Granzella Visits the City by the Bay
by Estim20, HSM Editor
Granzella is, under most circumstances, Home’s purchasable equivalent to a casual wiki crawl of anime tropes and conventions. Taking a stroll through its available clothing options and personal spaces, you will undoubtedly see everything anime has to offer in non-franchise form. After all, Granzella isn’t owner of, say, Sailor Moon or Galaxy Express 999, but it can create (and create well) any variety of trope-inspired delights for the average consumer.
It is also, thanks to more recent circumstances especially, offering all sorts of bundles and personal spaces with items and interactive elements galore. One of my personal favorites, Nostalgia School Days, includes an exclusive shop with free items, as well as a chance to change the lighting and time of day to your heart’s desire. It even includes a spin on the feature with its midnight feature.
WARNING: bring an extra pair of pants if you scare easily.
Okay, not really, but yes, it is as it sounds – scary-scary, haunty-haunty.
The point is that if you are in the market for some premium personal spaces and that touch of Japanese culture that you generally can’t find elsewhere on Home, Granzella is for you. It is fitting, considering it is the spiritual (and almost literal) successor to Irem, a modern twist on an old classic that actually succeeds if you wish to interpret it that way. Granzella also, much like Lockwood, doesn’t take the easy way out – ‘premium’ is an appropriate word for their selections, giving you a taste of Japan without resorting to excessive reskins and cheap fare, such as t-shirts, as their main course.
Before my brains goes all Liz Lemon and floods this with more food metaphors: Granzella has announced a new personal space in the vein of its Parisian ‘city of flowers’ penthouse. This foregoes Europe in favor an American atmosphere, placing it squarely in our borders. Say hello to the City of Flowers’ American cousin, City by the Bay Loft.
A few notes from Granzella itself: “From a huge loft right next to the cable car tracks, it’s time to begin your new life in San Francisco. In this next installment of Granzella’s Window to the World Personal Space series, there are dozen of reward items for you to collect! Cafe and garden furniture, flower beds and fountains to brighten up your backyard, garden arches, accessory shop items, Victorian lighting, chandeliers, and more. Decorate your house! Set up shop! It’s all up to you! A spacious 4 story loft, wooden balcony, and backyard with built in sprinklers; yours to decorate any way you like. You can change the time of day, background music, wallpaper and lighting! The sprinklers really work! Use curtains and carpets (sold separately) to customize each floor! Come and bring your style to the City by the Bay!”
If anything, City by the Bay Loft reinforces Granzella’s consistent strategy with recent personal spaces – adding features that let you enhance the experience according to you
r tastes. As with the café space related to its sentai (i.e. Power Rangers-esque) line, you are given the option to change the time of day, lighting, and background music. A bonus is the introduction of modifiable wallpaper, a feature that has been underperforming since Harbor Studio, as well as four stories of space for the intrepid decorator. It even takes a cue from Lockwood and offers 72 (read it: 72) free items to discover.
This kind of space would have blown so many minds in 2008 – and it is poised to do so even now, with half a decade’s worth of personal space evolution. If City of Flowers is any indication, this will undoubtedly churn some sales quickly. Expect it to hit SCEA and SCEEwith the next update.
November 26th, 2013 by Estim20 | 3 comments
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Not sure it’s different enough to Paris for me to buy, but granzella personal spaces are always exceptional, also 70 plus rewards. Id rather buy this than seaclyff
Where do you buy the curtains and carpet?
In the shop that’s in the apartment