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Switch fashion dreamer9/8/2023 ![]() ![]() 17:03 Oni Press Joins Omnibus with More Than 250 Award-Winning Titles.Aug 15 Kyoto Animation Characters Get Super-Sized Plushies.Aug 16 Singer-Songwriter Kenshi Yonezu Talks About Working With Boy and The Heron Director Hayao Miyazaki.Aug 16 Mushoku Tensei Author Comments on Series' Depiction of Slavery.Aug 16 Live-Action One Piece's Iñaki Godoy Visits Shueisha Office.Aug 17 The Devil Is a Part-Timer! Cameos in McDonalds Ad.Aug 17 Mushoku Tensei Author Explains: 'I Don't Condone Slavery'.14:45 NIKKE: Goddess of Victory Mobile Game Collabs with NieR:Automata.Aug 7 Inside Daicon IV's 40th Anniversary Exhibit.Aug 14 Wonder Festival 2023 Summer Figure Gallery.Aug 19 Our Favorite Cosplay from Comiket 102 (Part One).Convention reports chronological archives.10:47 Demon Lord, Retry! R Sequel Manga Gets Anime.11:14 Naruto x Boruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections Game's Trailer Reveals 3 Characters, November 17 Launch.11:38 One Piece Live-Action Series Streams Behind the Scenes Video.12:31 Charles Martinet Steps Back from Voice of Mario.13:01 Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron Film Sells 4.64 Million Tickets to Earn 6.98 Billion Yen.13:30 Kana Hanazawa Performs Dark Gathering Anime's 2nd Ending Theme Song.14:00 Bang Brave Bang Bravern Original TV Anime Reveals 2nd Mechanical Designer.14:30 Crunchyroll Adds Offside Soccer Anime.15:00 Satoshi Shiki Launches Casshern R Manga on September 19.16:32 My Home Hero Manga Gets Live-Action TV Series, Film.It might have a lower ceiling than the open world genre, but they're still real games and, with Fashion Dreamer, hopefully they get some real respect. It might seem like there's not a lot of gameplay you can do with a fashion sim, but it also feels as though no one has really tried. More importantly, it promises to be a step up from Style Savvy, and could see a technical and visual upgrade that offers more involved gameplay. Without getting into the 'real games' argument, both of those feel less like video games designed to be enjoyed and more like sophisticated money extraction sequences crammed with adverts, temporary bonuses, cooldown timers, and microtransactions bursting out the bottom of their maroon peplum skirts.įashion Dreamer is in another league to these mobile titles, which don't feel too distinct from the girl games of the '90s, except they're slower and entirely reliant on using cooldowns to push you towards spending real money. These days, the most popular fashion sims are mobile games where you dress up Britney Spears/Kim Kardashian/a whole plethora of other celebrities in what is essentially the exact same game, or you unlock outfits as part of a Candy Crush-style rip-off. They stopped even longer ago though, ending with New Ghoul in School in 2015. The Monster High games were very thin and rough around the edges, but they at least attempted to offer a full game play experience. Fashion Dreamer is made by the same devs and is a spiritual successor, but also, Style Savvy is basically the only fashion simulator with any semblance of quality, and the last one came out six years ago for the DS. ![]() Most fashion fans pointed to Style Savvy after the Fashion Dreamer trailer dropped during the Nintendo Direct, and that's easily the closest comparison. While I was positive on the game, it was clear it has not had the decades of technical advancement and blockbuster budgets poured into it the way other genres have. I wrote last year about Horse Tales, a modern version of the horse girl games that were thrown in with the dress up games of old. Gaming has become less gendered over time, and what that has meant is the games for boys have evolved to feature more female characters, less misogyny, and have grown in depth and quality, while the games for girls have become extinct. Related: What Could Zelda's New Sheikah Slate Mean For Tears Of The Kingdom? ![]()
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