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Anon makes games (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

~~And it makes sense since Japanese doesn't have a "B" sound and~~ they look like gems, so ruby -> rupee makes a ton of sense.

Edit: I guess Japanese does have a "b", for some reason I thought it didn't.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Or they could have gone with the actual japanese word for ruby instead of picking a word that sounds identical to a real-world currency.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

There isn't a native word AFAICT, it's a loan word. But taking real things and making a slight change to be something new is pretty common for games. For example, final fantasy uses "Gil," which is abbreviated "G" and probably comes from "gold" (gil - > gold is a pretty easy jump), though the in-game explanation is different (name of in-game ruling family).

I think it's highly likely Miyamoto didn't know about the Indian rupee.