Bells are like Japanese yen!

[PlasticPinkPiggy]

Japanese yen is currency used in Japan. Basically, 1000 yen is 10 US dollars. You take 2 zeros off and get a price that makes sense.

I noticed today that whilst buying a K.K. slider song that NO CD is worth that much, which made me think...Is 3200 yen worth 32 US dollars? Yes...and a normal CD is worth around 30 dollars? Yes...

So does anybody else think that since AC came from japan, bells are literally yen?

 

[Chris]

I'd already figured that it was just a simple change in name. Or, if not, at least based off JPY.

 

[Feraligator]

A few years back on City Folk I asked my sister why the currency is not in pounds. She said it's an easier way of dealing with money on a game.

But now I've just realised the similarity between yen and bells.

But I've never seen furniture priced at ?32 before...

 

[spamurai]

You might be onto something, but I'm not convinced it is.
It's probably just an appropriate/cute name for a currency where items are proportionally priced to make things fair during game-play.

After all some European Countries (eg Spain, Germany etc) have prices like 32.640 Bells (ie they have a "." in their bells) and differ completely from other EU countries where an exchange rate would be proportional between the two (where it isn't in the game), so your theory doesn't work for all regions.

 

[Gizmodo]

Doubt a fruit is 100yen

 

[PlasticPinkPiggy]

My theory was proven as the game was created and made for Japan, meaning why would they change it for other regions?

- - - Post Merge - - -

100 yen for a fruit is common in Japan.

 

[TeddysMama711]

Made 55,000 off some perfect cherries...never seen cherries worth $5500

 

[Jinglefruit]

Yeah, $3 clothing and you can get a lovely kitchen for $22.80. xP

I also wouldn't buy Campus brand paper if it's all $238. ~ no wonder they needed to advertise through AC.


A few things make sense like this, but you have to remember you are also questioning the game that will drop a new lamp and chest of drawers from a tree every day.

 

[PlasticPinkPiggy]

Well its just for the bells, not necessarily saying the game is real life. It's completely different, it's just that some things seem like they could be Yen

 

[Snow]

I think it's actually pretty random. Back in one of the old games we tried to figure out an exchange rate using both US and japanese prices for goods in real life and it just doesn't match up.

 

[NickAe]

Doubt a fruit is 100yen

I bought fruit from a fruit stands in Japan, and some were more than 100 Yen.

 

[Midgetsc]

I bought fruit from a fruit stands in Japan, and some were more than 100 Yen.

I think she meant that 100 Yen would be underpriced. If I sold a perfect orange IRL, it wouldn't sell for 500 Yen. It'd sell for around 8-12 Yen, because it's perfect. (Assuming perfect fruit is 500 bells, dunno, don't care...)

I think Bells and Yen are completely different, because I have people trying to buy tables from me for 80 bells, and a table doesn't sell for 80 Yen IRL. Just... No. Same thing with a bed. Villagers have sold me beds before for 780 bells. Would you sell a bed for 780 Yen? Nope. Stupid.

Bells, imo, aren't Yen.

 

[NickAe]

I always though Bells and Yen were pretty common. Just like Gil or Pokedollars.

100 Yen for 1 Apple is pretty accurate. 8-12 Yen for an orange would be $0.10, which = failing fruit stand business.

 

[spamurai]

My theory was proven as the game was created and made for Japan, meaning why would they change it for other regions?

Your theory isn't proven though? Not for all regions at least.

Plus almost all of the values of items in the game (from the cost of a tool to the cost of a house) do not match the real-life values so I think it's pretty obvious it's just a typical "in-game" currently like any other game that uses a custom currency.

The only way to know for sure would be to email Nintendo directly and ask them like I did regarding whether or not the Gamecube version was called Population Growing or just Animal Crossing...

They're more than happy to help us.

 

[Suave_Spencer]

I don't think this works for the UK. Taking your example of music, ?3200 is approximately ?20. That's ridiculously expensive for a CD over here.

 

[NickAe]

I don't think this works for the UK. Taking your example of music, ?3200 is approximately ?20. That's ridiculously expensive for a CD over here.

Full-length CDs do run between $30-$50 in Japan, depending on if any extra booklets, posters, or DVDs are included.

I do not, however, think that a Robo TV or any type of bed only costs $25-$35.

 

[Gizmodo]

and Rococo furniture would be much more epensive LOL

 

[jmeleigh23]

I always try to figure this out. But then you have to think about like the price of beds, instruments, other furniture, etc. in the game..I can never make sense of it

 

[PlasticPinkPiggy]

AC WAS CREATED JAPAN, MEANING THEY WON'T CHANGE THE PRICES FOR OTHER REGIONS

 

[Prof Gallows]

Full-length CDs do run between $30-$50 in Japan, depending on if any extra booklets, posters, or DVDs are included.

I do not, however, think that a Robo TV or any type of bed only costs $25-$35.

Everyone should note that in Animal Crossing, you're not buying CDs.

You're buying records. =p

Though there isn't any real life comparison to bells. If there was, it would make a lot of the things in the game pretty expensive.