from FFVIIEC.png|Tifa Lockhart's Lifeguard suit and gloves.
Home Wallpaper Sunny Robe from FFVIIEC.png|Aerith Gainsborough's Sunny Robe.
Home Wallpaper Maritime Sailor from FFVIIEC.png|Cloud Strife's Maritime Sailor with matching sword.
Home Wallpaper Summer Moogle from FFVIIEC.png|Yuffie Kisaragi's Summer Moogle swimsuit.
Home Wallpaper Beach Boxer from FFVIIEC.png|Cloud and Yuffie spar on the beach
Home Wallpaper Beach Agent from FFVIIEC.png|Lucia Lin's Beach Agent outfit.
Home Wallpaper Passion Mermaid from FFVIIEC.png|Tifa Lockhart's Passion Mermaid swimsuit and Shell Knuckles.
===Final Fantasy VII Rebirth===
Cloud Strife, Tifa Lockhart, and Aerith Gainsborough must buy beachwear to progress the story at Costa del Sol in chapter 6, "Fool's Paradise", by taking part in a local event where they complete tasks, collect tickets, and trade the tickets for beachwear. There are two options for each of the three party members, a more covered version and a more revealing one. If Cloud and the girl's style matches, their relationship will deepen.
Yuffie Kisaragi already has her beachwear and wears it for scenes. The player can then wear the beachwear as alternate outfits for Costa del Sol area, or for any scene from Chapter Select.
If Aerith wears her beachwear and performs the Sweet-and-Sour Salvo with Barret, instead of sporting black sunglasses to mirror Barret's, she will pose with pink sunglasses instead.
Ocean Chocobo outfit from FFVII Rebirth.png|Ocean Chocobo.
Wild Surf outfit from FFVII Rebirth.png|Wild Surf.
Floral Delight outfit from FFVII Rebirth.png|Floral Delight.
Pink Mermaid from FFVII Rebirth.png|Pink Mermaid.
Shining Spirit outfit from FFVII Rebirth.png|Shining Spirit.
===Final Fantasy X-2===
Rikku's default appearance is the Thief dressphere that has her wear a yellow bikini with a miniskirt, scarf and sleeves. All the girls also have swimsuit models for a missable hot springs scene on Mt. Gagazet; if the party takes a certain route through the mountain, the girls decide to go swimming.
FFX-2 HD Rikku Render.png|Rikku's normal outfit.
YunaSwimsuit.jpg|Yuna's swimsuit.
RikkuSwimsuit.jpg|Rikku's swimsuit.
PaineSwimsuit.jpg|Paine's swimsuit.
===Final Fantasy XII===
Though not appearing, a piece of artwork by Hideo Minaba exists showing Ashe in a bikini with a topless Basch. Ashe's bikini is based on her regular outfit with the same colors and shapes.
===Final Fantasy XIII-2===
Serah's Beachwear attire is available as downloadable content. Serah lives in the tropical seaside village of New Bodhum, and the Beachwear outfit was designed to go with that theme. It is the first downloadable bathing suit attire in the series. It changes Serah's appearance on the field and in battle, but has no effect in gameplay.
It is a lavender pink frilly bikini with yellow details. She wears sandals with it. It has a shoulder guard and a garter belt on the left side of her body.
The beachwear attire appears as an armor in Final Fantasy Record Keeper.
====Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII====
Lightning can wear various garbs, some of them being bikinis. The bikini garbs tend to boost Lightning's magic and elemental resistance, and make her a mage-type fighter.
===Final Fantasy XIV===
The player can style their character as they please, with swimsuit options available. The Moonfire Faire is a seasonal event held every year during summer in the north hemisphere that offers players unique rewards, such as swimsuits. 
===Final Fantasy Type-0===
In the HD version, Kazusa's swimsuit model and Emina's lingerie model were removed from the Historical Personae. They were viewable as alternate outfits in the Rubicus after completing the characters' sidequests in the PlayStation Portable version. Emina is said to collect swimwear and lingerie.
Kazusa-type0-psp-model-swimsuit.png|Kazusa's swimsuit model.
Emina-type0-psp-model-swimsuit.png|Emina's lingerie model.
===Dissidia Final Fantasy series===
Though not explicitly defined as a bathing suit, the Cloud of Darkness wears a red and black two-piece bikini with their cape and gloves by default.
====Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia====
In addition to the Cloud of Darkness, Leila can be observed in a two-piece bikini with several decorative pieces on her arms.
Both Zack and Cissnei can equip their swimwear from Crisis Core as costumes when available for purchase. Serah can also equip hers from Final Fantasy XIII-2 when she is featured.
===Final Fantasy Brave Exvius===
FFBE Fina & Lid 2018 Natsu LB CG 1.png|Fina & Lid 2018 Summer's limit burst.
FFBE Fina & Lid 2018 Natsu LB CG 2.png|Fina & Lid 2018 Summer's limit burst.
FFBE Fina & Lid 2018 Natsu LB CG 3.png|Fina & Lid 2018 Summer's limit burst.
FFBE Fina & Lid 2018 Natsu LB CG 4.png|Fina & Lid 2018 Summer's limit burst.
FFBE 495 Beach Time Fina.png|Beach Time Fina.
FFBE 497 Seabreeze Dark Fina.png|Seabreeze Dark Fina.
FFBE 500 Summer Lid.png|Summer Lid.
====War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius====
Several characters have Summer-themed variants in beachwear of many styles, usually limited to draws over the same period: Elsirelle, Glaciela, Helena, Jayden, Kilphe, Kitone, and Lilyth, among others.
===Final Fantasy Explorers===
Swimsuit is an armor set.
==Other Square Enix games==
===Bravely Default===
:For more information, please see at the Bravely Default Wiki.
The Bravo Bikini is a key item and a piece of swimwear created by Sage Yulyana. It is usable as an in-game outfit after defeating Fiore DeRosa a second time in Chapter 5 or 6. It was censored in the English version.
Category:Attire