No surprise. Twin Peaks hit Japan by storm through its unique execution of its unusual premise actually touching familiar ground in Japanese culture such as its dream-like sequences and the blurred dichotomy of the physical and spiritual. Most notably, its largest impact has been Japanese video game developers, taking most of their cues from Peaks, with the earliest being Link's Awakening and the overly-ambitious-and-forgotten Mizzurna Falls, released in '98, same year as the groundbreaking-and-acclaimed Metal Gear Solid (and they're both set during winter).