Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Aika Village "The Horror Town" Haunted Gaming


I have a new haunted game lore for you all.  This time we explore the lore of a haunted town called "Aika Village" in the game Animal Crossing New Leaf.



The dream address to visit Aika Village is 2600-0218-7298.  In Japanese Aika Village can be translated into the Horror Town, Elegy, Lament, Sad Song, which is accurate for this town.  Internet legends about what happened in this town is on another level of crazy, so I am going to stick to the facts of what is presented as evidence of what is wrong with this town.


Its morbid back story and suggestive imagery that doesn't fit the rest of the Animal Crossing New Leaf upbeat tone.  When you first enter Aika Village, you'll notice the vivid vegetation (flowers and fruit trees) that transitions to a dust town as you reach the outskirts.  One house in particular seems like that house is draining all the life around it. The barren land is suppose to symbolize death.



Each house tells a story in Aika Village.  The first house is found north, surrounded by flowers and has a red roof.  Upon entering the house, you'll hear a separate song called 'Hypno kk'.


As you enter the home you'll notice three black mannequins (take note of the mannequin in the center with the red outfit) in the home and a birthday cake on the table.  If you go to the cabinet on the right side of the room and click on it, you'll get a message "Pretend like nothing was seen".  WTF?!!  What does that suppose to mean? Did you're character see something odd?  Was the content of the cabinet so bad in that the main character would want to forget?


Directly north in the house is a back room, but the path is block, so try going up stairs.  When you get upstairs more weirdness happens.  It appears to be a play room filled with toys, a few paintings of a family, and red doll facing you but not directly, as though it's saying 'I am aware you are here but not my concern'. That red doll  is the focal point of the superstition and horror (Aika Village) town legend.


Once you leave the home, you are greeted by an energetic girl wearing a red dress.  Yes, that red dress is the same red dress that the mannequin in the home was wearing.  Take note of the girl in the red dress, she is the focus of the legend.  When you speak to the girl, she'll only say I love my mom.


As you enter other homes in the town, you'll see that there are other villagers in the town, but they are not pivotal to the story.  The only oddities about them are that they have an attitude problem, easily angered, and look around...YES that same red doll facing in another direction appears in each house.


If you go to the beach, you'll see a burial plot.  Three graves.  This area is inaccessible unless you have a wet suit.  Also, note that there is another grave yard in town but this memorial stands off to itself.  Also, there are shoes next to the memorial.  What's odd about that you ask?  In Japanese culture, it is customary for people to take their shoes off right before they commit suicide.



In house 2, you'll run into a maze of computers and chairs that you must sit all the chairs to navigate your way to the back room.  In the back room, you'll see a collection of stuffed animals which have their back to you including that red doll again.  What are they all facing?  If you rotate the camera, then you'll see paintings of hyper realistic eyes.

On the second floor of the home, you'll see to statues of man, woman, snake, and an apple.  They clearly represent the story of Adam and Eve, and the snake represents when evil was introduce to man in the garden of Eden.  In the basement, there is party going on with the stuffed animals.  You will see three red dolls facing different direction in particular at the party sitting in special places, but if you look at the red doll in the north of the room, rotate the camera... then you'll see an ax behind it.  WTF?


In house 3, you are immediately greeted by the girl in red who will block you're path to the back rooms.  She will once again say to you, "I love my mom", but this time the message is distorted as though something is unnerving her.  Are you getting too close to the truth?  Are you upsetting her by uncovering secrets she buried?  Either way you'll notice that inside the house is room full of books with the red doll facing you this time holding an ax this time.  Until now, the red doll has always faced an opposite direction as though it was ignoring. Now, you have red doll's full attention and it's not letting you take a step further in this room.


Upstairs is a room full of  paintings with the girl from the first house.  To the north of the room is another red doll with its back turned to you facing a tv with nothing but static and white noise.  Creepy!  When you return down stairs, the red doll that was blocking your path has moved and grants you access to the backroom. Inside the room you'll find a piano and eight eggs.  Also, there is another room with paper everywhere and two journals in glass cases.  Are these suicide notes or records of what is going on this village?  Why are they placed in a glass case as thought there are sacred?



In the basement, you'll see the most blunt symbolism you'll ever see.  On the bed is an outline of a body.  I don't know, but that seems like a murder scene to me.  Beside it is the red doll and baby carriage.  Once you leave the home, Aika will greet you again this time, she'll just say text you can't understand.  Could she be cursing at you? Sometimes, when people put jumbled text it means curse words. She is become unnerved and can no long communicate, just react to your actions.


In the fourth house, you'll stumble into a cluttered room on the main floor, but upstairs is the creep fest. Upstairs, you'll see a similar room to house one with the family pictures except this time there are two paintings that have been blacked out and on painting that has no graffiti is the painting in the center.  The only figures in the paintings that remain unmarked are the parents.  Also, there is another red doll holding an ax not facing you directly.  Now the clues add up a bit.  In the painting, all the kids and pets are scratched out, the only people that remain are the parents.  Is this implying that the baby is the one that died?  Is the red doll a symbol or replacement for the lost child?  I doubt it.


In another room, there is a room full Egyptian heads, red doll with an ax and mannequin with the red outfit that are barricaded, cut off from the rest of the world.  To me, this house definitely is pointing out something. Everything in house 1 is paralleled in house 4 with a dark twist.  Were developers trying to say that something is covered up? Are they telling you to connect the dots and the red doll and person wearing the red dress the culprits or victims?  Obviously, there is mystery and something is going on in Aika Village that a good detective can use deductive reasoning to solve.


Let's add up the clues.
What happening in Aika Village? The back story revolves around the girl in red and her family.
The town starts out as full of trees bearing fruit symbolizing life. Then, the town degenerates to dead trees and decaying soils symbolizing death.





Aika's parents were murdered or died.  I believe the ax and outline of a body on the bed are symbols someone was murdered.  I believe the shoes by the beach was the one that committed suicide. So, this is my theory.  I think Aika's mom was murdered in her sleep.  I think Aika's dad was so upset by the murder he committed suicide.  All that Aika has left is her doll probably given to her by the parents, and the red dress she wore probably was her mom's.


Another theory is that Aika is the murderer.  In some greek mythology, children fall in love with their parents and see the other parent as a threat that needs to be replaced.  Maybe, Aika killed her mother and tried to replace her, thus we see her wearing the red dress.




Another theory it's symbolizing the bible I think Adam and wave the twelve dolls around the table is the last supper the red doll with the ax is Judas and the dark mannequin is the devil the first house was symbolizing the devils birthday or when he fell from heaven and at the end when the Judas and the devil were blocked off meant Judas went to hell and can never get out. 



Another theory that most are believing is that the red doll is cursed or supernatural.  The red doll possessed Aika and ordered Aika to murder her family so that the two can be alone forever.  Maybe the red doll was jealous of Aika's parents and wanted Aika's attention all to herself.  All the death near the house is a symbol no life can get near.  Thus, in the fourth house are the red doll and a mannequin that are barricaded and isolate as a symbol.  This is the most common lore people are believing.  I will leave you with this picture.  If you dig near the memorial, then you will find a creepy skeleton.  Think about it!


Another theory,  I think girl in red is a ghost of child. See second painting in last house? Kid is scribbled upon. Like... he or she is no longer there. Maybe she just committed suicide and now her ghost is haunting the village? Secluded grave would support that as items found nearby are typical to what child would be buried with (dolly, etc.). An axe may symbolize either grief (doesn't grief after loosing beloved one strike us like an axe cutting us out from reality for quite some time?) or one of parents used it to kill person who he thought is responsible for his daughter death (I assume it's a girl, because of dolls and because doll is nearby secluded grave) using ax? She might be bullied in school and decided to walk into sea because of it.

3 comments:

  1. How is Aika's words in english? And why didn't you show pics of all 4 things she says?

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  2. 1. お母さん が大好き (Okaasan daisuke, I love mommy)
    2. idk cuz I can't find a pic of it, something like i LoVe MoMmY
    3. お,:kaさn がががががががががが (o ka sa n daidaidaidaidaidaidaidaidaidai, m ot he r llllllllll)
    4. qおftjkzsrhslpvslhdfjbckxpu(giberish way of saying it)

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  3. And Aika is spelled アイカ in the game but it's supposed to be spelled 哀歌. It means dirge, elegy, lament, sad song.

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