
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.