Silent Hill 3 designers traveled to real-life ruins to find inspiration for the horror game – but they found Robbie the Rabbit’s inspiration in a real mascot

Robbie the Rabbit, now recognizable from Silent Hill, was inspired by a designer seeing a rabbit mascot handing out balloons to children from the top of a train station in Japan.

Konami’s senior lead designer, KY, 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 which he was responsible for creating Silent Hill 3. haunting backgrounds, and that’s where Robbie the Rabbit was born.