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Tag Archives: style savvy
Style Savvy’s Fashion Limitations
I’ve borrowed a 3DS and have been playing Style Savvy: Trendsetters, the sequel to the 2009 DS game Style Savvy. They are both fashion games that are part business sim: players take on the role of a manager of a … Continue reading
Posted in Casual Games, Handheld Games
Tagged 3DS, fashion, Nintendo, style savvy, style savvy: trendsetters
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Style Savvy’s Most Glaring Issue
I played and finished Style Savvy earlier this year, and I kind of loved it. If you’re unfamiliar, it is Nintendo’s aggressively-marketed fashion game for the DS where you play as a stylist and boutique manager. You buy clothes to … Continue reading
Posted in Handheld Games
Tagged fashion, fatphobia, Nintendo, nintendo DS, sizeism, style savvy
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