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You've got an impeccable sense of style, and you're the person all your friends turn to when they need critical fashion advice. Now, as the owner of a chic boutique in a fashion-mad city, you're in a position to share that savvy with the world. Show off your fashion know-how as you help shoppers find just the right touch to complete an outfit, or even help them put together impressive new looks. With your sharp eye for color, cut and coordination, you have the power to make the world a better-looking place, one shopper at a time.
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Style Savvy's ESRB rating really does mean for EVERYONE!
If you like clothes or fashion to pretty much any extent, I bet you will enjoy Style Savvy. See, my fashion experience doesn't go much past some America's Next Top Model and Project Runway, but I started playing this game and I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN! Well, long enough to write this review, but I was really surprised how much I, a 22-year-old guy, was enjoying running my boutique!
Style Savvy has a somewhat drawn-out tutorial mode which involves you working as an assistant in another boutique, but it does a great job of familiarizing you with the mechanics of the game. Afterward, you get to name your boutique, pick out an interior design (which determines which of the 16-something lines/styles of clothing you start with) and music, and then you're off and running!
There's a lot of things this game does well. Managing your boutique's inventory is a significant portion of the game, and it's pretty involved! You have a limited amount of money (There is a "bailout" option though in case you run out of both money AND inventory, so that the game is -never- unbeatable. Nothing frustrates me more than a game where I get into a hole so deep that it's impossible to progress, no matter how hard I try!) and a limited amount of space in your stockroom, so you have to plan out what you're going to want available for sale. The appearance of your boutique also influences what people will be looking for when they enter. However, much like a real store, you will still get people that want something you're not carrying, or are just browsing. You buy clothing at wholesale prices, and they're automatically marked up when you sell them in your boutique. After you've played enough, you gain the ability to run sales at 10%, 30%, and 50%, so that you can try to liquidate items that are cluttering up your stockroom, but not take the 100% loss of just discarding them. (You can't only have -some- pieces of sale, this was an error on my part. Either everything's on sale, on nothing is.) (Maybe the discard option should've been "donate", I'm sure somebody could use those clothes!)
When patrons (all female) enter your boutique, they might just be browsing, or looking for something particular, or not sure what they're looking for but needing it to match something they've brought in, or they might be in need of a whole not outfit! There's a TON of different people that you'll encounter, and each one has her own likes and dislikes. You get a little profile of each patron, with an approximate budget, a blurb about their personality, a view of what they're currently wearing, and any information they provide about what they're looking for. Sometimes if you can't find exactly what they asked for, you can offer them something that complements their current style/outfit. With every choice, you can either ask them what they think, or just make them try it on.
You can also design display outfits for your store mannequins, which tends to draw in customers. Sometimes, somebody will come in and want to buy your whole display outfit! (These are my favorite moments, it's really satisfying when they like something I put together just because I liked it.) And, of course, anything you've stocked in your store also appears in your character's wardrobe, so that you can always play around with your own fashions!
There are also fashion contests, where you are given a concept and a particular set of clothes, and you try to match the concept as closely as possible while competing against three other computer/AI-controlled boutique owners. These are great fun because they're just like big puzzles, since everybody's working with the same set of clothes.
You can also have fashion contests with up to three other people. One of you runs the competition, picking a theme and so forth, the other three submit outfits anonymously, and then you pick the outfit you like the most! These can be as challenging as you want to make them, as you can always verbally tell your participants more hints/criteria/restrictions than what the game might present.
Downsides? Well, the music in Style Savvy is... not one of its strong points. But it's easy enough to turn down the volume on your DS/DSi and just listen to some music you like instead!
Also, the menus can be a little slow/clunky because there's a little too much glitz in the display and I can be rather impatient when I know what I'm looking for and I just want to be able to get to it as quickly as possible. But maybe if you're more patient than I am, this isn't really a bad thing.
This game is played in "book mode", where you hold your DS/DSi sideways, with the +directional pad at the bottom. This feels a little strange and my hand isn't used to it so after a few hours of playing it gets a little cramped, but it really does make the most out of the available screen real-estate, and one should always be encouraged to take a break from ANY game after an hour or so.
There are several different skin tones for characters in Style Savvy, from a dark brown to a light peach, and even a "silvery-grey" for the mannequins. There are also a variety of eye colors and hair colors and styles. I -wish- Style Savvy had women of different sizes, but in the game's defense the sheer number of different clothing options and interactions between different pieces is extremely intricate as-is and it was undoubtedly easier to just have everyone be the same size/shape. Besides, if there were a variety of sizes, then I feel like that'd need to be accounted for in inventory, and that'd make the game too complex and not as much fun. It -is- just a game, after all!
I had to write a review of this game because it just knocked my socks off. I can see this game appealing to girls/women of all ages, and probably to some of the more secure guys out there, too! I give it a 5 for fun, and a 4 for overall design/quality.
MUST-HAVE FASHION GAME!
WOW! Where do I start?! I have to say that this is ONE OF THE BEST Nintendo games ever! Style Savvy is a game published by Nintendo and it's just not all about fashion. It's also about retail, like managing your own store & stocking up. I have to say that this is ONE OF THE BEST Nintendo games ever! Or at least the best fashion game ever! :) Anyway, you start off working at Grace's boutique called "Strata" and she mentors you about working at a boutique & how to help customers out, choosing the fashion items that would be perfect to their outfit or fashion collection. After all your hardwork is done, it doesn't stop there. You get to own your own boutique! Name it, choose the interior and the music! Plus! You can have whatever fashion item in your stockroom! I don't want to give too much away, so I will stop there :) I know, you are totally excited!!
You can create your own avatar, but you can only be a girl which will be a plus for girls, maybe not for boys. but still the boys can have fun right? :) You can put make up on, go to the hair salon to get a new hairstyle, change your eyebrows, & much more! Which is really fun to do.
What I love the best in this game is the shopping! I love shopping in real life and also in here! There are 16 in-game brands and all of them are different. So there will definitely be a store that will be your #1 fave and has your taste. What's my favorite? That's a bit hard, but I love Marbie Lily, Sonata, April BonBon, Penbridge, & Dazies! They have girly fashion items! But you probably love something else :)
The really challenging parts in this game is assisting the customers, earning more shopping funds, and the fashion contests! I love the fashion contests. You dress up your model in the fashion concept they give you. Like for example, if the concept is Simple Style, then you have to dress your model in comfortable, basic clothing. The contests gets harder & in some you only have 3 minutes to decide which fashion item goes good together.
There's WI-FI in this game and this is where you want to download REAL-LIFE FASHION DESIGNERS' clothing in the game. The first one they have is CHARLOTTE RONSON, and Nintendo stated that there will be more downloadable items in the near future. So that's great. On wi-fi, you can visit other players' boutiques worldwide and buy outfits for 50% off! Great right?!
Anyway, I will stop from here. Trust me, there is much more in this game than what I just posted! You will NOT be disappointed when you buy this game for you or for someone. It would be a great gift for someone who really loves fashion and is thinking about being a professional stylist someday, but basically this game is for EVERYONE. It's for girls, boys, women, men, 20s, 30s, 40s, & up! It's even for someone that is 200 YEARS OLD!......hehe, I'm just kidding!! But yeah, BUY THIS GAME! It's worth the money, the time, & the entertainment!
If you want to go to my boutique. My boutique's name is: "I(heart)girly", the location is Wool Court in Tartan City, and on the 1st floor! Avatar's name is Princess....See you at my Boutique in Style Savvy for the Nintendo DS & DSi! (same thing!)
One of my favorite DS games!
I pre-ordered this game because I love fashion and shopping for myself as well as others. I began playing it the night that I received it and I have literally spent hours at a time playing this game. It is so much fun to play. You begin by working as a sales associate under a manager at a shop. You then begin to assist customers with their specific needs. Sometimes they will just come in to browse, need a specific item, want you to make a suggestion or even require a complete ensemble. After proving yourself as an indemand fashionista you will get the option to run your own shop. You can chose what your shop looks like, the type of music is played (which I agree with others to say it is lame music), create looks on manequins for your shop window, visit the warehouse to buy garments that you want to add to your stock of merchandise to sell and even enter contests. Everything that you buy to add to your shop stock is also available in your own closet to wear. You can change your clothes and also visit the salon or cosmetic store to change your look. This game is rated E for everyone but I don't really see that young kids would have any interest or appreciation in playing this game. It would more suite teenage and up. You have to use reasoning skills like paying attention to the type and style of clothes the customer has on as well as what amount they allow for their spending budget to be able to pick out something that they are going to like and will purchase. I am in my 30's and sometimes they don't even like what I pick out. I love this game and I would highly recommend it to anyone that has an interest in style and fashion.
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