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Hirun Cryer

Silent Hill 3 designer went to real-life ruins to find inspiration for the horror game - but they found Robbie the Rabbit's inspiration in a literal mascot

Silent Hill 3.

Silent Hill's now-recognizable Robbie the Rabbit was inspired by a designer seeing a rabbit mascot handing out balloons to kids from atop a train station in Japan.

Konami's senior chief designer, K.Y., was interviewed by GameSpark about the origins of the now-ironic Robbie the Rabbit, who originally appeared in Silent Hill 3. As translated by Automaton Media, the veteran designer recalls how he was tasked with creating Silent Hill 3's haunting backgrounds, and it was from this that Robbie the Rabbit was born.

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