Pop Cutie! Street Fashion Simulation

by Koei

Product Features

• manage the day to day happenings of a fashion boutique
• Fashion battle competition where judges rate your look
• gather images on the street and combine to create clothing lines
• challenge a friend using wireless DS multi card play
• progress from independent designer to large boutique owner

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001C3N0Q0
• Product Dimensions: 4.8 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 30, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,102 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #67 in Video Games > Nintendo DS > Simulation > Life
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

POP CUTIE! Street Fashion Simulation is an offbeat business simulation game that takes a fun look into the world of Tokyo street style and cosplay (costume play). In the game, players can manage the day-to-day happenings of their very own street fashion boutique. They’ll hire models and assistants, choose the look and music for their shop, run the cash register and even place magazine ads. Best of all, they’ll take to the streets and meet different characters in search of up-and-coming trends. Players can then use this inspiration in their studios where they’ll create new clothes, accessories and even hairstyles. However, other shop owners are also prowling the streets looking for the next big thing. Players will start the game as an independent designer with a small shop at a flea market. As players progress, they’ll move into larger boutiques. The competition against rival shop owners culminates in a ‘Fashion Battle,’ where a panel of judges will decide if a player’s style has enough cute or enough cool to become all the rage. By gathering and combining ‘images’ from people on the street, players will create clothing lines ranging from the conventional to the most outrageous trends from the streets of Tokyo. An easy touch interface allows players to consider color and shape combinations on the bottom screen while reviewing the actual design on the upper screen. Using Nintendo DS Multi-Card Wireless Play, up to two friends can challenge each other in fabulous Fashion Battles.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very decent fashion design simulator, October 14, 2008

By 

Belinda (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Pop Cutie! Street Fashion Simulation (Video Game)

Pop Cutie! Street Fashion Simulation is both a game where you get to (albeit rather restrictively) "create" your own fashion line, but more importantly, it is really a fashion store micro-management game. The focus of the game is where you run your own fashion shop (that gets upgraded as you past the criteria for each stage) by making clothes that customers come to buy.

The actual fashion creation aspect, as mentioned, is quite limited. You, as the store manager, go out and talk to the people in the street and they give you "keywords" that unlock certain clothing designs, colours and "combos". You then go back to your studio and customise the clothing templates and add colour, before putting the item to be sold in your store. People come in and browse, try on and if they like it, buy your clothes.

I think the best aspect of the game is the humour and wackiness of the game. Your employee in the shop can be given instructions to man the register or serve customers and it's really cute some of the things people say. There's a wide range of customer personalities, with some being really polite and nice and others really standoffish and rude. Same with the people on the street. You have rivals and fashion contests to go to, and those are a little off the wall. There's lots of colour everywhere.

This game won't really suit a child because of the fast-paced nature of the game. While you can take as much time as you like in each stage, to pass it, you need to work hard to make sure your range of clothing is sellable and in season. There's always lots of people to talk to on the street to get information and customers to serve in your shop. It's a pretty hectic game, like most micro-management games, however, I feel it isn't as boring as other micro-management games, maybe because there's the whole really fun, cartoony "fashion" aspect of it.

The graphics are really cute and there's a really impressive range of templates and colours that you can use to create your clothes. I've only played a few hours so far, but already it's really satisfying seeing people on the streets wearing your clothes and to see the clothes of your rivals. The soundtracks' nice (though nothing too impressive yet) and the game allows you to buy/win additional background music that you can change to in your studio. The gameplay is simple and suits the DS well. It's not stylus-heavy, which is a plus in my books.

The only real downside is that sometimes when your store gets popular and it's still small, it can be difficult getting around customers. Sometimes also, your employee stands in your way when you need to use the register, though that is dependant on how skilled the employee is. The difficulty getting around people in your store can be eased by the type of layout you choose for your shop, so it's not that big a problem.

If you like the sound of a cute, wacky game where you get to create fashion and management a fashion store in Japan, then this game is for you. There's lots to do and the game feels like it has a lot of heart. Worth getting if you like the premise of the game.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You've got to coordinate, February 28, 2009

By 

Steven R. Shroyer "DSfanatic 2010" (Kent Ohio) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Pop Cutie! Street Fashion Simulation (Video Game)

My title comes from the character cordy nate who appears at random times in the game, and what a game it is!

Don't let the theme fool you, this can be played by boys as well as girl(Hey if a girl can play Halo then we can play this) It is like a business sim and a fashion design game all at once.

You start off at a flea market and soon move up the ladder hopefully becoming the next Todd Oldham or Vera Wang. Along the way you meet rival designers and compete in fashion battles with judges who are Simon, Paula, and Randy knock offs.

Take note, this is a business sim and it will involve some clever money mangement.

So in summation,
Buy it, play it, love it, and keep it

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly fun and strategic game!, November 27, 2008

By 

Alanna Evans - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Pop Cutie! Street Fashion Simulation (Video Game)

Pop Cutie! Street Fashion Simulation.
It sounds like one of those cheaply made games that are slated for tweeny girls that don't know any better.
BUT Don't let the name scare you off.
Despite its candy cover and focus on "fashion", this is NOT a girly game at all. It's more of a store managment simulation than a fashion game. You learn keywords by talking to people on the street and by going into your studio and getting combinations of these words it will make new items of clothing. These items you can change the color of and stock in your store.
Then comes the strategic part.

You are not the only one competing for the world of QT's dollar. You have rivals and your main goal is to be better than them. Sell more, have more popular colors and the most fans. The game's goals are settled around these game elements. Then there is the fashion battle where you are pitted against your top rival in a fashion show that will determine who wins the prize that month. The more popular the item, the better the combination, the higher the ratings.

You can design the layout of your store, hire workers, decide on your stock, hire models and take out print ads to advertise your clothes and much more. The game is well thought out, has lots of little extras and very snappy, "punny" writing that keep you amused through it all. The main drive is trying to figure out the best plan of attack to defeat your rivals. What items will be the most popular? Do you put more stock in your store or limit your collections and colors? What do you remove to introduce a new item? Or just chuck it out, redesign the whole mess and start over again. Like any good sim game, there's always that "one more thing to do" that keeps you coming back for more.

With cute graphics, addictive gameplay, and a game design that is well thought out and filled with details, this is a top class DS game that deserves another look.
Don't be fooled, POP CUTIE! is quite a fun game for all genders and ages (atleast for those old enough to read!).