March Favourites

It has been a billion years on the blog since I posted a monthly favourites. Always a fun post on the blog and I've had a few interests in recent months that have taken up a large chunk of my time. March has been a strange month as the weather is still quite warm here which I'm all for! I do not want the cold weather to arrive and I'm loving the shorts and t-shirt weather. 

Gaming

Most nights I spend time playing colouring in games on my switch as I'm obsessed. My switch friends see a notification for the games I play and they are always like 'what on earth are you playing?'. I just find them so relaxing and I use a stylus which makes it super easy to colour in each section. COLOREE and Pixel Cross Stitch Color by Number are my current projects. COLOREE is a colour by number style game and Pixel Cross Stitch is the same but you can use the stylus to colour it in rather than just selecting the square. That's what makes using the stylus so perfect for the game! Nice and lowkey activity to do at the end of a busy day.

Books

This month I decided to spend less time on my phone as my screen time was getting out of hand. I was wasting so much time doing pointless things and decided I had enough! So I've set out on a mission to read every day and so far my streak is 9 days! Recently picked up 13 books at the library as they had a book sale for 50 cents each or $2 for a bag/as much as you could carry. I ended up getting two lots in different visits as I visit my library weekly. So far I've read one book which I really liked, two that weren't my vibe and currently 33% through a new romance one. 

Fashion Dreamer - Farewell Online!

A while ago, the developer of Fashion Dreamer announced that the online aspect of the game would be shutting down in March 2026. I talked more about it in this post and honestly it really came up quick! Online is now no more and is no longer available. First off, if you do play the game and haven't booted the game up for a while, make sure you select Online before going in solo-mode as you will receive all the content. You won't be able to go online and the game will just tell you it is no longer available with this sad message.

So after opening online for the final time it would appear on my menu screen, the other option was solo-mode. Let's take a look at how different the game looks now that the online features have been removed. The Eve Log only has one screen now and you no longer see the notifications from online things like Lookits. 

Went into the My World area and it is quite empty. Now it just shows the NPC's in the game and not a single muse from other players. Aww it's bad that we lost all the friends we added and encountered in the game. Also please excuse the ranks on my NPC's as I never spent time ranking them up. It really shows that I only played online in Fashion Dreamer and making Lookits was really all I did.

Hello Kitty Island Adventure - I Got Addicted

So I brought Hello Kitty Island Adventure a few months and it consumed my life. I couldn't stop playing it whenever I had free time. My work schedule was crazy busy and when I would come home from work, I would just sit for an hour and play Hello Kitty. Then I was unwell for all of January and now we are somehow halfway through March. I made it my mission this week to update the blog as I haven't had a chance to post on here for a little while. I've barely even played Model debut4 as I got so into playing Hello Kitty with my limited free time :(

Now onto the game which is amazing! When it first came out, I remember seeing people giving mixed opinions on it so I held off buying it. I thought I'll wait for a sale and indeed one came along! I was able to get it super cheap at work plus the deluxe expansion was on sale on the eShop at the same time. My friend had been recommending the game to me and I love Sanrio characters, so it seemed like the perfect time to buy it. And I do not regret it as it is super fun!! It's super cute seeing all the characters together and I love the art style. Look at Pochacco with his little arms up in the air!

This won't be a crazy filled play journal as I mainly wanted to share some screenshots. No idea what happened to this null who is just chilling on the umbrella. They seem to end up there quite often for some reason. Weird glitch possibly. After that is Pompompurin who is one of my top Sanrio characters. The list for me is Pompompurin/Cinnamoroll then Pochacco/Hangyodon/Tuxedosam. I also like Gudetama and have a few gachapon keyrings of the character as you used to be able to get them free with J-pop orders on YesAsia year ago.

Colour Outfits Collection - Cozy Green

This outfit is totally the opposite of the current weather here as it's almost been 40 degrees recently! For the colour light green, I made this cute look inspired by this large outer. Doesn't it look super comfy? The extra long sleeves are a nice touch and quite a unique design. Went with the classic plaid skirt as that's my staple and a darker toned top/inner to stand out. The top part of this outfit screams winter however no idea what I was thinking with the bottom half. Like those shoes wouldn't do well in the colder months or snow. I've never actually seen snow but I can guess they wouldn't be suitable. For the hair, I would've preferred a more pastel toned colour as I felt this one was slightly too bright.

Model Debut4 Is Finally Here!!

Imagine my surprise when I was browsing through the e-shop the other day and came across the perfect game for me. Model Debut 4!!! The English port of the game has been released and honestly rather quick as the Japanese one only came out in late November. The English version was released on the e-shop on the 11th of December and my motivation for getting through a busy day at work the next day was that I could go home & play the game. Then it took forever to download and I was too tired haha. So I ended up playing it for the first time yesterday. Excited to play the game in English as the previous two I have the Japanese version and won't have to do any translating this time. For reference, the game was $64.50 AUD on the Australian e-shop and I brought the DLC for about $4.50 as well which is just one item.

First thing I noticed about the game is the art style and graphics are way different from the previous ones. Very realistic and modern looking. Lots of menus to read through at the beginning of the game about what each menu and controls are. Basically they are the same as the previous game and I like how quickly you can move between each tab with the L+R buttons.

Starting off creating my character and there was lots of customisation for just the face! Some were nice and others had not many good options in my opinion. Like I disliked nearly all the eyes and it would've been nice to adjust the angle of them more. That would've fixed my problem if I could rotate it how I wanted. Love how you can pick the eyelashes options as I like lashes on both parts of the eyelid. Now for the big new addition to the Model Debut series - darker skin tones! The new game has a wide range of skin tones and this is a wonderful addition. There was some nice pink under toned skin tones that I almost picked. I totally forgot the change the lipstick colour on my character as I was super tired after work but I can always do it later.

Just like previous games, there is a wide variety of hair styles and I found it impossible to choose one! The buns hairstyle was cute and I almost went with it but decided on my usual long hair look I often choose in this game. Forget to even look at the hair colours options however this is pretty close to my normal hair, just a bit lighter.

Colour Outfits Collection - Groovy Yellow

At first when I saw this design of skirt in Fashion Dreamer, I thought it was quite unique. Like there is so much detail put into the skirt and all the other matching items! Plus you can find it in a variety of colours. Another muse gave me these items in a Lookit once and it was the perfect combination for a yellow themed outfit. Of course I had to go with the beret for the hair accessory as I'm obsessed. I should look back at all my previous outfits in fashion games and count how many times I've used berets. It would be in the high numbers definitely! Loved this entire look and the hair turned out super cute as well! I had lots of fun posing my muse for this photo shoot and got some groovy pictures!

 

Colour Outfits Collection - Bright Orange

Continuing on with my new series in Fashion Dreamer where I make outfits based on colours. Today is all about the colour orange and I went for a feminine inspired look. This top is one that I use quite often in outfits and it looks amazing when tucked into something. I feel the skirt is more of a psychedelic vibe that feminine honestly and I mainly used it as I liked the belt on it. The colour orange has been rendered quite nicely in Fashion Dreamer and isn't too over the top. This hair colour I used seems to be the opposite and is a bit too vibrant compared to the other orange tones in the clothes. Also that last pose of my muse is absolutely ridiculous and no idea why I picked it haha.