 Welcome back to the video game storytime advent calendar. Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat. Please put a rupee in the old man's hat. But why is the currency in the Legend of Zelda games named Rupees? While the currency of India is also the rupee, this apparently is a complete coincidence. Said Shigeru Miyamoto, I didn't really have India in mind when I named it. It's just a cute sound, don't you think? I can see why people think of Indian rupees, but they're also like rubies. Rather than the Indian rupee, they're more like ruby gems. So Shigeru Miyamoto claims that the currency of Hyrule got its name merely because it sounds cute, and a little like a rupee. Although, as the spelling has changed over the years from Rupees R-U-P-I-E-S to Rupees R-U-P-E-E-S, the name probably has been influenced by India's currency as well. Join us tomorrow for the next video.