Summary
Style Savvy: Trendsetters, known as Nintendo presents: New Style Boutique in the PAL region, as Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode Yokubari Sengen![a] in Japan, is a fashion video game developed by Syn Sophia and published by Nintendo and a sequel of the Nintendo DS game Style Savvy. It was released for the Nintendo 3DS on September 27, 2012 in Japan,[1] on October 22, 2012 in North America[2] and November 16, 2012 in Europe.[3]
| Style Savvy: Trendsetters | |
|---|---|
 North American box art | |
| Developer(s) | Syn Sophia |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Yurie Hattori Kensuke Suzuki |
| Producer(s) | Hitoshi Yamagami Hiromasa Tsujii Syuji Yoshida |
| Programmer(s) | Satoshi Nakazato Yoshiiro Hayashi |
| Composer(s) | Asuka Ito Toshiyuki Sudo Daisuke Shiiba |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo 3DS |
| Release | Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode Yokubari Sengen! Tokimeki Up!
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| Genre(s) | Simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
An updated version, Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode Yokubari Sengen! Tokimeki Up!,[b] was released for retail in Japan on April 17, 2014.[4] In January 2015, Nintendo officially announced the third installment in the series, Style Savvy: Fashion Forward, to be released in the following April in Japan.[5]
Gameplay edit
Style Savvy: Trendsetters is a fashion simulation game that primarily involves selecting clothing for customers as per their needs and being a fashion superstar. The game's city is accessed from an ever-expanding map, allowing the player to access their apartment, purchase new clothes and accessories from the Exhibition Hall, change their hairstyle and makeup, purchase new furniture, access their store, participate in competitions and access various locales with the purpose of activating certain events between characters. One addition to this sequel is the introduction to various choices of men's fashion.
The game also makes use of the various Nintendo 3DS features. An in-game screenshot function[6] is supported, allowing players to take photos of a scene from the top screen at any time, saving the image as a 3D or 2D screenshot. These screenshots can then be exported to the SD card and can be viewed via the Nintendo 3DS Camera software. AR Photo Op[6] is an additional mode which utilises the ? AR card packaged with the system to take augmented reality photographs using characters and props from the game. The Nintendo Network allows players to connect to the Fashion Plaza,[6] where they can create and access others' Web Shops. The player's Web Shop allows them to customise the front of their store and create three outfits to sell to others, garnering additional money in-game. StreetPass is utilised to exchange Stylist Cards,[6] which contains personalised information about the player's character and offers a link to the player's Web Shop. Using the Nintendo 3DS wireless local play, players can compete with up to three other players in a Wireless Fashion Show which pits players against one another to create an outfit that best matches a particular theme or style.[6] Unlike the first game which was played vertically, Trendsetters and later games are played by holding the 3DS system horizontally.
Characters edit
- Michaela / Evie (ミキ, Miki in the Japanese version)
- Michaela (Evie in the PAL region version) is the owner of Mira Luna (Verano in PAL region version), who hires the player character and runs contests together with Avery.
- Avery (ショウコ, Shōko in the Japanese version)
- She is an ex-model who gives the player advice.
- MC Mode (DJ・ナオト, DJ Naoto in the Japanese version)
- He is an announcer who hosts fashion contests.
- Emmylou (ユキミ, Yukimi in the Japanese version)
- She is an ex-employee of Mira Luna who frequently shops there.
- Harris (ソウイチ, Sōichi in the Japanese version)
- He is the owner of a local furniture shop.
- Celeste (ヨウコ, Yōko in the Japanese version)
- She is a hairstylist.
- Ingrid (ミユ, Miyu in the Japanese version)
- She is a makeup artist who works at her grandmother's old studio near the player character's boutique.
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ "わがままファッション GIRLS MODE よくばり宣言！" [Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode Yokubari Sengen!] (in Japanese). Nintendo. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ^ "Official Site - Style Savvy: Trendsetters for Nintendo 3DS". Nintendo of America. Archived from the original on 27 March 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ^ "Nintendo presents: New Style Boutique". Nintendo of Europe. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ^ "Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode Yokubari Sengen! Tokimeki Up!". www.nintendo.co.jp. Nintendo. Archived from the original on 2016-07-09. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
- ^ Nintendo 公式チャンネル (14 January 2015). "GIRLS MODE 3 キラキラ☆コーデ オープニング映像". Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016 – via YouTube.
- ^ a b c d e "Electronic Manual Nintendo 3DS New Style Boutique EN" (PDF). Nintendo of Europe. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
External links edit
- Official NA Style Savvy: Trendsetters website
- Official EU Nintendo presents: New Style Boutique website
- (in Japanese) Official JP Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode Yokubari Sengen website at Nintendo.co.jp