Gamebridge's Anne's Doll Studio: Lolita Collection is one of several titles in the Anne's Doll Studio "series," and like the other entries, is a complete waste of time and money. A simple application in which you can dress up a doll and save it as an image file, users will find all there is to discover in Anne's Doll Studio as soon as the title menu is booted up. Had all the titles in Anne's Doll Studio been released as one piece of software, there might be something of (very minor) value for young anime fans. Unfortunately, these individual releases are utterly pointless, and force us to repeat ourselves in order to fulfil our obligation of reviewing all downloads.
All Anne's Doll Studio entries are the same. Players are given a doll and can choose her clothes, shoes, accessories, hair style, eyes, a background to place the doll in, a frame, and some stickers or doodles to draw with. After the player is finished, the image is saved and stored for future "sharing" via SD card. That is literally all there is to Anne's Doll Studio.
Lolita Collection actually offers something slightly different in that two dolls can be put in the picture, but the options remain as before and are still extremely limited. The clothing and hair options are a tiny bit more on the risque side, although the name "Lolita" definitely doesn't foreshadow any inappropriateness. There are very few dresses, hair styles, and backgrounds to choose from; going through and trying every option would take about 10 minutes. The clunky interface doesn't help matters; the 3DS/DSi is held like a book and controlled via stylus, but rather than instantly show the clothes the player has chosen, the screen fades to white with a "swoosh" sound before updating the doll. This was presumably to add an element of excitement and anticipation, but it will likely become annoying very quickly for those who just want to experiment with the few choices they have.
When choosing a background, users can take a photo using the 3DS/DSi, but with the poor quality of the cameras there is little point. With no options to edit, crop rearrange or customise the images in any way other than the preset stickers/doodles, kids will likely just pick a pre-made background to finish up their project. The visuals, consisting of flat pixel art, are charming enough, but the low resolution and annoying "white out" flashes will kill off any good will the user has. There is a soft, melodic song playing in the background, but it's quickly forgettable and disappointingly generic.
Conclusion
Anne's Doll Studio: Lolita Collection, like the rest of the titles in this so-called series, does what it says it's going to do and nothing more. It's not broken, but the clunky interface, lack of options and frustrating presentation ruin any fun the user may have. Allowing two dolls in the picture adds about five minutes of replay value, but in the era of Instagram, Vine, Facebook and all other social media apps and sites, Anne's Doll Studio feels like a long-aged relic that should be stuffed away with all the other old dolls from childhood.
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How many versions of this game are there? Cause this is the third one already.
omg this looks good. Great review! Think I'll be picking this one up
Day 1 buy.
@midnafanboy As you can see on the right side of this very page, this is the fifth one.
@vamkar I'd play it.
@KeeperBvK Well i was counting the DSI versions of this,that i read the actually review.And that were reviewed in the same year.So the count goes back to three.
@midnafanboy Why would it go back to three? There are five versions of the game, no matter when they have been released.
@KeeperBvK It goes back to three because i said. i only read three of the reviews of the doll's collections.The others i do not want to read cause it's the same thing and a waste of time. So once more old sport the count goes back to three, well now four cause i read the new one.
Why exactly did you review these kinds of games if you don't even like them? I have 3 of the games downloaded from the eShop (Lolita, Gothic, and Princess) and it seems i'm the only one to actually appreciate them. I wish that someone who actually likes doll dress ups would review it and show their own unique creations with it. It's such a shame the ones who don't like dolls at all are the ones to review and comment on it. Pointless
Unfortunately Anne's Doll Studio games are no longer availlable on the eShop but the new game Doll Fashion Atelier, which was made by the same developers and has all the outfits from the originals, is. I downloaded the Anne's Doll Studio games in 2014 and i think they took them off in 2016 or 2017. Does anyone know?
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