Talk:DragonVale Real Life References/@comment-5098848-20120523083633

As far as the Dragonsai gifting tree, I'll post what I posted in the comments on the Dragonsai tree. Someone else had posted that it wasn't a reference to the Holy Grail, but to Nippon what the Japanese call Japan. This was my reply:

I was just about to say the same thing. I'm really comtemplating editing it, to say the real reference. I didn't know if I would be stepping on too many toes, if I did. Oh & in case someone says Japan is called Nihon. It is in some regions, like Tokyo, but it is called Nippon in others, like Kyoto. It's basically different accents.

Now I'll get nerdy here & point out that it doesn't look like a bonsai. A bonsai isn't "flat" like it's drawn. It would have some coming forward & some going back. It wouldn't look like anything besides maybe a cloud, a forest if there were several trees in one pot. If it were in a pot, it could technically be a bonsai, but from looking at the pic above it looks like its in the ground. I & most gardeners would call this an espalier. An Italian technique of training a plant to be 2-D, usually against a wall. It could also be a topiary, since those are often trimmed to look like an animal. Just because a plant has been trimmed doesn't make it a bonsai. I shouldn't be surprised since they didn't even bother making dragon snaps look like actual dragon snaps. Seriously game developers (not just Backflip), it doesn't take that long to search these things.

I like Holy Grail as well, but I don't think it has anything to do with the Dragonsai Gifting Tree.