Style Boutique: Sequel Ideas

This is a post I've been wanting to create for a long time now. I thought I would share game features and content that I would like to see if a sequel was made to New Style Boutique 3: Styling Star. There was so much content missing from Styling Star that I've missed, so some of these ideas may be old game features that were removed or altered. Please note, that these are just my ideas and I have no idea if a new game in the series will ever be made. These are just aspects I would love to have in the game. Anyway, let's get started!

Design your own nails
This was actually something I thought was going to be included in Styling Star. When I was younger, I used to play a lot of games were you'd make your own nail designs from the colours, stickers and features included on the website. So I naturally thought this concept would be the same in Styling Star. Then it turned out you just pick from pre-made ones which is nice, but not as fun. We totally need the feature to create our own designs to match outfits.

This panda design is pretty adorable though.

The return of Train Station locations
I couldn't believe that the train station locations were removed in Styling Star. You spent so much time visiting them in Fashion Forward that I thought they would just carry over into the new game. I don't need all of them to return, mainly just Maple Crescent and the Meadows as they are my favourites. Even if the train station doesn't have these locations, I'd like to see maybe an Eastern inspired garden added to the main city.

Standing around wondering why this wonderful location was removed.

Events with NPC's
One of the things Styling Star lacks is the options to interact with NPC's in the game. You only really attend events with the main characters or others in the main story line. Past that, there are only a few story points that pop up after the main story line finishes. I miss being invited to visit places with the main characters and take fun photos.

No region-locking!
This one is kinda self-explanatory and I've discussed it previously in other posts. I just want to be able to visit my friends who play Style Savvy and players in Japan. I just don't get why Fashion Forward was region free but Styling Star isn't.

Bring back Fashion Shows!
Such a core feature of the game, yet wasn't present in the new game. The game felt quite empty without fashion shows and there wasn't really much to do past the main story line challenge wise. As frustrating as the fashion shows were, I miss them and Styling Star could've improved on the concept so much. Like maybe have the feature to dress up multiple models or have a competitive aspect again where you compete against the computer models.

Five stars!! Take that game!!!

Rebuild the Photo Studio & have modelling jobs again
I find it so annoying to have to visit NIN10 every time I want to take photos and listen to Jim's speech about how to take photos. I would've liked to have seen the idea of the Photo Studio from Fashion Forward expanded upon and have the ability to change outfits at the shoot. I waste so much time going back and forth changing outfits for photos. It's nice to take more than one photo at a time though, A+ on that idea! Modelling Jobs are another aspect I'd like to see return. I didn't do them much, but it was fun to try to create outfits to match the theme.

Design your own make-up sets
Another feature that was removed in Styling Star. Whilst the pre-made sets in Styling Star are nice, the beautician is really lacking in the game. I guess because you don't have to unlock the sets anymore, the idea of the second floor and make-up lab was scrapped.

Caprice Chalet
I know that some players aren't too fond of this feature, but I totally love it and miss it in Styling Star. I wish it would return someday as creating themed rooms was such a fun concept and I loved trying to collect all the miniatures.

More apartment decorations that actually match
As much as I love being able to decorate the apartment again, I just find none of the items match perfectly with my layout ideas. So I'd like to see more colourful or themed sets and just let me remove items from my room. I don't need a cafe table in there!

The best I've been able to get my apartment to look.

Download play
Now this is something that my friends wanted to see. When we have our monthly gaming/streetpass meetups, we love to play games together on the 3DS. Someone mentioned in the past about wanting to have fashion shows via download play and I thought that would be a cool idea. Maybe something like older 3DS games used to do where a demo of the game would be sent to players who don't have the game and you could play a fashion show mini game. Or even better, just have some sort of multiplayer feature. Fashion Forward had a really boring one of just taking photos together or visiting Caprice Chalet rooms. I think that's a feature that could be expanded on with maybe fashion shows or creating outfits.

Hairstyles
Bring back the removed hairstyles is pretty much all I need to say. No clue why they had to take them out.

More design options
One of the more interesting concepts of the game is the ability to create your own designs. Whilst Fashion Forward had a great selection of design options, some of these were removed in Styling Star. I'd really like to see all the options return plus the new ones from Styling Star such as shopping bags. Fun design options I'd like to see included are cat ear headbands, outers such as jackets and jumpers, more t-shirt designs and the return of crazy tights patterns! I loved the bear design in Fashion Forward.

I need these cute tights to return!!

Expanded online features
Styling Star has some great online features (even if they are region-locked) and I think this is an area that could be built on. A miniature or clothing item gifting idea could be fun or even a friends list. I'd also like to see players you've friended/favourited appear at your boutique like the amiibo and Caprice Chalet ones used to in Fashion Forward.

New brand and style
This is something that is well overdue. I won't go into too much detail as I plan to do a post about this in the future, but I'd love to see a new brand or style included in the game. All we get is brands being removed and since fashion has evolved so much in recent years, I think there's room for a new brand that focuses on a new style in the game.

A rockabilly inspired brand like Princess Highway would be amazing!

Make-up options
For this, I'd like to see glitter and stencil options added to the make-up feature. I feel these would add something special to lively and psychedelic looks. Maybe even unique eyeliner styles would be fun such as crazy wings or how about those quirky looking false eyelashes you see around.

More boutique customers
Oh how I wish this would happen. In Styling Star, I get like tops 10 customers a day. It's practically nothing! Working at the boutique and creating outfits for customers is my favourite feature in the game and I was disappointed that I couldn't really do that in Styling Star. You can invite three NPC's to visit each day, but that's hardly anything.

Full outfit requests
You rarely get these except for certain style customers (i.e. gothic) and they definitely need to be ramped up. How am I meant to clear out items if I only ever sell a pair of red trousers or a baby-doll hat? This is a feature that definitely needs to be improved on.

We need more requests like this!

Sales and Clearances
I'd like to see an option at the boutique to be able to discount items as it would be an interesting concept. Hopefully it would bring in unique customer dialogue and increased traffic. Or better yet, just let us clear out all the stock at once. It's so time consuming having to select items individually.

Limited Edition items at the Exhibition Hall
This concept has been done before in the game series and it should return! Exclusive items always brought customers into the boutique and you had to always stay on top of having the must-have item of the moment in stock. It added a fun element of challenge and you could get some nice unique looking pieces.

Magazine 
Another feature that has been done before in the series, but I'd like to see it return as a sort of business in the city. Like a publication that prints the magazine and you can go there to be a model or design exclusive items for the magazine. It's definitely something that could be worked into the main story line of the game. 

Skirts with pants
I know it sounds like a crazy idea, but I just want to see the silly looking outfits it would create with customers. Plus I want to recreate Crayon Pop's iconic Bar Bar Bar outfits.

Male players
Some of my friends have expressed interest in the games series (and some even own the game), but dislike the fact that they cannot be a male character. I think it's about time the developers implemented a feature that allows players to play as a male or female character. The game has a male fanbase so there would be interested players for this. 

Amiibo
The characters amiibo's used to generate in Fashion Forward were an amazing sight and we need that to return! Mainly because my friends and I find it hilarious to scan in amiibo characters that look like our Mii's. Also on the topic of amiibo's, bring back the clothing items! I'm so disappointed that amiibo's were limited to boring emblems and designs. I miss the unique items and I think there are some great ideas for new ones like mario overalls or Princess Peach's dress. Purple Moon does have the amiibo items now, but not the gorgeous different colour ones that I like. I miss the purple and pink Rosalina dress so much! Also when is Wario going to get an amiibo item? That's something I'd love to see in the game.

Half the fun of amiibo items was just seeing the character's it generated.

That's all for my sequel ideas for now. Most of these were just bringing back removed game features, but I really feel like there's a lot of possibilities for game features if a new game was to be developed. Do you have any ideas of things you'd like to see in the next game? Let me know in the comments, I'd love to hear what players want in the game.