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random thought: is "miss" being the word for losing/failing a minigame in mario party a quirk of the translation, or something else?
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@Felthry idk if it qualifies as a quirk, and I don't know precisely which word mario party uses, but there's a couple of words that mean "lose/fail/miss" and some that mean "win/succeed/hit"

including "miss" as a foreign loan word (mi-ssu), taking on the same senses lose/fail

(also "near miss" as "ni-a mi-ssu")

I think I've seen other japanese games use "miss" that way? not necessarily in translation, either, but like literally MISS in latin letters as the "you died" message.

@lioness i'm guessing you mean "a couple of words [in japanese]"? that would make sense--it's always kinda felt like a weird translation quirk, it's not exactly what "miss" means but it's kinda close
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