There has been a huge amount of changes made to the features and game play in Style Boutique 3: Styling Star (Style Savvy 4). A number of features and game play elements from the previous game have been altered and old features from New Style Boutique (also known as Trendsetters) have been reintroduced in the new game. This guide will look out how features and game play elements have changed between Fashion Forward and Styling Star and which features from Trendsetters have been reintroduced
Designing - This feature has moved from the boutique to the apartment. The number of items you can design has been cut down with items such as tights and the special items like school uniforms have been removed. Stage Costumes are a new item that you can design. The number of patterns and motifs you can use whilst designing have been reduced slightly as well.
Shopping Bags & Logo - You can now create a unique logo and shopping bag to use at your shop. These can be accessed via the Design menu but only a few designs can be stored at a time.
Design Portfolio - The space to store designs has increased in Styling Star and there are now two sections: one for your own designs and one for designs you have downloaded via the Design Centre.
Apartment - The option to decorate your apartment has returned in the new game. You can purchase furniture and miniatures to decorate your apartment with from various shops in the city. You can change items such as the bed, wallpaper and flooring. Some items are required and you cannot remove them, for example table and chairs set.
Hair Salon Requests - You no longer need to answer questions and guess a customers style in Styling Star. The questions still appear occasionally but they are much more simplified and customers are more relaxed with their requests for hair styles.
Hairstyles - New styles and fringes have been added to the game and some hairstyles have been removed. The up-do category has disappeared and the styles from there have been moved into the three basic categories of short, medium or long. Hairstyles now unlock automatically as you progress through the main story line and you no longer need to unlock them.
Make-up Sets - These do not need to be located and unlocked in Styling Star. Make-up sets will become available at the Beautician whilst you play through the main story line. The style of make-up sets have returned to the ones like in Trendsetters with a similar design look. You can no longer design your own make-up sets like you could at the Make-Up Lab in Fashion Forward. The method for selling make-up sets to customers has changed and you can just pick them now in the make-up menu.
Make-Up Menu Layout - Make-up items are now displayed by color palettes according to the shades at the Beautician and Apartment. You need to purchase each shade in each make-up item category individually now (you can buy lots of shades at once) from the Beautician and the items range in price.
Nails - A new feature to the game that allows you to paint your own nails or the nails of customers. There is a range of styles available and a guide on Nails can be found here.
Colours - The frustrating and time consuming task of unlocking colours has been removed in the new game which delighted many players. Colours now become available at the Beautician and Hair Salon whilst you play through the main story line. Rainbow is no longer a character in the game.
Miniatures Shop - This shop has been split into four stores in Styling Star. The Florist sells miniatures from the Plants and Animals category. The Cake Shop sells miniatures from the Food category. Talk to Michel at the Bakery to receive bakery themed miniatures from the Food category. The Lifestyle Shop sells the remainder of the miniatures such as furniture, clothing, lights, etc. The Lifestyle Shop also sells the interior and exterior decorating styles for the boutique.
Caprice Chalet - This cute feature that allowed players to create themed rooms and rent them out to customers or upload online has been removed. Say goodbye to that sweet rent money you used to be able to get from renting out rooms each day. The elements of Caprice Chalet have been redesigned and are now used to decorate the interior of the boutique.
Fashion Shows - Probably the most challenging aspect of Fashion Forward that saw you create outfits to match a certain theme and try to achieve the perfect five star score. Fashion Shows sadly have been removed and nothing has replaced this feature.
Train Station - This location has been redesigned to the Station. You cannot however visit locations from the Station and the only use it serves is occasionally talking to NPC's there if they appear or travelling to locations with the idol girls during the main story line. Places like The Meadows and Bougainville are no longer available.
Live Music Club - Whilst the location still appears in the game, it's purpose has been altered. The only actions that occur here is being able to talk to the owners Jo and Vincent, the latter who will only talk about food yet you cannot actually eat there. During the main story line, a few events will occur here. On Saturday nights, you can watch a performance by Vincent occasionally which is just a short animation.
Photo Studio - This location has been removed and the option to take photos in the game has been moved to NIN10. Jim is the new photographer and the photo system has changed as well. You can now change the background and character aspects of the photo easily as well as take multiple photos at a time. Photos now need to be edited using the Album feature and you cannot add frames whilst taking photos.
Modelling Jobs - Another fun feature that has been removed in Styling Star. Modelling jobs are no longer available and the miniatures that you used to unlock from them are available to just buy from different shops.
NPC Events - In Fashion Forward, characters would invite you to locations and you could hang out with them and take photos together. This feature has been removed in Styling Star and has been slightly altered to only occur during the idol girls story lines at some points (i.e. on holiday with Angelique) or with a few NPC's like the insect girl. However you can no longer by invited places regurarly like you could with characters like Callie or Sophie. Miniatures are no longer given as gifts from NPC's apart from Michel and the ones you receive from Lorelei during the main story line.
Streetpass - One of the main features of many 3DS games is streetpass but sadly this feature was removed in the new game. Not that it had exciting features in Fashion Forward and if hardly anyone plays the game where you live, there's not much point to it. I've only ever streetpassed the same 3 people in Fashion Forward.
Local multiplayer - The game basically has none this time around and was pretty lacklustre in the previous game. It is better to use the online features anyway.
Online Content - Nintendo finally worked out that people wanted to share outfits online for others to purchase and we did get this feature with Shopdo and the Design Centre. However Nintendo made the feature region locked so unfortunately most content is unavailable unless you live in the same region as the player you want to visit. Shopdo and the Design Centre are the new online features and you upload designs, your boutique and three outfits instead of a Caprice Chalet room now.
Amiibo - Some of the original amiibo items from Fashion Forward are now available from Purple Moon. The few items that are included are available throughout the year in the basic colour of the item. Amiibos now unlock emblems and designs rather than items in Styling Star. The number of unique items available from amiibos have been reduced to basic amiibos such as ones from series such as Mario, Kirby, Zelda, Splatoon and Animal Crossing. The previous game included amiibos such as Samus, Wii Trainer and more amiibos from the Mario series.
Story line - Each Style Boutique game focuses on a different story line and this time round, Styling Star has taken the Idol route. The story line is in-depth with character development and takes a fair while to complete it. There is not many opportunities to interact with characters outside the story line however, making the game feel a tad empty. Fashion Forward had a number of main characters that you would constantly interact with at the boutique and various locations around the city.
Messaging - A new feature that is quite restricted. You can send three requests a day to customers who you have enough hearts with. You will also receive messages from NPC's much like in Fashion Forward talking about meeting you at certain shops.
Deleting Photos - You can only delete 15 photos at a time now. In Fashion Forward, you could delete more than that number at once. You could even delete all the photos you had taken at the same time.
Awards - A fun new feature that gives players achievements to work towards. Some are easy to obtain whilst others will take some time. For a guide on all the awards available in Styling Star, please visit the Awards Guide.
AR Functionality - The ability to use the AR Mode in Style Boutique has been removed from the new game. It was a fun little side feature that allowed you to project characters from the game into the real world using the AR technology built into the 3DS console.
Miiverse - Nintendo shut down Miiverse recently so this was one feature that definitely wasn't going to appear since the service is now defunct. Contests are no longer available.
Contact Cards - These were a feature in Trendsetters and now have a more detailed appearance in Styling Star. Contact Cards display useful information about customers including items and outfits they have purchased from the boutique. Hearts have replaced the old stamp system from Trendsetters.
Glasses & Earrings - You can now wear both these items at the same time. The previous game prevented you from wearing both as they belonged to the same category and the game wasn't programmed to allow both on a character at the same time.
Bottom 3DS Screen Display - When visiting shops or the boutique, the bottom 3DS screen now displays customer cards instead of NPC icons or symbols.
Clock - Styling Star runs off a in-game clock system instead of a real-time system like Fashion Forward. Days move much quicker now in game and shops are open all the time unlike in Trendsetters (which also had a in-game clock) where they would shut at certain times.
Menswear - A lot of players are rejoicing as the feature to dress male characters has returned! Male characters in the game will not visit the Menswear Shop run by Xiaobai to request new outfits.
Customer Frequency - It seems at the boutique, the number of customers who will visit during the day has been cut down. Previously in Fashion Forward, you would have a steady stream of customers at the boutique. In Styling Star, it's common to not have customers in your boutique at all at certain points of the day.
Boutique Style - In Fashion Forward, you could decorate the interior to attract a certain image style of customers to shop at the boutique. In Styling Star, the set interior designs have been removed and replaced with the Caprice Chalet decorating system. It seems you will get a variation of image styles from customers with most interior layouts. You can customise the interior to fit a certain theme (i.e. bold) but customers from various images will still visit.
Customer Requests - The developers really messed with the request system in the new game. In Fashion Forward, most customers would ask for full outfits or outfits of a certain style. In Styling Star, the types of requests you will get are more board and you will often get customers only asking for one certain item. From conducting research, the most common image requests I received during the course of one month at the boutique were girly or baby-doll image, casual dresses or an item of a particular colour.
Commission Requests - The Designer Lounge has been removed from the game and you can no longer complete requests to design items for brands. The only items you will be requested to design during the main story line are a t-shirt and stage costumes.
Selling Designs - You can no longer sell designs at the boutique as commission requests have been removed. You can upload your own personal designs online for other players to download.
Exhibition Hall - This location is now placed over one level instead of multiple levels. A new shop called VIP has been added and the brand representatives from Fashion Forward return to represent the brands once again in Styling Star.
Brand Representatives Choice - When visiting brands at the Exhibition Hall, there is a new option that allows you to get recommendations for items from the brand representatives. This doesn't work in a particular way and it just selects random ones. If you keep pressing it, it will eventually select all the items on the screen in that category.
Sales - Sales have returned at the Exhibition Hall. On the days ending with a number five (i.e. 5th, 15th and 25th), two selected brands at the Exhibition Hall will hold a sale. All items from the brand are available at a cheaper price. This is a good time to stock up on expensive brands such as Purple Moon.
Sporty Image & Streetflow - The fun sporty image and it's associated brand Streetflow have been removed from Styling Star. Items from the brand have been moved to other brands within the game. Please refer to the Streetflow Guide for more information.
Character Eyes - The option for double or single eyelids is now available in the character customisation menu.
Assistant - The feature to have an assistant at your boutique has returned. In an earlier game in the series you could have an assistant but the option for that was removed in Fashion Forward. In Styling Star, you can change your assistant once you complete the main story line. You can change the outfit that your assistant is wearing as well.
Stock Space - The developers of the game finally realised that the store room space at the boutique was way too small. There is now no limit and you can store every single clothing and accessory item in the game! You can also reorder items straight from your phone using the restock app.
Window Display - The customisation options for the boutique window display have been reduced. You can now only change the background/floor and the mannequin. You can no longer place miniatures in the window display.
Designing - This feature has moved from the boutique to the apartment. The number of items you can design has been cut down with items such as tights and the special items like school uniforms have been removed. Stage Costumes are a new item that you can design. The number of patterns and motifs you can use whilst designing have been reduced slightly as well.
Shopping Bags & Logo - You can now create a unique logo and shopping bag to use at your shop. These can be accessed via the Design menu but only a few designs can be stored at a time.
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| You can now design shopping bags to use at the boutique. |
Design Portfolio - The space to store designs has increased in Styling Star and there are now two sections: one for your own designs and one for designs you have downloaded via the Design Centre.
Apartment - The option to decorate your apartment has returned in the new game. You can purchase furniture and miniatures to decorate your apartment with from various shops in the city. You can change items such as the bed, wallpaper and flooring. Some items are required and you cannot remove them, for example table and chairs set.
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| Redecorate the interior of your apartment. |
Hair Salon Requests - You no longer need to answer questions and guess a customers style in Styling Star. The questions still appear occasionally but they are much more simplified and customers are more relaxed with their requests for hair styles.
Hairstyles - New styles and fringes have been added to the game and some hairstyles have been removed. The up-do category has disappeared and the styles from there have been moved into the three basic categories of short, medium or long. Hairstyles now unlock automatically as you progress through the main story line and you no longer need to unlock them.
Make-up Sets - These do not need to be located and unlocked in Styling Star. Make-up sets will become available at the Beautician whilst you play through the main story line. The style of make-up sets have returned to the ones like in Trendsetters with a similar design look. You can no longer design your own make-up sets like you could at the Make-Up Lab in Fashion Forward. The method for selling make-up sets to customers has changed and you can just pick them now in the make-up menu.
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| Example of a make-up set in Styling Star. |
Make-Up Menu Layout - Make-up items are now displayed by color palettes according to the shades at the Beautician and Apartment. You need to purchase each shade in each make-up item category individually now (you can buy lots of shades at once) from the Beautician and the items range in price.
Nails - A new feature to the game that allows you to paint your own nails or the nails of customers. There is a range of styles available and a guide on Nails can be found here.
Colours - The frustrating and time consuming task of unlocking colours has been removed in the new game which delighted many players. Colours now become available at the Beautician and Hair Salon whilst you play through the main story line. Rainbow is no longer a character in the game.
Miniatures Shop - This shop has been split into four stores in Styling Star. The Florist sells miniatures from the Plants and Animals category. The Cake Shop sells miniatures from the Food category. Talk to Michel at the Bakery to receive bakery themed miniatures from the Food category. The Lifestyle Shop sells the remainder of the miniatures such as furniture, clothing, lights, etc. The Lifestyle Shop also sells the interior and exterior decorating styles for the boutique.
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| Interior of the Lifestyle Shop. |
Caprice Chalet - This cute feature that allowed players to create themed rooms and rent them out to customers or upload online has been removed. Say goodbye to that sweet rent money you used to be able to get from renting out rooms each day. The elements of Caprice Chalet have been redesigned and are now used to decorate the interior of the boutique.
Fashion Shows - Probably the most challenging aspect of Fashion Forward that saw you create outfits to match a certain theme and try to achieve the perfect five star score. Fashion Shows sadly have been removed and nothing has replaced this feature.
Train Station - This location has been redesigned to the Station. You cannot however visit locations from the Station and the only use it serves is occasionally talking to NPC's there if they appear or travelling to locations with the idol girls during the main story line. Places like The Meadows and Bougainville are no longer available.
Live Music Club - Whilst the location still appears in the game, it's purpose has been altered. The only actions that occur here is being able to talk to the owners Jo and Vincent, the latter who will only talk about food yet you cannot actually eat there. During the main story line, a few events will occur here. On Saturday nights, you can watch a performance by Vincent occasionally which is just a short animation.
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| Vincent is always talking about food. |
Photo Studio - This location has been removed and the option to take photos in the game has been moved to NIN10. Jim is the new photographer and the photo system has changed as well. You can now change the background and character aspects of the photo easily as well as take multiple photos at a time. Photos now need to be edited using the Album feature and you cannot add frames whilst taking photos.
Modelling Jobs - Another fun feature that has been removed in Styling Star. Modelling jobs are no longer available and the miniatures that you used to unlock from them are available to just buy from different shops.
NPC Events - In Fashion Forward, characters would invite you to locations and you could hang out with them and take photos together. This feature has been removed in Styling Star and has been slightly altered to only occur during the idol girls story lines at some points (i.e. on holiday with Angelique) or with a few NPC's like the insect girl. However you can no longer by invited places regurarly like you could with characters like Callie or Sophie. Miniatures are no longer given as gifts from NPC's apart from Michel and the ones you receive from Lorelei during the main story line.
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| Example of an event that occurs during the main story line. |
Streetpass - One of the main features of many 3DS games is streetpass but sadly this feature was removed in the new game. Not that it had exciting features in Fashion Forward and if hardly anyone plays the game where you live, there's not much point to it. I've only ever streetpassed the same 3 people in Fashion Forward.
Local multiplayer - The game basically has none this time around and was pretty lacklustre in the previous game. It is better to use the online features anyway.
Online Content - Nintendo finally worked out that people wanted to share outfits online for others to purchase and we did get this feature with Shopdo and the Design Centre. However Nintendo made the feature region locked so unfortunately most content is unavailable unless you live in the same region as the player you want to visit. Shopdo and the Design Centre are the new online features and you upload designs, your boutique and three outfits instead of a Caprice Chalet room now.
Amiibo - Some of the original amiibo items from Fashion Forward are now available from Purple Moon. The few items that are included are available throughout the year in the basic colour of the item. Amiibos now unlock emblems and designs rather than items in Styling Star. The number of unique items available from amiibos have been reduced to basic amiibos such as ones from series such as Mario, Kirby, Zelda, Splatoon and Animal Crossing. The previous game included amiibos such as Samus, Wii Trainer and more amiibos from the Mario series.
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| Emblems can be unlocked with certain amiibos. |
Story line - Each Style Boutique game focuses on a different story line and this time round, Styling Star has taken the Idol route. The story line is in-depth with character development and takes a fair while to complete it. There is not many opportunities to interact with characters outside the story line however, making the game feel a tad empty. Fashion Forward had a number of main characters that you would constantly interact with at the boutique and various locations around the city.
Messaging - A new feature that is quite restricted. You can send three requests a day to customers who you have enough hearts with. You will also receive messages from NPC's much like in Fashion Forward talking about meeting you at certain shops.
Deleting Photos - You can only delete 15 photos at a time now. In Fashion Forward, you could delete more than that number at once. You could even delete all the photos you had taken at the same time.
Awards - A fun new feature that gives players achievements to work towards. Some are easy to obtain whilst others will take some time. For a guide on all the awards available in Styling Star, please visit the Awards Guide.
AR Functionality - The ability to use the AR Mode in Style Boutique has been removed from the new game. It was a fun little side feature that allowed you to project characters from the game into the real world using the AR technology built into the 3DS console.
Miiverse - Nintendo shut down Miiverse recently so this was one feature that definitely wasn't going to appear since the service is now defunct. Contests are no longer available.
Contact Cards - These were a feature in Trendsetters and now have a more detailed appearance in Styling Star. Contact Cards display useful information about customers including items and outfits they have purchased from the boutique. Hearts have replaced the old stamp system from Trendsetters.
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| Camilla's Contact Card |
Glasses & Earrings - You can now wear both these items at the same time. The previous game prevented you from wearing both as they belonged to the same category and the game wasn't programmed to allow both on a character at the same time.
Bottom 3DS Screen Display - When visiting shops or the boutique, the bottom 3DS screen now displays customer cards instead of NPC icons or symbols.
Clock - Styling Star runs off a in-game clock system instead of a real-time system like Fashion Forward. Days move much quicker now in game and shops are open all the time unlike in Trendsetters (which also had a in-game clock) where they would shut at certain times.
Menswear - A lot of players are rejoicing as the feature to dress male characters has returned! Male characters in the game will not visit the Menswear Shop run by Xiaobai to request new outfits.
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| You can now dress the male characters in the game at the Menswear Shop. |
Customer Frequency - It seems at the boutique, the number of customers who will visit during the day has been cut down. Previously in Fashion Forward, you would have a steady stream of customers at the boutique. In Styling Star, it's common to not have customers in your boutique at all at certain points of the day.
Boutique Style - In Fashion Forward, you could decorate the interior to attract a certain image style of customers to shop at the boutique. In Styling Star, the set interior designs have been removed and replaced with the Caprice Chalet decorating system. It seems you will get a variation of image styles from customers with most interior layouts. You can customise the interior to fit a certain theme (i.e. bold) but customers from various images will still visit.
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| Example of a boutique interior. |
Customer Requests - The developers really messed with the request system in the new game. In Fashion Forward, most customers would ask for full outfits or outfits of a certain style. In Styling Star, the types of requests you will get are more board and you will often get customers only asking for one certain item. From conducting research, the most common image requests I received during the course of one month at the boutique were girly or baby-doll image, casual dresses or an item of a particular colour.
Commission Requests - The Designer Lounge has been removed from the game and you can no longer complete requests to design items for brands. The only items you will be requested to design during the main story line are a t-shirt and stage costumes.
Selling Designs - You can no longer sell designs at the boutique as commission requests have been removed. You can upload your own personal designs online for other players to download.
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| You can now upload designs online for other players in your region to purchase. |
Exhibition Hall - This location is now placed over one level instead of multiple levels. A new shop called VIP has been added and the brand representatives from Fashion Forward return to represent the brands once again in Styling Star.
Brand Representatives Choice - When visiting brands at the Exhibition Hall, there is a new option that allows you to get recommendations for items from the brand representatives. This doesn't work in a particular way and it just selects random ones. If you keep pressing it, it will eventually select all the items on the screen in that category.
Sales - Sales have returned at the Exhibition Hall. On the days ending with a number five (i.e. 5th, 15th and 25th), two selected brands at the Exhibition Hall will hold a sale. All items from the brand are available at a cheaper price. This is a good time to stock up on expensive brands such as Purple Moon.
Sporty Image & Streetflow - The fun sporty image and it's associated brand Streetflow have been removed from Styling Star. Items from the brand have been moved to other brands within the game. Please refer to the Streetflow Guide for more information.
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| Streetflow items have moved to other brands such as April Bonbon. |
Character Eyes - The option for double or single eyelids is now available in the character customisation menu.
Assistant - The feature to have an assistant at your boutique has returned. In an earlier game in the series you could have an assistant but the option for that was removed in Fashion Forward. In Styling Star, you can change your assistant once you complete the main story line. You can change the outfit that your assistant is wearing as well.
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| One of the assistants in Styling Star. |
Stock Space - The developers of the game finally realised that the store room space at the boutique was way too small. There is now no limit and you can store every single clothing and accessory item in the game! You can also reorder items straight from your phone using the restock app.
Window Display - The customisation options for the boutique window display have been reduced. You can now only change the background/floor and the mannequin. You can no longer place miniatures in the window display.
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| Example of one of the backgrounds available for the window display. |
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