Pop diva Beyoncé has renewed her partnership with Nintendo of America, but this time she’s back to shill more than Nintendo products: She’ll be shilling her own, too.
Join Kotaku’s tallest, broadest and hairiest regular contributor as I explore the world of retail fashion design with Nintendo’s Style Savvy for the Nintendo DS.
Social networking/online game, Fashion Fantasy Game, surveyed over 2500 teen girls to see what they want for Christmas this year. The answer? Cash. I guess they’ve finally grown out of that I-want-a-pony phase.
Nintendo’s women’s-fashion-shop game for the DS was called “Girls Mode” in Japan, signal enough that it’s not for macho men or the gamers who want to play as one. But there are design ideas in Style Savvy any gamer should know about.