May Poll Results - Favourite Shopdo Activity

May is over for another year and last months poll has come to a close! The question for this month was 'What's your favourite activity in Shopdo?' There was a slight issue with the Poll Widget this month on Blogger so some readers may not have been able to vote. It seems Blogger has removed the Polls Widget completely so this is the final poll on this blog sadly.

So the results are in on what players favourite activity to do on Shopdo is and the results are:
1st = Updated My Outfits & Buying Outfits
2nd = Visiting Other Shopdos
3th = Going Crazy With Likes
4th = Taking Photos With Other Players

Outfits seem to be the most popular feature on Shopdo and I totally agree as it's a great feature that allows you to be creative with outfit designs. It's fun to visit other player's Shopdo's and see their creations. Visiting other player's Shopdo's is a fun activity as well and I especially like doing it so I can see the wonderful interiors player's create. Most players seem to update their Shopdo at least once a week, so be sure to check back on your favourite boutiques! Leave your Shopdo ID code in the comments of the Shopdo ID Database if you would like to me to add it to the list. I updated my Shopdo every Monday and blog about it on my personal blog Marzipan Wonderland. So if you play the EUR/AUS version of the game which is Style Boutique, you can visit my Shopdo at ID 0006271056.

As I mentioned before, Blogger removed the Poll Widget from the website. So I can no longer add polls to this blog or the Style Boutique 2 Guide blog. It's a shame that the feature was removed as I loved adding the polls as a fun little activity for readers. Nothing has been added to replace the features, so I don't think I'll be continuing with the polls for now. Another thing that was changed during Blogger's recent overhaul by Google is that you no longer receive emails when you receive a reply to your comment. So if you leave a comment, I'll try to respond as soon as possible and make sure to tick the 'notify me' box before posting your comment. You can also bookmark the page or check back on your comment to see if you've received a response.

Style Savvy: Styling Star Released!

Merry Christmas and happy Style Savvy release date! Style Savvy: Styling Star was released in North America on December 25th. It is exclusively available only on the Nintendo eShop for the North America region. No plans for a physical release have been announced.

Quick blog update! A new poll has been added to the blog and the question for this poll is 'Who is your favourite idol character?'. You can choose from the four characters that appear in the new game who work as idols and celebrities. Looking forward to finding out who everyone loves in Styling Star!

New Style Boutique 3: Styling Star Released!

New Style Boutique 3: Styling Star was released in Europe and Australia last weekend! The game is available either as a physical copy or as a digital download from the Nintendo eShop. I got the physical copy and it was bit of nightmare trying to track down/pre-order the game as it is hard to find here sometimes (I talk more about getting the game over at my other blog Marzipan Wonderland). But all that matters is that I have it!

I've played 6 hours already of the game, would've been more but I worked all weekend and didn't have the time to play. It's a fun game so far and there is an interesting story involving girls becoming super stars in the singing world. The new items I've seen at the Exhibition Hall are amazing and some are quite amusing in their design, especially the weird giant cape ones I've seen. Planning to spend a fair amount of time playing through the story line the next few days to complete it. Should get a guide up in the next few days, I'm just enjoying playing the game at the moment ❤❤

New Style Boutique 3 - Serving Boutique Customers Screenshots

The European Nintendo website recently posted screenshots showcasing what is available when serving customers at the boutique. The screenshots showed customers requesting a particular outfit or item and images of various clothing items and accessories.

The system for serving customers at the boutique is the same as previous games. You can choose from the clothing items and accessories you have ordered or brought at the Exhibition Hall to sell the customers. The search features can be used to narrow it down and some of the screenshots below show searches for chic outers or feminine cardigans. Many of the clothing items shown in the screenshots were included in Style Boutique 2 and items such as watches or headphones are new items.

Examples of outers available.

Examples of cardigans available in the tops category.

Examples of watch items.

Example of a headphone item.

Examples of bags available.

Examples of shoes available.

Style Savvy: Styling Star Announced!

Nintendo America confirmed Style Savvy: Styling Star will be released in North America much sooner than fans expected. It will be released on December 25th in North America and is the fourth installment in the Style Savvy series. Style Savvy fans will be happy as the previous game Fashion Forward took a long time to be released in North America. It will launch exclusively on the Nintendo eShop on December 25th and no release for a physical version of the game has been announced.

A demo of Style Savvy: Styling Star is available to download on the North American eShop and gives players a preview of what's in store in the latest installment of the game. Head over to the Style Boutique 3 Demo Overview if you would like to see what's included in the demo.

New Style Boutique 3: Styling Star - Game Details Revealed

Nintendo recently revealed more information about the next installment in the series: New Style Boutique 3: Styling Star. The press released contained a large amount of information on what's in store for players in the new game. Information revealed in the press release includes:

Nintendo presents: New Style Boutique 3 – Styling Star is the fourth installment in the fashion simulation series that has sold over 2.4 million units across Europe to date. As the story begins, the player will take over as the manager of her uncle’s fashion boutique, located in the heart of a city full of potential clients, each hoping to find that perfect outfit. Each client is an individual with his or her own personality and taste, and when they visit the shop it’s up to the player to listen to the clients’ requests and choose the most suitable clothes or accessories to match their needs. With over 20,000 items, many of which are brand new for this entry in the series, the creative outfit combinations are almost endless, and players will be able to let their inner styling star shine bright as they pick out perfect look after perfect look.

As the player’s style success story progresses, they will be approached by the talent agency Nin10 Productions, who need a stylist for their up-and-coming popstars. This game-changing event opens the door to the pop music world, and the chance to become a celebrity stylist. Players will help guide the three young singers on their road to stardom, designing outfits for them and assisting as they find their own identities. Eventually, the singers will perform on stage in outfits chosen by the player, and even adapt their musical styles to the fashion choices made for them. For example, choosing rock-themed clothing for a singer will lead her music in a rockier and edgier direction. There are 15 original pop songs included, in a range of styles, all specially written and recorded for the game. You can already check out one of the songs in the Nintendo presents: New Style Boutique 3 – Styling Star – Welcome to the new stage! trailer.

In addition to the huge number of in-game items with which to style customers, players can also use compatible amiibo during gameplay to add even more options. All currently available amiibo are compatible with Nintendo presents: New Style Boutique 3 – Styling Star. Some amiibo, including Animal Crossing, Splatoon and Kirby series amiibo, will unlock special character-themed design elements and emblems. Other amiibo will unlock Nintendo-themed design elements and emblems.
In addition to the fun shop management gameplay of previous titles, this entry contains a variety of exciting features, including:
- Menswear is back! Fashion is for everyone, and the men in town need a stylist too! Menswear returns as a fully-fledged feature in this game, with its own boutique. By helping out there, players can increase their influence around town and trigger menswear-specific story events.

- The Design Centre in-game app allow players to design their own clothes and outfits, and share them with each other online. Another in-game app, Shopdo, lets players upload their lovingly-designed boutique interiors, and even sell outfits to one another for in-game currency.
- New accessory types such as headphones, bangles and wristwatches give even more scope for creativity and customisation.
- Fashion’s not only about the clothes, and in the Beautician’s and Hair Salon players can put their makeup skills and hair-styling skills to work to add that extra something special to any look. The beautician’s salon now also includes nail styling – a brand new feature for this title, with a huge number of nail polish colours and designs to try out.
- The You Diva feature lets players relive the magic of the game’s music performances, and even customise them by changing the character performing and their outfit. Any of the more than 200 female characters encountered during the game, including the player’s own character, can shine like a star on stage.

It's exactly to see that men's fashion will be returning and Nintendo decided to add a decent amount of online and social features after the lackluster amount in the previous game. The new game will be focusing on story driven plot lines rather than random events such as the Five Sisters. Hopefully this will add more excitement and variety to the game. A demo of the game will be released on October 19th on the 3DS eShop.

Girls Mode 4/Style Boutique 3 - Confirmed Brands

New information was recently released on the official Girls Mode 4 website and certain brands were confirmed to be returning in the new game. The brands confirmed to return in Girls Mode 4 Star☆Stylist & Style Boutique 3 are listed below. Both the Japanese name and English name are listed.

• Cherry Berry/April Bonbon
• AZ-USA
• Double U/Basic U
• Baker Bridge/Brooke Bridge
• flute f/Chorale 
• mezzo flute/Chorale Prelude
• HELGA/Enid Chen
• Kanokoi
• Marble Lily
• La Chou Chou/Marzipan Sky
• FANTANIA/Purple Moon
• Raven Candle
• トルテポルテ/Retrobeat
• Soy Milk/Soy
• Stray Cat/Stage Dive
• YLVA/ARIANNA

The unconfirmed brand from the previous game is Upbeat/Streetflow. This was not pictured on the Japanese website but may appear in the new game as it were featured in Girls Mode 3 and Style Boutique 2. Mezzo flute/Chorale Prelude was confirmed in the first Girls Mode 4 gameplay trailer. Images showed clothing items from each brand that were featured in previous games as well as hinting at new items that will be available.

Girsl Mode 4: Star☆Stylist - Japanese Game Play Trailer

With the recent Nintendo Direct, a game play trailer was released showing footage from the Japanese version Girls Mode 4: Star☆Stylist. This game play will be the same in the European and Australian version of the game New Style Boutique 3: Styling Star. (UPDATE: Trailer no longer available online)

The trailer shows a new character exploring the city and scenes of collages of items available in the game. Footage of game play is shown of a character visiting the boutique and selecting an outfit. The brands Flute F and Mezzo Flute are shown which as the Japanese titles for Chorale and Chorale Prelude. The interior of the boutique is different from previous games so this confirms new interiors are available for decorating.

In Girls Mode 4/Style Boutique 3, your characters story line will be influenced by the clothes you choose and the people you serve at your boutique. The game play trailer showed footage on new characters and footage of a live music concert. The concert element ties in with new customers and characters being local musicians. Their live stages and singing will depend on the outfit you provide them with at the boutique. This is a new feature to the game that has not been previously include in earlier installments in the series.

Screenshots are shown of exciting new and returning items that will be included in the game. The screenshots show the different categories available when selecting clothing. The new categories available include headphones and bracelets.

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

Girls Mode 4: Star☆Stylist - Japanese Launch Trailer

The launch trailer for Girls Mode 4: Star☆Stylist was recently revealed during a Nintendo Direct. Girls Mode 4 is the Japanese version of New Style Boutique 3: Styling Star and will be released on November 2nd in Japan. The trailer shows a new character walking around a fictional city and visiting various locations. It showcases images of new and recurring clothing items and accessories that will be included in the game.

The trailer hinted at locations from Girls Mode 3/Style Boutique 2 returning in the new game. These locations include the cafe and live music club. Various scenes of boutiques and a fashion show were shown in the trailer.

A mobile phone is shown in the trailer hinting at the possibility of the mobile phone menu having more features in the new game. A social network or feed is shown that showcases various images of different outfits. Hopefully this will mean a more extensive online mode will be included in the game unlike Girls Mode 3/Style Boutique 2 which had a lackluster online feature limited to only downloaded rooms for the Caprice Chalet or visiting friends via local play to only take photos. The phone displays Avex Group on the screen which is a large entertainment company in Japan.

One scene of the trailer shows a Retrobeat dress that was available in Girls Mode 3/Style Boutique 2, so we can be sure items featured in the previous game will be returning. There will be over 20,000 items in Girls Mode 4/Style Boutique 3, up from 19,000 in the previous game. Exciting new items have been added and they were hinted at in the trailer. Jewellery has been expanded beyond earrings, necklaces and glasses with watches and bracelets being shown in the trailer. Another new feature hinted at is nail polish and this will most likely be part of the Beautician section of the game.

A variety of new characters were shown in the launch trailer. No confirmation of their names or roles within the game yet. It has been stated that your character's story will be influenced by your choice of style and work at the boutique. The photo below shows two new characters who were shown in the trailer. One girl is dressed in feminine/girl fashion whilst the other is dressed in lively/psychedelic fashion. Some of the clothing items worn by the characters have not been included in previous games so maybe this could mean new items or possibly a brand to be included in Girls Mode 4/Style Boutique 2.

New Style Boutique 3: Styling Star Announced!

The next installment in the Style Boutique series has been announced! New Style Boutique 3: Styling Star was announced during a Nintendo Direct (September 2017) and is scheduled to release in Europe and Australia on November 23rd 2017.

The game will be released in Japan around the same time under the title Girls Mode 4: Star☆Stylist. The Japanese trailer hinted at new styling elements such as jewellery (beyond earrings and necklaces), nail polish and as well as a mobile phone feature.

This blog will be posting updates and guides on New Style Boutique 3: Styling Star. So please keep visiting for further information about this exciting game!