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9 new, starting at $19.99
5 used, starting at $12.88
POP CUTIE! Street Fashion Simulation is an offbeat business simulation game that takes a fun look into the world of Tokyo street style and cosplay (costume play). In the game, players can manage the day-to-day happenings of their very own street fashion boutique. They’ll hire models and assistants, choose the look and music for their shop, run the cash register and even place magazine ads. Best of all, they’ll take to the streets and meet different characters in search of up-and-coming trends. Players can then use this inspiration in their studios where they’ll create new clothes, accessories and even hairstyles. However, other shop owners are also prowling the streets looking for the next big thing. Players will start the game as an independent designer with a small shop at a flea market. As players progress, they’ll move into larger boutiques. The competition against rival shop owners culminates in a ‘Fashion Battle,’ where a panel of judges will decide if a player’s style has enough cute or enough cool to become all the rage. By gathering and combining ‘images’ from people on the street, players will create clothing lines ranging from the conventional to the most outrageous trends from the streets of Tokyo. An easy touch interface allows players to consider color and shape combinations on the bottom screen while reviewing the actual design on the upper screen. Using Nintendo DS Multi-Card Wireless Play, up to two friends can challenge each other in fabulous Fashion Battles.
You've got to coordinateReviewed by Steven R. Shroyer, 2009-03-01
My title comes from the character cordy nate who appears at random
times in the game, and what a game it is!
Don't let the theme fool you, this can be played by boys as well as
girl(Hey if a girl can play Halo then we can play this) It is like
a business sim and a fashion design game all at once.
You start off at a flea market and soon move up the ladder
hopefully becoming the next Todd Oldham or Vera Wang. Along the way
you meet rival designers and compete in fashion battles with judges
who are Simon, Paula, and Randy knock offs.
Take note, this is a business sim and it will involve some clever
money mangement.
So in summation,
Buy it, play it, love it, and keep it
Incredibly fun and strategic game!Reviewed by Alanna Evans, 2008-11-27
Pop Cutie! Street Fashion Simulation.
It sounds like one of those cheaply made games that are slated for
tweeny girls that don't know any better.
BUT Don't let the name scare you off.
Despite its candy cover and focus on "fashion", this is NOT a girly
game at all. It's more of a store managment simulation than a
fashion game. You learn keywords by talking to people on the street
and by going into your studio and getting combinations of these
words it will make new items of clothing. These items you can
change the color of and stock in your store.
Then comes the strategic part.
You are not the only one competing for the world of QT's dollar.
You have rivals and your main goal is to be better than them. Sell
more, have more popular colors and the most fans. The game's goals
are settled around these game elements. Then there is the fashion
battle where you are pitted against your top rival in a fashion
show that will determine who wins the prize that month. The more
popular the item, the better the combination, the higher the
ratings.
You can design the layout of your store, hire workers, decide on
your stock, hire models and take out print ads to advertise your
clothes and much more. The game is well thought out, has lots of
little extras and very snappy, "punny" writing that keep you amused
through it all. The main drive is trying to figure out the best
plan of attack to defeat your rivals. What items will be the most
popular? Do you put more stock in your store or limit your
collections and colors? What do you remove to introduce a new item?
Or just chuck it out, redesign the whole mess and start over again.
Like any good sim game, there's always that "one more thing to do"
that keeps you coming back for more.
With cute graphics, addictive gameplay, and a game design that is
well thought out and filled with details, this is a top class DS
game that deserves another look.
Don't be fooled, POP CUTIE! is quite a fun game for all genders and
ages (atleast for those old enough to read!).
Become a fashion manager & designer in Tokyo!Reviewed by Mr. Ocasio, 2008-11-03
I wouldn't add too much as the first reviwer did a great job
covering all the basics.
At the beginning of the game you have the option of creating your
character either a boy or a girl and the shape of his/her eyes as
well. You begin selling your clothes in a modest flrea market and
progress to your own store/boutique.
In order to create the clothes yo must speak to the people on the
streets and gather special words they say that appear on the screen
in blue and red. Combining them inside your office/studio will
result in all kinds of clothes, accesories and even costumes for
both genders. These range to the traditional to the extravagant.
Colors are picked up from a small pot of 3 flowers that grow
outside close to your store.
There are fashion contests in which you dress up a model, male or
female, and compete againts your 3 ingame rivals. You'll win
different soundtrack music for the game.
For a fashion game it is more about creating combinations or in
game combos with certain pieces and color; and managing your store
than designing at all. You never choose fabrics or cut clothes.
Therefore the game does NOT have a girly feel to it, boys can play
it and it does include a ton of menswear.
You can hire models to model your clothes on the street, unlock new
looks and layouts for your store, feature your clothes in a
magazine, and hire emplyees for your boutique. You can save your
game at any point exept during fashion contests. Save before in
case you can't win!
Overall very entertaining, very strategic in its goals and
gameplay, colorful, decent graphics and sound, funny and like the
other reviewer said fast paced.If you like kawaii anime characters
this game's for you!
Very decent fashion design simulatorReviewed by Belinda, 2008-10-15
Pop Cutie! Street Fashion Simulation is both a game where you get
to (albeit rather restrictively) "create" your own fashion line,
but more importantly, it is really a fashion store micro-management
game. The focus of the game is where you run your own fashion shop
(that gets upgraded as you past the criteria for each stage) by
making clothes that customers come to buy.
The actual fashion creation aspect, as mentioned, is quite limited.
You, as the store manager, go out and talk to the people in the
street and they give you "keywords" that unlock certain clothing
designs, colours and "combos". You then go back to your studio and
customise the clothing templates and add colour, before putting the
item to be sold in your store. People come in and browse, try on
and if they like it, buy your clothes.
I think the best aspect of the game is the humour and wackiness of
the game. Your employee in the shop can be given instructions to
man the register or serve customers and it's really cute some of
the things people say. There's a wide range of customer
personalities, with some being really polite and nice and others
really standoffish and rude. Same with the people on the street.
You have rivals and fashion contests to go to, and those are a
little off the wall. There's lots of colour everywhere.
This game won't really suit a child because of the fast-paced
nature of the game. While you can take as much time as you like in
each stage, to pass it, you need to work hard to make sure your
range of clothing is sellable and in season. There's always lots of
people to talk to on the street to get information and customers to
serve in your shop. It's a pretty hectic game, like most
micro-management games, however, I feel it isn't as boring as other
micro-management games, maybe because there's the whole really fun,
cartoony "fashion" aspect of it.
The graphics are really cute and there's a really impressive range
of templates and colours that you can use to create your clothes.
I've only played a few hours so far, but already it's really
satisfying seeing people on the streets wearing your clothes and to
see the clothes of your rivals. The soundtracks' nice (though
nothing too impressive yet) and the game allows you to buy/win
additional background music that you can change to in your studio.
The gameplay is simple and suits the DS well. It's not
stylus-heavy, which is a plus in my books.
The only real downside is that sometimes when your store gets
popular and it's still small, it can be difficult getting around
customers. Sometimes also, your employee stands in your way when
you need to use the register, though that is dependant on how
skilled the employee is. The difficulty getting around people in
your store can be eased by the type of layout you choose for your
shop, so it's not that big a problem.
If you like the sound of a cute, wacky game where you get to create
fashion and management a fashion store in Japan, then this game is
for you. There's lots to do and the game feels like it has a lot of
heart. Worth getting if you like the premise of the game.