The Return Of The Original Style Boutique!

I was out shopping recently and decided to check out a local video games store to see what 3DS games they had in stock. It was my lucky day as I found a copy of the original Style Boutique game for the DS! I had this game years ago, but traded it in when I was doing a big clear out. I was actually looking for New Style Boutique, but they only had this one. So excited to find a copy and relive the good old days of the series.

Haven't had a chance to start it up yet but will do soon. I had a quick flick through the manual and I forgot how old the graphics were haha. I liked the information about the brands in the manual as I had forgotten that they had different names in the first game.

The game was a steal as well at only $5! The pricing was actually $15 but if you brought it with another pre-owned game, it was only $10 for the two. So I had a look through the games available and not that many good ones (mainly shovelware). I decided to pick up Imagine Fashion Model as it was the only game there that took my interest. Never played any of the Imagine series games but I'm not expecting much. I thought since it's fashion related, it could be fun for an afternoon. If it's not, op-shop it shall go!

Funny story about the video game store where I brought the games. I used to go there a lot when I worked in the same shopping centre but never really brought much there as it's quite expensive. Over the years, the store has never been able to work out what it wants to sell. For a while, it was pre-owned games and older consoles. Then pop culture toys were really big such as Adventure Time and Five Nights at Freddies. Once Pop Vinyls become a thing, the shop became full of them. Board games eventually followed and the video game section became smaller and smaller. I hadn't been to the store since last year and when I walked in there yesterday, I stopped and thought 'where'd the games go?' Usually they were at the front to the right, but I couldn't see them. Looked further into the store to find them shoved in the back corner. The 3DS games had been merged with Wii, WiiU and Switch stuff. Honestly I think the shop should just sell trading cards and pop culture stuff because that's all they push. Whilst I was shopping, I checked out EB Games as well (our version of Gamestop), but they didn't have anything interesting and you can never get served at that particular store.