Style Savvy: Fashion Forward
{{Short description|2015 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Style Savvy: Fashion Forward
| image = Style Savvy Fashion Forward.jpg
| caption = North American box art
| developer = Syn Sophia
| publisher = Nintendo
| series =
|director = Yurie Hattori
Makoto Okazaki
Tetsuya Iizuka
Noriyoshi Shimazaki
|producer = Hitoshi Yamagami
Syuji Yoshida
Masaaki Kawamura
|designer =
|programmer = Yoshiyuki Odaka
|artist = Naoko Ayabe
|writer =
| composer = Yumi Takahashi
Masaru Tajima
Toshiyuki Sudo
Daisuke Matsuoka
| released = {{Video game release|JP|April 16, 2015|EU|November 20, 2015|AUS|November 21, 2015|NA|August 19, 2016|}}
| genre = Simulation
| modes = Single player, multiplayer
| platforms = Nintendo 3DS
}}
Style Savvy: Fashion Forward, known as {{nihongo foot|Girls Mode 3: Kirakira Coord|GIRLS MODE 3 キラキラ☆コーデ||Girls Mode 3: Kirakira Kōde|lit. Girls Mode 3: Glittering Outfits|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} 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.
Plot
The player character awakens to receive a letter from her Grandmother, containing a key for a small dollhouse. Upon opening the door she is met with a doll-sized girl by the name of Sophie; who explains that their Grandmothers were best friends. Sophie is thrilled by the player character's sense of fashion and invites her to help her struggling boutique in 'Beaumonde city'. Using the player character's fashion skills and Sophie's social skills the two now work together to make the city a more fashionable place to be.{{Cite web |date=2015-11-16 |title=Review: Nintendo Presents: New Style Boutique 2 - Fashion Forward (3DS) |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/3ds/nintendo_presents_new_style_boutique_2_-_fashion_forward |access-date=2022-06-24 |website=Nintendo Life |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624141753/https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/3ds/nintendo_presents_new_style_boutique_2_-_fashion_forward |url-status=live }}
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.{{Cite web |date=2016-08-21 |title=New Style Boutique 2: Fashion Forward Certainly Keeps A Girl Busy |url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/08/new-style-boutique-2-fashion-forward-certainly-keeps-a-girl-busy/ |access-date=2022-06-24 |website=Kotaku Australia |language=en-AU |archive-date=2016-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026180413/http://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/08/new-style-boutique-2-fashion-forward-certainly-keeps-a-girl-busy/ |url-status=dead }}
Release
The game was released for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan on April 16, 2015, in Europe on November 20, 2015,{{cite web |last1=Whitehead |first1=Thomas |date=August 25, 2015 |title=New Style Boutique 2 Will Strut Its Stuff in Europe on 20th November |url=http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/08/new_style_boutique_2_will_strut_its_stuff_in_europe_on_20th_november |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117045044/http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/08/new_style_boutique_2_will_strut_its_stuff_in_europe_on_20th_november |archive-date=17 November 2015 |accessdate=16 November 2015 |website=Nintendo Life}} in Australia on November 21, 2015,{{cite web |last1=Vuckovic |first1=Daniel |date=September 25, 2015 |title=New Style Boutique 2 will glam up Australia this November 21st |url=http://www.vooks.net/new-style-boutique-2-will-glam-up-australia-this-november-21st/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003071030/http://www.vooks.net/new-style-boutique-2-will-glam-up-australia-this-november-21st/ |archive-date=3 October 2015 |accessdate=16 November 2015 |website=Vooks}} and in North America on August 19, 2016.{{cite web |last1=Nintendo of America |date=May 11, 2016 |title=Get ready to unlock your inner fashionista! Style Savvy: Fashion Forward is coming to Nintendo 3DS on 8/19! |url=https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/730434827154010112 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518225522/https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/730434827154010112 |archive-date=18 May 2020 |accessdate=11 May 2016 |website=Twitter}}
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| MC = 78/100{{cite web |title=Style Savvy Metacritic listing |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/style-savvy-fashion-forward/critic-reviews/?platform=3ds |website=Metacritic |accessdate=24 September 2016 |archive-date=23 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923071339/http://www.metacritic.com/game/3ds/style-savvy-fashion-forward |url-status=live }}
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Fashion Forward was well received by critics, holding a score of 78/100 on the review aggregator Metacritic. The game went on to sell 1 million copies.{{cite book |title=2022CESAゲーム白書 (2022 CESA Games White Papers)|publisher=Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association|year=2022|isbn=978-4-902346-45-9}}
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://stylesavvy.nintendo.com/}}
{{Style Savvy series}}
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Nintendo 3DS eShop games
Category:Nintendo 3DS-only games
Category:Nintendo Network games
Category:Simulation video games
Category:Video games about toys