Tuesday, 19 September 2017

New Style Boutique 3 & Girls Mode 4 Box Art

The official box art for New Style Boutique 3: Styling Star has been released. The box art features a character displaying various clothing items in a boutique setting and a live music show. The music show element ties in with the story part of the game where you can style local celebrities and pop stars. The box art portrays a elegant and sophisticated fashion look compared to the Japanese box art which is colourful and fun. This cover art will be used for the European and Australian version of the game New Style Boutique 3: Styling Star.


The cover art for the Japanese version Girls Mode 4: Girls Mode 4 Star☆Stylist was released when the game was announced. It has a similar design to previous Girls Mode box art and features a colourful and quirky design. It focuses on showcasing the various clothing and accessory items available in the game.


Here are some comparisons of the series box art for all regions of the game. The box art for the Japanese version Girls Mode is always colourful and focuses on the girly/cute fashions included in the game. Whilst the western versions of the game, Style Boutique (Europe and Australia) and Style Savvy (North America) have a more mature looking design. Style Savvy and Style Savvy: Trendsetters had a unique design focusing on game statistics (like amount of items) and simple images of characters. Whereas the Style Boutique box art is often a darker tone in colour with a focus on the key features in the game such as items or interior decorating. The box art for the third installment in the series is the same for Style Boutique and Style Savvy. It took a fair time for the game to come to NA and the game was not localised for North America (includes many UK-English spelling terms) as previous games were. Western fans of the series often feel the box art does not reflect the fun and fashionable tone of the game like the Japanese box art does.

Japanese Box Art

European & Australian Box Art

North American Box Art

2 comments:

  1. Hey! Just for fun I made how a game case for Style Boutique on Switch could be. I'm happy if you could post it here on your blog :)
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4kLKgFQCFmWV0hOUnVwcV9WZ2c/view?usp=sharing

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