Animal Crossing New Leaf - Based On/set in Russia?

[SodaDog]

For some reason, all of the towns in New Leaf you visit seem to have railways. Russia has a huge railway system so maybe it is based off it?

 

[MadisonCrossing]

That could be true, but I'm sure there's a lot of places that have railways. I heard that Japan has a lot of subways and trains, and that's where Nintendo is, so it could have been based off of Japan as well.

 

[Suave_Spencer]

Or it could just be the fact that railways are convenient ways of linking places.

 

[itzafennecfox]

It may not be based off of anything. The AC games have never really had speculation to be based off of real places.

 

[Improv]

Just because there are railways doesn't mean it's based on Russia lmao.

There's a river in every town must be based on Brazil!!!!!!

 

[RoosterInURbutt]

That makes no sence.
Ok.
It rains, snows, has grass and trees. 2 levels. Let's call that top and bottom mountain. An ocean.
Animals and rocks and trains and ponds and fish, bugs, well. Everything basically in this game. It's California!
As for bugs and fish that are not native, we have Aquarians and sciance builds. We have it all.
SOLVED!

 

[nammie]

???? why Russia lol??? a lot of places in the world have extensive railway or subway systems? And since Nintendo is based in Japan if anything I'd think the towns in Animal Crossing would be based off Japanese towns...

though honestly, I don't think they're really referencing any specific country.

 

[radical6]

ac is based off of seattle because seattle is the best city

 

[J087]

If Russia would have any relation to Animal Crossing, the people living there would have had a lot more freedom than they currently have.

But that's a discussion for elsewhere.

 

[Byngo]

ac is based off of seattle because seattle is the best city

Pfft

I don't think it's based on any one country. Some people can make their towns look like it's inspired by certain countries, though c:

 

[DJStarstryker]

It's pretty blatantly based off of Japan. The trees look like cherry blossom trees in the spring, the seasons match Japanese seasons more closely (to include the fact that the beginning of summer is very rainy in NL, which it is in Japan), the holidays (Toy Day is on Christmas Eve, the day the Japanese actually celebrate Christmas, unlike North America), etc.