Personal style is always subjective, so dress-up games likeInfinity Nikkican be tricky to figure out, particularly when some styling challenges seem to prioritize points over fashion. AnyNikkiveteran can attest that the games havealways rewarded odd outfits as long as they match the attributes required by the challenge, but every once in a while, there will be a challenge that doesn’t. For players new to the franchise, it can be confusing and difficult to know when looks matter and when they don’t.

Inevery game likeInfinity Nikki, clothes have two different tag types. InInfinity Nikki,the first describes the clothing’s style and can be one of the following tags:Elegant, Cool, Sweet, Sexy, or Fresh.The second tag type is a bit more specific but also abstract and describes the clothing type or background. For example, a soldier’s coat might have the style tags of Cool and Fresh and a type tag of “Uniform.” These two tag types are the most important things to consider in any styling contest.

Infinity Nikki gameplay showing the Rippling Waves hair to win a Cool theme Style Challenge

Even If You Match The Style, You Have To Stay On Theme

Reading Dialogue Gives Hints Towards Success

The best way toensure a win in Styling Contestsis by following the recommended style tag, but sometimes this isn’t enough. This can be for a few reasons, the most prevalent being that the chosen clothes don’t stay on theme. Often, the theme is indicated in the dialogue before a challenge begins and will provide more direction than the style tag can give.

Like in real life, style is personal inInfinity Nikki, so sometimes, an outfit that seems to fulfill the theme won’t work out. When that happens, there are a few ways to improve.

Nikki wearing the blossing starts outfit in Infinity Nikki

For Faction Challenges, different factions focus on a specific style based on where they’re found. That’s not to say every Faction Challenge is going to feature this style, but it’s something to consider when preparing. These stats are:

Stonewoods

Sexy

As more locations are unlocked over time, more will be added to this list, but this is a good one to stick to for now.Alongside looking at the style tag, each Faction member will mention what type of outfit they’re going to create, which will help determine how the challenge should be approached.Just like Styling Contests, the dialogue before a Faction Challenge gives a hint. However, score is king in most types of challenges, so making sure to use the outfit pieces worth the most points is very important.

Finding a balance between following the theme and racking up the most points possible can be tricky, and sometimes, there’s simply no way to tell what the challenger is looking for.The best thing to do is try the challenge more than once.There’s no penalty to losing a Styling or Faction challenge other than needing to try again, so take as many goes as is necessary to succeed. Reading the dialogue before and after a challenge will give players an idea of what’s needed for a styling challenge, but these activities aren’t the only place where reading carefully will be necessary.

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Your Outfit Isn’t Good Enough, But You Can Fix It

With So Many Clothing Designs, Finding The Perfect Item Takes Talent And Work

There are hundreds of pieces of clothing inInfinity Nikki, andKindled Inspiration quests ask players to pick the perfect oneto fulfill the request made by the NPC who gave the quest. This can be tricky and takes an eye for detail that will serve players well in a game likeInfinity Nikki. This game has no combat, so it finds other ways to challenge players.

Thankfully, there are ways for players to increase their odds of winning outside of Kindled Inspiration quests without collecting every piece of clothing in the game. The first and easiest isupgrading outfits inInfinity Nikki, which allows players toboost the stats of their clothes using upgrade materials around Miraland.Additionally, paying attention to Eurekas will pay off. These “accessories” can boost scores by thousands of points if they’re on theme for basically free.

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Infinity Nikki’s Response To Cheaters Is Great News For The Game

Infold Games shows how committed they are to Infinity Nikki’s success with their response to cheaters within the first week of the game’s release.

BecauseInfinity Nikkiisn’t a mechanically challenging game outside of a few jumping puzzles, the developers have found other ways to make it interesting and engaging to play. If Styling Challenges were all sunshine and rainbows, the gameplay would get stale quickly. Making challenges requiring some thought and planning gives players something to invest in.

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