Style Savvy: Fashion Forward

Style Savvy: Fashion Forward, known as Girls Mode 3: Kirakira Coord[lower-alpha 1] in Japan and as Nintendo Presents: New Style Boutique 2 − Fashion Forward in the PAL region, is a fashion-themed simulation video game developed by Syn Sophia and published by Nintendo in Japan, Europe and Australia in 2015, and in North America in 2016. It is the third installment in the Style Savvy series, following Style Savvy (2008) and Style Savvy: Trendsetters (2012), and it is followed by Style Savvy: Styling Star (2017). It was well received by critics.

"Show off your sense of style and dominate the fashion world across 5 exciting careers! Manage your own boutique, design clothes fit for a fashionista, style some wicked hair, master the art of make-up, and even become the next top model. The world is your runway in this fun fully outfitted fashion game." - Nintendo[1]

Style Savvy: Fashion Forward
North American box art
Developer(s)Syn Sophia
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)Yurie Hattori
Makoto Okazaki
Tetsuya Iizuka
Producer(s)Hitoshi Yamagami
Hiromasa Tsujii
Syuji Yoshida
Programmer(s)Yoshiyuki Odaka
Artist(s)Naoko Ayabe
Composer(s)Asuka Ito
Toshiyuki Sudo
Daisuke Shiiba
Yumi Takahashi
Platform(s)Nintendo 3DS
Release
  • JP: April 16, 2015
  • EU: November 20, 2015
  • AU: November 21, 2015
  • NA: August 19, 2016
Genre(s)Simulation
Mode(s)Single player, multiplayer

Release

The game was released for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan on April 16, 2015, in Europe on November 20, 2015,[2] in Australia on November 21, 2015,[3] and in North America on August 19, 2016.[4]

Plot

You awaken to receive a letter from your Grandmother, containing a key for a small dollhouse. Upon opening the door you are met with a doll-sized girl by the name of Sophie; who explains that your Grandmothers were best friends. Sophie is thrilled by your sense of fashion and invites you to help her struggling boutique in 'Beaumonde city'. Using your fashion skills and her social skills the two of you now work together to make the city a more fashionable place to be.[5][6]

Unlike the previous games, Fashion Forward allows the player to work and be paid as a hair stylist and a make-up artist alongside managing the fashion boutique.[7]

Images

Each customer will have either a brand or image in mind and it's your job to choose items that will match their style or create a whole new image by combining different types.[8]

Images Brands Combinations[8]
Baby Doll Marble Lilly Baby Doll + Gothic

Baby Doll + Girly

Basic Basic U Basic + Sporty

Basic + Feminine

Boho Soy Boho + Eastern
Bold AS-USA Bold + Chic

Bold + Rock

Chic ARIANNA

Enid Chen

 Chic + Bold

Chic + Feminine

Eastern Kanokoi Eastern + Boho
Feminine Chorale

Chorale Prelude

 Feminine + Preppy

Feminine + Basic Feminine + Chic Feminine + Girly

Girly Marzipan Sky Girly + Baby Doll

Girly + Feminine Girly + Preppy Girly + Lively

Gothic Raven Candle Gothic + Baby Doll
Lively April BonBon

Purple Moon

 Lively + Girly

Lively + Psychedelic Lively + Sporty

Preppy Brooke Bridge Preppy + Feminine

Preppy + Girly

Psychedelic Retrobeat Psychedelic + Lively
Rock Stage Dive Rock + Bold
Sporty Streetflow Sporty + Basic

Sporty + Lively

Reception

Fashion Forward was well received by critics, holding a score of 78/100 on the review aggregator Metacritic.[9] The game went on to sell 1 million copies[10]

Notes
  1. Japanese: GIRLS MODE 3 キラキラ☆コーデ, Girls Mode 3: Kirakira Kōde lit. Girls Mode 3: Glittering Outfits

References
  1. "Style Savvy: Fashion Forward para Nintendo 3DS - Nintendo". www.nintendo.com. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
  2. Whitehead, Thomas (August 25, 2015). "New Style Boutique 2 Will Strut Its Stuff in Europe on 20th November". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  3. Vuckovic, Daniel (September 25, 2015). "New Style Boutique 2 will glam up Australia this November 21st". Vooks. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  4. Nintendo of America (May 11, 2016). "Get ready to unlock your inner fashionista! Style Savvy: Fashion Forward is coming to Nintendo 3DS on 8/19!". Twitter. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  5. "New Style Boutique 2: Fashion Forward (Video Game)". TV Tropes. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
  6. "Review: Nintendo Presents: New Style Boutique 2 - Fashion Forward (3DS)". Nintendo Life. 2015-11-16. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
  7. "New Style Boutique 2: Fashion Forward Certainly Keeps A Girl Busy". Kotaku Australia. 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
  8. Marzipanini (2017-06-03). "Style Boutique 2: Fashion Forward Guide: Boutique - Image Combinations". Style Boutique 2. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
  9. "Style Savvy Metacritic listing". Metacritic. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  10. 2022CESAゲーム白書 (2022 CESA Games White Papers). Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association. 2022. ISBN 978-4-902346-45-9.
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