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the details that strikes the design. The team picks out the best design into 2d art, eventually being processed to become assets. Along with costume details, fabric texture, and decorative patterns, they are submitted to 3D artists to be adapted as models. Wanting to prioritize creativity, illustrators were provided with the utmost freedom. As
Shining Nikki is the first 3D game they created, the development team find it difficult to create a 3D model and took a whole year to do so. They also find challenge in modelling costume designs, placing the set of Out the Phoenix Palace as a particular example as its massive detailing ,akes it difficult to process into the modelling. Thus, they have to spread the assets into multiple layers.
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which can be increased through the use of Memory Keys, which can be collected through
Neverfall; Passive Skills, which can be increased through the use of Outfit Crystals, obtained by decomposing extra pieces of clothing the player has already owned; and Call of Reflection, a Designer's Reflection's personal skills increased through a specific Designer's Reflection. Designer's Reflections can also be increased through the use of Concepts and using Concepts from the same series creates resonance.
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choosing, the player is directed to selecting a
Designer's Reflection, artwork of the different designers of sets where each have different skills. After selecting a Designer's Reflection, gameplayer of Nikki's outfit is shown, where the player has to press buttons on the corresponding outfit piece that the player has selected. Missing to click the button loses the chances of the player to click it again.
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Animations are also added to the game as it grants Nikki a much livelier presence, who had always been a 2D character in her previous appearances. The teams make different promotional videos for specific events in the game showcasing Nikki to elite impressions through the sets she's wearing. The team
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Shining Nikki as having a vast collection of costume styles and how each set are the representation of a character's memory and dedication behind their creation. To make the sets, they settle on a theme then hire multiple illustrators to decide
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3D animations are created through motion capture and post-production. They are provided scripts and are told what to do as an idea of the actions to portray the animation with the actors' own understanding behind it. They originally had 18 actors, having to be assessed for the team to know how they
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To obtain clothing, the player can collect from Apple
Apparel, where the clothing must be purchasing through the use of Gold or Pink Gems; the Gate of Heart through two types: Sea of Fantasy, requiring Fantasy Tickets or Pink Gems, and Sea of Mystery, through the use of Mystery Tickets or Gold, and
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Shining Nikki is a dress-up game that is played through styling. In its battle mode, there are five attributes: Sweet, Fresh, Elegant, Sexy, and Cool and the player has to choose the highest scores of the following clothing to increase their
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Vasiliy, art director of Papergames considers the materials of the clothes as the most important aspect of the game. Having to study the fabrics to achieve a level of high quality, they use Substance Designer to achieve it and consider it to be worthwhile after witnessing the output. They
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TheGamer considers the game to be better than its predecessor, Love Nikki, owing to its newer features and better UI that the latter lacks. However, TheGamer has also criticized the game for having too many currencies. Hardcore Droid states the game is rather generous due to being given lots of
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is a mobile game developed by
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Styling Power can also be increased by developing a player's bond with Nikki through the use of gifts and witnessing events that occurred in Home. In order for Nikki to use gifts, the player has to buy her snacks to increase her vigor.
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Workshop, where the player has to collect materials from different story stages to craft certain pieces.
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268:"Shining Nikki: Creating and Scanning Elegant Fabrics for China's Most Popular Mobile Dress-Up Game"
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326:"3D着せ替えコーデRPG『シャイニングニキ』4月28日（水）より「アナと雪の女王」イベント開催！ロマンチックな「雪フェス」でエルサのセットコーデをゲットしよう！"
419:"全世界累計1億ダウンロードを突破した着せ替えコーデRPGのシリーズ最新作『シャイニングニキ』2021年に国内配信へ。クローズドベータテストの参加者募集も開始"
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305:"SHINING NIKKI BEHIND THE SCENES EP 3 - Art and Animation"
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236:"【PR】「シャイニングニキ」を初心者向けに解説！ 誰よりもおしゃれになるためのコーデバトルのコツ教えます始"
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450:"Shining Nikki May Be Even Better Than The Original"
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