Aika Village symbolism and backstory

[epona]

It isn't really scary until you get into the theory side of things, IMO.

it's not scary just really unsettling
like i love horror movies and books and blood/gore/jumpscares don't bother me at all
maybe it's just that animal crossing is something i have always associated with my childhood and happiness and stuff and it's a total juxtaposition
I FEEL UNEASY

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It isn't really scary until you get into the theory side of things, IMO.

it's not scary just really unsettling
like i love horror movies and books and blood/gore/jumpscares don't bother me at all
maybe it's just that animal crossing is something i have always associated with my childhood and happiness and stuff and it's a total juxtaposition
I FEEL UNEASY

 

[Boidoh]

Maybe its the music?

 

[epona]

Maybe its the music?

yeah maybe, the 4am music is creepy as it is and combine that with KK hypno and holy moly
also the high pitched radio thing in the 3rd house aaa

 

[Boidoh]

Hypno K.K. was a good song, until Aika village turned it into some horror song. It existed as a fake song in City Folk I think.

 

[epona]

Hypno K.K. was a good song, until Aika village turned it into some horror song. It existed as a fake song in City Folk I think.

what do you mean fake song?

 

[Boidoh]

When you type in a song that doesn't exist, a random fake song will play. In NL there are 3 different fake songs.

 

[epona]

When you type in a song that doesn't exist, a random fake song will play. In NL there are 3 different fake songs.

ooh i never knew that!! was stale cupcakes one of those

 

[Boidoh]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TfGmsyo9EU

Like these.

 

[Waluigi]

Heres my theroy

Some japanese guy/girl wanted to be "scary" so they made a town like this

What makes my theroy even scarier is that its true

 

[epona]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TfGmsyo9EU

Like these.

oh!!! is the second of those not the song from the city in CF?

 

[Boidoh]

Thats what the comment section says. I've never played City Folk...

 

[Anal]

my theory:
it doesnt have any actual symbolism and its just trying to be creepy

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go again and when you get to the room where all the toys are facing the wall turn the camera angle around

 

[Squigly Contiello]

Didn't the creator of Aika get interviewed about it and had some vague answers about what happened? It's intentionally left up to interpretation of who did what.

Another interesting thing that I haven't seen mentioned here yet is that when you talk to all of the Aikas, the first one says "I love my mom" perfectly fine, the second one says the same but there's different set of characters for some of the symbols so it makes it awkward, the third is hesitating to say "love", and the last is just gibberish. Most can probably agree that it's because her mind is deteriorating in some way.