So, Girls Mode 3 (aka the 3rd installment of the Style Savvy series) still hasn’t been announced to be coming over yet, but I’m not going to let that keep me down! Mostly as I’m hoping. Thus, I’ve decided to keep an eye out for videos and other information now that the game is officially out in Japan. If you want somewhere to start, I’d recommend this video by Nintendaan showing 47 minutes of gameplay or The Official Miiverse community of the game. Do not spam it asking for it to come over! But show your support in other ways–maybe mention it to Nintendo of America’s official twitter.
Now, we already know there will be a lot of customization in the game (over 19,000 clothing items, make-up, Mii options, and tons of hair customization), but what I wasn’t ready for were so many options just with making your character to start! I love preparing ahead of time so here are some screenshots of all the customization options when starting up your character. Sadly, it does seem it is still just female character options so sorry to the males that play! There’s still male characters and clothing in the game though–you just can’t be one.
There are:
3 Face Styles
25 Eye Styles
5 Eye Colors
20 Eyebrow Shapes
15 Lip Shapes
6 Beauty Mark/Mole Options
Option for Freckles
5 Hairstyles
5 Hair colors
8 Skin Tones
3 Heights
Selection between 3 styles for starting clothes.
Face Styles
Eyes
Eye Colors
Eyebrows
Lips
Beauty Marks & Freckles
Starting Hairstyles + Hair colors
Skin Tones
Height
Clothing Gift Box
What options are you thinking of going for? For me, I’m thinking either the 2nd or 3rd Face Style with eyes 1, 4, 6, 15, 18, 19, or 22 with eye color 1 with eyebrows 1, 6, 16, or 17 with… honestly, I’m not sure at all about lips… maybe 1 or 2? 8 seems possible as well… I probably won’t pick beauty marks or freckles… Maybe Hairstyle #4? Well, honestly, anything besides the first one is an option… I always get stuck on longer hair or ponytail-ish if it’s not a ponytail I really want. Probably haircolor 1 or 4 depending on if 4 looks more like really dark brown or black… Probably the 2nd skin tone with the shortest height… And finally, the first gift box!
If you’re not sure of your picks, they do show you a preview of everything you selected at the end and you can modify as you need to!
The game was announced not long before releasing and I think general consensus was mixed. A lot of people enjoy the Rumble games, but disliked the style used in the Wii U game. Similarly, Shuffle has been a mixed bag and when it comes down to it, just like Shuffle, many of the issues with the game could be fixed if it was just a full-priced game. However, while I feel you could easily pay more than something like Pokemon Shuffle would cost, Pokemon Rumble World feels so much better in the way it was done. Prices are much more meaningful for the most part and if you do decide to pay as if it’s not a free game by buying yourself enough diamonds to hit 3,000, you receive a lovely gift.
Now, I have to admit, I am adoring this game. I think they did a much better job on the Free to Play formula than with Shuffle (especially considering we are having ANOTHER competition in that game).
I’m going to save most of my thoughts for a mini review I will be putting together later, but if you haven’t yet, do give the game a try. It is much more like its original game for the Wii than the one for the Wii U which is such a good thing. You can also check out our newly started page on the sidebar for the game and some playthroughs I’ve done so far on my Youtube channel.
Please enjoy these lovely highlighted photos because Mega Audino is adorable and cute clothes:
Sadly, neither of my two biggest hopes were announced which I am pretty sad about. The Nintendo Direct was still pretty awesome, however, so I find myself very… conflicted on how I’m feeling. Regardless, I’m still hoping they may happen at E3 then and if not… I guess I’ll have to give up hope :(
Moving onto what WAS shown at the Nintendo Direct, there was a lot of neat stuff! As usual, I will not cover everything and mostly stick to what caught my eye/excited me personally.
The stream started off with the very exciting Mewtwo reveal! I loved the “Mewtwo strikes back” entrance. Looking forward to downloading him on the 15th! And if that wasn’t enough, they further expanded it with:
-Lucas! While I’ve never played Earthbound (or any of the Mother games), I was sad to see him go so it’s nice to see him back! I really hope this means we could see other DLC characters–both new and old (such as Ice Climbers). The fact that we can even vote for a character is amazing! Also, “Lucas comes out of nowhere” was amazing. (And I loved the music during the whole montage of Ness up to showing Lucas off. Both songs were great)
-New DLC costumes! I hope this is only the beginning. I plan to buy the bundle and I hope we could also see new color variations as well.
Then more Smash Amiibo! First of all, JIGGLYPUFF IS PART OF WAVE 4 OF SMASH AMIIBO YEEEES:
We need to get Charizard, Robin (x2), Lucina (x2), and Jigglypuff T~T Jigglypuff looks a little odd, but I’m hoping it’s just the angle of the picture. And we finally have a date–May 29th! I wish I knew why it was so late though–isn’t Japan getting them like a month earlier? =( Oh well. We also received information for the next two waves!:
Thankfully, there’s less we want between these… Hopefully preorders will go well for them. And preorders will show up for Wave 4 already. I really hope none are store exclusive. I will cry. I am really confused by just how stretched out our dates are from when Japan is getting them–that’s really weird to me. Especially as the NFC Chips aren’t region locked. :/
After a hype inducing start, Amiibo tap was announced! I generally like anything showing off Amiibo so I found this pretty cool, even though I’ve played most of these games already so I don’t know how much I’d use it.
The Mario Maker Anniversary trailer was awesome. It’s a shame it was pushed back again though.
And the thing that ended up getting my attention the most thus far: KNITTED YOSHI AMIIBO:
LOOK AT THEM. LOOK HOW CUTE IT IS IN THE GAME:
LOOK AT IT. I NEED THE PINK ONE. AND POSSIBLY ALSO THE GREEN ONE.
Splatoon is still a game I am rather undecided on (and I think I’m one of the few who feel that way…). The Amiibo for it look adorable, but I think it’ll end up being about the customization options and how stats work. I’m not that great at shooters and stat-based customization really bothers me (And is one of my least favorite things with Mario Kart 7 and 8. 8 also has the awful battle mode though :( ). If I did get one, I’d probably just get the Inkling Girl.
Pokemon Rumble World! I really love the Pokemon Rumble series, but was let down with the arena style of Pokemon Rumble U. I’m happy this seems closer to the first two games, though, I have mixed feelings on the Free to Play Element. Like Pokemon Shuffle, this is a game I’d really love to just keep charging through and having to wait due to pay blocks it super frustrating. But there is Mega Evolution and that means Mega Audino and I really wish they were still making those cute Pokemon Rumble NFC Figures. Despite my free to play worries, it looks a lot of fun and I’m really excited.
Then NEW STREETPASS MII PLAZA GAMES :D Yeeeeees. Except now I’m even more upset that I haven’t beat Mii Force yet… I hope I can beat these new games. I’m a little sad the second one is zombies (oh zombie, phobia…) but they seem cartoony enough that I miiiight be able to deal. Maybe. The Angler game seems to be more Collection-based like Flower Town while Battleground Z seems like a combination of the other three. I also think the VIP thing seems pretty neat! And yay for more things to collect beyond just countries. I really want to go out and StreetPass more. I’m looking forward to April 16th! Heck, mid April seems like it is going to be crazy with all this DLC content.
I’m not really sure how I feel about the new Fire Emblem. I think the new player characters seem cool:
And we can customize them which is always nice! But I have mixed feelings on having to pick a path choice. It seems there are two games in Japan while here it will come with free DLC that has the other story. Regardless, having to betray people and stuff just makes me super upset. I want a “Let’s all be friends” option. I do wonder if relationships will be in this game too though.
Next was our first look at Amiibo cards!:
THEY ARE SO CUTE AND I NEED THEM ALL. Especially considering the lovely game they are for–Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer looks so cute. EVEN THE LOGO IS CUTE:
LOOK AT IT ALL:
You can even have a party with the cards and decorate for them T~T:
I hope you can use your character from New Leaf for it. Or create one. I’m so excited for Fall T~T I am disappointed that the NC Reader has been further pushed back until Fall:
At least it’ll be out for the game, but I really think it should’ve been out this month or next :/ Or Summer at the latest. Meanwhile, it sounds like Japan will be getting both the game and the NFC Peripheral this Summer T~T I wonder if that will be region free…
Finally, the trailer for the Mario Kart 8 DLC! And it’s even coming a month earlier than expected–April 23rd! :D
PLUS WE CAN PLAY AS FEMALE VILLAGER! YAY! Now I have 4 characters I will be unable to decide who to play as. The Animal Crossing course looks amazing and I love that the seasons change.
Also new racing suits for your Mii by using the Mega Man, PAC-MAN, Sonic, Toad, Wario, Villager, Rosalina, Bowser, and Olimar Amiibo! I’m mostly interested in Villager’s and Rosalina’s, but I don’t think they will beat out Peach’s as my favorite (with Kirby in second). I wish they showed off all of them instead of just PAC-MAN’s, Olimar’s, Mega Man’s, and Sonic’s! They did show off one more when they change the view on Sonic’s and Mega Man’s, but it’s too far away to really make out who the costume belongs to :( Turns out they did show them off in a separate trailer!:
None beat Peach for me, but they are all pretty cool! Rosalina’s makes me think of Wish Bear (yes, from Care Bears. Shush).
But yes, that’s all for North America’s Nintendo Direct! As for other Directs, I’m still pretty interested in the next Ace Attorney game!:
I’ve mentioned it a bit before, but right now, the 3rd installment of the Style Savvy series is easily my most anticipated game right now. Just nothing else has really caught my eye at the moment for varying reasons. Even though I’m not super big on fashion in real life, I’ve always loved dress-up games and Style Savvy is essentially a giant pile of dress-up games. And in Girls Mode 3, they have really racked it up with so many combinations, custom outfits, and more. There aren’t enough words to describe how much I really would like the game to come over. I’m going to focus mostly on this video that came out yesterday:
As it’s the most up to date and really covers everything. I won’t give a huge thing, but just some of the stuff that caught my eye/I’m excited about.
There have been articles and things mentioning a dog or cat you can have in the dollhouse which is pretty neat. And that dog is adorable:
The five jobs are the normal shop owner, hair styling, make-up artist, modeling, and making your own clothes line. And while I was a little nervous about the limitations of “My Brand”, it really looks like it’s going to be great:
Not to mention you can actually design your own emblem/logo!:
It looks very similar to Animal Crossing’s design system between the 16 color palette (hopefully we can choose the colors) and overall design. I’m guessing it’ll also be 32×32 in size, but maybe it’ll be larger. You can even put the design on clothes:
Going back to the main gameplay, there’s over 19,000 items in the game (and hopefully more unique stuff versus just color variants which, while great, can get a bit stale if it really dampens the amount of styles).
Another cool thing is it seems you can do “Mii make-up” where your or another character in Style Savvy will have a face similar to a Mii:
I’m not sure if I’d do the Mii-style face or not, but I’m curious how it’d look!
I love that hairstyles can be changed differently between bangs and backs. There are so many games where I’ve liked the back of the hairstyle, but not the front (such as in Fantasy Life!) so the fact that they are actually making it possible to pick which you’d prefer is really awesome to me:
(Also, on a side note, the eyes in this game look beautiful.)
As for make-up, you can even put together your own custom make-up sets for customers!
I generally never used the make-up in the game as I don’t wear make-up in real life, but maybe I’ll actually play around with it this time.
As for modeling, that also means better photos! Besides just pose choices, you can choose your facial expressions and decorative borders!:
Also, that background is amazing. After you’ve taken photos, you can even be on billboards!:
I am so excited for the Dollhouse. While it seems pets may only be through there, the idea of an extra customizable room (possibly where people can buy your designs?) is awesome.
It sounds like a wonderful use of StreetPass too (And you may be able to exchange them online as well?). And the rooms are so cute:
(Look! Another Dog! And a Teddy Bear! I’m going to have so much trouble choosing things…)
You can even take a picture in them!:
I think my only complaint is they are so tiny. I mean, I get it is a dollhouse, but I’m worried I won’t be able to put even close to as much as I’d like to T~T
And of course, Fashion Shows are back! The big difference seems to be you may actually get to be the model this time (or at least have the option to) versus always having to dress someone else up. There’s even a minigame portion to it where you can hit certain poses as you walk down the runway:
There’s also various other neat things from cool Miiverse options, taking pictures with friends, and even Amiibo functionality! The game will have 4 main ones available at launch–Mario, Peach, Yoshi, and Kirby. Mario gives you Mario’s Hat, Peach gives you a pink version of Peach’s Crown, Yoshi gives you a Yoshi Hoodie, and Kirby gives a Kirby bag. If you scan Luigi, Bowser, or Toad, you will get a Starman Hairpin!
It shouldn’t be a surprise that these are my two favorites :P Though, I really like the star too:
Unfortunately, the Amiibo Peripheral still isn’t out yet :( So if you do not have a new 3DS (or can’t borrow one from someone briefly), you won’t be able to scan them when the game comes out. I will have to borrow someone’s New 3DS… and also a Mario Amiibo >>
The game even has awesome DLC already planned for it. Sadly, even if the game is announced it is unlikely we will ever seen these items. I’d love if the games weren’t region free and the DLC was for everyone, but it’s just unlikely :(
But yes, going past Style Savvy…. the other thing I am hoping for is due to the recent Menu update to the 3DS! I really hope this means we will be getting the special Crane Game Badge Collecting App! You can find lots of info on the website for it along with various videos being up on Youtube. It has a cute bunny host and you play crane games to get cute collectible badges. I’ve wanted it since it came out in Japan.
And as a bonus… if anymore Amiibo stuff is announced (Still waiting on Preorders to go up for Wave 4 Smash Amiibo…), I really hope Jigglypuff will be:
I’d need to get her a bow though…
So, it is officially April 1st which means Tomodachi Life has a new SpotPass item!:
This time, it is the Nintendo Uniform. It is only available in dark blue.
Plus, as it is a new month, a new interior is out!:
“Spring”. This is actually the last interior I needed which lead to a very special newsflash!:
You can check it out in video form below:
Seeing this really makes me wish I was closer to completing every collection. Unfortunately, nearly everything I need is either luck related (Ruined Meal) or StreetPass and I just am having no luck :( I think the only Clothing items that are not StreetPass related are all under costumes (some of which are the only seasonal items I’ve had no luck getting to show up now). I don’t even want to think of how hard it will be to get all the colors of some of these.
Not too much has happened otherwise, unfortunately! We heard back from Jennifer Jr. twice–she was stuck on the Relay Island in Germany for a while:
But she eventually managed to get picked up!:
Meanwhile, Benjamin was born and traveled off:
Tyler also kept us updated on his travels:
And Thomas was born!:
He’ll be off traveling soon.
And as usual, random news:
Finally, don’t forget there is a Nintendo Direct today! Despite the date, I’m really hoping it’ll be a good one.
I don’t usually make full unboxing posts about anything I get in the mail, but I wanted to make an exception for the CCS figures. For whatever reason, Sakura is actually getting a Figma as well–though, it’ll be about 2 months before it comes out. This post is about SH Figuart version that came out this month. I’m hoping to make a brief comparison post once the Figma is released.
Anyway, here is her box! The Figuart is based off Sakura’s outfit from the very first opening:
If you’d like to see more about the figure, feel free to click below to keep reading.
Now, before I start, I will say that if you read my lasttwo Pokemon Shuffle-related entries, you will know I enjoy the game despite some of its issues. That said, I find the entire way Mega Lucario/Lucarionite is being handled is awful. There’s no good reason to do it this way and the only real reason I can find in order to do so is just to encourage purchases.
Mega Lucario is sadly only available to the top 20,000 in North America (top 20,000 for PAL regions and top 50,000 for Japan). I am guessing Japan’s total is because maybe it was more downloaded there, but it’s still kind of unfair that the numbers are not the same. At the moment, I am currently in the top 1,000 and I am hoping I can stay there… but nearly 100,000 people have played this level at the time of me writing this–98,716 to be exact. That means 78,716 people will not be getting Lucario’s Mega Stone and that is completely awful.
This is, up until this challenge anyway, a single player game. And in a game where “Gotta Catch ’em all” is a slogan, making something that can only be gotten through competing with other people and then being limited on top of it is really really cruel. Heck, the whole reason I stopped collecting promo cards was due to the special ones being given out at the tournaments and I just do not care for the competitive part of Pokemon (or Battle Frontier-like things as a whole in the games).
While some people think that this is only temporary and others will be able to get this later, there’s no real confirmation for that. And considering you will be using a heart and 10,500 coins (afterall, there are two items to buy and buying both gives you the best chance) for every single attempt, it goes up. Even if you managed to save up some coins, you will run out. And when something is timed and also a competition, you want to try until you’re sure your score is good which means there is a likely chance you’d end up buying gems in order to make sure you can keep trying.
A better way to have done this and to encourage playing/checking in would be if the Mega Stone was a participant prize with the top whatever number getting gems, hearts, or coins. Maybe even some combination or placing depending on what. But the way it is now, it feels that encouragement is being placed elsewhere.
And with Venusaur, Charizard (who can get two), Blastoise, Pidgeot, Absol, Heracross, Sceptile, Blaziken, Swampert, Scizor, and Aerodactyl also missing their Mega Stones, it feels like these kinds of competitions may become a thing and that’s just… incredibly disappointing. Even more so if new Pokemon start getting introduced this way too.
The 16th means the 2nd item of the month is officially out :D This time, we have the Pawn Shop Uniform!
It is $40 and available in Orange, Yellow, Purple, and Blue.
Not too much has happened since last time. We received a letter from one of our own travelers:
And actually had a new traveler camp out:
I finally got the tiara color I wanted to match my Mii’s dress:
A new engagement and wedding happened:
Meanwhile, two new Miis ended up getting set up:
Plus a few random news updates:
But as for the biggest newsflash… I moved in the final 6 residents to Pink Sea Island from a lovely Classical Music Anime that then crushes your heart and soul for absolutely no reason because they deserve somewhere to be happy which ended up getting us to 100 and a special newsflash!:
You can find all 6 on the QR page, but here is a sneak preview of 4 of them just enjoying the things they love and actually getting to live the life they deserve:
So, I am currently on the final Captain Toad level. I don’t expect to do the speed challenges (I may do some attempts for fun, but it’s just not something I really care to do) so this is kind of my final level in Captain Toad. And wow, do I hate it.
I haven’t made it unknown that I can’t stand the Mummy mechanic. I think the extra challenges are fun by themselves without the need for the Mummy challenges which I feel adds an extra hecticness that I just do not enjoy in my puzzle games. I generally play puzzle games more for thought exercises and relaxation so the added stress of something forever chasing you gets frustrating quickly (and in a similar sense, I don’t enjoy the speed runs either because I like enjoying Captain Toad and not trying to just rush through it over and over).
Overall though, I actually find Mummy-Me Maze Forever “easier” than Mummy-me at Pyro Puff Peak which involved gathering 170 coins. I think Mummy-Me Maze Forever just allows more flexibility despite how hectic it can get at points.
Even though I’ve figured out what I need to do to complete Mummy-Me Maze Forever, that doesn’t actually make it any less hard. There are parts that are completely unforgiving and considering you constantly have to be sprinting, it actually hurts after a while… and it is not a short level with 50 floors.
You have a break on floors 10, 20, 35, 45, and 50.
Floors 5, 15, 25, 30, and 40 contain Chargin’ Chucks and Magikoopas/Kameks.
While most of the areas contain stationary enemies (afterall, you’re being chased enough as it is and will have 4 Mummies chasing you by the end of it), you will eventually have to deal with floors of Boos and Goombas which, while easy enough to avoid in general, if you do accidentally hit a dead-end there is a high chance you will die if you have already been hit.
Each level has at least 105 coins. If you’re lucky, a normal mushroom, golden mushroom, or large pile of coins will spawn (essentially like 5 different piles of coins close together). These seem random as to why they do spawn (I’ve sometimes gotten them even on the first level), but they are quite helpful. Similarly, there is also the pick axe which is the only thing that can kill the Mummy and get help make levels a bit easier.
Once you’ve hit level 5, I’d highly recommend no longer bothering to get all the coins. I think in general, most people will want to collect all the coins on earlier levels in preparation (afterall, you need 5,000 by the end), but this isn’t actually needed. The spawn rates of those bonus coins do go up as you get higher and you will actually get 1800 coins just from the final floor so you only really need to try and get at least 3,200. I managed to get 2.9K at the 21st floor so it’s honestly not too bad. But honestly, as soon as you hit level 5, just work on getting to the end as quickly as possible. You will easily earn enough coins just making your way there and if you miss a coin, do not go back for it. While one Mummy is easy to control, the 2nd Mummy easily stands much further back while the next two Mummy will be towards the middle and thus, the best thing to really do is to keep moving forward. Always choose between not getting hit to grabbing some extra coins.
There is, of course, still some randomness to it–the maze itself is randomly generated each time along with placements of coins, enemies, and any other extra spawns with the only thing staying the same is the Mummy’s and their distance from you.
That said, I do wish they either removed the Mummies or changed some other things around. I don’t really enjoy having to sprint the entire time. v-v; Now I am off to try again…
