Style Savvy: Trendsetters

Style Savvy: Trendsetters, known in the PAL region as Nintendo presents: New Style Boutique, in Japan as Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode Yokubari Sengen! (わがままファッション ガールズモードよくばり宣言！) and in Korean as Girls Style: Fashion Leader Declaration! (Girls Style 패션 리더 선언! ) 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]

An updated version, Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode Yokubari Sengen! Tokimeki Up!, 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

Style Savvy: Trendsetters is a fashion store management simulation game which primarily involves selecting clothing pieces for customers as per their needs and climbing up the ladder of being a fashion superstar. The game's city is accessed from an ever-expanding map, allowing players to access their apartment, purchase new clothes and accessories, 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's

The game also makes use of the various 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 screenshot. These screenshots can then be exported to the SD card. 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 one can create and access others' Web Shops. A player's Web Shop allows them to customise a store front 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 your 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 others in a Wireless Fashion Show which pits players against one another to create an outfit that best matches a particular theme or style.^[6]

Major Characters in the game

Michaela: Description: "She's one of the most talented stylists in town." The owner of Mira Luna. She runs the store, hiring the main character as an employee before ultimately giving her the store and role of manager. She runs the contests along with her friend Avery.

Avery: Description: "She's an ambitious former model and social butterfly who knows what she wants." The contest manager and friend of Michaela. Avery offers tips, advice and praise to the player throughout the game. She is also a little bit of a gossip.

MC Mode: Description: "Switch from silent mode to MC Mode! Yeah!" The quirky and loud announcer who hosts the fashion contests. He is frequently seen with Avery.

Emmylou: Description: "She's a friendly, stylish girl with a keen eye for fashion." A former employee of Mira Luna and a rival of sorts to the main character. She left the boutique to pursue her fashion dreams, but frequently shops there and is always supporting the main character.

Harris: Description: "He owns the local furniture shop, but his place is minimalist." The furniture shop owner. He can supply interior decorations for the player's house and boutique. According to Avery, he has a huge crush on Michaela.

Celeste: Description: "She is confident in her skills as a world-class hairstylist." The lead hairstylist in the game. She can change the character's hairstyle, hair colour, highlights and eyebrow shape.

Ingrid: Description: "She gets her amazing makeup skills from her artsy grandmother." The talented makeup artist who reopens her grandmother's old studio not far from the player's boutique. She sells everything from mascara to perfume to palettes.

References

External links

• Official NA Style Savvy: Trendsetters website
• Official EU Nintendo presents: New Style Boutique website
• (Japanese) Official JP Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode Yokubari Sengen website at Nintendo.co.jp